Raymond Luebbers facts for kids
Dr. Raymond J. Luebbers (born September 2, 1946) is a smart scientist and engineer. He taught Electrical Engineering at big universities like The Pennsylvania State University and Ohio University. He also worked as a research scientist at Lockheed Martin and started his own company, Remcom, Inc.
Learning and Teaching
Dr. Luebbers studied Electrical Engineering. He earned his first degree from the University of Cincinnati. Then, he got his master's and Ph.D. degrees from Ohio State University in 1975.
In 1984, he became a professor at The Pennsylvania State University. He even spent a year teaching in Japan at Tohoku University in 1991-1992. This was part of a special program from the National Science Foundation.
Starting Remcom, Inc.
While teaching at Penn State, Dr. Luebbers started a company called Remcom, Inc. This company creates special computer programs. These programs help scientists and engineers understand electromagnetism. Electromagnetism is how electricity and magnetism work together.
Remcom also does research for the government and other companies. The company has won awards for being innovative. For example, Remcom received a special award from the US Army in 2001.
Dr. Luebbers retired from Remcom in July 2008. However, he still helps the company as a consultant.
Research and Discoveries
Dr. Luebbers has written many papers about his research. He studied how different materials affect radio waves. He also worked on a special computer method called the Finite-difference time-domain method. This method helps predict how electromagnetic waves behave.
He is also a co-author of a book about this method. He has given talks and taught short courses at many international meetings. One of his papers, "FDTD Calculation of Scattering from Frequency-Dependent Materials," won an award in 1993. This was the Schelkunoff Best Paper Award from the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society.
Dr. Luebbers has also been a leader in important groups. He served on the board of directors for the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES). He is also a member of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) and the IEEE Standards Coordinating Committee 34.
Awards and Honors
- He was chosen as a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. This is a high honor for engineers.
- His paper, "FDTD Calculation of Scattering from Frequency-Dependent Materials," won the Schelkunoff Best Paper Award in 1993. This award is given by the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society.
