EVANSTON, IL, April 11, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Allen Taflove with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Allen received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Northwestern University in 1971, 1972, and 1975, respectively. Since 1988, he has been a full professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering.
Since 1972, Allen has pioneered fundamental theoretical approaches, algorithms, and scientific and engineering applications of finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) computational solutions of the fundamental Maxwell's equations of classical electrodynamics. FDTD has emerged as a primary means to solve a wide range of scientific and engineering problems involving electromagnetic wave phenomena, devices, and systems across the electromagnetic spectrum from ultralow frequencies to visible light.
For his pioneering of FDTD solutions of Maxwell's equations, Allen was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and The Optical Society (OSA). He was the recipient of the 2014 IEEE Electromagnetics Award; named by Nature Milestones | Photons as one of the two principal pioneers of numerical solutions of Maxwell's equations; and named by Nature Photonics as the "father of the finite-difference time-domain technique." OSA cited Allen specifically "For creating the finite-difference time-domain method for the numerical solution of Maxwell's equations, with crucial application to the growth and current state of the field of photonics."
In September 2012, Allen's major publication, Computational Electrodynamics: The Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method, was ranked as the 7th most-cited book in physics, according to a Google Scholar (GS) search conducted by the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics. Currently, his Computational Electrodynamics book has an updated total of more than 17,500 GS citations, and Allen's publications have received more than 37,000 GS citations overall.
At Northwestern, Allen has been the adviser or co-adviser of 24 Ph.D. recipients and 5 postdoctoral fellows who have completed their residencies. Since 2003, he has collaborated with Northwestern Prof. Vadim Backman to develop a minimally invasive spectroscopic microscopy technique for detecting early-stage human colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, and thyroid cancer. This may lead to a new paradigm in cancer screening where, for example, lung cancer could be reliably detected by analyzing a few cells brushed from the interior surface of a person's cheek; and one could employ a Pap smear to detect early-stage ovarian cancer as well as cervical cancer.
A dedicated teacher and adviser, Allen was the first McCormick School faculty member to be named both Teacher of the Year and Adviser of the Year in the same academic year. In other recognitions, he was appointed the C. D. McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence and the Bette and Neison Harris Chair in Teaching Excellence; received the Northwestern Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award; was selected by the Associated Student Government for its honor roll of best teachers in multiple years; and received the Chen-To Tai Distinguished Educator Award of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to his profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Allen Taflove has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website. Please visit www.ltachievers.com for more information about this honor.
Prof. Taflove's Web Links
• EECS Department personal webpage: http://www.ece.northwestern.edu/ecefaculty/Allen1.html
• McCormick School faculty profile:
http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/prof ... allen.html
• Cited by Nature Milestones | Photons (May 2010) as one of the two principal pioneers of numerical methods for solving Maxwell's equations: http://www.nature.com/milestones/milephotons/full/milephotons02.html
• Senior author of the 7th most-cited book in physics, according to the Institute of Optics of the University of Rochester (Sept. 2012): http://www.ece.northwestern.edu/ecefaculty/taflove/Most-cited_physics_books.png
At present, this book has 17,500 Google Scholar citations: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JNwTJQwAAAAJ
• Recipient, 2014 IEEE Electromagnetics Award: http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/bios/electromag_recipients.html
• Cited by Nature Photonics (January 2015) as the "father of the finite-difference time-domain technique." See: http://www.eecs.northwestern.edu/images/nphoton.2014.305.pdf
• Elected Fellow of The Optical Society (OSA) for 2018. Citation: "For creating the finite-difference time-domain method for the numerical solution of Maxwell's equations, with crucial application to the growth and current state of the field of photonics." See: http://www.ece.northwestern.edu/ecefaculty/taflove/OSA_Fellow.pdf
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