Hans H. Kuehl

Biography

Hans Kuehl received his BS in 1955 from Princeton University and his PhD in 1959 from the California Institute of Technology, both in electrical engineering. He served as Department Chairman from 1987 to 1998.

His most recent research interests include the study of localized nonlinear pulses called solitons in electronic plasmas and in optical fibers. Solitons have an important technological impact in the area of fiber optic communication, where light pulses in the form of solitons are used for broadband information transmission.

Professor Kuehl's major past research contributions include the formulation and development of the basic theory governing the interaction of antennas and electronic plasmas. He was elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for his research in this area. He has served as a consultant for several industrial firms, including the Hughes Aircraft Co. and the Aerospace Corp.

Awards that he has received include the University of Southern California Associates Teaching Excellence Award, the USC Archimedes Circle Faculty Service Award, and the Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Electrical Engineering Faculty Award. In addition, Professor Kuehl served as the co-chairman of the task force at USC that developed an innovative new electrical engineering curriculum that became effective in 1996. He was the lead faculty member in the development of the Web-enhanced version of the EE Department's basic circuits course. In 2006, Professor Kuehl received the USC Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding teaching, research and service.