Rate My Professor Abdelnasser Eldek

Abdelnasser A. Eldek, Ph.D., is the Don M. Lyle Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Phillip M. Drayer Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Lamar University, where he holds the William & Mary Mitchell Endowed Chair. His academic background includes a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Zagazig University, Egypt (1988-1993), a High Diploma in Technical Education from Fontys University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands (1997-1998), an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands (1997-1999), and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Mississippi (2001-2004). Prior to joining Lamar University in 2022, Dr. Eldek served as Professor and Coordinator of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Jackson State University. With 28 years of experience across academia, research institutes, and national laboratories, he is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), a founding member of the Inclusive Engineering Consortium, an ABET program evaluator, and a technical reviewer for conferences, funding agencies, and scholarly journals.

Dr. Eldek's research interests encompass applied electromagnetics, antennas, metamaterials, numerical methods, RF/microwave circuits, and engineering education. He has obtained 21 funded grants, including NSF awards such as Minority Mentoring for Advancement and Participation (Minority-MAP) in Engineering Hub ($925,000, 2022-2027), NSF INCLUDES Alliance: Pathways to Success in Engineering ($528,000, 2019-2021), and Low Cost Microwave Circuit Lab for Minority Institutions ($622,000, 2018-2020). His scholarly output exceeds 100 publications, including 42 journal papers, with key works such as 'Design of Double Dipole Antenna with Enhanced Usable Bandwidth for Wideband Phased Array Applications' (Progress in Electromagnetics Research, 2006), 'Ultra Wideband Double Rhombus Antenna with A 180 Degree Phase Shifter' (IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2007), 'Wideband Modified Printed Bow-Tie Antenna with Single and Dual Polarization for C and X-Band Applications' (IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2005), and 'Square Slot Antenna for Dual Wideband Wireless Communication Systems' (Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, 2005). Dr. Eldek has been recognized among the world's top 2% of scientists in Stanford-Elsevier rankings for citation impact in 2024.