Farrokh Najmabadi   Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering Director, Center for Energy Research   Mailing Address: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0407 University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA 92093-0407   Email: fnajmabadi@ucsd.edu Phone: (858) 534-7869 Fax: (858) 822-2120   Office: 457B Engineering Building Unit 2 Office Hours: By appointment (send E-mail)

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1982.

Research Interests:

Fusion energy and applied plasma physics;

Photonics: laser-matter and laser-plasma interaction;

 

Awards and Distinctions:

Tau Beta Pi Distinguished Service Award (2006).

Fusion Power Associates Award of Leadership in Fusion Research(2004).

UCSD Outstanding Engineering Professor (2003).

American Nuclear Society Fusion Energy Division Outstanding Achievement Award (2002).

Fusion Power Associate David J. Rose Award of Excellence in Fusion Engineering (1995).

 

Professional Societies:

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Nuclear & Plasma Science Society Fusion Technology Award (2007).

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Senior Member)

American Nuclear Society

American Physical Society

Eta Kappa Nu

Tau Beta PI

 

Capsule Bio:

Author of over 160 articles.

Editor of seven special issue of scientific journals.

Chairman or member of over 20 review/advisory Panels mainly for Department of Energy or National Laboratories.

Chairman or member of over 30 Conference/Workshop organizing/technical program committees.