WiE Fall Meeting with Speaker Dr. Dalma Novak
Join us for a presentation by IEEE Fellow Dr. Dalma Novak as she discusses her journey from a university professor to founding Octane Wireless and the pivotal moments within her career that led her to becoming an IEEE Fellow. Dalma Novak is VP of Engineering at Octane Wireless (formerly Pharad, LLC) where she develops high-performance RF-over-fiber technologies. Prior to co-founding Pharad in 2004, she spent 12 years as a Professor and Chair of Telecommunications in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Melbourne, Australia.
The event is open to all!
Tentative Schedule :
- Networking 5-5:30pm
- Talk 5:30-6:15pm
- Q&A & Networking : 6:15-6:45pm
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- 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd
- Laurel, Maryland
- United States 20723
- Building: 1
- Starts 26 August 2025 02:00 PM UTC
- Ends 04 September 2025 05:00 PM UTC
- No Admission Charge
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Dr. Dalma Novak
Biography:
Dalma Novak is VP of Engineering at Octane Wireless (formerly Pharad, LLC) where she develops high-performance RF-over-fiber technologies. Prior to co-founding Pharad in 2004, she spent 12 years as a Professor and Chair of Telecommunications in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Melbourne, Australia. Her research interests include microwave photonics, fiber-radio systems, wireless technologies, and optical communications. She has published more than 300 papers in these areas, including seven book chapters. In 2007 she was elected to the grade of IEEE Fellow for her contributions to enabling technologies for the implementation of fiber-radio systems. In 2018 she received the IEEE Photonics Society Engineering Achievement Award. Dalma is the 2025 IEEE Technical Activities Vice President and was President of the IEEE Photonics Society during 2014 – 2015.