October 2024 Issue
Periodically, the MTT-S Technical Committees (TCs) organize focus issues in IEEE Microwave Magazine. These series of articles represent the TC’s specific technology area and provide our readers with a look at both current and future technology trends. This month we are pleased to provide you with a focus issue representing TC-9, the MTT Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Solid-State Devices Committee. In the From the Guest Editor Desk column, you will find information on TC-9, as well as a summary of the four technical features; this column should be your starting point in reading the featured technical articles. Elsewhere in the issue, TC-9 also reports on the previous two years of activities and accomplishments in our MTT Society News column. This truly is a focus issue on TC-9!
TC-9 may be the technical focus of this issue, however it is not the sole focus of the magazine this month! In his President’s Message this month, MTT-S President Maurizio Bozzi talks about the different ways the MTT Society is attempting to remove barriers so that as many members of the society as possible can be involved in the wide variety of activities the society has to offer. Fred Schindler, in his MicroBusiness column, talks about how intertwined work and personal life can be, even if we try our best to separate the two. Speaking of business, Richard Snyder writes about a new committee in the MTT-S Administrative Committee on Industry Engagement in our Spotlight column, outlining various approaches that will be of interest to our industry members. We have many of our other columns this month, as well. James Chu reviews the book RF and Microwave Circuit Design: Theory and Application and Casey Latham provides us with a recap of the 2024 IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems. We also have our regular periodic Ombuds Officer Report, a Women in Microwaves (WIM) article on the WIM session at the 2024 International Wireless Symposium, as well as the solution to last month’s Enigmas, etc., problem. I would also like to point out two special notices that appear this month. The first is a fellowship announcement for the John W. Bandler Graduate Scholarship in Engineering Design. As many of you know, John was a well-known member of our community and a champion of the 3MT® activity at IMS, in addition to his many technical accomplishments in the area of space mapping and others (see [2] for his In Memoriam column). The second announcement is for a special issue in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques on the “Latest Advances on Radar-Based Physiological Sensors and Their Applications.”
Finally, in our In Memoriam column, we announce the passing of a long-time member of the MTT community, Allen Katz. In the column, you will read about his many activities and accomplishments as an educator, entrepreneur, and leader in the amateur radio and computer community. Many members of our society knew Allen but were probably unaware of his many contributions to technology. He will be sorely missed by both the MTT Society and the wider community.