{"671303":{"#nid":"671303","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tentzeris Appointed Inaugural Ed and Pat Joy Chair in Antennas","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/emmanouil-m-tentzeris\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EManos (Emnanouil) M. Tentzeris\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;has been\u0026nbsp;appointed the\u0026nbsp;inaugural Ed and Pat Joy Chair in Antennas in the\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;(ECE), effective\u0026nbsp;November 1, 2023.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESince 2016, Tentzeris has held the Ken Byers Professorship in flexible electronics in ECE. He joined the faculty in 1998 and leads the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/athena.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EATHENA Research Group\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EEd Joy, co-namesake of the endowment with his wife Pat, holds the title of professor emeritus in ECE. His tenure as a professor of electrical engineering in the School spanned from 1970 to 1998, with a specialization in near-field antenna measurements.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETentzeris,a noteworthy first recipient of the title, boasts an extensive research portfolio covering many domains. His expertise spans 3D Printed RF electronics, antennas and modules, flexible and conformal electronics an phased antenna arrays up to sub-THz, origami and morphing electromagnetics, Highly Integrated\/Multilayer Packaging for RF and Wireless Applications using ceramic and organic flexible materials, \u201cgreen\u201d paper-based RFIDs and sensors, nanostructures for RF, wireless sensors, energy harvesting and wireless power transfer\/wireless power grids, reconfigurable intelligent metasurfaces, heterogeneous integration and SOP-integrated (UWB, multiband, conformal) antennas.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHis body of work includes more than 850 papers in refereed Journals and Conference Proceedings, 5 books and 25 book chapters. Recognized for his significant contributions to wireless communications encompassing additively manufactured antenna arrays and RF modules as well as wireless power transfer, wireless sensors and microlocalization\/RFIDs, he has been awarded three\u0026nbsp;significant\u0026nbsp;research accolades in recent years:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul type=\u0022disc\u0022\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E2022 Georgia Tech Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Advisor Award\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E2021 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposium (APS) Best Student Paper Award\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E2021\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/sNuFU3H5GR0\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u00225G as a Wireless Grid\u0022 technology\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E was featured as one of\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2021\/11\/these-are-the-top-10-emerging-technologies-of-2021\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Ethe World Economic Forum\u2019s Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2021.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHis influence extends beyond the Georgia Tech, as Tentzeris has served as a Distinguished Lecturer for three IEEE societies: IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT), the IEEE Council on Radio Frequency Identification, and IEEE Electronic Packaging Society (EPS), where he currently lectures.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn recognition of his exceptional contributions to flexible hybrid electronics and multilayer RF Modules, Tentzeris was honored as an IEEE Fellow by the Microwave Theory and Techniques in 2010 as well as a Fellow of the Electromagnetics Academy.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe ECE professor is recognized for his significant contributions to wireless communications encompassing additively manufactured antenna arrays and RF modules as well as wireless power transfer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The ECE professor is recognized for his significant contributions to wireless communications encompassing additively manufactured antenna arrays and RF modules as well as wireless power transfer."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2023-11-29 20:04:45","changed_gmt":"2023-11-29 20:25:27","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-11-29T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-11-29T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671170":{"id":"671170","type":"image","title":"cropped_manostentzeris131018ar308_web.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EManos M. 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