Nathan Ida is currently distinguished professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Akron in Akron, Ohio, where he has been since 1985. His current research interests are in the areas of electromagnetic nondestructive testing and evaluation of materials at low and microwave frequencies with particular emphasis on theoretical issues, on all aspects of modeling and simulation and on related issues stemming from research in NDE. Starting with modeling of eddy current and remote field phenomena, and continuing with high frequency methods for microwave NDE, his work now encompasses the broad aspects of computational electromagnetics where he has contributed to both the understanding of the interaction of electromagnetic fields with materials and the development of new methods and tools for numerical modeling and simulation for, and beyond, NDE. Other areas of current interest include electromagnetic wave propagation, theoretical issues in computation, as well as in communications and sensing, especially in low power remote control and wireless sensing. Much of this work has found its way into practice through industrial relations and consulting across industries as diverse as power generation, polymers, steel, medical, and software, spanning the globe. Dr. Ida has published extensively on electromagnetic field computation, parallel and vector algorithms and computation, nondestructive testing of materials, surface impedance boundary conditions, sensing, and others, in over 400 publications. He has written nine books: two on computation of electromagnetic fields (one in its second edition), one on modeling for nondestructive testing, one on nondestructive testing with microwaves, a textbook on engineering electromagnetics (now in its fourth edition), a textbook on sensing and actuation (now in its second edition), a book on the use of surface impedance boundary conditions, and others, including on ground penetrating radar and industrial sensing based on microwaves. Dr. Ida is a life fellow of the Institute of Electric and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a fellow of the American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ASNT), a fellow of the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES), and a fellow of the Institute of Electronics and Technology (IET). Dr. Ida teaches electromagnetics, antenna theory, electromagnetic compatibility, sensing, and actuation, as well as computational methods and algorithms. Dr. Ida received his B.Sc. in 1977 and M.S.E.E. in 1979 from the Ben-Gurion University in Israel, and his Ph.D. from Colorado State University in 1983.
