Nacer Chahat
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| Born | Nacer E. Chahat |
| Nationality | French Algerian American |
| Education | École supérieure d'ingénieurs de Rennes (MSc) University of Rennes 1 (MSc) University of Rennes 1 (PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Engineer Researcher |
| Organization | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Thesis | Antenna, propagation and interaction with the human body for body-centric wireless communications at microwaves and millimeter waves (2012) |
Nacer E. Chahat is a French Algerian-American engineer and researcher at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Early life and education
[edit]Chahat was born in Angers, France to a family of Algerian descent.[1] He was educated at Palissy High School.[2] He obtained his master's degrees in electrical engineering from École supérieure d'ingénieurs de Rennes|Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Rennes (ESIR) and in telecommunication from the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes (IETR), University of Rennes 1 in 2009.[3][2] He completed his Ph.D. in signal processing and telecommunications at the IETR, University of Rennes 1, in 2012.[3][4]
Career
[edit]Chahat has been associated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), since 2013.[3][1] Initially, he joined as a Microwave/Antenna Engineer and later took on the roles of Technical Section Staff and Product Delivery Manager in 2017.[5] He became SWOT Payload System engineer in 2019.[6]
At NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Chahat has contributed to several projects, including the Mars Helicopter, Mars 2020, SWOT, Europa Clipper, Mars Cube One, RaInCube, and others.[6]
On April 19, 2021, Chahat was part of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory team that successfully made Ingenuity, the first powered-controlled aircraft to fly on another planet.[7]
In 2022, Chahat was named an IEEE Fellow, recognized for his contributions to spacecraft antennas and propagation, and became one of the youngest fellows of IEEE.[3]
Research
[edit]Chahat specializes in antenna design and electromagnetic interference and compatibility (EMI/EMC) analysis for space missions.[8] He also works across a wide range of frequencies, from UHF to THz, applied in communications, RADAR, imaging systems, satellite communications antennas, wearable and flexible antennas, and antennas for remote sensing and radio astronomy.[8]
Chahat's notable contributions to NASA missions include the design of the Raincube Ka-band deployable mesh reflector, the Mars Cube One X-band antennas, the Europa lander antenna, and communication tools for the Mars Helicopter mission.[8][9]
Awards and recognition
[edit]- 2015: Prix Bretagne Jeune Chercheur[10]
- 2017: The IEEE Sergei A. Schelkunoff Award[11]
- 2017: The Lew Allen Award for Excellence[12]
- 2018: George Herzl Award[6]
- 2018: The Engineers' Council Future Technology Leader Award[13]
- 2019: JARS Best Paper Award for Photo-Optical Instrumentation and Design[14]
- 2021: IET Dr. Sudhalar Rao Award[13]
- 2022: IEEE Fellow[15]
- 2022: National Space Society (NSS) Award[6]
- 2022: IEEE Spectrum Emerging Technology Award[6]
- 2022: Robert J. Collier Trophy[6]
- 2022: National Air & Space Museum Collins Award[6]
- 2022: Rennais of the Year[16]
- 2023: AIAA Associate Fellow[17]
- 2024: IET Fellow[18]
- 2024: NASA's Exceptional Public Achievement Medal[18]
- 2025: Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers[19]
Selected publications
[edit]- Zhadobov, Maxim; Chahat, Nacer; Sauleau, Ronan; Quement, Catherine Le; Drean, Yves Le (April 11, 2011). "Millimeter-wave interactions with the human body: state of knowledge and recent advances". International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies. 3 (2): 237–247. doi:10.1017/S1759078711000122 – via Cambridge University Press.
- Chahat, Nacer; Zhadobov, Maxim; Sauleau, Ronan; Ito, Koichi (April 11, 2011). "A Compact UWB Antenna for On-Body Applications". IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 59 (4): 1123–1131. doi:10.1109/TAP.2011.2109361 – via IEEE Xplore.
- Hodges, Richard E.; Chahat, Nacer; Hoppe, Daniel J.; Vacchione, Joseph D. (April 11, 2017). "A Deployable High-Gain Antenna Bound for Mars: Developing a new folded-panel reflectarray for the first CubeSat mission to Mars". IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine. 59 (2): 39–49. doi:10.1109/MAP.2017.2655561 – via IEEE Xplore.
- Chahat, Nacer; Hodges, Richard E.; Sauder, Jonathan; Thomson, Mark; Peral, Eva; Rahmat-Samii, Yahya (June 11, 2016). "CubeSat Deployable Ka-Band Mesh Reflector Antenna Development for Earth Science Missions". IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 64 (6): 2083–2093. doi:10.1109/TAP.2016.2546306 – via IEEE Xplore.
- Pellegrini, A.; Brizzi, A.; Zhang, L.; Ali, K.; Hao, Y.; Wu, X.; Constantinou, C. C.; Nechayev, Y.; Hall, P. S.; Chahat, N.; Zhadobov, M.; Sauleau, R. (August 11, 2013). "Antennas and Propagation for Body-Centric Wireless Communications at Millimeter-Wave Frequencies: A Review [Wireless Corner]". IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine. 55 (4): 262–287. doi:10.1109/MAP.2013.6645205 – via IEEE Xplore.
- Chahat, Nacer; Zhadobov, Maxim; Le Coq, Laurent; Sauleau, Ronan (February 11, 2012). "Wearable Endfire Textile Antenna for On-Body Communications at 60 GHz". IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. 11: 799–802. doi:10.1109/LAWP.2012.2207698 – via IEEE Xplore.
- Chahat, Nacer; Zhadobov, Maxim; Le Coq, Laurent; Alekseev, Stanislav I.; Sauleau, Ronan (December 11, 2012). "Characterization of the Interactions Between a 60-GHz Antenna and the Human Body in an Off-Body Scenario". IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 60 (12): 5958–5965. doi:10.1109/TAP.2012.2211326 – via IEEE Xplore.
- Chahat, Nacer; Zhadobov, Maxim; Muhammad, Shoaib Anwar; Le Coq, Laurent; Sauleau, Ronan (April 11, 2013). "60-GHz Textile Antenna Array for Body-Centric Communications". IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 61 (4): 1816–1824. doi:10.1109/TAP.2012.2232633 – via IEEE Xplore.
- Chahat, Nacer; Valerio, Guido; Zhadobov, Maxim; Sauleau, Ronan (April 11, 2013). "On-Body Propagation at 60 GHz". IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 61 (4): 1876–1888. doi:10.1109/TAP.2013.2242034 – via IEEE Xplore.
Bibliography
[edit]Books
[edit]- CubeSat Antenna Design (2021)
Book chapters
[edit]- G. Chattopadhyay, M. Alonso Del Pino, N. Chahat, D. Gonzalez, and T. Reck, Terahertz antennas and feeds, Chapter 11 in “Aperture antennas for mm and sub-mm wave applications”, Springer, 2017.
- M. Zhadobov, C. Leduc, A. Guraliuc, N. Chahat, and R. Sauleau, “Body-centric wireless communication and networks,” Chapter 5 in Advances in Body-Centric Wireless Communication: Applications and State-of-the-art, ISBN 978-1-84919-989-6, The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 2016.
- N. Chahat, A. Tang, G. Valerio, M. Zhadobov, Anda Guraliuc, and R. Sauleau, Antennas, Phantoms, and Body-centric propagation at millimeter waves, in Electromagnetics of Body-Area Networks: Antennas, Propagation, and RF Circuits, ISBN 978-1-119-02946-5, Wiley/IEEE Press, 2016.
- N. Chahat, M. Zhadobov, and R. Sauleau, Progress in compact antennas, Chapter 6: Antennas for body-centric wireless communications at millimeter wave frequencies, ISBN 978-953-51-1723-0, Intech 2014.
References
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- ^ "Sergei A. Schelkunoff Transactions Prize Paper Award". IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 65 (12): 6810–6812. December 2017. Bibcode:2017ITAP...65.6810.. doi:10.1109/TAP.2017.2770241.
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