Prof. Magdalena Salazar Palma of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

A method for the design of band-pass filters with multiple pass bands is presented. The key point of this method is a frequency map between single-band resonators and multiple band networks formed by those single-band resonators but with additional resonators coupled to them. The mapping problem is a nonlinear one and the mathematical treatment, based on mapping the cut-off frequencies, is not simple. However, the resulting method is quite straightforward: first, synthesize a single-band equivalent filter; then, couple to each resonator a set of as many resonators as pass bands minus one, being the sets identical between them. The method is illustrated by designing microstrip prototypes with one to three bands. They consist of conventional parallel-coupled half-wavelength resonator filters with additional hairpin or meandered resonators.

Biography: Magdalena Salazar-Palma was born in Granada, Spain. She received the MS and PhD degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain, where she was Assistant Professor and Associate Professor at the Department of Signals, Systems and Radiocommunications. Since 2004 she is with the Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Charles the Third University of Madrid, Spain, where she is Full Professor, co-director of the Radiofrequency, Electromagnetics, Microwaves and Antennas Research Group (GREMA) and has served for three years as Head of the Department.

She has developed her research in a number of areas: electromagnetic field theory; advanced computational and numerical methods for microwave and millimeter wave passive components and antennas analysis and design; advanced network and filter theory and design; antenna arrays and smart antennas; novel materials and metamaterials for the implementation of devices and antennas with improved performance (multiband, miniaturization, and so on) for the new generation of communication systems; design, simulation, optimization, implementation, and measurement of microwave circuits both in waveguide and integrated (hybrid and monolithic) technologies; millimeter and submillimeter frequency band technologies; and history of telecommunications.

She has authored 614 scientific publications: 7 books and 25 contributions for books published by international editorial companies, 13 contributions for academic books, 88 papers in scientific journals, 313 papers in international conferences, symposia, and workshops, 76 papers in national conferences, 53 project reports, 30 short courses notes, and 9 other publications. She has coauthored 2 European and USA patents and several software packages for the analysis and design of microwave and millimeter wave passive components, antennas and antenna arrays, advanced filters and multiplexers for space applications, which are used by multinational companies. She has participated (as principal investigator or researcher) in 88 research projects and contracts, financed by international, European, and national institutions and companies. She has delivered numerous invited presentations and short courses. She received two research awards and other recognitions.

She has been member of Spain Accreditation Committee of Full Professors in Engineering and Architecture and other accreditation panels for institutions in Spain and abroad. She has assisted several Spanish agencies in the evaluation of projects, research grants applications, and so on. She has served in evaluation panels of the Commission of the European Communities, and various countries, including the National Science Foundation in USA. She has been member of the editorial board or associated editor of several scientific journals, member of the Technical Program or Organizing Committees of many international and national symposia, and reviewer for many international scientific journals, symposia, and editorial companies.

Since 1989 she has served IEEE under different volunteer positions: vice-chair and chair of Spain Section AP-S/MTT-S Joint Chapter, Spain Section chair, Spain Section Membership Development officer and Professional Development officer, Region 8 Committee member, Region 8 Nominations and Appointments Subcommittee member, chair of Region 8 Conference Coordination Subcommittee, Women in Engineering Committee (WIEC) member, chair of WIEC, member of Ethics and Member Conduct Committee, History Committee, MGAB (Member and Geographic Activities Board) Geographic Unit Operations Support Committee, and elected member of AP-S Administrative Committee. She was elected 2010 AP-S President-Elect, serving in 2011 as AP-S President and member of the Technical Activities Board (TAB), and, in 2012, as AP-S Past President, chair of AP-S Nomination Committee and chair of AP-S Past President’s Council. Currently she is member of AP-S Administrative Committee as Past President, member of AP-S Distinguished Lecturer Program Committee, MTT-S Subcommittee # 15, MTT-S Education Committee, Division IV Nominations and Appointments Committee, Service Awards Committee and TAB Society Review Committee. She is the chair of AP-S History Committee and Sections Congress 2014 Committee.

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Address:Radiofrequency, Electromagnetics, Microwaves and Antennas Research Group, Dept. of Signal Theory and Communications, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés - Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 28911

Prof. Magdalena Salazar Palma of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

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Address: Leganés - Madrid, Madrid, Spain