Prof. Mohammad Hakkak, a distinguished full professor of Tarbiat Modares University and an officer of educational activities in the Iran Section of IEEE passed away on July 12, 2011 after a battle with cancer.
He was a senior member of IEEE, a member of elections committee, and an officer of educational activities in the IEEE Iran section since 2008. Over the past 3 years, he made significant contributions to the development and activities of IEEE Iran Section.
Prof. Hakkak was a project leader and a head of Transmission Department at the Iran Telecommunications Research Center (ITRC) for several years. In his 48 years of teaching and research activities, he directed more than 15 research projects and supervised 10 PhD dissertations and 55 MS theses. He published 5 books, 55 journal papers, and 115 conference papers on radiowave propagation, micorwave antennas, satellite communications and mobile communications. We never forget his kind smile and helpful demeanor in the IEEE Iran Section.