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Faculty Name: <\/b>Dr. Nasim Estakhri<\/span><\/p>\n

Course(s) Taught:<\/b> EENG 330: Electromagnetics I; EENG 310: Engineering Mathematics; ENGR 101: Foundations of Design and Fabrication; EENG 200\/200L: Circuits<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr. Estakhri was nominated and received the Unit Faculty Excellence Award from Fowler Engineering in May 2023. The Unit Faculty Awards recognize exceptional contributions in the areas of teaching and\/or scholarly\/creative activity and\/or service to the university.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When it comes to complex and elaborate topics in electrical engineering, <\/span>Dr. Nasim Estakhri<\/span><\/a> is the main person of contact at the <\/span>Fowler School of Engineering (FSE).<\/span><\/a> Dr. Estakhri earned her bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Tehran, Iran and a Ph.D. in the same subject at the University of Texas at Austin. She then moved on to become a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout her time at Chapman, Dr. Estakhri has enriched and continued her passion for Electrical Engineering, teaching Electromagnetics, Engineering Mathematics, Foundations of Design and Fabrication, and Circuits at FSE. She has also conducted <\/span>research<\/span><\/a> in nano-photonics, metamaterials, nano-optics, and applied electromagnetics. While Dr. Estakhri has and is continuing to pave the way of innovative research in engineering, she wishes to possibly teach courses that hone in on her research\u2014more specifically, photonics.<\/span><\/p>\n

We asked Dr. Estakhri about her research and time at FSE along with her many accomplishments in the field.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Q&A With Dr. Nasim Estakhri<\/b><\/b><\/h3>\n

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Q: What are you currently focusing on with your research group?<\/b><\/p>\n

Dr. Estakhri:<\/span> My research group works in the broad area of metamaterials and metasurfaces, aiming at understanding and controlling different aspects of wave<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr. Estakhri presenting her work on Optical Computing, which was published in Science and patented during her postdoc at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

interaction with engineered nanostructures. The main idea is to create artificial materials and surfaces that mold the scattering and propagation of waves in nontrivial ways. We use these effects to design meta-structures that boost current technological capabilities in terms of size, speed, power consumption, and sensitivity for various devices with a broad range of applications in the photonics field. Some of our recent areas of work include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n