Ulaby to Deliver U-M Russel Lecture, February 4

By: Meredith Kahn | Date: January 24, 2014
Ulaby to Deliver U-M Russel Lecture, February 4

Fawwaz Ulaby, the Emmet Leith Distinguished University Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor at the University of Michigan, will deliver the Henry Russel Lecture on February 4, 2014 at 4PM in the Rackham Amphitheater. The Henry Russel lectureship is among the highest honors U-M awards to senior faculty members, and is given "in recognition of exceptional achievements in research, scholarship or creative endeavors, and an outstanding record of teaching, mentoring and service."

Professor Ulaby is being recognized for his work in remote sensing and electromagnetics. The U-M Press recently published Microwave Radar and Radiometric Remote Sensing, by Professor Ulaby and David Long of Brigham Young University's Center for Remote Sensing. Ulaby and Long's book is one of the most comprehensive texts on the subject, and is suitable as a textbook for a postgraduate course or a reference for the practicing professional.