Robert H. Caverly
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The International Microwave Symposium (IMS) is the IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society’s (MTT-S’s) flagship conference, and this major MTT-S event is right around the corner. With a wide range of technical sessions, panel sessions, networking sessions, receptions, and, of course, the huge exhibition, IMS2023 will truly be, as the conference slogan states, where you will find The Coolest Ideas Under the Sun in microwave engineering. You can find the latest about IMS2023 at the conference link, https://ims-ieee.org/, and later in this issue, you will find a preview of the events at IMS2023.
With IMS2023 being the largest microwave event of the year, it is only fitting that the focus issue for IMS2023 be the largest IEEE Microwave Magazine issue of the year. IMS2023 could not be organized without the dedicated work of the volunteers of the steering committee, under the leadership of Gayle Collins and John Wood (John is a previous editor-in-chief of this magazine). In a similar vein, the IMS2023 focus issue could not have been organized without the hard work of our guest editor, Frederick “Fritz” Raab. Fritz worked diligently to provide you with a look at some of the exciting microwave work being done in the San Diego, CA, USA, area, with four technical features that span industry, government, and academia. I want to also thank Fritz for his work with the various IMS2023 steering committee subcommittees to bring you columns associated with each subcommittee’s contribution to the conference, describing the technical and not so technical events of IMS2023. I encourage you to start your reading of the IMS2023 focus issue with his guest editor’s column [A1], where Fritz outlines the issue in detail.
Even though the bulk of this issue is devoted to IMS2023, we still have a number of our regular monthly columns. In his “President’s Column” [A2], MTT-S President Nuno Borges Carvalho provides his thoughts on IMS and introduces the chairs of the MTT-S Administrative Committee’s (AdCom’s) IMS Executive Committee and Standards Committee. Fred Schindler, in his “MicroBusiness” column [A3], discusses how to manage your career. This is Fred’s 100th column for the magazine, and I wish to thank him for sharing his business perspectives with our readership and for his overall support of the magazine over the years. This month’s “Women in Microwaves” (WIM) column [A4], authored by MTT-S AdCom member Wenquan Che, takes a look at the special WIM session held at the 2022 MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes for RF and THz Applications, in Guangzhou, China. This month’s “Speaker’s Corner” [A5] is contributed by Mahmoud Wagih and looks at an outreach approach to educate the general community on the role microwave engineering plays in everyday life and, hopefully, to draw more interest from students who might consider joining our community. Also in this month’s issue, we have our “Microwave Surfing” column [A6], the “MTT-S Ombuds Officer” [A7], and the solution to the previous “Enigmas, etc.” [A8] thought-provoking problem. To round out the issue, please read the “Conference Calendar” [A9] which gives you a look ahead at upcoming conferences that the MTT-S sponsors either financially or technically.
See you in San Diego next month!
[A1] F. Raab, “IMS2023 guest editor’s welcome,” IEEE Microw. Mag., vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 74–76, May 2023, doi: 10.1109/MMM.2023.3242521.
[A2] N. B. Carvalho, “The greatest microwave/RF/wireless technology show is in San Diego [President’s Column],” IEEE Microw. Mag., vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 10–14, May 2023, doi: 10.1109/MMM.2023.3243442.
[A3] F. Schindler, “Networking—Managing your career [MicroBusiness],” IEEE Microw. Mag., vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 16–17, May 2023, doi: 10.1109/MMM.2023.3242519.
[A4] P. Qin, W. Yang, and W. Che, “Recognize and leap over the gaps [Women in Microwaves],” IEEE Microw. Mag., vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 20–21, May 2023, doi: 10.1109/MMM.2023.3242475.
[A5] M. Wagih, “Engaging the public: Using microwave wireless ‘chargers’ to charge the interest of future engineers [Speaker’s Corner],” IEEE Microw. Mag., vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 150–153, May 2023, doi: 10.1109/MMM.2023.3242497.
[A6] R. Bansal, “First encounter? [Microwave Surfing],” IEEE Microw. Mag., vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 18–19, May 2023, doi: 10.1109/MMM.2023.3242516.
[A7] E. C. Niehenke, “MTT-s Ombuds officer,” IEEE Microw. Mag., vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 154–155, May 2023, doi: 10.1109/MMM.2023.3242498.
[A8] T. Ohira, “Half-wave rectification [Enigmas, etc.],” IEEE Microw. Mag., vol. 24, no. 5, p. 149, May 2023, doi: 10.1109/MMM.2023.3242520.
[A9] “Conference calendar,” IEEE Microw. Mag., vol. 24, no. 5, p. 156, May 2023, doi: 10.1109/MMM.2023.3242956.
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MMM.2023.3244050