UCLA Electrical Engineering Professors M. C. Frank Chang and Yahya Rahmat-Samii Elected to the Prestigious National Academy of Engineering

Professors M. C. Frank Chang and Yahya Rahmat-Samii have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, the highest professional lifetime distinction accorded to American engineers. Professor Chang was honored for the development and commercialization of GaAs power amplifiers and integrated circuits, and Professor Rahmat-Samii was honored for his contributions to the design and measurement of reflector and handheld-device antennas. They are both now among a select 2,227 academy members nationwide, along with 194 foreign associates.