Information
Membership Number: FCA2520
Membership Type: Full Fellow; Member of the Academic Committee
Division: Engineering and Applied Sciences
Corresponding Email: ammadni@yahoo.com; ammadni@ee.ucla.edu
Homepage(s): https://samueli.ucla.edu/people/asad-m-madni/
Present and Previous Positions
Distinguished Adjunct Professor and Distinguished Scientist, University of California, Los Angeles
Co-supervisor, High Speed Electronics Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Asad M. Madni served as President, Chief Operating Officer & CTO of BEI Technologies Inc. from 1992 until
the completion of its $600 million acquisition by Schneider Electric in 2006. He led the development and
commercialization of intelligent sensors and systems for aerospace & defense, commercial aviation, public health,
and transportation industries, including the servo control system for Hubble Space Telescope’s Star Selector which
provided the Hubble with unprecedented pointing accuracy & stability, resulting in truly remarkable images that have
enhanced our understanding of the universe; a minimally invasive endometrial ablation system which represented a
major advance in the treatment of menorrhagia allowing gynecologists to perform ablation under direct visualization
on an outpatient basis under local anesthesia; and the revolutionary MEMS GyroChip® technology which
revolutionized navigation and stability in aerospace and automotive systems and is used worldwide for electronic
stability control and rollover protection in passenger vehicles, thereby saving millions of lives every year. The sensing
technologies that he pioneered are the fundamental building blocks that help make autonomous vehicles a reality.
Prior to joining BEI, he was with Systron Donner Corporation for 18 years in senior technical & executive positions,
eventually as Chairman, President & CEO. Here, he made seminal and pioneering contributions in the development
of RF & Microwave Systems & Instrumentation which significantly enhanced the Combat Readiness of the US Navy
(and its allies) and which provided the DOD the ability (not possible with prior art) to simulate more threat
representative ECM environments for current and future advanced warfare training.
Dr. Madni is currently an Independent Consultant, Distinguished Adjunct Professor, and Distinguished Scientist in
the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department at UCLA, Co-supervisor of the High-Speed Electronics
Laboratory, and Faculty Fellow in the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies and Connected Autonomous Electric
Vehicle Consortium. From 2006 to 2016, he also served as Executive Managing Director & Chief Technical Officer
of Crocker Capital, a private venture firm specializing in emerging technologies.
Fields of Scholarship and Research Interests
Intelligent sensors, systems and instrumentation, wireless sensor networks, wearable sensors, computational sensing, signal processing, and MEMS; applications for automotive safety, aerospace, radar, electronic warfare, US combat readiness, medical instrumentation, and wireless health.
Honors, Awards and Other Membership
2025, Honorary Fellowship, Royal Society of Edinburgh
2025, Space Technology Hall of Fame
2025, President, Asia Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association
2024, National Inventors Hall of Fame
2024 UCLA Professional Achievement Award
2024 Washington Academy of Sciences Distinguished Career Award
2024 Life Fellow, Cambridge Philosophical Society
2024 Life Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
2023, John Fritz Medal (established in 1902 as the highest award in the engineering profession, according to AAES the "Nobel Prize" in engineering)
2023, IEEE-USA George F. McClure Citation of Honor
2023, World's Top AI Scientist of International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance
2022, IEEE Medal of Honor (institute's highest honor, widely referred to as the "Nobel Prize" in electronic and electrical sciences & engineering)
2022, Prince Philip Medal, Royal Academy of Engineering (academy's highest and most prestigious honor)
2022, Elmer A. Sperry Award, IEEE, ASME, SAE, AIAA, SNAME, ASCE
2022, D.Eng (h.c.), Tufts University, Medford, MA
2022, Dean's Medal, School of Engineering, Tufts University
2022, Tau Beta Pi, McDonald Mentor Medal
2022, Life Fellow, Washington Academy of Sciences
2022, Life Fellow, Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association
2021, International Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering
2021 Advanced Technical Achievement Award, Sensor Systems and Networks, IEEE Sensors Council
2020, International Fellow, UK Royal Academy of Engineering
2020, Soichiro Honda Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
2020, Industrial Innovation Award, IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society
2020, Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society for International Scholars
2020, IEEE Heritage Circle, Nikola Tesla Society, Honored Philanthropist Award
2019, Honorary Fellowship, Royal Aeronautical Society
2019, European Academy of Sciences and Arts
2019, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award
2019, IEEE HKN Asad M. Madni Outstanding Technical Achievement and Excellence Award, Established in Honor of his Visionary Leadership and Pioneering Contributions
2019, IEEE Frederik Philips Award
2018, Hind Rattan (“Jewel of India”) Award, Government of India NRI Welfare Society
2018, Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
2017, Heritage Society Medal, National Academy of Engineering
2017, Vladimir Karapetoff Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, IEEE – Eta Kappa Nu (HKN)
2017, Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman Gold Medal, Government of India NRI Welfare Society
2017, Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society (UK)
2017, Gordon Medal for Engineering Leadership, University of California San Diego
2016, Visionary Leadership Award, IEEE San Fernando Valley Section
2016, Chair Professor, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2016, Ph.D. (h.c.), National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2016, Dean’s Faculty Award for Service, USC, Viterbi School of Engineering
2016, Ellis Island Medal of Honor
2015, Honorary Professorship, University of Texas San Antonio
2015, Eminent Member Recognition, IEEE – Eta Kappa Nu (HKN)
2015, J. J. Thomson Medal, Institute of Engineering and Technology (UK) (IET)
2015, Ph.D. (h.c.), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (The National University of Malaysia)
2014, Visiting Professor, Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics (IMEN), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2014, Honorary Member, Golden Key, International Society
2014, Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2014, Einstein Society Award, National Academy of Engineering
2014, Distinguished Alumni Award, Tau Beta Pi, The National Engineering Honor Society
2014, Honorary Professorship, University of Waikato, New Zealand
2014, Honorary Professorship, Technical University of Crete
2014, Medal of Honor and Co-Honoree, World Automation Congress (WAC)
2013, Distinguished Alumni Award, UCLA Electrical Engineering Department
2013, Distinguished Service Award, UCLA Electrical Engineering Department
2013, Honorary Member, Phi Kappa Phi, Interdisciplinary Honor Society
2013, Sc.D. (h.c.), California State University and California State University, Northridge
2013, Lifetime Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
2013, Life Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
2012, Pioneer Award, IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society
2012, D.Eng. (h.c.), Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece
2011, Citation of Honor, TCI College of Technology
2011, US National Academy of Engineering
2010, Career Excellence Award, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society
2010, Lifetime Contribution Award, UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
2009, D.Sc. (h.c.), Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
2009, Honorary Member, Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Honor Society for Computing & Information Disciplines
2009, Eta Kappa Nu, The National Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society
2009, Tau Alpha Pi, The National Engineering Technology Honor Society
2008, Delta Epsilon Tau (DET), International Honor Society
2008, Outstanding Engineer Award, IEEE Region 6
2008, Outstanding Engineer Award, IEEE Region 6 South
2008, Outstanding Leadership and Professional Service Award, IEEE Region 6 South
2008, Eminent Engineer, Tau Beta Pi, The National Engineering Honor Society
2008, Distinguished Service Award, UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
2008, Boelter Society Lifetime Membership Award, UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
2007, Marconi Medal, TCI College of Technology
2006, Lifetime Achievement Award, World Automation Congress
2006, Fellow, Society of Automotive Engineers
2006, Fellow, Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK)
2005, Achievement Medal, Institution of Engineering & Technology (UK)
2005, Lifetime Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
2004, Alumnus of the Year Award, UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science (school's highest honor)
2004, Distinguished Engineering Achievement Award, Engineers’ Council
2003, George Washington Engineer of the Year Award, Los Angeles Council of Engineers & Scientists
2002, Professional Achievement Award Medal, University of California Los Angeles
2002, Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2002, Sensors Expo's Silver Award
2001 Product Design and Development's Top 50 Innovations Award
2001, Distinguished Alumni Award, California Coast University
2000, Third Millennium Medal, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
2000, Fellow, New York Academy of Science
2000, Fellow, Institute for the Advancement of Engineering
2000, Joseph F. Engelberger Best Paper Award, World Automation Congress
1999, Fellow, Institution of Electrical Engineers (UK)
1998, Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
1992, Gold Certificate of Merit, Association of Old Crows
Featured guest on numerous television shows including CNN with Casey Wyan and BizNews 1 (now CNBC) with Mike Russell.
Listed in all major Who’s Who publications including Who’s Who in America, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in Science & Engineering, Who's Who in Technology, Who's Who in Finance & Industry, International Who's Who of Intellectuals, 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 20th Century, 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century, Outstanding People of the 21st Century, and Asia Men and Women of Achievement.
Honorary Degrees
D.Eng. Tufts University, Medford, MA (2022) • Ph.D. National Chiao Tung University (now National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University), Hsinchu, Taiwan (2016) • Ph.D. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) The National University of Malaysia (2015) • Sc.D. California State University Northridge jointly with California State University (2013) • D.Eng. Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece (2012) • D.Sc. Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University), Canada (2009).
Honorary & Visiting Professorships
Honorary Professorships: • University of Strathclyde, Scotland (2024 -), University of Texas San Antonio (2016 -), University of Waikato, New Zealand (2014 -), Technical University of Crete, Greece (2014 -), Ryerson University, Canada (Honorary Adjunct Professor, 2007-2019), TCI College of Technology, New York (Distinguished College Professor of Electronics Engineering, 2007-2017) Chair Professorship: National Chiao Tung University (now Yang Ming Chiao Tung University), Taiwan (2016 -) Visiting Professor: Institute of Microengineering & Nanoelectronics (IMEN), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (2014).
Selected Publications
Over 200 publications and 69 issued or pending patents
Madni, Asad M., & Costlow, Lynn, E., "Quartz MEMS Gyroscope Sensors" – Encyclopedia of Sensors, July 2006, pp.395-446. American Scientific Publishers. B) Madni, Asad M., & Costlow, Lynn E., "Common Design Techniques for BEI GyroChipÒ Quartz Rate Sensors for Both Automotive and Aerospace/Defence Markets" – IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 3, No. 5 October 2003, pp. 569-578 (US Patents # 7,360,422; # 8,113.050). World's first commercialized MEMS gyroscope and inertial measurement unit for aerospace and automotive safety, established BEI as world's largest producer of MEMS yaw sensors for cars.
Madni Asad M., Vuong Jim B., Yang Daniel C., & Huang Bin, "A Differential Capacitive Torque Sensor with Optimal Kinematic Linearity" – IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 7, No.5, pp. 800-807, May 2007. B) Huang Bin, Yang Daniel C.H., Madni Asad M., & Vuong Jim B., "Multi-Electrode Differential Capacitive Sensors - Model Simulation with Design Application" – IEEE Sensors Journal, Volume 13, No. 4, pp. 1371-1379, April 2013. (US Patents # 5,753,828; # 6, 520 031; # 6,564,654; # 6, 772, 646; # 6, 955, 097; # 6,304, 076 ; # 7, 449, 894 ). Torque and position sensors for advanced steering wheel control in intelligent vehicles.
Madni, Asad M., & Jumper, Mike., "An Extremely SlowMotion Servo Control Technique Used in the Hubble Space Telescope's Star Selector Servo Subsystem” – Proceedings, 1997 NASA University Research Centers Technical Conference (URC-TC), February 16-19, 1997, pp. 483-490. B) Madni, Asad M., Jumper, Mike, & Malcolm, Tim, "An Absolute High Performance, Self Calibrating Optical Rotary Positioning System" – Proceedings, 2001 IEEE Aerospace Conference, March 10-17, 2001, Vol. 5, pp. 2363-2373. Provides HST with a pointing accuracy equivalent to pointing at the face of a US 1/4 dollar as seen from 150 miles away with a pointing stability less than the width of the 1/4 dollar over a 24 hour period.
Madni, Asad M., & Wan, Lawrence A., "Velocity Deception Apparatus and Method Therefor" – US Patent # 5,003,312, issued March 26, 1991 (Supporting US Patents # 5,345,239; # 5,111,206) B) Madni, Asad M. & Nyiri, Ernest J., "Low Cost, High Resolution Serrodynable Solid-State Amplifier System for ECM Applications" – 1982 Handbook of Electronic Countermeasures, Microwave Exhibitions and Publishers Ltd, England.The system is in use worldwide in numerous countermeasures applications including US DOD’s highly successful AN/ULQ-21 countermeasures set & defensive avionics of the B-1B Bomber.
Madni, Asad M. & Hornoch, Zoltan Tarczy, "Microprocessor Based Fault Finder Pinpoints Transmission Line Faults Within Inches…and Within Minutes" – Cover Feature, Microwave Journal, Vol. 24, No. 11, Nov. 1981, pp. 49 - 57 (US Patent # 4,630,228, issued December 6, 1986, "Transmission Line Analyzer for Automatically Identifying the Severities and Locations of Multiple Mismatches" ). The correlation & interpolation techniques of microwave signals is still a landmark achievement in overcoming the limitations of Time and Frequency Domain Reflectometry techniques.
Madni, Asad M., McDonald, Patrick T., Hansen, Robert K., & Wan, Lawrence A , "High-Dynamic-Range Airborne Tracking and Fire Control Radar Subsystems" – IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory & Techniques, Vol. 37, No. 12, Dec.1989, pp. 1942-1948. Significantly upgraded the capabilities of the Combat Talon II Radar.
Madni, Asad M., Vuong, Jim B., & Wells, Roger F., " The Next Generation Position Sensing Technology, Part 1: Theory and Design" – Sensors, The Journal of Applied Sensing Technology, Cover Feature, March 2001, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 42-55. Part 2: Differential Displacement and Linear Capabilities"–Sensors, The Journal of Applied Sensing Technology, Cover Feature, April 2001, Vol.18, No. 4, pp. 61-65.
Madni, Asad M., Vuong, Jim B., Lopez, Mike, & Wells, Roger F., "A Smart Rotary Actuator for Forward-Looking, Radar Based, Adaptive Cruise Control"– SAE 2002 Transactions, Journal of Passenger Cars: Electronics & Electrical Systems, Paper No. 2002-01-1882, pp.720-725.
Madni, Asad M., Prasanna Sridhar and Jamshidi, Mo, "Fault-Tolerant Data Acquisition in Sensor Networks" – Proceedings, IEEE SMC International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE) Paper No.307, April 16-18, 2007.
Prasanna Sridhar, Madni, Asad M., & Jamshidi, Mo, "Heirarchical Aggregation and Intelligent Monitoring and Control in Fault- Tolerant Wireless Sensor Networks" – Inaugural Issue, IEEE Systems Journal, Volume 1, No.1, pp. 38-54, Sept 2007.
Madni, Asad M., Chalasani Suresh & Boppana Rajendra V., "Guest Editorial, RFID Technology: Opportunities and Challenges" – IEEE Systems Journal, Special Issue on RFID Technology, Vol.1, No. 2, pp. 78-81, December 2007.
Madni Asad M., Rahnama Hossein & Sadeghian Alireza, "Invited Paper: Self - Adaptive Middleware for Building Context-Aware Software for Public Transit Systems" – Proceedings, 4th International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP), paper No. 12, March 3-5, 2010.
Rahnama Hossein, Sadeghian Alireza, and Madni Asad M.," Relational Attribute Integrated Matching Analysis (RAIMA): A Framework for the Design of Self-Adaptive Egocentric Social Networks". IEEE Systems Journal, Volume 5, No. 1, pp. 80-90, March 2011.
Brandon W. Buckley, Asad M. Madni, and Bahram Jalali, "Coherent Time-Stretch Transformation for Real Time Capture of Wideband Signals"-- Optic Express Journal, Volume 21, No.18, pp. 21618-21627, September 6, 2013.
Madni Asad M., "IEEE AESS 2012 Pioneer Award: Evolution of Aerospace Systems Through Advancements in Electronic Miniaturization and Digital Signal Processing Technologies" – IEEE Aerospace & Electronic Systems Journal, Vol. 28, No. 5, pp. 4-13, May 2013. Preserved in the IEEE Historical Archives in honor of his receiving IEEE AESS's highest honor-- Pioneer Award.
Yannis A. Phillis, Asad M. Madni, Evangelos Grigoroudis, Fotis Kanellos, Vassilis S. Kourkoglou, and Spiros Papaefthimiou, "Why Climate Action is Urgent"-- The Bridge, Journal of US National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies. Fall 2014 issue, pp. 30 - 37.
Madni, Asad M., Shahnawaz Iftikhar, & Vuong, Jim B., "Application of Artificial Neural Networks To Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Traffic Control" – Proceedings, 2000 World Automation Congress, June 11-16, 2000, pp. 355-364. Winner of the Joseph F. Engelberger Best Paper Award in the Soft Computing Track.
Cejo K. Lonappan, Brandon Buckley, Daniel Lam, Asad M. Madni, and Bahram Jalali, "Time Stretch Accelerated Processor for Real-time, In-service High Bandwidth Signal Analysis"- Proceedings, IEEE GlobalSIP 2014, the 2nd IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing : Advances in Signal Processing for Mixed - Signal and Optical Sensing: Hardware to Algorithms, pp. 707-711, Atlanta, Georgia, December 3-5, 2014.
Daniel Lam, Brandon W. Buckley, Cejo K. Lonappan, Asad M. Madni, and Bahram Jalali, "Ultra-Wideband Instantaneous Frequency Estimation" -- IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine, pp. 26-30, April 2015.
Cejo K. Lonappan, Asad M. Madni, and Bahram Jalali, "Single-shot Network Analyzer for Extremely Fast Measurements"-- Applied Optics, Volume 25, issue 30, pp. 8406-8412, 2016.
Tham Donald K.and Madni Asad M., " SOX Compliance with OEE, Enterprise Modleing and Temporal - ABC"-- AutoSoft Journal, Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing, Volume 24, issue 1, pp. 17-25. Taylor and Francis Group, 2018.
Supratik Mukhopadhyay, S. S. Iyengar, Asad M. Madni and Robert Di Biano, "The Next Generation of Artificial Intelligence: Synthesizable AI" – Paper 58, Session 17: Intelligent Systems, Proceedings, Future Technologies Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, November 13-14, 2018.
Zhuoya Bai,Cejo Konuparambam Lonappan, Asad M. Madni and Bahram Jalali., "Photonic-assisted Network Analyzer for High Throughput Electronic Device Characterization" – SPIE Photonics West, Conference on Photonic Instrumentation Engineering VI, February 2-7, 2019.
Zhuoya Bai, Cejo Konuparamban Lonappan, Asad M. Madni, and Bahram Jalali, “Time-stretch Network Analyzer for Single-shot Characterization of Electron Devices” – Conference on Lasers and Electro-optics, session on Imaging, Microscopy, and Specialized Detection, San Jose Convention Center, May 5-10, 2019.
Zhuoya Bai, Cejo Konuparamban Lonappan, Tianwei Jiang, Asad M. Madni, Fengping Yan and Bahram Jalali, "Tera-sample-per second single-shot device analyzer" Optic Express, Volume 27, issue 16, pp. 23321-23335, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.023321 (US Patent No. 10,746,630 B2 ). World's fastest network analyzer reported for device characterization.
Mazzolin Robert and Madni Asad, “A Survey of Contemporary Cyber Security Vulnerabilities and Potential Approaches to Automated Defence" -- Paper No. 1570592852, SYSCON 2020 IEEE International Systems Conference, Montreal, Canada, April 20-23, 2020.
Hannaneh Hojaiji, Yichao Zhao, Max C. Gong, Mudith Mallajosyula, Amir M Hojaiji, Asad M. Madni, and Sam Emaminejad, “A Monolithic Wearable System Design Methodology For Physiological Actuation And Electrochemical Sensing”, The 24th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS 2020). Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society (CBMS), October 4-9, 2020.
Hannaneh Hojaiji, Yichao Zhao, Shuyu Lin, Max C. Gong, Mudith Allajosyula, Haisong Lin, Amir M. Hojaiji, Asad M. Madni and Sam Emaminejad, “An Autonomous Diurnal Sweat Sampling Patch for Biomarker Data Analytics”—IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Print ISSN: 1057- 7157, Online ISSN: 1941-0158, Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/JMEMS.2020.3010537.
Achuta Kadambi and Asad M. Madni,"Artificial Intelligence: From Ancient Greeks to Self-Driving Cars and Beyond"—5oth Anniversary Commemorative Issue of The Bridge (Linking Engineering and Society), Quarterly Journal of the National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies. 2020.
Shrikanth (Shri) Narayanan and Asad M. Madni,"Inclusive Human-Centered Machine Intelligence"—50th Anniversary Commemorative Issue of The Bridge (Linking Engineering and Society), Quarterly Journal of the National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies. 2020.
PATENTS
1. "Digitally Programmable Apparatus for Generating a substantially Linear Ramp Signal" – US Patent No. 4,238,727, issued December 9, 1980. Inventor: Asad M. Madni. Assignee: Systron Donner Corporation.
2. "Baseline Clipper for Spectrum Analyzer Display" – US Patent No. 4,262,249, issued April 14, 1981. Inventor: Asad M. Madni. Assignee: Systron Donner Corporation.
3. "Apparatus for Connecting Data Points on a Cathode Ray Tube Display and Method Therefor" – US Patent No. 4,311,997, issued January 19, 1982. Inventor: Asad M. Madni. Assignee: Systron Donner Corporation.
4. "Transmission Line Analyzer for Automatically Identifying the Severities and Locations of Multiple Mismatches" – US Patent No. 4,630,228, issued December 6, 1986. Inventors: Zoltan Tarczy-Hornoch, Asad M. Madni, & Joseph M. Fala. Assignee: Systron Donner Corporation.
5. "Microwave Digital Phase Shifter Apparatus and Method for Construction" – US Patent No. 4,649,553, issued March 10, 1987. Inventors: Asad M. Madni, & Lawrence A. Wan. Assignee: Systron Donner Corporation.
6. "Velocity Deception Apparatus and Method Therefor" – US Patent No. 5,003,312, issued March 26, 1991. Inventors: Asad M. Madni & Lawrence A. Wan. Assignee: Systron Donner Corporation.
7. "Velocity Deception Apparatus" – US Patent No. 5,111,206, issued May 5, 1992. Inventors: Asad M. Madni, & Joseph M. Fala. Assignee: Systron Donner Corporation.
8. "High Speed Serrodyne Digital Frequency Translator" – US Patent No. 5,345,239, issued September 6, 1994. Inventors: Asad M. Madni & Lawrence A. Wan. Assignee: Systron Donner Corporation.
9. "Fuzzy Logic Controlled Cryogenic Cooler" – US Patent No. 5,734,593, issued March 31, 1998. Inventors: Asad M. Madni, Lawrence A. Wan & Jim B. Vuong. Assignee: BEI Sensors & Systems Company, Inc.10. "Shaft Torque Measuring System" – US Patent No. 5,753,828, issued May 19, 1998. Inventors: Asad M. Madni, Lawrence A. Wan and Robert K. Hansen. Assignee: BEI Sensors & Systems Company, Inc.
11. "Mobile Tracking Antenna Made by Semiconductor Processing Technique" –US Patent No. 5,850,199, issued
December 15, 1998. Inventors: Lawrence A. Wan & Asad M. Madni. Assignee: BEI Sensors & Systems Company, Inc. Japanese Patent No. 2937977 issued June 11, 1999. European Patent No. 0853350, issued April 9, 2003. German Patent No. P69813046.4, issued April 8, 2004.
12. "Fuzzy Logic Controlled Endometrium Ablator" – US Patent No. 5,956,464, issued September 21, 1999. Inventors: Asad M. Madni, Lawrence A. Wan & Jim B. Vuong. Assignee: BEI Sensors & Systems Company, Inc.
13. "Rifle Stabilization System for Erratic Hand and Mobile Platform Motion" – US Patent No. 5,974,940, issued
November 2, 1999. Inventors: Asad M. Madni, Lawrence A. Wan, Robert K. Hansen, & Jim B. Vuong. Assignee: BEI Sensors
& Systems Company, Inc. Japanese Patent No. 3096275, issued August 4, 2000. European Patent No. 0898144, issued November 16, 2005. German Patent No. P60203248.2 issued, November 16, 2005.
14. "Endoscope with Stretchable Flexible Sheath Covering" – US Patent No. 6,007,482, issued December 28, 1999. Inventors: Asad M. Madni, Lawrence A. Wan & Robert K. Hansen. Assignee: BEI Sensors & Systems Company, Inc.
15. "High Efficiency Fuzzy Logic Based Stirling Cycle Cryogenic Cooler" – US Patent No. 6,233,947, issued May 22, 2001. Inventors: Asad M. Madni, & Jim B. Vuong. Assignee: BEI Sensors & Systems Company, Inc.
16. "Angular Position Sensor with Inductive Attenuating Coupler" – US Patent No. 6,304,076, issued October 16, 2001. Inventors: Asad M. Madni, & Jim B. Vuong. Assignee: BEI Sensors & Systems Company, Inc. Japanese Patent No. 3621872, issued November 26, 2004.
17. "A Non-Contact Linear Position Sensor for Motion Control Applications" – US Patent No. 6,448,759, issued September 10, 2002. Inventors: Asad M. Madni, & Jim B. Vuong. Assignee: BEI Sensors & Systems Company, Inc. European Patent No. 1225426, issued September 21, 2005.
18. "A Non-Contacting Torque Sensor" – US Patent No. 6,520,031, issued February 18, 2003. Inventors: Asad M. Madni, Jim B. Vuong, and Robert K. Hansen. Assignee: BEI Sensors & Systems Company, Inc.
19. "Digitally Programmable Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) Converter" – US Patent No. 6,545,621, issued April 8, 2003. Inventors: Asad M. Madni, Jim B. Vuong & Philip Vuong. Assignee: BEI Sensors & Systems Company, Inc.
20. "Vertical Movement Capacitive Torque Sensor" – US Patent No. 6,564,654, issued May 20, 2003. Inventors: Asad M. Madni, Jim B. Vuong & Mitchell London. Assignee: BEI Sensors & Systems Company, Inc.
21. "Differential Capacitive Torque Sensor" – US Patent No. 6,772,646, issued August 10, 2004. Inventors: Asad M. Madni, Robert K. Hansen, & Jim B. Vuong. Assignee: BEI Sensors & Systems Company, Inc. European Patent No. 1275948, issued September 15, 2004. German Patent No. DE 602 01 226 T2, issued March 3, 2005.
22. "Digitally Programmable Converter for Reducing the Duty Cycle Range of a Pulse-Width Modulation Code"– European Patent No. 1318604, issued March 16, 2005. Inventors: Asad M. Madni, Jim B. Vuong & Philip Vuong. Assignee: BEI Sensors & Systems Company, Inc., Sylmar, CA.
23. "Radial Movement Capacitive Torque Sensor" – US Patent No. 6,955,097, issued October 18, 2005. Inventors: Asad M. Madni, Jim B. Vuong, & Robert K. Hansen. Assignee: BEI Sensors & Systems Company, Inc.
24. "Programmable Multi-Turn Pulse Width Modulation Circuit for a Non-Contact Angular Position Sensor" – US Patent No. 6,985,018, issued January 10, 2006. Inventors: Asad M. Madni, Jim B. Vuong, & Philip Vuong. Assignee: BEI Sensors & Systems Company, Inc.
25. "Pulse Width Modulation Based Digital Incremental Encoder" – US Patent No. 7,015,832, issued March 21, 2006. Inventors: Asad M. Madni, Jim B. Vuong, & Philip Vuong. Assignee: BEI Sensors & Systems Company, Inc.
26. "Voice Coil Actuator with Embedded Capacitive Sensor for Motion, Position and/or Acceleration Detection" – US Patent No. 7,449,894, issued November 11, 2008. Inventors: Asad M. Madni, Jim B. Vuong and Robert K. Hansen. Assignee: BEI Sensors & Systems Company, Inc.
27. "Silicon Inertial Sensors Formed Using MEMS" – US Patent No. 7,360,422, issued April 22, 2008. Inventors: Madni; Asad, Zou; Qiang, Kim; Eon Sock, Costlow; Lynn, Vuong; Jim & Wells; Roger. Assignee: USC.
28. "Robust Six Degree-of-Freedom Micromachined Gyroscope with Anti-Phase Drive Scheme and Method of Operation of the Same"– US Patent No. 8,113.050 B2, issued February 14, 2012. Inventors: Cenk Acar, Andrei M. Shkel, Adam R. Schoofield,
Lynn Costlow and Asad M. Madni, Assignee: The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US). European PCT No.
PCT/US2006/002772
29. "Single-Shot Network Analyzer (SINA)" – US Patent No. 10,746,630 B2, issued August 18, 2020. Inventors: Bahram Jalali, Cejo Lonappan, and Asad Madni. Assignee: The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA.
Other Information
NAE Website: https://www.nae.edu/42077/Dr-Asad-M-Madni
RAE Website: https://raeng.org.uk/about-us/fellowship/new-fellows-2020/dr-asad-madni-freng
The Canadian Academy of Engineering Website: https://www.cae-acg.ca/directory/#/action/Listing/value/11817/cid/1498/id/2201/Madni%2C-Asad
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PHILANTHROPY
Dr. Madni is not just a prominent and worldwide-recognized innovator. He is a committed mentor to young professionals and a respected philanthropist. He has been a champion of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) for underrepresented groups of individuals and equality for everyone for over 5 decades. His dedication to EDI is a synergistic part of his character that has always been fundamental in everything he does. He has shown us that recognizing and valuing the diversity and contributions of all voices is truly the only way to inspire innovation and make a positive social impact. He has funded millions of dollars to academic institutions & professional societies for student scholarships, support and STEM programs. In 2001/2004, he sponsored the “MIT on the Road” Program in California. In 2008, he established the “Asad, Gowhartaj and Jamal Madni Endowed Scholarship in Electrical Engineering at UCLA”. In 2011, he generously gave $100,000 for 2 matching gift challenges to encourage giving by NAE members. It was his intention to “assure the independence of our voice on national policy and to initiate projects vital to our nation's future." The challenges generated $452,000 for the NAE. In 2013, he established the “Asad, Gowhartaj and Jamal Madni Endowed Scholarship in Electrical & Computer Engineering” at California State University Northridge (CSUN). During the 1990s economic downturn in aerospace & defense, he spearheaded, designed and financed the highly successful Certificate Program in Sensors and Control Technology for CSUN, which helped retrain hundreds of displaced engineers to obtain new positions in industrial and commercial industries. In 2014, he established "Best Paper Awards” at the World Automation Congress. In 2017, he provided a legacy gift to NAE’s Heritage Society to uphold the mission of the NAE. In 2019, he established the “Madni Family Fund” to provide IEEE-HKN with the financial resources it needs to drive new levels of recognition & programming. In 2020, he co-sponsored $100,000 for the production of the 50th Anniversary Commemorative Issue of NAE’s Journal, The Bridge. In 2022, he established the Tau Beta Pi “Madni Family Fund,” which provides Tau Beta Pi the financial resources to fund the Distinguished Alumni Award and a Student Scholarship. In 2023, he established the “Asad, Gowhartaj & Jamal Madni Endowed Scholarship,” which annually supports 3 undergraduate recipients and 4 graduate recipients pursuing a degree in the fields represented by IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN). In 2024, he established the “Asad and Jamal Madni Fund” for student support at UCLA. In 2024, he established the “Asad and Taj Madni Young Inventors Fund”, a named fund of the National Inventors Hall of Fame Endowment with the purpose to annually provide scholarship support for underserved children to attend a Camp Invention program.