Andreas C. Stelzer

Andreas C. Stelzer passed away on June 6, 2025, and was born in Haslach an der Mühl, Austria, in 1968. He received the Dipl.-Ing. degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Vienna, Austria, in 1994. In 2000, he received the Dr. Techn. degree in mechatronics from the Johannes Kepler University (JKU) with special honors (“Promotio sub auspiciis Praesidentis rei publicae under the auspices” of the Austrian president), granted only to those with the best possible grades from high school to the final doctoral exam.

In 2000, he joined the Institute for Communications and Information Engineering of JKU in Linz. After finishing his postdoctoral qualification in 2003, he became an associate professor at JKU. In 2011, he was elevated to full professor at JKU’s new Institute of Communications Engineering and Radio Frequency Systems. From 2007 to 2015, he was granted a Christian Doppler Laboratory for Integrated Radar Sensors by the Austrian government.

Dr. Stelzer successfully combined science, engineering, and industrial development. He served as a key researcher within the Linz Center of Mechatronics (LCM) and was responsible for numerous industrial projects. He published more than 430 scientific papers and over 30 patents, focusing on microwave sensor systems for industrial applications, RF and microwave subsystems, SAW sensor systems, and baseband signal processing for sensor signal evaluation.

He received numerous awards, including the EEEfCOM Innovation Award, the EuMA Radar prize at the 2003 European Radar Conference, the 2008 MTT-S Outstanding Young Engineer Award, and the 2011 IEEE Microwave Prize for the best paper in the IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. He was the General Chair of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility. He served as an associate editor for IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, and he was an IEEE MTT-S Distinguished Microwave Lecturer.