Jin Au Kong
Jin Au Kong | |
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| Born | December 27, 1942 Gaochun, Jiangsu, Republic of China |
| Died | March 13, 2008 (aged 65) |
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| Thesis | Wave Propagation in Moving Anisotropic Media (1968) |
| Doctoral advisor | David K. Cheng |
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| Website | www |
Jin Au Kong (
electromagnetics. He was a 74th-generation lineal descendant of the famous Chinese philosopher Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC).[1]
Biography
Kong was born in
Jiangsu Province. He received his BS from the National Taiwan University in 1962, his MS from the National Chiao Tung University in 1965, and his PhD from Syracuse University in 1968. His PhD thesis supervisor was David K. Cheng
. Kong did his postdoctoral research at Syracuse University as well from 1968 to 1969. From 1969 to 1971, he was the Vinton Hayes Postdoctoral Fellow of Engineering.
Kong then moved to
chairman
of Area IV on Energy and Electromagnetic Systems at MIT. From 1989 until 2008, Kong was director of the Center for Electromagnetic Theory and Applications in the Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT.
Kong was the founding president of
China branch at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, known as The Electromagnetics Academy at Zhejiang University, serving as its dean
from 2003 to 2008.
Kong was also the founding chair of the Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), from 1989 to 2008. From 1987 to 2008, he was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications. He was the founding chief editor for Progress in Electromagnetics Research's (PIER) series (1989–2008), chief editor for Progress In Electromagnetics Research (PIER) Letters, B, M, C in 2008, and chief editor for PIERS Online from 2005 to 2008.[2]
Honors and awards
Kong was rewarded with many honors and awards during his life, including:
- Fellow, The Electromagnetics Academy
- Fellow, Optical Society of America
- Distinguished Achievement Award, from the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, 2000
- IEEE Electromagnetics Award, 2004
- Paris X University Nanterre, 2006
Books
- Electromagnetic Wave Theory, J. A. Kong, EMW Publishing, 1016 pg, 2008 (Previous editions by Wiley-Interscience: 1975, 1986 and 1990 and EMW Publishing: 1998, 2000 and 2005)
- Maxwell Equations, J. A. Kong, EMW Publishing, 398 pg, 2002
- Theory of Microwave Remote Sensing, L. Tsang, J. A. Kong and R.T. Shin, Wiley-Interscience, 613 pages, 1985
- Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves: Theories and Applications, L. Tsang, J. A. Kong and K. H. Ding, Wiley-Interscience, 426 pg, 2000
- Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves: Numerical Simulations, L. Tsang, J. A. Kong, K. H. Ding and C. Ao, Wiley-Interscience, 705 pg, 2001
- Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves: Advanced Topics, L. Tsang and J. A. Kong, Wiley-Interscience, 413 pg, 2001
- Applied Electromagnetism, L.C. Shen and J. A. Kong, PWS, 1987
- Electromagnetic Waves, David H. Staelin, Ann W. Morgenthaler and Jin Au Kong, 1993
See also
References
- ^ "Obituary: Jin Au Kong, Renowned Expert on Electromagnetic Waves, 65" (PDF). MIT News. 52 (20): 2. March 19, 2008. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
- ^ "MIT: Jin Au Kong President of The Electromagnetics Academy (1989-2008) Biography". Archived from the original on 2008-05-28. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
External links
- Jin Au Kong's homepage at MIT
- MIT News: Jin Au Kong, long-serving EECS professor, dies aged 65
- Jin Au Kong at IEEE
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