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Charles Elachi
Elachi in 2014
8th Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
In office May 1, 2001 – June 30, 2016
Preceded by
Edward C. Stone
Succeeded by
Michael M. Watkins
Personal details
Born
(1947-04-18) April 18, 1947 (age 77) Rayak, Lebanon
Nationality
American and Lebanese
Alma mater
Joseph Fourier University
Grenoble Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Awards
National Order of the Cedar, Chevalier de la Legion d'Honor
Scientific career
Fields
Electrical engineering, Space Science
Institutions
California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Thesis
Electromagnetic Wave Propagation and Source Radiation in Space-Time Periodic Media(1971)
Doctoral advisor
Charles H. Papas
Charles Elachi (born April 18, 1947[1]) is a Lebanese-American professor (emeritus) of electrical engineering and planetary science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). From 2001 to 2016 he was the 8th director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and vice president of Caltech.[2]
^Cedars Network US Directory: Dr. Charles Elachi, Director of JPL Archived May 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Cedars Network. Retrieved on February 20, 2008.
^Elachi to Retire as JPL Director Archived August 16, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Caltech Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences. Retrieved on June 30, 2016.
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