Microwave Journal Podcasts

Microwave Journal Media Director, Pat Hindle, talks with IEEE Fellow and Dean of the College of Engineering at UC Berkeley, Prof. Tsu-Jae King Liu, about her career in nanometer semiconductor technologies and the promotion of microelectronics workforce development. She is the 2024 IEEE Founders Medal recipient and recognized for leadership in the advancement and commercialization of nanometer semiconductor technologies and the promotion of microelectronics workforce development.

Pat Hindle talks with Andrea Goldsmith, Dean of Engineering and Applied Science and the Arthur LeGrand Doty Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Princeton University, IEEE Fellow and 2024 IEEE James H. Mulligan Jr. Education Medal recipient, and author of the well known textbook Wireless Communication, about her career, areas of study, startups, IEEE activities, and thoughts on future technologies.

Pat Hindle talks with Shahriar Shahramian, Head of Bell Labs' ASICs & Packaging Research Lab, Bell Labs Fellow, Adjunct Professor at Columbia University and Founder of The Signal Path about his career path, thoughts on education, current research, his popular YouTube channel and the future of communications technology.

Pat Hindle talks with Fred Daum, 2024 IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications recipient, IEEE Fellow, Principal Fellow at Raytheon, Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE and a graduate of Harvard University, about radar technology, his career path and outlook on future technology. Fred has developed, analyzed and tested the real time tracking, waveform scheduling, calibration and discrimination algorithms for essentially all the long range phased array radars built by the USA in the last four decades.

Mau-Chung Frank Chang, Wintek Chair in EE & Distinguished Professor at UCLA and 2023 IEEE/RSE James Clerk Maxwell Medal Award winner talks with Pat Hindle, Media Director, about his lifelong work in electronics including the development of the HBT and BiFET used in most cell phones today and many other technologies including his recently award winning work with heterojunction device technology and CMOS System-on-Chip realizations that achieve unprecedented reconfigurability and bandwidth.

Benoit Derat, Senior Director for Systems & Projects, Antenna-Based Solutions at Rohde & Schwarz, Entrepreneur and Scientist talks with Pat Hindle, Media Director, about his experiences in education, entrepreneurship, inventions, rock bands and thoughts on the future of test and measurement. Can you guess which one is Benoit?

Alexander Chenakin, Senior Director, R&D at Anritsu Company, and world renown expert on frequency sources and synthesizers, talks with Pat Hindle, Media Director at Microwave Journal, about his work experience, groundbreaking synthesizer products and outlook on the future. Here is a link to the discussion in text.

Joel Dunsmore, Research Fellow at Keysight Technologies and RF test expert, book author and course instructor with more than 36 patents, talks with Microwave Journal Media Director, Pat Hindle, about his design work with various VNAs over the years, software and algorithm development, patent research and future outlook on the industry.

Alfonso Farina, a well-known Italian engineer that pioneered new technology in radar systems and signal processing, authored more than 1000 papers, noted for his work to bridge the gap between industry and academy, and fellow with the IEEE and IET, talks with Pat Hindle, Media Director at Microwave Journal, about his passion for engineering, close connection to academia, invention of Track While Scan Radar, advice for young engineers and more. Here is a link to the text version of the conversation.

Zoya Popovic, Distinguished Professor at University of Colorado (Boulder) Lockheed Martin Endowed Chair in RF Engineering, IEEE Fellow and Member of the National Academy of Engineering talks with Pat Hindle, Media Director at Microwave Journal, about her journey from Serbia to the US, course development and research at University of Colorado, outlook on device technology and educating future engineers. Sponsored by BAE Systems.