Igor Alexeff

Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus

University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996 – 2100

Professor Igor Alexeff has been working in plasma and microwave engineering for over 50 years. He has a patent on the Orbitron Microwave Maser that has operated up to one Terahertz (1/3 mm.). He is an author and co – editor of the book, High Power Microwave Sources, published by Artech House. He has spent considerable time recently on plasma stealth antennas, and is listed on several patents issued to the ASI Technology Corporation.

Professor Alexeff graduated from Harvard in physics in 1952, and received his PhD degree from the University of Wisconsin in nuclear physics in 1959. He also passed the Tennessee State License Exam, and is a registered professional engineer. He has worked at the Westinghouse Research Laboratory on nuclear submarines, at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in controlled thermonuclear fusion, and at the University of Tennessee in industrial plasma engineering. He has worked overseas for extended periods in Switzerland, Japan, India, South Africa, and Brazil. He has done considerable work for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and was a co – founder of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society. He was president of that society in 1999 – 2000. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and of The American Physical Society. He has over 100 refereed publications and over 10 patents.