BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20220210T180655Z UID:8829E301-4C7A-4F5C-BD88-37871B92ACCB DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220207T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220207T170000 DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an upcoming talk on Feb 07\, 4-5 pm (Eastern Time) by Prof. Erik Lier titled "Practical Antenna Solutions Enabled by S oft and Hard EM Surfaces and Metasurfaces"\, as part of the 2021-2022 IEEE AP-S seminar series.\n\nAbstract: The presentation will describe how the concept of electromagnetically soft and hard surfaces and later metamateri al horns (metahorns) came about. The talk will also discuss practical ante nna solutions enabled by these EM techniques\, as well as future opportuni ties and challenges in antenna and RF designs.\n\nAbout Speaker: Dr. Erik Lier received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology\, Trondheim\, Norway. He started working as a university s cientific assistant and later as a research scientist at the Electronics L aboratory (ELAB/SINTEF) at the university\, carrying out national and inte rnational research on microwave antennas and feed components for the Europ ean Space Agency (ESA)\, INTELSAT\, INMARSAT and other satellite organizat ions and radar companies. He spent a year at UCLA as a visiting scholar st udying phased array antenna technology. He co-invented the concept of “S oft and Hard electromagnetic surfaces” which is related to the field of electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structures and complex surfaces. Since 1990 he has been with Lockheed Martin Space\, where he has been involved in dev eloping new spacecraft antenna and payload technology. He was instrumental in building up shaped reflector capability in the company which resulted in winning the Asiasat-2 satellite program. He has been involved in the de velopment and modernization of the GPS satellite payload for over more tha n 20 years. His main research interest and contribution has been in the fi eld of phased array antennas\, including design\, analysis\, system engine ering\, calibration and test. He was the phased array architect for two ph ased arrays launched into space. He headed up the internal metamaterials r esearch collaboration effort within the company\, which has included unive rsity collaboration and has led to several groundbreaking and practical me tamaterial-enhanced antennas for space and ground applications. He is gran ted 37 US patents\, has authored and co-authored over 140 journal and conf erence papers\, including two papers in the journal Nature\, co-authored o ne book and authored a book chapter. He received the 2014 IEEE Antennas an d Propagation Harold A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award. He is a Lo ckheed Martin Senior Technical Fellow\, a Life Fellow of IEEE and a Fellow of IET.\n\nSpeaker(s): Erik Lier\, \n\nToronto\, Ontario\, Canada\, Virtu al: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/302402 LOCATION:Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.o rg/m/302402 ORGANIZER:pz.naseri@gmail.com SEQUENCE:14 SUMMARY:[AP-S Seminar Series] Practical Antenna Solutions Enabled by Soft a nd Hard EM Surfaces and Metasurfaces by Prof. Erik Lier URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/302402 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family : arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;">Please join us for an upcoming talk on &nbsp\;<strong>Feb 07\, 4-5 pm (Eastern Time)</strong> by Prof. Erik Lier titled "Practical Antenna Solutions Enabled by Soft and Hard EM Surfaces a nd Metasurfaces"\, as part of the 2021-2022 IEEE AP-S seminar series.</spa n></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;"><strong>Abstract:</strong> The presentation will describe h ow the concept of electromagnetically soft and hard surfaces and later met amaterial horns (metahorns) came about. The talk will also discuss practic al antenna solutions enabled by these EM techniques\, as well as future op portunities and challenges in antenna and RF designs.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;"><strong>About Speak er: </strong>Dr. Erik Lier received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology\, Trondheim\, Norway. He started wor king as a university scientific assistant and later as a research scientis t at the Electronics Laboratory (ELAB/SINTEF) at the university\, carrying out national and international research on microwave antennas and feed co mponents for the European Space Agency (ESA)\, INTELSAT\, INMARSAT and oth er satellite organizations and radar companies. He spent a year at UCLA as a visiting scholar studying phased array antenna technology. He co-invent ed the concept of &ldquo\;Soft and Hard electromagnetic surfaces&rdquo\; w hich is related to the field of electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structures a nd complex surfaces. Since 1990 he has been with Lockheed Martin Space\, w here he has been involved in developing new spacecraft antenna and payload technology. He was instrumental in building up shaped reflector capabilit y in the company which resulted in winning the Asiasat-2 satellite program . He has been involved in the development and modernization of the GPS sat ellite payload for over more than 20 years. His main research interest and contribution has been in the field of phased array antennas\, including d esign\, analysis\, system engineering\, calibration and test. He was the p hased array architect for two phased arrays launched into space. He headed up the internal metamaterials research collaboration effort within the co mpany\, which has included university collaboration and has led to several groundbreaking and practical metamaterial-enhanced antennas for space and ground applications. He is granted 37 US patents\, has authored and co-au thored over 140 journal and conference papers\, including two papers in th e journal Nature\, co-authored one book and authored a book chapter. He re ceived the 2014 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Harold A. Wheeler Applicatio ns Prize Paper Award. He is a Lockheed Martin Senior Technical Fellow\, a Life Fellow of IEEE and a Fellow of IET.</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR