Prof. Maurizio Bozzi of University of Pavia

A broad range of different physical quantities can be determined by adopting electromagnetic techniques at microwave frequency: among them, an important class of sensors aims at the determination of the electric and magnetic characteristics of materials, for instance with the scope to establish the content of a certain element in liquids. Another class of sensors are devoted to the accurate determination of the linear or the angular displacement of a target. Depending on the intended application, the requested features of microwave sensors are typically the compact size, the low manufacturing cost, and the easy design and fabrication, as well as the good accuracy of the results. This talk will provide an overview of some recent achievements in the area of microwave sensors, for applications ranging from the characterization of the electrical properties of materials to the determination of rotation and proximity. The use of planar structures and SIW technology, the fabrication by additive manufacturing, as well as the adoption of hybrid solutions will be presented and discussed.

Biography:

Dr. Maurizio Bozzi received the Ph.D. degree in electronics and computer science from the University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, in 2000. He held research positions with various universities worldwide, including the Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany; the Universitat de Valencia, Spain; and the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada. In 2002, he joined the Department of Electronics, University of Pavia, where he is currently a full professor of electromagnetic fields. He was also a Guest Professor at Tianjin University, China (2015-2017) and a Visiting Professor at Gdansk University of Technology, Poland (2017-2018). His main research interests concern the computational electromagnetics, the substrate integrated waveguide technology, and the use of novel materials and fabrication technologies for microwave circuits (including paper, textile, and 3D printing). He has authored or co-authored more than 180 journal papers and 360 conference papers. He co-edited the book Periodic Structures (Research Signpost, 2006) and co-authored the book Microstrip Lines and Slotlines (Artech House, 2013). Prof. Bozzi is the 2024 President of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S). He was an elected Member of the Administrative Committee of MTT-S for years 2017–2022, the Budget Committee Chair in 2023, the MTT-S Treasurer in 2020–2022, the Chair of the Meetings and Symposia Committee for years 2018-2019, and the Secretary of MTT- S in 2016. He was also a member of the General Assembly of the European Microwave Association (EuMA) from 2014 to 2016. He was a Track Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, and an Associate Editor of the IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, the IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, and the IET Electronics Letters. He was the General Chair of the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series-Advanced Materials and Processes (IMWS-AMP 
2017), in Pavia, Italy, 2017, of the inaugural edition of the IEEE International Conference on Numerical Electromagnetic Modeling and Optimization (NEMO2014), in Pavia, Italy, 2014, and of the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Millimeter Wave Integration Technologies, in Sitges, Spain, 2011.  Maurizio Bozzi is a Fellow of the IEEE. He received several awards, including the 2015 Premium Award for Best Paper in IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, the 2014 Premium Award for the Best Paper in Electronics Letters, the Best Student Paper Award at the 2016 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet2016), the Best Paper Award at the 15th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS2015), the Best Student Award at the 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2010), the Best Young Scientist Paper Award of the XXVII General Assembly of URSI in 2002, and the MECSA Prize of the Italian Conference on Electromagnetics (XIII RiNEm) in 2000.

Email:

Address:Department of Electronics, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata, Italy, 27100

Prof. Chinmoy Saha of IIST Thiruvananthapuram

Biography:

Dr. Chinmoy Saha, received his PhD degree from University of Calcutta, India and currently working as a Professor in the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, India.  He has research collaboration with several International Universities in North America and Europe. He is a senior Member of IEEE & USRI, current chair of MTT-S SIGHT committee and region-10 coordinator of MTT-S since 2023. He is the founder and past chair of MTT-S Kerala (2019-2021) and former chair of AP-S Kerala chapter (2018-2019). He is also founder and current chair of IEEE EMC Society Kerala chapter. Dr. Saha has received several prestigious awards which includes Teaching Award from Government of India, “IETE Prof. SN Mitra Memorial Award”, several IEEE volunteers’ awards, and 12+ best paper awards. His research interest includes Metamaterial/ metasurface inspired systems, WPT and Energy Harvesting, multi-functional antennas for wireless applications, mm-wave/THz systems and antennas & components for space applications. He has more than 200 publications including 50 journal papers in reputed journals and authored three books. He is an associate editor in IEEE Microwave Magazine and IEEE Access. He served as Editor-in-chief for a special issue of RF and Microwave Computer Aided Engineering and currently working as editor-in-chief for an ongoing special issue of EPJ Applied Metamaterials.

Email:

Address:Avionics Department, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India, 695547

Dr. Valentina Palazzi of University of Perugia

Biography:

Dr. Valentina Palazzi, received the M.Sc. degree (magna cum laude) in electronic engineering and the Ph.D. degree in industrial and information engineering from the University of Perugia, Italy, in 2014 and 2018, respectively.
In 2015, she was Visiting Ph.D. Student with the Tyndall National Institute, Cork, Ireland. In 2016, she visited the Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, sponsored by the COST action IC1301 Wireless Power Transmission for Sustainable Electronics. In 2016, she joined the Agile Technologies for High- Performance Electromagnetic Novel Applications Research Group, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, where she was involved in additive manufacturing technologies and flexible electronics. Currently, she is a researcher with the High Frequency Electronics Laboratory at the University of Perugia. She is currently a Researcher with the High Frequency Electronics Laboratory, University of Perugia. She holds one patent and has co-authored more than 30 papers (including both conference proceedings and journals) and one book chapter. Her current research interests include the design of wireless sensors, radar front ends, wireless power transfer technologies, additive manufacturing processes, and conformal electronics.
Dr. Palazzi is a member of IEEE MTT-S TC- 26 “RFID, Wireless Sensor and IoT” and a member of the TPC of the IEEE Topical Meeting on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet). She was a recipient of the First Place Award of the IEEE MTT-S Student Design Competition on Wireless Energy Harvesting held at the 2016 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium. She was a recipient of the IEEE MTT-S Graduate Fellowship in 2017 and the recipient of the 2017 MTT-S Prize Italy Chapter Central and Southern Italy. She was the recipient of the URSI Young Scientist Best Paper Award presented at the 2019 URSI Italian National Meeting.

Email:

Address:University of Perugia, , Perugia, Italy, 06121

Prof. Erin Kiley of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Biography:

Dr. Erin Kiley is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA). She is an applied mathematician specializing in modeling and computational electromagnetics, with a particular focus on problems in microwave sintering. She received her B.Sc. in Mathematics and Statistics and her B.A. in Russian from the University of New Hampshire, followed by an M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Mathematics, which she earned in 2016, from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Kiley's research integrates mathematical modeling, computational science, and multiphysics simulations, particularly for electrically large systems. Her current work explores the multiscale and multiphysics nature of microwave sintering, a green manufacturing process. She is advancing three-dimensional computational models and optimizing microwave cavity designs to enhance sintering efficiency and precision.
She has contributed to leading journals, including the Journal of Microwave Power and Electrical Engineering and IEEE Transactions on Electronic Devices, and co-authored a U.S. patent for an electron beam device. Dr. Kiley is a member of IEEE MTT-S, APS, and SIAM and actively promotes quantitative literacy as the coordinator of the Quantitative Understanding Across the Curriculum (QUAC) group at MCLA.

Email:

Address:Bowman Hall, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Massachusetts, United States, 01247

Shri. Hare Krishna Ratha of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

Biography:

Shri. Hare Krishna Ratha, received the B.Tech. degree in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering and the M.Tech. degree in Telecommunications System Engineering from Sambalpur University, India and IIT Kharagpur, India in 1988 and 1996 respectively. He had been working as Scientist in DRDO, India for the last 25 years in various capacities. Currently he is working as Additional Director at Integrated Test Range, DRDO, India. His research interests broadly include various range technologies like real time data acquisition, communication, computing, and flight termination system. He is currently serving as the Chair of IEEE Bhubaneswar Subsection.

Email:

Address:Bhubaneswar, India