BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20220709T150054Z UID:51A7801C-ECE9-4696-8BDB-8D52E3AE3005 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220706T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220706T150000 DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an upcoming talk on Jul 06\, 2-3pm (Eastern Time) by Prof. Emily Porter titled "Microwave Medical Technologies: Founda tions and Clinical Applications\," as part of the 2021-2022 IEEE AP-S semi nar series.\n\nAbstract:\n\nMicrowave medical technologies have promising potential for applications spanning health monitoring\, detection and diag nosis of disease\, and even treatment. These technologies are low-cost\, n on-/minimally-invasive\, non-ionizing\, safe and well-tolerated\, and can be made wearable or portable.\n\nIn this talk\, the motivation and basic f oundations of microwave techniques are discussed\, followed by the challen ges of designing high quality basic research to support such medical devic e development. Key factors influencing the design and development of next generation microwave medical devices will be discussed. In particular\, th e difficulties faced when measuring and reporting the dielectric propertie s of biological tissues are emphasised\, focusing on the importance of ach ieving accurate and representative measurements. Promising microwave-based medical technologies designed to address high-priority clinical needs wil l be highlighted. Lastly\, proposed future activities in this area will be discussed.\n\nAbout Speaker:\n\nDr. Emily Porter is an Assistant Professo r with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Univer sity of Texas at Austin\, where she is associated with both the bioECE and Electromagnetics & Acoustics research areas. Dr. Porter was granted her P h.D. in 2015 from McGill University\, Montreal\, Canada. She also has an M .Eng. and a B.Eng. in Electrical and Computer Engineering\, completed in 2 008 and 2010\, respectively. More recently\, Dr. Porter was an NSERC Postd octoral Fellow and then an EU Marie-Curie Research Fellow with the Transla tional Medical Device Laboratory at National University of Ireland Galway\ , from 2015-2019. In 2021\, she was awared the IEEE Lot Shafai Mid-Career Distinguished Achievement Award for her contributions to microwave medical technologies\, standardizing the methodology for measuring the dielectric properties of biological tissues\, and advocating for women in engineerin g. Her research interests lie in applied electromagnetics\, and particular ly aimed at developing electromagnetic (EM)-based solutions with applicati ons in diagnostic\, therapeutic\, supportive or assistive medical technolo gies.\n\nSpeaker(s): Emily Porter\, \n\nToronto\, Ontario\, Canada\, Virtu al: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/317251 LOCATION:Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.o rg/m/317251 ORGANIZER:pz.naseri@gmail.com SEQUENCE:6 SUMMARY:[AP-S Seminar Series] Microwave Medical Technologies: Foundations a nd Clinical Applications by Prof. Emily Porter URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/317251 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 <strong>Jul 06\, 2-3pm (Eastern Time)</strong> by Prof. Emily Porter titl ed "Microwave Medical Technologies: Foundations and Clinical Applications\ ," as part of the 2021-2022 IEEE AP-S seminar series.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;">< strong>Abstract:</strong>&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\;">Microwave medical tech nologies have promising potential for applications spanning health monitor ing\, detection and diagnosis of disease\, and even treatment. These techn ologies are low-cost\, non-/minimally-invasive\, non-ionizing\, safe and w ell-tolerated\, and can be made wearable or portable.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\;">I n this talk\, the motivation and basic foundations of microwave techniques are discussed\, followed by the challenges of designing high quality basi c research to support such medical device development. Key factors influen cing the design and development of next generation microwave medical devic es will be discussed. In particular\, the difficulties faced when measurin g and reporting the dielectric properties of biological tissues are emphas ised\, focusing on the importance of achieving accurate and representative measurements. Promising microwave-based medical technologies designed to address high-priority clinical needs will be highlighted. Lastly\, propose d future activities in this area will be discussed.</span></p>\n<p><span s tyle="font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;"><strong>About Speaker :&nbsp\;</strong></span></p>\n<p><span style="font-family: arial\, helveti ca\, sans-serif\;">Dr. Emily Porter is an Assistant Professor with the Dep artment of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin\, where she is associated with both the bioECE and Electromagnet ics &amp\; Acoustics research areas. Dr. Porter was granted her Ph.D. in 2 015 from McGill University\, Montreal\, Canada. She also has an M.Eng. and a B.Eng. in Electrical and Computer Engineering\, completed in 2008 and 2 010\, respectively. More recently\, Dr. Porter was an NSERC Postdoctoral F ellow and then an EU Marie-Curie Research Fellow with the Translational Me dical Device Laboratory at National University of Ireland Galway\, from 20 15-2019. In 2021\, she was awared the IEEE Lot Shafai Mid-Career Distingui shed Achievement Award for her contributions to microwave medical technolo gies\, standardizing the methodology for measuring the dielectric properti es of biological tissues\, and advocating for women in engineering. Her re search interests lie in applied electromagnetics\, and particularly aimed at developing electromagnetic (EM)-based solutions with applications in di agnostic\, therapeutic\, supportive or assistive medical technologies.</sp an></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR