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Leopold B. Felsen 1924-2005
Leopold B. Felsen 1924-2005
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He thereafter married his wife sima in 1944 and they had two children, Michael and Judy. Prompted by an early but keen mathematical insight and interest in science and engineering, leo studied at the Polytechnic institute of Brooklyn (now Polytechnic institute of New york University)
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in 1975, the Humboldt foundation senior scientist award from the federal republic of germany in 1980, the ieee centennial Medal in 1984, the ieee Heinrich Hertz gold Medal in 1991, the antennas and Propagation society distinguished achievement award in 1998, and the ieee electromagnetics award in 2003. in addition, he was granted many awards for distinguished papers authored or coauthored by him; also, he was honored with special recognition awards by academic institutes and professional societies for his excellence in teaching and research.
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He published over 350 articles on a wide variety of topics, a short list of which includes the classification and properties of basic (surface, leaky, lateral, creeping, etc.) waves that appear in actual propagation and scattering problems; the development of augmented ray-tracing techniques that connect typical sources to scattering objects; the construction of hybrid representations involving finite numbers of rays and modes that effectively describe field representations that otherwise require an infinite number of terms; the derivation of solutions to canonic problems involving realistic beams having bounded cross-sections; the extension of modal and ray techniques to the study of transient wave propagation in complex environments; and many other related topics as well as their application to typical configurations in electromagnetics, optics, acoustics, and geophysics.
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He did not just stoically accept a debilitating situation, but he adroitly accommodated his daily activities and scientific pursuits so as to continue taking full advantage of his brilliant intellectual capacity. it is simply amazing that he was able to continue until his death a distinguished professional career, both working on his own and in collaboration with many others.
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yet close encounters of this kind Have transformed colleagues into friends. in his later years, as his body became increasingly feeble, his mind remained sharp, engaged, and intrigued by life's mysteries.
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