Year: Graduate Student
Major: Electrical Engineering
Hometown: Midland, MI
Scholarships: Department of Defense S.M.A.R.T Fellowship (Science, Mathematics & Research for Transformation)
Awards: 1st Prize Student Paper Award at 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas & Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio
Hobbies: Basketball, Volleyball, Motorcycling, Reading.
Favorite Quote: "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

Amit Patel was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and moved to Midland, MI during high school. Prior to attending the University of Michigan to purse his Masters and PhD in electromagnetics, he attended Michigan State University where he earned degrees in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Physics.

Patel is working with Professor Anthony Grbic on the theory and development of textured and anisotropic electromagnetic surfaces. The impedance of the surfaces is manipulated in order to control guided waves and directional radiation.