{"620744":{"#nid":"620744","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Amato Honored with Clive Hohberger Technology Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrancesco Amato, currently at the University of Rome, was named the recipient of the inaugural Clive Hohberger Technology Award by the Advancing Identification Matters (AIM) industry organization. Amato is a 2017 Ph.D. alumnus of the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), where he was advised by ECE Professor Gregory D. Durgin.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis award is given annually to scientists and engineers who are pioneers of disruptive technology in the RFID industry. Amato was honored for his Georgia Tech doctoral research in the field of Quantum Tunnel Reflectors, which scatter signals to radios over remarkably long distances using very little power. 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