The IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) is the flagship symposium for the IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S). The IMS General Chair provides the leadership, management, drive, enthusiasm, support, and coordination that is necessary for executing a successful symposium. The General Chair should be a skilled manager that is familiar with management tools […]
IEEE Microwave Magazine – July 2022 The July issue of the IEEE Microwave Magazine is out. This issue has three features and a regular set of columns. This summary will try to whet your appetite for the issue – but for the real introduction to this issue check out the Editor’s Desk column. The features […]
Many congratulations to Professor John Bandler for receiving the 2023 IEEE Electromagnetics Award “for contributions to electromagnetic optimization and the modeling of high-frequency structures, circuits, and devices.” https://bit.ly/3NpccGp. Professor Bandler studied at Imperial College London and received the B.Sc.(Eng.), Ph.D., and D.Sc.(Eng.) degrees from the University of London, England, in 1963, 1967, and 1976, respectively. […]
IEEE MTT-S Awards Call for Nominations Deadline: July 31st, 2022 The IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S) presents a number of awards annually to our members to recognize their outstanding contributions to the field of microwave theory and technology, significant achievements in their career, or distinguished services to the society. The Awards Committee of MTT-S […]
Workshop on June 19th, 2022 WSD: Micro and Nano Technology Challenges to Address 6G Key Performance Indicators Organizers: Didier Belot (CEA-LETI) / Wolfgang Heinrich (FBH) Telecom communities are beginning to prepare the next generation of mobile telecom, the 6G, and present KPIs going to the Tbps, 300GHz carrier frequency, space multiplexing, spectrum agility, dense Massive […]
IEEE Microwave Magazine – June 2022 The June issue of the IEEE Microwave Magazine is out! This issue is the “Breadth of MTT”, our issue which typically is distributed at the IMS and demonstrates our range of interest. This issue also includes an advance program of the IMS. The features for this issue include four […]
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 […]
The IEEE MTT-S Outstanding Chapter Award recognizes the chapter’s contribution based on the quantity and quality of the activities and programs implemented by the chapter during the period of a calendar year (January 1st – December 31st). It is awarded annually and given to maximum 5% of the MTT society chapters worldwide. All the chapters […]
IEEE Microwave Magazine – May 2022 The May issue of the IEEE Microwave Magazine is out! And this issue features IMS2022 Microwave Week. As well as a guided tour of IMS2022 we have five feature articles and a full set of columns. This is a big issue with a lot for everyone. As always, for […]
The origin of the MTT-S can be traced back to the formation of the Professional Group for Microwave Electronics, approved by the Professional Groups Committee of the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) on March 7, 1952. The members of the first committee had its first meeting on May 1, 1952. The Group was subsequently renamed […]
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 […]
IEEE Microwave Magazine – April 2022 The April issue of the IEEE Microwave Magazine is out. This issue has a fascinating set of features covering flexible electronics, electro-optic modulation and contactless millimeter-wave connectors. We also have a great set of columns and an interesting discussion in a Speaker’s Corner. Our features start with flexible electronics […]
Congratulations to Dr. Richard Snyder on receiving the Outstanding Career Award for his exemplified outstanding contributions in the field of microwaves from the European Microwave Association (EuMA) at the European Microwave Week 2021 in London on 4th April 2022. Dr. Snyder was the 2011 President of MTT-S and is a long serving member of MTT-S […]
Microwave engineer Douglas Teeter and his wife Terri Stull died tragically in a multi-vehicle collision on Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania on 28 March, 2022. Douglas A. Teeter received the B.S.E.E. degree from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1987, and the M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from The University of Michigan in 1988 and 1992. […]
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 […]
