Professor Pyotr Ya. Ufimtsev

E-mail: pufimtse@uci.edu

Academic Exeperience

Pr. Ufimtsev received a M.S. degree in Theoretical Physics in 1954, the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1959, and the D. Sc. degree in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics in 1970. In 1987, he received the Professor scientific degree from the Moscow Aviation Institute, Russia. Until 1990, he was a Head Scientist at the Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. In 1990, he was invited to join the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in the USA, where he was subsequently a Visiting Professor and Adjunct Professor (1990-present). In 1995-2000 he was a Principal Engineer at Northrop Grumman Corporation, California.

Dr. Ufimtsev is founder of the Physical Theory of Diffraction which is widely used in antennas design and radar-cross-section calculation. In particular, this theory was used in the design of American stealth aircraft and ships. For his scientific achievements, Dr. Ufimtsev received the USSR State Prize (Moscow, 1990), the Leroy Randle Grumman Medal (New York, 1991), the 20th Century Award for Achievement Medal and the Hall of Fame Medal (Cambridge, U.K.,1996). He is listed in the Marquis editions “Who’s Who in Engineering and Science”, “Who’s Who in America”, and “Who’s Who in the World”. He was a Member of the A.S. Popov Scientific and Technical Society (USSR, 1954-1990) and a Member of the Scientific Board on the Problems of Radio Waves Propagation in the Academy of Sciences (USSR, 1960-1990).

At present, he is a Member of the U.S.A. Electromagnetics Academy (MIT, USA) , a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (USA), and an Associated Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Recent Publications

P. Y. Ufimtsev. ‘New Results for the Properties of TE Surface Waves in Absorbing Layers’, IEEE Trans. Antennas & Propagation, vol. 49, no. 10, pp. 1445-1452, 2001.

P. Y. Ufimtsev. ‘Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves by a Metallic Object Partially Immersed in a Semi-Infinite Dielectric Medium’, IEEE Trans. Antennas & Propagation, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 223-233, 2001.

P. Y. Ufimtsev, B. Khayatian, Y. Rahmat-Samii. ‘Singular Edge Behavior: to impose or not impose - that Is the question’, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 218 - 223, February, 2000.

P. Y. Ufimtsev, R.T. Ling, J. D. Scholler. ‘Transformation of Surface Waves in Homogeneous Absorbing Layers’, IEEE Trans. Antennas & Propagation, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 214- 222, 2000.

P. Y. Ufimtsev, R.T. Ling, J. D. Scholler. ‘Backscatter’, Invited article in the “Wiley Ecyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering”, vol. 2, pp.175 - 186, 1999.

P. Y. Ufimtsev, R.T. Ling. ‘Surface waves in Absorbing Layers’, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Antennas, JINA-98, , pp. 3-12, Nice, France, November 17-19, 1998.

P. Y. Ufimtsev, G. Pelosi, S. Selleri. ‘Newton’s Observations of Diffracted Rays’, IEEE Antennas & Propagation Magazine, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 7- 14, 1998.

P. Y. Ufimtsev. ‘Fast convergent integrals for nonuniform currents on wedge faces’, Electromagnetics, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 289-313, 1998.

P. Y. Ufimtsev, R.T. Ling, J. D. Scholler. ‘Propagation and Excitation of Surface Waves in an Absorbing Layer’, Progress in Electromagnetics Research, PIRE 19, pp. 49-91, 1998.

P. Y. Ufimtsev, S. Maci, R. Tiberio. ‘Equivalence Between Physical Optics and Aperture Integration for Radiation from Open-Ended Waveguides’, IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 183-185, 1997.

Recent Conferences

P. Y. Ufimtsev, B. Khayatian, and Y. Rahmat-Samii. ‘On the Question of the Imposition of the Singular Edge Current Behavior’, IEEE AP-S International Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 16-21, 2000

P. Y. Ufimtsev and R.T. Ling. ‘Properties of TE Surface Waves in Absorbing Layers’, IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting Orlando, Florida, July 11-16, 1999.

P. Y. Ufimtsev and R.T. Ling. Invited Opening Talk: ‘Surface Waves in Absorbing Layers’, International Symposium on Antennas, JINA-98, Nice, France, November 17-19, 1999.

P. Y. Ufimtsev. IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting Atlanta, Georgia, June 21-26, 1998.

P. Y. Ufimtsev. IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting Montreal, Quebec, July 13-18, 1997.

P. Y. Ufimtsev. IX th International School -Seminar on Electromagnetics Samara, Russia, September 8-13, 1997.

Reports

P. Y. Ufimtsev, R.T. Ling, J.D. Scholler. ‘Transformation of Surface Waves in Homogeneous Absorbing Layers’

P. Y. Ufimtsev, R.T. Ling. ‘Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves by a Metallic Object Partially Immersed in a Semi-Infinite Dielectric Medium’

P. Y. Ufimtsev, R.T. Ling. ‘High Frequency Analysis of interior Wedge/Horn Scatterings’

P. Y. Ufimtsev, R.T. Ling, J.D. Scholler. ‘The Excitation and Propagation of Surface Waves in an Absorbing Layer’

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