Nacer E. Chahat is an engineer and researcher at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Early life and education

Chahat was born in Angers, France to a family of Algerian descent.[1] He was educated at Palissy High School.[2] He obtained his master's degrees in electrical engineering from Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Rennes (ESIR) and in telecommunication from the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes (IETR), University of Rennes 1 in 2009.[3][4] He completed his Ph.D. in signal processing and telecommunications at the IETR, University of Rennes 1, in 2012.[5][6]

Career

Chahat has been associated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), since 2013.[7][8] Initially, he joined as a Microwave/Antenna Engineer and later took on the roles of Technical Section Staff and Product Delivery Manager in 2017.[9] He became SWOT Payload System engineer in 2019.[10]

At NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Chahat has contributed to several projects, including the Mars Helicopter, Mars 2020, SWOT, Europa Clipper, Mars Cube One, RaInCube, and others.[11]

On April 19, 2021, Chahat was part of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory team that successfully made Ingenuity, the first powered-controlled aircraft to fly on another planet.[12]

In 2022, Chahat was named an IEEE Fellow, recognized for his contributions to spacecraft antennas and propagation, and became one of the youngest fellows of IEEE.[13]

Awards and recognition

References

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  2. ^ "PORTRAIT. Nacer Chahat, un Agenais à la NASA". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-12-07.
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  5. ^ https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37594625700
  6. ^ https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/sante-sciences/un-ancien-eleve-de-l-universite-de-rennes-1-dans-l-equipe-de-l-helicoptere-ingenuity-de-la-nasa-1618783624
  7. ^ https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37594625700
  8. ^ https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/rennes-35000/portrait-nacer-chahat-ce-rennais-qui-repousse-les-frontieres-de-l-humanite-avec-la-nasa-b866d596-700b-11ed-9a8e-7d0229dcff58?utm_source=troove&utm_medium=site
  9. ^ https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37594625700
  10. ^ https://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov/people/n_chahat
  11. ^ https://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov/people/n_chahat
  12. ^ https://www.nasa.gov/podcasts/gravity-assist/gravity-assist-talking-to-ingenuity-and-other-space-robots-with-nacer-chahat/
  13. ^ https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37594625700
  14. ^ https://www.espace-sciences.org/sciences-ouest/336/dossier/des-antennes-a-fleur-de-peau
  15. ^ https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel7/8/8124123/08124155.pdf
  16. ^ https://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov/community/awards-achievements/lew-allen-award-excellence/lew-allen-award-excellence-recipients
  17. ^ https://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov/people/n_chahat
  18. ^ https://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov/community/awards-and-recognitions/areas-achievement
  19. ^ https://spie.org/news/spie-journal-of-applied-remote-sensing-honors-best-papers?SSO=1
  20. ^ https://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov/community/awards-and-recognitions/areas-achievement
  21. ^ https://www.ieee.org/content/dam/ieee-org/ieee/web/org/about/fellows/2022-ieee-fellows-class.pdf
  22. ^ https://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov/people/n_chahat
  23. ^ https://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov/people/n_chahat
  24. ^ https://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov/people/n_chahat
  25. ^ https://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov/people/n_chahat
  26. ^ https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/rennes-35000/l-ingenieur-de-la-nasa-nacer-chahat-elu-rennais-de-l-annee-par-les-internautes-58cc4506-875f-11ed-ad95-23a7682d8463
  27. ^ https://www.aiaa.org/news/news/2023/10/03/aiaa-announces-its-class-of-2024-associate-fellows
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