Dr. Edl Schamiloglu is a physicist, electrical engineer, pulsed power expert, inventor, and distinguished professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Columbia University in 1979 and 1981, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree from Cornell University in 1988 after which he joined the Faculty at the University of New Mexico. He is an expert in the design and operation of directed-energy weapons. He is the founding director of the Directed Energy Center at UNM (DEC@UNM). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).