WIM stands for “Women in Microwaves” and is the subset of Women in Engineering (WIE) working within the field of microwave engineering and typically active within the MTT society. WIM is also a subcommittee under MGA within the MTT-S AdCom.
WIM Events in 2022
| Date | Event | Registration | Hosting Group |
| January
16-19 (Hybrid) |
WIM spotlight event: Three distinguished speakers from America, Europe, and Asia with publications in Microwave Magazine and T-MTT will give review talks of the topics they are working on and advancing. | https://www.radiowirelessweek.org/ | RWW
(USA) |
| February
13-18 (now Delayed to April 2-7) |
Two invited speakers will give presentations on their current research and success as a woman in Engineering. At the end of the panel session a guided tour to the Cutty Sark will take place. | https://www.eumw2021.com/ | EuMW
(London) |
| May | WIM event – in the planning stages | Details coming soon | IWS
(China) |
| June
19-24 |
WIM event – in the planning stages for the evening of Wednesday, 22nd of June. | https://ims-ieee.org/ataglance | IMS
(USA) |
| September
25-30 |
WIM event – in the planning stages | https://www.eumweek.com/ | EuMW
(Italy) |
| November | WIM event – in the planning stages | Details coming soon | IMWS-AMP
(China) |
September 2022 EUMW: 'Wearable Devices: Engineering Meets Creativity'
European Microwave Week gave an exciting opportunity to get the WiM Committee members to connect. Also, the tradition of holding the Women in Microwave Engineering event continued, sponsored by IEEE MTT-S, during the European Microwave Week. The event was held on Wednesday 28th September 2022 at 15:30 – 18:00 in room: Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Piazza Pio XI, 2, Milano. Taking a cue from the wonderful location, Milan, the capital of Italian fashion, this year’s event focused on wearable technologies and devices. Three invited speakers present the recent trends on materials, fabrication techniques and devices for wearable applications. The event ended with a guided tour of the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana.
Past 2021 WIM Events
| Date | Event | Registration | Hosting Group |
| March 1 | WIM Virtual Meet-Up, featuring Dr. Debabani Choudhury of Intel Labs | Event recording | MTT-S Women in Microwaves |
| March 9 | Panel session about compensation negotiations. Panel members from academia (Sveta Zinger), industry (Berber Goedhart), HR (Tomas Weijters) and self-employed (Mindy Howard), co hosted by the Career Expo | www.wiecareermonth.nl | IEEE Benelux Women in Engineering |
| March 11 | Improving tenure-track policies, featuring Monique van der Veen (On her national campaign to advocate for prolonged tenure-track periods in case of parenthood) | www.wiecareermonth.nl | IEEE Benelux Women in Engineering |
| March 18 | Technology in Society, featuring Cristophe Cox (On using rats to detect landmines, tuberculosis and victims under debris) and Fernanda González Guevara (On the mission of Engineers without Borders) | www.wiecareermonth.nl | IEEE Benelux Women in Engineering |
| March 23 | In celebration of women’s history month, join a film screening examining the life and mathematical work of Maryam Mirzakhani. | https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/266412 | New Jersey Coast Section |
| March 23 | An inspirational talk by Maria Marced, president of TSMC Europe (On how she got to her position and advice for future engineers) | www.wiecareermonth.nl | IEEE Benelux Women in Engineering |
| March 25 | Developments of the Irène Curie Fellowship, featuring Frank Baaijens (Rector Magnificus on the outcomes of the Irène-Curie Fellowships) | www.wiecareermonth.nl | IEEE Benelux Women in Engineering |
| March 30 | 17:30 (UTC -5) In celebration of women’s history month, join a film screening examining the life and mathematical work of Maryam Mirzakhani. | https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/266412 | New Jersey Coast Section |
| April 2 | Dr. Alessandra Costanzo will give the invited technical talk “Batteryless RF/Microwave Systems” for the chapter chair meeting. | https://mtt.org/event_calendar/mtt-s-chapter-chair-meeting-2021/ | MTT-S MGA Committee |
| April 21 | 18:30 (UTC -8) “Persistent Autonomous Environmental Monitor for Timely Wildfire Detection (PANTHER)” by Professor Dr. Katia Obraczka and Andrea David of UC Santa Cruz 6:30pm – 7:45pm | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/persistent-autonomous-environmental-monitor-for-timely-wildfire-detection-tickets-146687352821?aff=LinkedIn1 | MTT Santa Clara Valley Chapter |
| May 23-26 | IWS Special Session, Women in Microwaves and Wireless: “A Better World Can Be Expected Through Our Efforts”. Opening remarks by Prof. Jasmin Grosinger, technical report by Prof. Donglin Su, and panel discussion moderated by Prof. Wenquan Che. |
Event summary: https://mtt.org/iws21-wim-session-summary/
|
IEEE MTT-S International Wireless Symposium |
| June 8 | WIM Social held at The OMNI, 18:00-20:30 | https://ims-ieee.org/ | IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium |
| June 22 | Webinar with Prof. Natalia Nikolova, Distinguished Microwave Lecturer Class of 2010 | https://mtt.org/event_calendar/measured-system-point-spread-functions-enable-real-time-quantitative-imaging/ | IEEE MTT-S Webinar |
| June 23 | WIM virtual event associated with IMS | https://ims-ieee.org/ | IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium |
| July 17-18 | Virtual Colloquium on ‘Recent Trends, Techniques and Career Opportunities on Microwave & Millimeter-Wave Technologies, Antennas and Applications’ | https://gecbieee.org/wim_vc/
Inaugural session: July 17 9am IST ( July 16th 11:30pm EDT) |
IEEE MTT-S Kerala chapter, IEEE AP-S SIGHT committee, and IEEE MTT-S and AP-S SB Chapters of GEC, Barton Hill, and IIST |
| August 4 | On the Importance of Antenna Characterization for Practical Applications: A Tribute to Prof. Tapan Sarkar and his Multi-faceted Contributions to the Field of Antennas and Propagation
Dr. Mahta Moghaddam is a Fellow of IEEE and a member of the US National Academy of Engineering. |
19:00 – 20:30 IST (9:30m – 11am EDT) https://gecbieee.org/l4_talk_3/ |
IEEE MTT-S Kerala chapter, IEEE AP-S SIGHT Committee and IEEE MTT-S and AP-S SB Chapters of GEC, Barton Hill. |
| October 24 | IMOC2021 WIM special session
Invited guest, special talk, panel session |
1 pm to 3 pm (Brazilian Standard Time, GMT-3)
https://www.imoc2021.com/program-speakers.php?subpage=women-microwaves |
The International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference
https://www.imoc2021.com/about-imoc.php?subpage=steering-committee |
| November 1-3 | WIM special session at COMCAS, held in Tel Aviv Israel | https://www.comcas.org/ | IEEE International Conference on Microwaves, Communications, Antennas, Biomedical Engineering & Electronic Systems |
| December 17-19 | WIM special session at IMARC, held in Lucknow India | http://www.iitk.ac.in/mimt_lab/IMaRC_2021/index.html | International Microwave and RF Conference |
| December 22 | WIM & YP special session, held in Islamabad Pakistan | https://rimms.nust.edu.pk/icmac2021/ | International Conference on Microwave, Antennas & Circuits (ICMAC) |