• Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering
  • O'Donnell Foundation Chair II
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
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Linda Katehi

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, The University of California, Los Angeles – 1984
  • M.S., Electrical Engineering, The University of California, Los Angeles – 1981
  • B.S., Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens – 1977

Research Interests

    • Development and characterization (theoretical and experimental) of microwave, millime­ter printed circuits
    • Computer-aided design of very large-scale integration (VLSI) interconnects
    • Development and characterization of micro-machined circuits for microwave, millimeter-wave, and sub-millimeter-wave applications, including micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) switches, high-Q evanescent mode filters, and MEMS devices for circuit re-configurability
    • Development of low-loss lines for sub-millimeter-wave and terahertz frequency applications
    • Theoretical and experimental study of unipla­nar circuits for hybrid-monolithic and monolithic oscillator, amplifier, and mixer applica­tions
    • Theoretical and experimental characterization of photonic band-gap materials

Awards & Honors

  • The National Academy of Engineering Ramo Simon Founder’s Award – October 2015
  • Honorary Degree, the American College of Greece – June 2014
  • Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors – February 2013
  • California STEM Learning Network (CSLNet), Leading Women in STEM Award – October 2012
  • Elected Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences – 2011
  • Greek America’s Best and Brightest Stars (GABBY) Education and Academia Award – June 2011
  • Rudy E. Henning Distinguished Mentoring Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) – April 2011

Selected Publications

  • High-Q Tunable Microwave Cavity Resonators and Filters Using SOI-Based RF MEMS Tuners X Liu, LPB Katehi, WJ Chappell, D Peroulis - Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2010.
  • Design of reconfigurable slot antennas D Peroulis, K Sarabandi, LPB Katehi - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2005.
  • Electromechanical considerations in developing low-voltage RF MEMS switches D Peroulis, SP Pacheco, K Sarabandi, LPB Katehi - IEEE Transactions on microwave theory and techniques, 2003.
  • Tunable lumped components with applications to reconfigurable MEMS filters D Peroulis, S Pacheco, K Sarabandi, LPB Katehi, IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, 2001.
  • Design of low actuation voltage RF MEMS switch SP Pacheco, LPB Katehi, CTC Nguyen - 2000 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, 2000.
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