Akhlesh Lakhtakia

Dr. Akhlesh Lakhtakia
The Charles Godfrey Binder (Endowed) Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics

Mailing Address
212 Earth-Engineering Sciences Building
Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802-6812, USA

Phone
(814) 863 4319

Fax
(814) 865 9974

E-Mail
akhlesh at psu.edu

CV: February 4, 2009

February 2007

Journal of Nanophotonics launched.

Publisher: SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

The Journal of Nanophotonics is covered in the following Thomson Reuters databases, beginning with Volume 1 (2007): Science Citation Index Expanded, including the Web of Science; Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences; and Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology.

March 2008
Taylor and Francis' Electromagnetics
Special Issue on Surface Waves and Complex Mediums (Vol. 28, No. 3)
Guest Editors: John A. Polo Jr. and Akhlesh Lakhtakia

August 2005
IoP's New Journal of Physics
Focus on Negative Refraction
Guest Editors: Akhlesh Lakhtakia and Martin McCall

July 2005
Taylor and Francis' Electromagnetics
Special Issue on Exotic Electromagnetics (Vol. 25, No. 5)
Guest Editor: Akhlesh Lakhtakia

Summary of a July 2004 report from the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering: Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies: Opportunities and Challenges

Quicktime video (Research Unplugged; Nov. 10, 2004): Nanotechnology: Issues and Obstacles

Whither Nanotechnology? (Oct 27, 2005): USinfo.state.gov

Just-in-time Education Proposal:

Taking Nanotechnology to Schools

PowerPoint Presentation

Priming Pre-University Education for Nanotechnology

Article in April 2006 Issue of ASEE's Prism Magazine

Remarks on informal science education (Dec. 5, 2008; 2008 NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Grantees Conference)

Nano 50 Award (2005) for Sculptured Thin Films (Technology)

Nano 50 Award (2006) for Akhlesh Lakhtakia (Innovator)

Education

B.Tech. (Electronics Engineering), Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University 1979

M.S. (Electrical Engineering), Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Utah 1981

Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering), Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Utah 1983 (2007 University Distinguished Alumnus)

D.Sc. (Electronics Engineering), Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University 2006

James Clerk Maxwell

Mediums with Negative Phase Velocity

The following overview paper is available:	A. Lakhtakia, M.W. McCall, W.S. Weiglhofer, J. Gerardin and J. Wang, 'On mediums with negative phase velocity: a brief overview,' Proc. SPIE 4806 (July 7-11, 2002).	Download Preprint physics/0205027
Negative phase velocity in outer space:	T.G. Mackay and A. Lakhtakia, 'Negative refraction in outer space?,' Current Science, 86, 2004, 1593.	Download Preprint physics/0405103
Negative refraction by vacuum:	A. Lakhtakia and T.G. Mackay, 'Negative refraction of light by vacuum,' August 2004.	Download Preprint physics/0408021

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Sculptured Thin Films

Nano 50 Award (2005) for Sculptured Thin Films

A succinct account of the development of Sculptured Thin Films, spanning the years 1959 to 1997, is available in the following review:

A. Lakhtakia, 'Dali's dalliances: sculptured thin films,' Proceedings of Bianisotropics '97, Glasgow, June 5 - 7, 1997.

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postscript file

A review of Sculptured Thin Films, spanning the years 1998 to 2000, is also available:

A. Lakhtakia, 'Filamentary, my dear Watson!,' Proceedings of Bianisotropics 2000, Lisbon, September 27 - 29, 2000.

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postscript file

New directions in research on sculptured thin films (2006):

A. Lakhtakia, Presentation at Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, UNAM, Mexico City, May 26, 2006

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Updated on: March 3, 2009. Designer: Natalya S. Lakhtakia