The MTT-S MGA WIM Subcommittee: Who We Are and What We Do! The IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) Women in Microwaves (WIM) Subcommittee is dedicated to building a network of women in microwaves that attracts, scales, and connects. We do that by promoting women engineers/scientists in the microwave […]
‘IMS2023: Perspective from the Top’ Gayle Collins has written an insightful article for the IEEE Microwaves Magazine WIM column on some of her experiences as a woman engineer and how much she is looking forward to the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2023 in San Diego: “it will be the coolest show.” The IMS2023 organizing committee […]
‘RWW 2023 WIM Event: Distinguished Women in Microwaves’ The December 2022 Women in Microwaves (WIM) column in IEEE Microwaves Magazine featured an article by Jasmin Grosinger giving us a sneak peek at the exciting WIM event being planned for the 2023 IEEE Radio & Wireless Week (RWW) being held the week of January 22 in […]
Innovative Competition at IMS2022 Showcases the Next Generation of RF/Microwave Designers I had the honor for the fourth year in a row of being the moderator for the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) in June of this year. Now in its sixth year, at IMS, this unique event challenges […]
Fauziahanim Binti Che Seman is featured in the September issue of IEEE Microwaves Magazine discussing her experiences as a woman in microwaves, where she believes the keys to success include networking, making connections, reputation, and mentoring. She states that networking starts within a small circle of people linked by mutual interests and meaningful communication, strengthened […]
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=9819844 This August edition of Microwave Magazine features a question-and-answer session with me and Charlotte Blair, “2021 MTT-S President’s Task Force on Mentoring, Diversity, and Inclusion: A Conversation Between WIM Members” Charlotte and I discuss our involvement with the 2021 MTT-S task force and talk about the strides that have been made in the past […]
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=9785563 The July WIM column features a recap by Prof. Rodica Ramer, who organized the very successful WIM event at the 2021 APMC conference, which was to be held in Brisbane, Australia, but because of health restrictions, became a virtual event. The hour-and-a-half event featured seven virtual speakers from around the world discussing their research, […]
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=9769738 As we head into IMS2022 and the 2022 IMS Women in Microwaves (WIM) event, I wanted to reflect for my WIM column in this June edition of Microwaves Magazine on how far we’ve come since my first WIM event back in 2010, gosh 12 years ago! From a cocktail party in 2010, which, thanks […]
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=9748957 The Women in Microwaves (WIM) column in this May edition of IEEE Microwave Magazine features candid thoughts from members of the IMS2022 WIM event committee, comprising Prof. Zoya Popovic ́ of the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) and her graduate students, both male and female. For this interview, I wanted to understand not […]
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=9724657 Our April WIM article on Women, STEM, and South Asia was contributed by Tayyaba Farooqi, who is with the National University of Sciences and Technology in Pakistan. She wondered when she was invited to contribute whether the problems faced by women in technology in developing countries could be understood by an international audience because […]
Valentina Palazzi of the University of Perugia, Italy has written an insightful article in this March issue of IEEE Microwaves Magazine on the positive impact the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) has had on her personal and professional growth. She has taken part in this competition twice—in 2019 and […]
Our February IEEE Microwave Magazine WIM column features an article from Dr. Kiki Ikossi, an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the National Science Foundation (NSF). As she points out in her introduction, Kiki and I have known each other for years and I’ve been encouraging her […]
Happy 2022! With the new year comes a new IEEE MTT-S president—Prof. Rashaunda Henderson, our second female president of the society and the first female of color to take on this challenging role. I had the pleasure of chatting with Rashaunda about her motivations for deciding to run for society president in the first place […]
Building a Women in Microwaves Network That Attracts, Scales, and Connects The in-person restrictions of the pandemic have affected people in many ways, not the least of which is our natural need for in-person interaction. This has certainly been a challenge for the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) […]
IEEE MTT-S International Wireless Symposium (IWS) Special Session: Women in Microwaves and Wireless “A Better World Can Be Expected Through Our Efforts” May 25th 2021, 16:00 – 18:00, Room 736 7F Topics will include: The current challenges due to the impact of COVID-19 The importance of communication and collaboration How to continue communicating and collaborating […]
The IEEE MTT MGA Committee is pleased to host Dr. Alessandra Costanzo for an invited technical talk “Batteryless RF/Microwave Systems” during the next online Chapter Chair Meeting. The virtual event will be held Friday April 2nd at 15:00 London Time, and also include addresses by other MTT committees. More information and registration can be found […]
