BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251025T211216Z UID:9BEAA878-75EB-44E8-885F-30CFD0C4C1F4 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251121T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251121T120000 DESCRIPTION:Title: Additive Manufacturing: Emerging Opportunities for Micro wave Components\n\nAbstract: The Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology\, also known as 3D-printing technology\, offers several interesting and attr active features\, including fast prototyping\, geometry flexibility\, easi ly customizable products\, and low cost (in some cases). However\, using s uch technologies for microwave devices is not straightforward as AM has no t been specifically developed for microwave devices\, and in most cases\, some adaptation and post-processing is necessary. Furthermore\, there are many AM technologies available\, and it is important to understand their c haracteristics before selecting one.\n\nIn the presentation\, an overview of the different AM technologies available will be provided. Additionally\ , an analysis of some of the most common AM technologies used for the manu facturing of microwave components will be conducted in more detail\, with the help of several examples. Several microwave components manufactured wi th some of the most popular AM technologies will be shown\, along with a d etailed description of the manufacturing process\, post-processing\, and a ll actions necessary to make the component perform well. Furthermore\, it will be shown how the flexibility of this technology allows the developmen t of new classes of components with non-conventional geometries that can b e exploited to obtain high-performing components in terms of compactness\, weight\, losses\, etc.\n\n[Cristiano Tomassoni]\n\nBiography: Cristiano T omassoni received his Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering from the University of Perugia\, Perugia\, Italy\, in 1999. In the same year\, he joined the Lehrstuhl für Hochfrequenztechnik\, Technical University of Munich\, Muni ch\, Germany as a Visiting Scientist\, where he worked on the modeling of waveguide structures and devices using the generalized scattering matrix t echnique. In 2001\, he was a Guest Professor at the Fakultät für Elektro technik und Informationstechnik\, Otto-von-Guericke University\, Magdeburg \, Germany. In the early stages of his career\, he contributed to the enha ncement of several analytical and numerical methods for electromagnetic co mponent simulation\, including the finite-element method\, mode-matching t echnique\, generalized multipole technique\, method of moments\, transmiss ion-line matrix\, and mode matching applied to spherical waves. In 2001\, he joined the University of Perugia\, where he is currently an Associate P rofessor and teaches the ‘Electromagnetic Fields’ course and the ‘Ad vanced Design of Microwave and RF Systems’ course. His main research int erests include modeling and designing of waveguide components and antennas \, miniaturized filters\, reconfigurable filters\, dielectric filters\, an d substrate integrated waveguide filters. He is currently studying the use of Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology for the fabrication of microwav e components\, considering various technologies such as Stereolithography (SLA)\, Lithography-based Ceramic Manufacturing (LCM)\, Selective Laser Me lting (SLM)\, Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)\, and PolyJet technology.\n\ nProf. Tomassoni has been elevated to the grade of IEEE Fellow\, Class of 2025. He serves as the Chair of the MTT-5 Filters Technical Committee of t he IEEE MTT-S. Currently\, he is a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE MTT -S. From 2018 to 2022\, he served as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Tran sactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. Prof. Tomassoni is also the r ecipient of the 2012 Microwave Prize\, awarded by the IEEE Microwave Theor y and Techniques Society.\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE MTT-S\n\nVirtual: https ://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/510177 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/510177 ORGANIZER:pychen@uic.edu SEQUENCE:21 SUMMARY:IEEE Distinguished Microwave Lecturers: Additive Manufacturing: Eme rging Opportunities for Microwave Components by Prof. Cristiano Tomassoni URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/510177 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>Title:</strong> Additive Manufactu ring: Emerging Opportunities for Microwave Components</p>\n<p><strong>Abst ract:</strong> The Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology\, also known as 3D-printing technology\, offers several interesting and attractive feature s\, including fast prototyping\, geometry flexibility\, easily customizabl e products\, and low cost (in some cases). However\, using such technologi es for microwave devices is not straightforward as AM has not been specifi cally developed for microwave devices\, and in most cases\, some adaptatio n and post-processing is necessary. Furthermore\, there are many AM techno logies available\, and it is important to understand their characteristics before selecting one.</p>\n<p>In the presentation\, an overview of the di fferent AM technologies available will be provided. Additionally\, an anal ysis of some of the most common AM technologies used for the manufacturing of microwave components will be conducted in more detail\, with the help of several examples. Several microwave components manufactured with some o f the most popular AM technologies will be shown\, along with a detailed d escription of the manufacturing process\, post-processing\, and all action s necessary to make the component perform well. Furthermore\, it will be s hown how the flexibility of this technology allows the development of new classes of components with non-conventional geometries that can be exploit ed to obtain high-performing components in terms of compactness\, weight\, losses\, etc.</p>\n<p><strong><img src="https://mtt.org/app/uploads/2019/ 01/Cristiano-Tomassoni-250x330.jpg" alt="Cristiano Tomassoni"></strong></p >\n<p><strong>Biography:</strong> Cristiano Tomassoni received his Ph.D. i n Electronics Engineering from the University of Perugia\, Perugia\, Italy \, in 1999. In the same year\, he joined the Lehrstuhl f&uuml\;r Hochfrequ enztechnik\, Technical University of Munich\, Munich\, Germany as a Visiti ng Scientist\, where he worked on the modeling of waveguide structures and devices using the generalized scattering matrix technique. In 2001\, he w as a Guest Professor at the Fakult&auml\;t f&uuml\;r Elektrotechnik und In formationstechnik\, Otto-von-Guericke University\, Magdeburg\, Germany. In the early stages of his career\, he contributed to the enhancement of sev eral analytical and numerical methods for electromagnetic component simula tion\, including the finite-element method\, mode-matching technique\, gen eralized multipole technique\, method of moments\, transmission-line matri x\, and mode matching applied to spherical waves. In 2001\, he joined the University of Perugia\, where he is currently an Associate Professor and t eaches the &lsquo\;Electromagnetic Fields&rsquo\; course and the &lsquo\;A dvanced Design of Microwave and RF Systems&rsquo\; course. His main resear ch interests include modeling and designing of waveguide components and an tennas\, miniaturized filters\, reconfigurable filters\, dielectric filter s\, and substrate integrated waveguide filters. He is currently studying t he use of Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology for the fabrication of mi crowave components\, considering various technologies such as Stereolithog raphy (SLA)\, Lithography-based Ceramic Manufacturing (LCM)\, Selective La ser Melting (SLM)\, Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)\, and PolyJet technolo gy.</p>\n<p>Prof. Tomassoni has been elevated to the grade of IEEE Fellow\ , Class of 2025. He serves as the Chair of the MTT-5 Filters Technical Com mittee of the IEEE MTT-S. Currently\, he is a Distinguished Lecturer for t he IEEE MTT-S. From 2018 to 2022\, he served as an Associate Editor for th e IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. Prof. Tomassoni is also the recipient of the 2012 Microwave Prize\, awarded by the IEEE Micr owave Theory and Techniques Society.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR