Dr. Arya Menon has been commended with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S) Outstanding Young Professional Lecturer Program Award for her contributions to the field of microwave technology and dedication to mentoring future engineers.
The MTT-S program was created to inspire and educate young professionals on technical topics in high-frequency systems and microwave engineering. The idea is to encourage the involvement of the younger community within the MTT-S society.
“I'm truly honored that they selected me for this award,” Menon said. “I'm one of six people who got selected for this award globally, and among the two in the United States, so I'm really grateful to have this opportunity.”
One key aim of MTT-S is to promote excellence among young professionals as a pathway to encourage other young professionals. Through this program, Menon will deliver a series of webinars and in-person seminars to MTT-S chapters and sections nationally and globally.
“My talks will cover my vision for the future of high-frequency sensing, including technologies that incorporate artificial intelligence in sensing through a hardware-software-data framework, which is what I do in my research,” Menon said.
This two-part lecture series will help Menon impart knowledge and bring new perspectives to young professionals in microwave technology to drive the field forward. Her seminar topics will include multi-mode sensing for security applications and improved characterization of hidden dielectric layers as well as next-generation intelligent radar sensors and adopting a hardware-software data framework for system design.
“Through these talks, I hope I'll be able to meet new researchers, students and other young professionals at universities and MTT-S chapters where I can acquire contacts, and that will help me build my professional network and opportunities for collaboration in the future,” Menon added.
An assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, Menon’s research interests include radars, radiometers, electromagnetic modeling, high-frequency dielectric characterization, datasets for wireless signals and microwave calibration techniques.
“My seminars will be a great opportunity to gain global visibility for the great work we're doing here in the electrical and computer engineering department and specifically in the intelligent electromagnetic sensors laboratory,” Menon said.