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IMS2016: Women in Microwaves
IMS2016: Women in Microwaves

“Inspiring Leadership” was the common thread that spoke to both men and women at the IMS2016 WIM event, which was well attended with 80+ joining us. I find it rewarding that now we have full panel sessions, technical tracks, and shoulder-to-shoulder networking receptions of which we can all be proud. Women in Engineering/Women in Microwaves […]

The MTT-S Newsletter: Call for Papers...and Much More
The MTT-S Newsletter: Call for Papers...and Much More

Welcome to the second issue of the MTT-S Newsletter. The Newsletter Working Group and I are trying to make this Newsletter come alive. It should be a link between all people that are involved in the high frequency domain, from MHz through THz (MTT). We hope that it will be read not only by the […]

The 2016 IMS Project Connect Experience
The 2016 IMS Project Connect Experience

The 2016 IMS Project Connect Experience IMS Project Connect is a program that connects engineering students from all over the United States. This year the conference was held in San Francisco, California where a group of 17 students participated from universities including Alabama, Hawaii, Texas, Florida, Maryland, Washington and California. At the International Microwave Symposium, […]

Theory and Applications of Wireless Power Transfer
Theory and Applications of Wireless Power Transfer
IMS 2016 Workshop on Autonomous Vehicles
IMS 2016 Workshop on Autonomous Vehicles

Organizers: Andreas Stelzer, Johannes Kepler University, Austria; Jürgen Hasch, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany (both MTT-27)

13th High Temperature Superconductors in High Frequency and Fields (HTSHFF 2016)
13th High Temperature Superconductors in High Frequency...
IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility (ICMIM) 2016, San Diego, CA
IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwaves for...

The second IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility (ICMIM) will be held in San Diego, CA. This conference covers a broad range of topics that enable intelligent mobile systems through RF/microwave/millimeter-wave components, circuits and systems. Potential applications include cognitive and autonomous automobiles and robots, wireless communications between automobiles and industrial machines. 2017.icmim-ieee.org

5 Technologies Determining the Future of Disaster Mitigation
5 Technologies Determining the Future of Disaster Mitigation

What value would you give to your smartphone devoid of a network connectivity? What if the information and communication technology suddenly disappears following a disaster? Keep reading to dive into the details! 22nd September 2015, a pleasant day under the ambience of Hyatt Regency in Kyoto, Japan,IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) SIGHT organized […]

May 2016 Monthly Newsletter
May 2016 Monthly Newsletter

MEETINGS Get Ready for the 2016 International Microwave Symposium IMS2016’s technical program opens Monday, 23 May, in San Francisco with The Birth and Death of the Cell Phone, the plenary address by Dr. Martin Cooper, the Father of the Cell Phone. Following four days of programs, the meeting closes on 26 May with National Instruments […]

Millimeter Waves – A Gateway to the Future!
Millimeter Waves – A Gateway to the Future!

The Young Professionals in Microwave is all set to make its youthful spirits felt again at the IMS to be held at SF Marriott Marquis on May 24th, 2016. Last year, in Phoenix, we had focused on entrepreneurs in the field of engineering sharing their experience on building a successful company. Picking a key focus […]

Young Professionals in Microwaves blog
Young Professionals in Microwaves blog

The Young Professionals in Microwave is all set to make its youthful spirits felt again at the IMS to be held at SF Marriott Marquis on May 24th, 2016. Last year, in Phoenix, we had focused on entrepreneurs in the field of engineering sharing their experience on building a successful company. Picking a key focus […]

Amateur Radio for Blinds
Amateur Radio for Blinds

‘Technology transcends the boundaries of physical restraints’, we have all heard of this but Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde (Partner, Rhode & Schwarz) and Dr. Ajay K. Poddar (IEEE MTT SIGHT Committee member, Chair of IEEE AP SIGHT, and Chief scientist from Synergy Microwave, New Jersey, USA), who holds Amateur Radio Call sign AC2KG; brought this […]

Gravitational Waves - The New Frontier
Gravitational Waves - The New Frontier

1. Mr Anirban Ain, could you tell us a bit about yourself and your work? I am from a small town named Bolpur in West Bengal. I did my B.Sc. and M.Sc. in physics from Visa-Bharati University and IIT Delhi. I am doing my PhD in IUCAA, Pune. I am associated with LIGO as part […]

3D Smith Charts - Adding a New Dimension
3D Smith Charts - Adding a New Dimension

You don’t always need highly successful people to teach you lessons, people you meet on a day to day basis can also inspire you to take career decisions which have the ability to give your life a completely different path. This is something I realised while pursuing my PhD in Telecommunications from Valencia; an exchange […]

IMS 2016 Workshop WFE:  Phase Change Material Switches for a New Class of Microwave Control Components
IMS 2016 Workshop WFE: Phase Change Material Switches...

MTT-13 proposed and organized this workshop on the Friday of Microwave Week 2016 in San Francisco, CA. The workshop provided an updated perspective on emerging phase-change switch materials and devices for applications such as microwave switching, impedance tuning, and tunable filters and antennas. More information is available at www.ims2016.org. Thanks to Harvey Newman (US Naval […]

Getting Social with Emile Davies-Venn
Getting Social with Emile Davies-Venn

From Sierra Leone to High Speed Interfaces, Mr. Emile Davies-Venn is a graduate from University of Minnesota where he was part of the Microwave Packaging and Circuit Technology Group (MPACt group). With 3 US patents and more on the way, and having chaired the Young Professionals track for 2015 International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2015), Emile […]