一，Vladimir A. Rakov (SM’96–F’03) received the
Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Tomsk Poly-
technical University (Tomsk Polytechnic), Tomsk,
Russia in 1977 and 1983, respectively.
From 1977 to 1979, he was an Assistant Professor
of Electrical Engineering at Tomsk Polytechnic. In
1978, he became involved in lightning research at the
High Voltage Engineering, a division of Tomsk Poly-
technic, where from 1984 to 1994, he held the posi-
tion of Director of the Lightning Research Labora-
tory.
In 1985, he received the rank of Senior Scientist
the High Voltage Research Institute. In 1991, he joined the faculty of the Depart- ment of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, where he is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Com- puter Engineering. He is the author or coauthor of over 30 patents, the book Lightning: Physics and Effects (Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge Univer. Press,
2003), and about 300 papers and technical reports on various aspects of light- ning, with over 100 papers published in reviewed journals.
Dr. Rakov has been named an Inventor of the USSR (1986) and received
a Silver Medal from the (USSR) National Exhibition of Technological
Achievements (1987). He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological
Society, Chairman of the Technical Committee on Lightning of the biennial
International Zurich Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, and former chairman of the AGU Committee on Atmospheric and Space Electricity
Vladimir A. Rakov (SM’96–F’03)于1977年和1983年在俄罗斯，托木斯克州，托木斯克科技大学（托木斯克理工学院）分别获得了硕士和博士学位。1977年到1979年，是托木斯克理工学院的一名电气工程副教授。在1978年, 他在托木斯克理工学院的一
个分部闪电研究实验室开始涉足高压工程方面雷电的科学研究，在那里从1984年到1994年，他一直都都担任研究室的主任一职。
1985年，他获得了高压电研究协会自身科学家的荣誉。1991年，他加入了盖恩斯维尔，佛罗里达州大学，电子信息与计算机工程系，在这里他是电子信息与计算机工程系的一名教授。他是30多项专利的作者或者合著者，这本书《闪电：物理学和影响》（英国剑桥，剑桥大学出版社，2003），和大约300篇在雷电方面很有影响的文章和科技报告，100多篇文章出版在了评论性的期刊。
1986年，Rakov 博士已经被苏联誉为发明家，并且获得了苏联国家科技成就展览会的银质奖章。他是美国气象社会学的成员，兼当两年一次的苏黎世国际电磁研讨会雷电学科技委员会的主席，和美国地球物理协会（AGU ）气象与空间电流委员会的前任主席。
二， Martin A. Uman (SM’73–F’88) received the Ph.D.
degree from Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, in
1961.He was an Associate Professor of Electrical Engi-
neering at the University of Arizona, Tucson, from
1961 to 1964.He joined the University of Florida’s
(UF) faculty in 1971 after working for seven years as
a Fellow Physicist at Westinghouse Research Labs,
Pittsburgh, PA. He cofounded and served as Presi-
dent of Lightning Location and Protection Inc. (LLP),Tucson,AZ, from1975 to 1985. He was the Professor and Chair of the UF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, from 1999–2003, and is now Distinguished Professor.
He has written four books on the subject of lightning, as well as a book on plasma physics, ten book chapters and encyclopedia articles on lightning, and has published over 140 papers in reviewed journals.
He holds five patents, four in the area of lightning detection.
Dr. Uman is the recipient of the 1996 IEEE Heinrich Hertz Medal for out-
standing contributions to the understanding of lightning electromagnetics and
its application to lightning detection and protection,” and the 2001 AGU John Adam Fleming Medal for original research and technical leadership in geomag- netism, atmospheric electricity, space science, aeronomy, and related sciences: for outstanding contribution to the description and understanding of electricity and magnetism of the Earth and its atmosphere.” He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and the American Meteorological Society (AMS)
Martin A. Uman (SM’73–F’88)于1961年在美国新泽西州，普林斯顿，普林斯顿大学获得博士学位。1961年到1964年，他在图森，亚利桑那大学作为电气工程的一名副教授。 1971年，在作为匹兹堡的威斯丁豪斯研究实验室物理学家七年之后，他成为了佛罗里达大学的成员。从1975年到1985年在图森，他合伙成立了并作为雷电位置和保护公司总裁。
从1999年到2003年，他是佛罗里达州大学，电子信息与计算机工程系做教授，到现在他已近是一名受人尊敬的教授。他写过四本以雷电为主题的书，有十本书的章节和专业书的文章是关于雷电方面的，已经有140多篇文章发表在了评论性期刊。
他有五个发明专利，四个是关于雷电预测区域的。Uman 博士在对雷电电子的理解和雷电预测与保护的应用方面的突出贡献，获得了1996年电子电气协会海因里希. 赫兹奖章。“对在地磁学，气象电子学，空间科学，超高层气流物理学和相关的科学的本质的研究和科技领导，对地球和它的大气的电磁和电子的理解和描述有突出的贡献，获得了2001年美国地球物理协会，的约翰. 亚当. 佛兰芒人奖章。”他是美国地球物理协会（AGU ）和美国气象学会的成员(AMS)。
三，Mirela Bejleri received the Bachelor’s degree from
the “Polytechnic University of Tirana,” Tirana,
Albania, and the M.Sc. degree from the Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University
of Florida, Gainesville, in in 1990, and 1999,
respectively.
From 1991 to 1995, she was an Assistant Pro-
fessor of Electrical Engineering at the “Polytechnic
University of Tirana.” Currently, she is a Senior Soft-
ware Engineer with the iDEN Subscriber Division,
Motorola Inc, Plantation, FL. She specializes in wire-
less protocol implementation for embedded devices.
Mirela Bejler与1990年和1999年在阿尔巴尼亚的蒂拉纳，蒂拉纳理工大学和在盖恩斯维尔的佛罗里达大学电子信息与计算机工程系分别获得了学士与理学硕士学位。 从1991年到1995年，她是蒂拉纳理工大学电子工程的一名副教授。目前，她是佛罗里达园区摩托罗拉公司，有数字集群调度专网客户分部的资深软件师。她专长于对嵌入设备的无线协议实现。
四，Keith J. Rambo received the B.S.E.E. degree from
the University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, in 1978.
As an undergraduate, he worked in the UF Light-
ning Research Laboratory. From 1979 to 1983, he
was a Senior Process Development Engineer of Intel
Corporation, Santa Clara, CA.From 1983 through
1986 he was a Product Line Manager for Xicor, Mil-
pitas, CA, responsible for all aspects of wafer fabri-
cation. In 1986, he joined the UF Department of Elec-
trical and Computer Engineering, where, since 1989,
he has been Director of Technical Support Services.
Since 1994, Mr. Rambo has been heavily involved in triggered-lightning exper- iments at Camp Blanding, Florida. He has ten technical publications.
Keith J. Rambo于1978年在盖恩斯维尔的佛罗里达大学获得电子工程科学学士。作为一个本科生他就工作在了佛罗里达大学的雷电研究实验室。从1979年到1983年，他是圣塔克莱拉县CA 因特公司的资深程序开发工程师。从1983年到1986年，他是苗必达地区，CA 公司一个生产线的主管，负责晶片制造的所有方面。1986年，他加入了佛
罗里达大学电子信息与计算机工程系，在这里，从1989年他已经是技术支持设备的主管了。从1994年，Rambo 先生深深的投入到了佛罗里达宿营中怎样引起雷电的实验。他已经有十篇科技期刊。
五，Carlos T. Mata (S’98–M’01) received the Bach-
elor’s degree from the “Universidad Simón Bolívar”
(USB), Venezuela in 1993, and the Master’s and
Ph.D. degrees from the University of Florida (UF),
Gainesville in 1997 and 2000, respectively.
He currently works at the Kennedy Space Center,
FL, doing embedded system and advanced data ac-
quisition systems design in support to the Shuttle pro-
gram. He is involved in the area of computer modeling of different lightning processes and responses of power distribution systems to direct and nearby lightning strikes. He is author or coauthor of eight journal publications and eight technical reports.
In 1998, Dr. Mata received the GAANN fellowship and in 2001 the IEEE
Power Engineering Society SPDC Prize Paper Award and the Kennedy Space Center Innovative Excellence Award. He is a member of the American Geo- physical Union (AGU) and the Power Engineering Society (PES)
Carlos T. Mata (S’98–M’01)于1993年在委内瑞拉的加拉加斯大学获得了学士学位，于1997年和2000年在佛罗里达大学分别获得了硕士和博士学位。他目前在佛罗里达肯尼迪空间中心工作，做嵌入系统和高级数据收集系统的设计以支持短程飞机的的项目。他涉入不同雷电过程的计算机模型，各向能量分配系统的反应和附近雷电的破坏领域的研究。他是八篇发表期刊和八篇科技报告的作者或者合著者。1998年Mata 博士获得了GAANN 奖金，2001年获得了IEEE 能源工程师社会SPDC 的奖金和肯尼迪空间中心卓越创新奖。他是美国地球物理协会和能源社会工程协会的一员。
六，Mark I. Fernandez received the Bachelor’s degree
from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), Melbourne, in 1995, and the Master’s degree from the University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, in 1997.
He was involved in magnetospheric and space
plasma research as an undergraduate in the De-
partment of Physics and Space Sciences at FIT.
From 1995 to 1997, he held a graduate research
assistantship in the UF Lightning Research Labora-
tory.He is author or coauthor of eight publications
(including one in press) in reviewed journals, fifteen
published abstracts or conference proceedings, and six technical reports. He is an Engineer in the U.S. Department of Defense, Fort Mead, MD
Mark I. Fernande于1995年在墨尔本的佛罗里达工程技术学院获得了学士学位，于1997年在盖恩斯维尔的佛罗里达大学获得了硕士学位。在墨尔本的佛罗里达工程技术学院的物理与空间科学系时，作为本科生，他涉入磁性层和空间等离子的研究。从1995年到1997年，他凭借大学毕业的研究获得了佛罗里达大学雷电研究实验室的助教奖学金。他是八篇文章发表在了评论性期刊（其中有一篇正在出版），十五篇发表摘要或者相关汇编，和六篇科技报告。他是美国国防部 Fort Mead, MD的一名工程师。
一，Vladimir A. Rakov (SM’96–F’03) received the
Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Tomsk Poly-
technical University (Tomsk Polytechnic), Tomsk,
Russia in 1977 and 1983, respectively.
From 1977 to 1979, he was an Assistant Professor
of Electrical Engineering at Tomsk Polytechnic. In
1978, he became involved in lightning research at the
High Voltage Engineering, a division of Tomsk Poly-
technic, where from 1984 to 1994, he held the posi-
tion of Director of the Lightning Research Labora-
tory.
In 1985, he received the rank of Senior Scientist
the High Voltage Research Institute. In 1991, he joined the faculty of the Depart- ment of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, where he is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Com- puter Engineering. He is the author or coauthor of over 30 patents, the book Lightning: Physics and Effects (Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge Univer. Press,
2003), and about 300 papers and technical reports on various aspects of light- ning, with over 100 papers published in reviewed journals.
Dr. Rakov has been named an Inventor of the USSR (1986) and received
a Silver Medal from the (USSR) National Exhibition of Technological
Achievements (1987). He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological
Society, Chairman of the Technical Committee on Lightning of the biennial
International Zurich Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, and former chairman of the AGU Committee on Atmospheric and Space Electricity
Vladimir A. Rakov (SM’96–F’03)于1977年和1983年在俄罗斯，托木斯克州，托木斯克科技大学（托木斯克理工学院）分别获得了硕士和博士学位。1977年到1979年，是托木斯克理工学院的一名电气工程副教授。在1978年, 他在托木斯克理工学院的一
个分部闪电研究实验室开始涉足高压工程方面雷电的科学研究，在那里从1984年到1994年，他一直都都担任研究室的主任一职。
1985年，他获得了高压电研究协会自身科学家的荣誉。1991年，他加入了盖恩斯维尔，佛罗里达州大学，电子信息与计算机工程系，在这里他是电子信息与计算机工程系的一名教授。他是30多项专利的作者或者合著者，这本书《闪电：物理学和影响》（英国剑桥，剑桥大学出版社，2003），和大约300篇在雷电方面很有影响的文章和科技报告，100多篇文章出版在了评论性的期刊。
1986年，Rakov 博士已经被苏联誉为发明家，并且获得了苏联国家科技成就展览会的银质奖章。他是美国气象社会学的成员，兼当两年一次的苏黎世国际电磁研讨会雷电学科技委员会的主席，和美国地球物理协会（AGU ）气象与空间电流委员会的前任主席。
二， Martin A. Uman (SM’73–F’88) received the Ph.D.
degree from Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, in
1961.He was an Associate Professor of Electrical Engi-
neering at the University of Arizona, Tucson, from
1961 to 1964.He joined the University of Florida’s
(UF) faculty in 1971 after working for seven years as
a Fellow Physicist at Westinghouse Research Labs,
Pittsburgh, PA. He cofounded and served as Presi-
dent of Lightning Location and Protection Inc. (LLP),Tucson,AZ, from1975 to 1985. He was the Professor and Chair of the UF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, from 1999–2003, and is now Distinguished Professor.
He has written four books on the subject of lightning, as well as a book on plasma physics, ten book chapters and encyclopedia articles on lightning, and has published over 140 papers in reviewed journals.
He holds five patents, four in the area of lightning detection.
Dr. Uman is the recipient of the 1996 IEEE Heinrich Hertz Medal for out-
standing contributions to the understanding of lightning electromagnetics and
its application to lightning detection and protection,” and the 2001 AGU John Adam Fleming Medal for original research and technical leadership in geomag- netism, atmospheric electricity, space science, aeronomy, and related sciences: for outstanding contribution to the description and understanding of electricity and magnetism of the Earth and its atmosphere.” He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and the American Meteorological Society (AMS)
Martin A. Uman (SM’73–F’88)于1961年在美国新泽西州，普林斯顿，普林斯顿大学获得博士学位。1961年到1964年，他在图森，亚利桑那大学作为电气工程的一名副教授。 1971年，在作为匹兹堡的威斯丁豪斯研究实验室物理学家七年之后，他成为了佛罗里达大学的成员。从1975年到1985年在图森，他合伙成立了并作为雷电位置和保护公司总裁。
从1999年到2003年，他是佛罗里达州大学，电子信息与计算机工程系做教授，到现在他已近是一名受人尊敬的教授。他写过四本以雷电为主题的书，有十本书的章节和专业书的文章是关于雷电方面的，已经有140多篇文章发表在了评论性期刊。
他有五个发明专利，四个是关于雷电预测区域的。Uman 博士在对雷电电子的理解和雷电预测与保护的应用方面的突出贡献，获得了1996年电子电气协会海因里希. 赫兹奖章。“对在地磁学，气象电子学，空间科学，超高层气流物理学和相关的科学的本质的研究和科技领导，对地球和它的大气的电磁和电子的理解和描述有突出的贡献，获得了2001年美国地球物理协会，的约翰. 亚当. 佛兰芒人奖章。”他是美国地球物理协会（AGU ）和美国气象学会的成员(AMS)。
三，Mirela Bejleri received the Bachelor’s degree from
the “Polytechnic University of Tirana,” Tirana,
Albania, and the M.Sc. degree from the Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University
of Florida, Gainesville, in in 1990, and 1999,
respectively.
From 1991 to 1995, she was an Assistant Pro-
fessor of Electrical Engineering at the “Polytechnic
University of Tirana.” Currently, she is a Senior Soft-
ware Engineer with the iDEN Subscriber Division,
Motorola Inc, Plantation, FL. She specializes in wire-
less protocol implementation for embedded devices.
Mirela Bejler与1990年和1999年在阿尔巴尼亚的蒂拉纳，蒂拉纳理工大学和在盖恩斯维尔的佛罗里达大学电子信息与计算机工程系分别获得了学士与理学硕士学位。 从1991年到1995年，她是蒂拉纳理工大学电子工程的一名副教授。目前，她是佛罗里达园区摩托罗拉公司，有数字集群调度专网客户分部的资深软件师。她专长于对嵌入设备的无线协议实现。
四，Keith J. Rambo received the B.S.E.E. degree from
the University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, in 1978.
As an undergraduate, he worked in the UF Light-
ning Research Laboratory. From 1979 to 1983, he
was a Senior Process Development Engineer of Intel
Corporation, Santa Clara, CA.From 1983 through
1986 he was a Product Line Manager for Xicor, Mil-
pitas, CA, responsible for all aspects of wafer fabri-
cation. In 1986, he joined the UF Department of Elec-
trical and Computer Engineering, where, since 1989,
he has been Director of Technical Support Services.
Since 1994, Mr. Rambo has been heavily involved in triggered-lightning exper- iments at Camp Blanding, Florida. He has ten technical publications.
Keith J. Rambo于1978年在盖恩斯维尔的佛罗里达大学获得电子工程科学学士。作为一个本科生他就工作在了佛罗里达大学的雷电研究实验室。从1979年到1983年，他是圣塔克莱拉县CA 因特公司的资深程序开发工程师。从1983年到1986年，他是苗必达地区，CA 公司一个生产线的主管，负责晶片制造的所有方面。1986年，他加入了佛
罗里达大学电子信息与计算机工程系，在这里，从1989年他已经是技术支持设备的主管了。从1994年，Rambo 先生深深的投入到了佛罗里达宿营中怎样引起雷电的实验。他已经有十篇科技期刊。
五，Carlos T. Mata (S’98–M’01) received the Bach-
elor’s degree from the “Universidad Simón Bolívar”
(USB), Venezuela in 1993, and the Master’s and
Ph.D. degrees from the University of Florida (UF),
Gainesville in 1997 and 2000, respectively.
He currently works at the Kennedy Space Center,
FL, doing embedded system and advanced data ac-
quisition systems design in support to the Shuttle pro-
gram. He is involved in the area of computer modeling of different lightning processes and responses of power distribution systems to direct and nearby lightning strikes. He is author or coauthor of eight journal publications and eight technical reports.
In 1998, Dr. Mata received the GAANN fellowship and in 2001 the IEEE
Power Engineering Society SPDC Prize Paper Award and the Kennedy Space Center Innovative Excellence Award. He is a member of the American Geo- physical Union (AGU) and the Power Engineering Society (PES)
Carlos T. Mata (S’98–M’01)于1993年在委内瑞拉的加拉加斯大学获得了学士学位，于1997年和2000年在佛罗里达大学分别获得了硕士和博士学位。他目前在佛罗里达肯尼迪空间中心工作，做嵌入系统和高级数据收集系统的设计以支持短程飞机的的项目。他涉入不同雷电过程的计算机模型，各向能量分配系统的反应和附近雷电的破坏领域的研究。他是八篇发表期刊和八篇科技报告的作者或者合著者。1998年Mata 博士获得了GAANN 奖金，2001年获得了IEEE 能源工程师社会SPDC 的奖金和肯尼迪空间中心卓越创新奖。他是美国地球物理协会和能源社会工程协会的一员。
六，Mark I. Fernandez received the Bachelor’s degree
from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), Melbourne, in 1995, and the Master’s degree from the University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, in 1997.
He was involved in magnetospheric and space
plasma research as an undergraduate in the De-
partment of Physics and Space Sciences at FIT.
From 1995 to 1997, he held a graduate research
assistantship in the UF Lightning Research Labora-
tory.He is author or coauthor of eight publications
(including one in press) in reviewed journals, fifteen
published abstracts or conference proceedings, and six technical reports. He is an Engineer in the U.S. Department of Defense, Fort Mead, MD
Mark I. Fernande于1995年在墨尔本的佛罗里达工程技术学院获得了学士学位，于1997年在盖恩斯维尔的佛罗里达大学获得了硕士学位。在墨尔本的佛罗里达工程技术学院的物理与空间科学系时，作为本科生，他涉入磁性层和空间等离子的研究。从1995年到1997年，他凭借大学毕业的研究获得了佛罗里达大学雷电研究实验室的助教奖学金。他是八篇文章发表在了评论性期刊（其中有一篇正在出版），十五篇发表摘要或者相关汇编，和六篇科技报告。他是美国国防部 Fort Mead, MD的一名工程师。