Dear Colleagues/Friends, It is with deep regret that I inform you of the passing of Dr. Earl McCune, one of our distinguished MTT-S members, on the 27th of May 2020. Dr. Earl McCune received his BS degree from UC Berkeley, MS degree from Stanford and Ph.D. from UC Davis. In his nearly 40 years of […]
We are happy to introduce the 2020 recipients of MTT-S Society Awards. In doing so, it is important to acknowledge the efforts and care of those in the selection process, and the impressive quality of all candidates who were brought forward for consideration. In 2020, our recipients are being recognized for significant contributions during a career, […]
Robert Brent “Bob” Thirsk is a Canadian engineer and physician, and a former Canadian Space Agency astronaut. He holds the Canadian records for the most time spent in space (204 days 18 hours). He became an officer of the Order of Canada (OC) in 2013 and was named to the Order of British Columbia (OBC) […]
The International Space Station astronaut Jessica Meir completed the first U.S. Naval Research Laboratory power-beaming demonstration in orbit February 12, 2020, using relatively simple components suitable for STEM activities. ISS LEctenna video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo7w0D6vz5g How to build a LEctenna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j7sAjWgySQ NRL press release: https://www.nrl.navy.mil/news/releases/nrl-power-beaming-demonstrated-international-space-station
Dear MTT-S Members, We are going through unprecedented times, 2020 will be a difficult year for all of us. The MTT-S leadership is monitoring the situation very closely, and I would like to give you an update on the society activities and services. Some of our conferences that were scheduled in the first half of […]
Dear Colleagues/Friends, It is with my great sorrow to inform you that Professor Roberto Sorrentino passed away in Italy on March 3rd, 2020. Professor Roberto Sorrentino began his career as an Assistant Professor at La Sapienza University of Rome in 1974. He was a Professor at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” from 1986 to […]
Dear Colleagues/Friends, It is with my great sadness to inform you that Professor Peter Clarricoats died on Friday, January 17, 2020, after a short illness. Professor Clarricoats received his PhD from the University of London, UK, in 1958 and he was Professor of Electronic Engineering at Queen Mary, University of London, UK, from 1968 to […]
Dear colleagues and friends, I am deeply saddened to inform you that Dr. Mojgan Daneshmand and Dr. Pedram Mousavi along with their two young daughters departed this world when the Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 crashed in Tehran on 8th January 2020 (local time). Both Dr. Daneshmand and Dr. Mousavi were professors in the University of […]
Call for Papers for IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques Special Issue on Broadband RF and Millimeter-wave Power Amplifiers (Submission due date: December 15th, 2019, Publication date: July 2020) Emerging broadband and millimeter-wave frequency applications including 5G wireless communications, high-speed optical networks, radars, sensors, imaging and security systems and measurement instrumentation will continue to […]
21 August 2019 Integrated GaAs Stacked-FET High-Power Amplifiers Stacking FETs in power amplifiers allows voltages higher than the breakdown voltage of a single transistor. Here is a procedure for designing such devices, producing a prototype three-transistor S-band GaAs stacked-FET with PAE over 40% at an output power of 20 W–more than twice the output power […]
IEEE MTT-S DMLs Class 2020-2022: 1. Broadband Label-free Noninvasive Electrical Characterization of Live Biological Cells James Hwang, Cornell University, USA, endorsed by TC-10 Speaker’s Bio: James Hwang is Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell University. He graduated with a Ph.D. degree from the same department in 1978. After years of industrial […]
The MTT-S past president John Barr will be entering into the IEEE Technical Activities Board (TAB) Hall of Honor 2019. The TAB Hall of Honor honors persons who have made major contribution to IEEE Technical Activities. Contributions include the creation, development, or advancement of the technical objectives of IEEE. Objectives include the advancement of the theory […]
Dear colleagues and friends, I am deeply saddened to inform you that another IEEE MTT-S Past President Robert J. Trew passed away on 24th February 2019. More information will be available shortly. Dominique Schreurs MTT-S President 2019
Dear colleagues and friends, It is with our great sorrow to inform you that the IEEE MTT-S Past President George Oltman passed away on 21st February 2019. More information will be available shortly. Dominique Schreurs MTT-S President 2019
We will be sharing information about Microwave Research Labs across the globe. Please visit MTT-S page on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IEEEMTT/. Here are some examples: Prof. Tatsuo Itoh’s Lab: Serene and soft-spoken, one would not, at first glance, assume that Tatsuo Itoh, distinguished professor and the Northrop Grumman Chair in Electrical Engineering at UCLA Engineering Samueli, is known […]
TEMPEST-D stands for “Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems – Demonstration” and is a technology demonstration mission for a future cubesat constellation to provide the first ever temporal observations of cloud and precipitation processes and their evolution in time on a global scale. A mm-wave radiometer operating from 89 to 182 GHz is on […]
