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BACKGROUND

Professor Isaak Mayergoyz received his Master and Ph.D. degrees in the former Soviet Union where he worked as a senior research scientist in the Institute of Cybernetics of Ukranian Academy of Sciences before his immigration to the United States. He arrived in the United States in 1980 and became a tenured Full Professor of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of Maryland, College Park in 1981. In cooperation with Professor Fawzi Emad, he established the electric power engineering curriculum and educational program supported by local power utilities and General Electric Foundation, and he has maintained this program for more than 40 years. For many years, he served as a consultant for the Research and Development Center of General Electric Company and participated in the development of first MRI systems. He has been selected as a visiting Research Fellow of this center. Mayergoyz has authored and coauthored 18 books and over 400 scientific papers and patents. He is a Fellow of IEEE (1988), Visiting Research Fellow of GE Research and Development Center (1988), Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Magnetics Society (1994), Distinguished Scholar-Teacher of the University of Maryland, College Park (1995)and a recipient of Outstanding Teacher Award of the College of Engineering (1987). In 2009, he received the Achievement Award of the IEEE Magnetic Society ( this is the highest award of the Society) with the citation: "For seminal contributions to the analysis of electromagnetic fields and magnetization dynamics, hysteresis modelling and semiconductor device simulations, and service to the IEEE Magnetics Society." In 2010, Mayergoyz was appointed as the Alford L. Ward Professor. In 2017, the photo of Professor Mayergoyz appeared on the front cover of the journal IEEE Magnetics Letters, while his research accomplishments were summarized by the Editor-in- Chief Ron Goldfarb on the back cover of the same journals. In the past, similar recognitions were given to the outstanding scientists in the magnetism area, among them are Nobel Laureates Lois Neel and Clifford Shull. In 2018, Mayergoyz was appointed Distinguished University Professor. He has served on numerous IEEE committees, editorial boards of scientific journals and as the Editor of Academic Press-Elsevier Electromagnetism series.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland (2018)
• Selected for prestigious cover of IEEE Magnetics Letters (2017)
• IEEE Magnetics Society Achievement Award (2009)
• Member and past Chair of IEEE Magnetics Society Achievement Award Selection Committee (2010-present)
• Winner, UM $50K Business Competition, Faculty & Graduate Student Category (2006)
• Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award, University of Maryland (1995-1996)
• College of Engineering Poole and Kent Senior Faculty Teaching Award (1987)
• IEEE Fellow (1988)
• IEEE Magnetic Society Distinguished Lecturer (1994)
• George Corcoran Award, ECE Department, University of Maryland (1982)
• Outstanding Professor Award of the IEEE Student Branch of University of Maryland (1982)
• Member and Chair of IEEE Fellows Evaluation Committee of Magnetics Society (2003-2006)
• Member of Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (1997-present)
• Editor of Academic Press-Elsevier Electromagnetism Series (1996-2009)
• Member of Administrative Committee of IEEE Magnetics Society (1997-2003)
• Editor of IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (1997-2001)
• Coordinator of IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer Program (1996-2002)
• Member of Edison Medal Committee of IEEE Award Board (1989-1991)
• Associate Editor of "COMPEL," International Journal on Numerical Computations and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (1981-1995)
• Research Fellow of GE Research Development Center