Member Recognitions: Eesa Bastaki
(May 12, 2010)
IEEE Senior Member Eesa Bastaki received the United Arab Emirates’ Emirates Appreciation Award for Science. He was given the award, considered the republic’s highest award in science, in recognition for his achievements as an educator and electrical engineer, and for his volunteer work for IEEE. The award was presented to him by the president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Bastaki has been an assistant professor of electrical engineering at United Arab Emirates University, in Al Ain, since 1982. He is also director of the university’s computer center. In addition, for the past two years he has been director of the education and technology department of the Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority, which aims to facilitate and promote modern technology-based industries in that emirate.
He has been chair of IEEE’s United Arab Emirates Section since 1995. A member of the IEEE Communications Society, he helped develop the society’s recently introduced Wireless Communication Engineering Technologies certification program. The certification covers radio-frequency engineering, propagation, and antennas; network and service architecture; licensing agreements; industry standards and policies; and government regulations.
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About IEEE UAE Section
IEEE, UAE Section was established in 1987 to participate in the development of U.A.E. and fulfill the vision perceived by the nation's leaders. It has played an essential role in widening the scope of techno-electrical and computing awareness in the society. There are more than 1200 IEEE members in the section. IEEE UAE section has four society chapters; they are Power & Energy Society chapter, Computer Society chapter, Medicine and Biology Society Chapter, and Signal Processing/Communication joint chapter, in addition to two affinity groups, WIE (Women in Engineering) and GOLD (Graduate for the last decade). Moreover, it has 13 student branches in different universities across the country. More information about the section can be found at http://www.ieee-uae.com.
