Dr. William Joines

Biography

William T. Joines earned his B.S. degree from North Carolina State University in 1959, followed by his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Duke University in 1961 and 1964, respectively, all in electrical engineering. He served in the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1955 as an airborne radar technician. From 1959 to 1966, he was a Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Telephone Laboratories, focusing on research and development for missile tracking and guidance radar. Joines joined Duke University's Department of Electrical Engineering as an Assistant Professor in 1966 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1968 and to Full Professor in 1979. His research interests encompass electromagnetic field-wave interactions, materials, and structures. Joines is a member of several honor societies, including Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu, and he has received numerous accolades, such as the Outstanding Engineering Educator Award from the IEEE and the Scientific Technical Achievement Award from the Environmental Protection Agency. He has supervised over 60 graduate students' thesis and dissertation research leading to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.

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