Biography
Professor Emeritus Robert S. Elliott has had a long and illustrious career at UCLA. He served as the first Electrical Engineering Department Chair in the (then) School of Engineering and Applied Science and was the first person to hold the Hughes Distinguished Chair in Electromagnetics at UCLA. He became a Fellow of the IEEE in 1961, and was the recipient of the APS Distinguished Achievement Award in 1988. Also in 1988, and even more importantly, Dr. Elliott was honored by the National Academy of Engineering “for basic contributions to the electromagnetic theory and design of array antennas, and for outstanding leadership in engineering education”. During his career at UCLA Prof. Elliott also was the recipient of several Best Teacher Awards, and two IEEE Best Paper Awards. In 2000 he received an IEEE Third Millennium Medal. Dr. Elliott is also the author of two seminal electrical engineering textbooks, Antenna Theory and Design and Electromagnetics.

Research Interests
Electromagnetic theory and array antennas.

Awards and Recognitions

• 2000 IEEE Third Millennium Medal

• 1988 National Academy of Engineering

• 1988, Distinguished Achievement Award, Antenna and Propagation Society

• 1961 Fellow, IEEE