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MTT-S Themes for 2021
■ Gregory Lyons
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reetings! Let us salute the advocates that volunteering in our
beginning of 2021. We should Society offers not only an opportu-
congratulate ourselves f o r nity to give back to the profession; it
having adapted to a new normal and is also an opportunity to learn in a
look toward a f ut ure that will be setting somewhat different from the
brighter. I would like to acknowledge work environment. Learning to lead
Alaa Abunjaileh, 2020 IEEE Micro- and motivate in a volunteer orga-
wave Theory and Techniques Society nization is of value in and of itself.
(MTT-S) president, for his leadership Mentorship from more experienced
and for a close and productive collabo- MTT-S members and even within our
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ration in navigating the sharp twists Administrative Committee (AdCom) is
and turns of 2020. MTT-S volunteers also of great value.
have successfully worked through Mentoring and Learning Finally, you will find more focus on
2020, taking advantage of opportuni- The MTT-S was founded in 1952, and learning at our conferences and from
ties to bring value to our membership we sponsored our first technical sym- our membership services. Sponsored
and adapt to the new realities of vir- posium that same year. For several de- by the IEEE Technical Activities Board,
tual conferences, online lectures, and cades, the main role of the MTT-S was to we lau nched the MTT-S Resource
restricted travel. A big MTT-S thank provide opportunities to network with Center (https://resourcecenter.mtt
you to our volunteers at all levels other microwave/RF engineers at con- .ieee.org) in August 2020. As a com-
within our Society. It will be good to ferences and Chapter meetings, publish panion to the Resource Center, we
see each other in person at conferences new advances in microwave technology, are working toward rolling out mate-
and meetings in the near future. and provide a means to pass information rial on the IEEE Learning Network
There are four important themes among Society members to keep them (https://iln.ieee.org), sponsored by the
for the MTT-S in 2021 that I would like informed of technological advances. IEEE Educational Activities Board.
to highlight for you. Each of them has Today, these functions of the Society
played a part in our Society for many are still important, but the world now regory Lyons (g.lyons@
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years, and each is a way to focus our moves with much greater efficiency, ieee.org), 2021 MTT-S
efforts and move all of us forward. with information and connections at president, is with
our fingertips through high-speed Lincoln Laboratory,
Internet and 5G technology. The role Massachusetts
of the MTT-S has evolved, with men- Institute of Technology,
Lexington, Massachusetts,
toring and learning becoming more
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MMM.2020.3028411 United States.
Date of current version: 2 December 2020 core. The MTT-S acknowledges and
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Membership Value The MTT-S also cosupports/owns the opportunities around the world. We
It is more important than ever in these following publications: continue through our MTT-S IMS-
new-normal times for the MTT-S to pro- • •Journal of Lightwave Technology sponsored science, technology, engi-
vide membership value. Fortunately, (1983) neering, and mathematics efforts and
this has been a focus of the MTT-S •• IEEE RFIC Virtual Journal (2012) Project Connect for students from
AdCom for a number of years now. • •IEEE Journal on Multiscale and underrepresented groups to encourage
Free electronic access to Society pub- Multiphysics Computational Tech- anyone, regardless of background, to
lications was offered starting in 2017. niques (2016) consider a career in microwave engi-
This free electronic access includes all ••IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, neering. We support students who
MTT-S publications (fully sponsored RF, and Microwaves in Medicine make this choice to reach their full
or cosponsored by the Society), finan- and Biology (2017) potential through MTT-S-sponsored
cially sponsored or cosponsored con- •• IEEE Transactions on Quantum En- scholarships and conference travel
ference proceedings, and technically gineering (2020). grants. We all benefit from encourag-
sponsored or cosponsored conference Currently, the MTT-S financially ing more diverse talent to join us in our
proceedings. The MTT-S has rolled out sponsors or cosponsors 17 confer- pursuit of microwave/RF technology
registration discounts to members for ences in various locations around the development. It is the right thing to do.
Society-sponsored conferences. world, including our annual flagship
A new example of a key member- International Microwave Symposium 2021 AdCom Members
ship benefit is the previously men- (IMS) drawing as many as 10,000 attend- For the first time in the history of our
tioned MTT-S Resource Center. Here, ees. The MTT-S is also a technical Society, we held online AdCom elec-
you will find webinars, lectures, and sponsor or cosponsor of another 22 con- tions this past fall. We congratulate
other learning materials at no cost or ferences worldwide. AdCom members recently elected to
a reduced rate for MTT-S members. the three-year term for 2021–2023. Our
As we move through 2021, we hope to Diversity and Inclusion newly elected AdCom members are
offer additional benefits for our mem- The goal of the MTT-S for many years Xun Gong, Kamran Ghorbani, Robert
bers. Volunteering opportunities will has been diversity and inclusion across Caverly, and Sridhar Kanamaluru. We
always be one of the greatest benefits. many dimensions. As an example, our also congratulate Nuno Borges Car-
I encourage you to be active with your AdCom actively works to ensure we valho, Wenquan (Cherry) Che, and
local MTT-S Chapter, volunteer to help have balanced relative representation Goutam Chattopadhyay, who were
organize MTT-S-sponsored conferences, across IEEE Regions (the United States, all re-elected to a second three-year
and support MTT-S publications as a Canada, Europe/Africa, Latin Ameri- AdCom term. We want to thank Sanjay
reviewer. The learning and mentorship ca, and Asia–Pacific) as well as AdCom Raman and Atsushi Sanada, who have
from those experiences are of high value. members representing academia, in- served two three-year terms, and Julio
dustry, and government. As a Society, Navarro, who has served one three-year
Publications and Conferences we have become far more diverse since term. They have contributed greatly to
The MTT-S continues to enhance and our founding in 1952 and progres- our Society but will be stepping away
expand its portfolio of publications sively more diverse over the last 30 from AdCom membership for now.
and conferences. We are launching a years. MTT-developed technology has
new gold open access publication in changed the world we know over this 2021 MTT-S Leadership Team
2021, IEEE Journal of Microwaves. This same time, and it is interesting that the I am honored to serve as 2021 MTT-S
adds to the following list of publica- rate of technological change has some- president. I am a senior member of
tions fully supported/owned by the what gone in parallel with improve- technical staff at MIT Lincoln Labora-
MTT-S (with the first year of publica- ments in diversity. tory in Lexington, Massachusetts, and I
tion in parentheses): However, we could do much more have been on the MTT-S AdCom since
•• IEEE Transactions on Microwave The- in the area of diversity. Several MTT-S 2012, when I served as AdCom secre-
ory and Techniques (1953, as Transac- groups are working to improve diver- tary. Some key AdCom positions I have
tions of the IRE Professional Group on sity: our Women in Microwaves group held are MTT-S treasurer; chair of
Microwave Theory and Techniques) seeks to increase gender diversity, our several AdCom committees, includ-
• •IEEE Microwave and Wireless Young Professionals in Microwaves ing Operations, Membership Value,
Compone nts L ette rs (1991, as group provides activities for indi- and M arketing and Communica-
IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave viduals early in their careers, our Life tions (as it is now known); and vice
Letters) Members group provides activities for chair or member of a wide variety of
•• IEEE Microwave Magazine (2000) individuals later in their careers, and AdCom committees.
•• IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Sci- our Microwave and Wireless Education
ence and Technology (2011). Initiative provide enhanced education (continued on page 19)
8 January 2021
Figure 2. The author delivers a keynote presentation at ICMMT 2018 during China Microwave Week.
coordinators probably had not known eye-opening experience, as I have If I were asked, “Would you like
my name three years earlier. As an ex- been exposed to numerous research to do another three-year term?,” my
ample, I was asked (along with two activities around the world. Visiting answer would certainly be yes, without
other DMLs) to serve as a keynote universities, getting a feel for the com- a shadow of a doubt. I am going to miss
speaker at the International Conference plexity of various laboratories, and not being an active DML (I am gain-
on Microwave and Millimeter-Wave seeing how certain locations can pro- ing emeritus status which, at 39 years
Technology (ICMMT) during China duce excellent results in spite of mod- old, sounds funny and flattering at the
Microwave Week (Figure 2). I found est equipment are priceless upsides same time), but the rules are the rules,
myself speaking in front of 1,200 people that an industry professional like terms are made to begin and end, and
(I honestly was unable to see the back myself would have inevitably missed. the time has come for me to pass the
rows of the audience). On a personal level, I also got the torch to the next candidate. Did I say
Aside from my personal reputation, chance to meet numerous profession- torch? Sorry, I meant privilege.
which increased within the Society, als in our field, some of whom I can
it has been a true educational and call friends today.
President’s Column (continued from page 8)
Figure 3. MTT-S Secretary Joseph
Bardin is a professor at the University of
Figure 1. MTT-S President Elect Figure 2. MTT-S Treasurer Maurizio Massachusetts–Amherst and a member of
Rashaunda Henderson is an associate Bozzi is a professor at the University of the Google Artificial Intelligence Quantum
professor at the University of Texas at Dallas. Pavia, Italy. Team, Santa Barbara, California.
Let me introduce the other mem- a variety of other AdCom positions, Joseph Bardin (Figure 3) is joining the
bers of our MTT-S leadership team, including assistant treasurer. AdCom as our 2021 secretary. He was one
the 2021 MTT-S AdCom officers. Our Our 2021 treasurer is Maurizio Bozzi of our 2020 MTT-S Outstanding Young
2021 president elect and budget com- (Figure 2), who joined the AdCom as Engineer Award winners. Congrats, Joe!
mittee chair is Rashaunda Henderson secretary in 2016. He was chair of the I encourage you to visit our website
(Figure 1), who joined the AdCom as Meetings and Symposia Committee (https://www.mtt.org) for more infor-
secretary in 2015. She has been chair pr ior to becoming MTT-S treasurer mation about the MTT-S and volun-
of the Education Committee and held in 2020. teer opportunities.
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