Moeness Amin received his PhD. degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1984 in electrical engineering. Since 1985, he has been with the Faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA, where he became the Director of the Center for Advanced Communications, College of Engineering, in 2002.
Dr. Amin is a Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); Fellow of the International Society of Optical Engineering (SPIE); Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET); and a Fellow of the European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP). He is the Recipient of: the 2022-IEEE Dennis Picard Gold Medal in Radar Technologies and Applications; the 2017-Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Advanced Science and Technology; the 2016-Alexander von Humboldt Research Award; the 2016-IET Achievement Medal; the 2014-IEEE Signal Processing Society Technical Achievement Award; the 2009-Technical Achievement Award from the European Association for Signal Processing; the 2015-IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society Warren D White Award for Excellence in Radar Engineering. He is also the Recipient of the 2010-Chief of Naval Research Challenge Award; the 1997-IEEE Philadelphia Section Award, the 1997-Villanova University Outstanding Faculty Research Award. He is the Recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal.
Dr. Amin served as Chair/Member of the Electrical Cluster of Franklin Institute Committee on Science and the Arts (2001-2016). He served on the Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the IEEE and is currently a member of the Editorial Board of the IEEE Press. Dr. Amin has published numerous papers in signal processing theory and applications, covering the areas of Wireless Communications, Radar, Satellite Navigations, Ultrasound, Healthcare, and RFID. He is the Editor of four books on radar.