Prof. Andrea Alù, Associate Professor at Texas ECE was awarded the prestigious 2016 Simons Investigators award by the Simons Foundation to honor his achievements in research and academia. Prof. Alù received the Mathematics and Physical Sciences-Simons Investigators in Physics award. His work on the manipulation of light in artificial materials and metamaterials has shown how clever designs may surpass what had previously been thought to be limitations on wave propagation in materials.
