Nominees for AdCom Member – Region 1-8

IEEE AP-S Activities:

Sections/Chapters:

• N/A

Student Branches:

• N/A

Society (Committees, Journals, Representations, and so on):

• Vice Chair, IEEE AP-S Distinguished Speaker Selection Committee (2024, 2025 and 2026)
• Member, IEEE AP-S Distinguished Speaker Selection Committee (2021, 2022 and 2023)
• Chair, IEEE AP-S Paper Awards Committee (2020)
• Member, IEEE AP-S Paper Awards Committee (2018 and 2019)
• Associate Editor, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, April 2011-December 2015.
• Member, Committee on New Technology Directions 2013-2014.
• Frequent reviewer for IEEE TAP, IEEE AWPL, IEEE AP Magazine, and IEEE OJAP.

Conferences:

• Technical Program Committee Co-Chair, 2012 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (IEEE APS/URSI) in Chicago, IL.
• Technical Program Committee (TPC) Member, Special Session Organizer, or Convened Session Organizer for:
  • 2025 IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT 2025), February 19-21, 2025, Cocoa Beach, FL.
  • 2025 USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 7-10, 2025, Boulder, CO.
  • 2023 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Int. Symp. and North American Radio Science Meeting, July 23-28, 2023, Portland, OR
  • 2022 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Int. Symp. and North American Radio Science Meeting, July 10-15, 2022, Denver, CO.
  • 2022 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, 4-9 January 2022, Boulder CO.
  • 2020 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Int. Symp. and North American Radio Science Meeting, July 5-10, 2020, Montreal, QC Canada
  • 2019 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Int. Symp., July 7-12, 2019, Atlanta, GA.
  • 2019 USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, Jan. 9-12, 2019.
  • 2018 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Int. Symp., July 8-13, 2018, Boston, MA.
  • 2017 IEEE AP-S/URSI Meeting, San Diego, CA
  • 2017 IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT), Athens Greece
  • 2016 IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT), Feb. 29 – Mar. 2, 2016, Cocoa Beach, FL.
  • 2016 IEEE AP-S/URSI Meeting, June 26-July 1, 2016, Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
  • 2015 International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT 2015), March 4-6 2015, Seoul, South Korea.
  • 2011 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (IEEE APS/URSI).
  • 2009 IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON 2009), in Clearwater, FL.

Other:

• N/A

IEEE Activities:

Committees/Boards/Regi­ons (IEEE Major Units):

• N/A

Sections/Chapters:

• N/A

Student Branches:

• N/A

Society/Societies:

• Members of MTT, NPSS, and PELS societies
• Served on the Fellow Evaluation Committee, IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS) for a three-year term, 2023-2025.
• Frequent Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. (2011-Present)
• Microwave Theory and Technology Society: Periodic reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters, IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science, and IEEE Microwave Magazine (2006-Present)
• Other Societies: Occasional reviewer for other IEEE Journals including: IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility; IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement; IEEE Transactions on Magnetics; IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications; (2006-Present)

Conferences:

• Technical Program Committee (TPC) Member for:
  • 2026 IEEE International Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC 2026), Monterey, CA.
  • 2024 IEEE International Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC 2024), Monterey, CA.
  • 12^th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology, ISMICT 2018, 26-28 March 2018, Sydney, Australia.

Other:

• N/A

Activities in Other Professional Organizations:

Positions Related to Antennas and Propagation:

• Convened session organizer and/or TPC member for European Conference on Antennas and Propagation:
  • 2015 (Lisbon), 2016 (Davos), 2017 (Paris), 2020 (Copenhagen), 2022 (Madrid), 2023 (Florence), 2024 (Glasgow), and 2025 (Stockholm)
• Associate Editor, Journal of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science (2014-2017).
• Special session co-organizer, PIERS 2014, Guangzhou China.
• Peer reviewer for:
  • IET Proc. Microw. Antennas and Propag., Int. J. Antennas and Propag., Int. J. Microwave Sci. & Techn, , J. Progress in Electromagnetics Research (PIERS), J. Electromag. Waves & Appl. (JEWA).

Other:

• General Co-Chair, 4^th U.S. National Academies Arab-American Frontiers in Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium, Nov. 2016, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Member of organizing committee, 3^rd U.S. National Academies Arab-American Frontiers in Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium, Dec. 2015, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
• Occasional peer reviewer for:
  • J. Applied Physics; Applied Physics Lett.; Applied Physics A; Int. J. Electronics and Comm.; Sensors; Int. J. Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics; J. of Phys. and Chem. Solids;

Qualifications:

Dr. Behdad’s qualifications combine elite technical achievement with proven administrative leadership. He is a Fellow of IEEE (AP-S nominated) and a recipient of the Society’s highly prestigious honors, including the John Kraus Antenna Award and the H.A. Wheeler, R.W.P. King, and P.L.E. Uslenghi Prize Paper Awards. Beyond his service as AP-S Paper Awards Chair and TPC Co-Chair of our flagship symposium, he holds significant leadership roles at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and served on the IEEE NPSS Fellow Evaluation Committee. These diverse roles provide the strategic oversight and collaborative skills necessary to effectively serve as an IEEE AP-S AdCom member.

Major Accomplishments:

• Technical and Innovation Excellence: Received the John Kraus Antenna Award and the Wheeler, King, and Uslenghi Prize Paper Awards. Holds 470+ papers and 24 U.S. patents. Lead investigator of $20M+ federally-funded research projects.
• Symposium and Technical Leadership: Served as TPC Co-Chair for the 2012 AP-S Symposium. Consistently contributed as a TPC member (2007–2025) and organized/chaired numerous special and convened sessions at flagship conferences.
• Editorial & Committee Service: Served as Chair of the AP-S Paper Awards Committee, Vice Chair of the Distinguished Lecturer Selection Committee, Associate Editor for AWPL, and member of NPSS Fellow Evaluation Committee.
• University Governance: Elected to the UW-Madison Physical Sciences Divisional Committee (2025-2028), serving as a final faculty arbiter for tenure and promotion cases across all physical science departments. Chaired departmental Strategic Planning and Tenure and Promotion committees.
• Mentorship: Supervised 30 Ph.D. and 16 M.S. students, fostering the next generation of researchers in Antennas and Propagation.

Position Statement:

IEEE AP-S Activities:

Sections/Chapters:

• Partecipation in local chapter activities: CLASTECH, held annually in Los Angeles area. Almost every year from 2010 till 2024.

Society (Committees, Journals, Representations, and so on):

• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, for two terms: 2002–2008, managing the topics of metamaterials and electromagnetics in complex media.
• Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine (over decades).
• Contributor to interdisciplinary scientific collaborations connecting AP-S topics with optics and photonics, metamaterials, microwave engineering, and plasmonics communities.

Conferences:

• Co-Chair Technical Program Committee (TPC) for the IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, San Diego, 2017, with Prof. V. Lomakin, University of California, San Diego.
• General Co-Chair of the IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, 2008 (all contracts with IEEE and Hotel signed, committee people determined) with Prof. Satish Sharma, San Diego State University.
• TPC member for the IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2002, and Fajardo, Puerto Rico, 2016.
• 2003-2024: organizer of numerous IEEE APS-Symposium and URSI special sessions on metamaterials, metasurfaces, leaky-wave antennas, and exceptional points.
• Award Committee Member of the “Raj Mittra Travel Grant” for participating at the International IEEE AP-S Symposium in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
• Attended almost all the IEEE AP-S Symposia every year since 1996 and served as session co-chair.

IEEE Activities:

Committees/Boards/Regi­ons (IEEE Major Units):

• Committee member to design and start a new journal: Metamaterials, by Elsevier, 2004-2007. Then, member of the Editorial Board till 2013, when the title was merged with Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications.

Society/Societies:

• I am a member of the (1) IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (life member, since some decades ago), (2) IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, (3) IEEE Photonics Society.
• Reviewer for various IEEE journals including IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Technology (over decades), and also for the IEEE Trans. on Electron Devices, IEEE Electron Devices Letters, IEEE Trans. on Plasma Science, IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology (for the last 10 years).

Conferences:

• Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE International Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2020, 2022, 2024
• Chair of the committee for the Best student paper award for the IEEE International Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), Monterey, CA, in 2022, 2024, and 2026.
• Organizer and chair of special sessions at IEEE ICEAA, URSI Electromagnetic Theory Symposium (EMTS), and other related international conferences, 2003–2024.

Other:

• Organizer of the Student Day, AMTA, San Diego, 2019.

Activities in Other Professional Organizations:

Positions Related to Antennas and Propagation:

• Initiator and Main Coordinator (2004-2009) of the “Consortium of EU PhD Programmes in Metamaterials”. 23 EU Universities created the EU distributed School for researchers and PhD students under the leadership of Prof. Capolino (2004-2009).
• Organizer of two European Doctoral School on Metamaterials”, Siena, Italy, 2005; and Marrakesh, Morocco, 2008.
• Committee member for Best Antenna Theory Paper Awards at numerous conferences in Metamaterials, and at European Conf. on Antennas and Propagat. (EuCAP), Glasgow, 2024.

Other:

• Life member of SPIE society, member of the American Physical Society, and of OPTICA (Fellow status).
• Guest Editor Special Issue in Applied Physics Letters, special topic “Metastructures: From Physics to Application”, 2021.
• TPC member for CLEO (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics), 2013, 2014, 2015.
• TPC or Steering committee of Metamaterials Congress, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.
• Reviewers for several journals published by several societies: Am.-Phys.-Soc., Am.-Inst.-of-Phys., Nature, Am.-Chem.-Soc., OPTICA, AAAS Science Advances, etc.

Qualifications:

My qualifications include more than two decades of international academic leadership in IEEE, OPTICA, SPIE, and the American Physical Society, extensive IEEE AP-S service, and multidisciplinary expertise in antennas and propagation, metamaterials, optics, and vacuum electronics. I served as Associate Editor for IEEE TAP, TPC Co-Chair of the 2017 IEEE APS/URSI Symposium, future General Co-Chair of the 2028 IEEE APS/URSI Symposium. I have also organized numerous special sessions and mentored many graduate students active in AP-S. Having worked in both Europe and the USA, I bring an international perspective, broad collaborations, and extensive experience in research, education, and conference organization.

Major Accomplishments:

• IEEE Fellow, Antennas and Propagation Society.
• Served as TPC Co-Chair of the 2017 IEEE APS/URSI Symposium in San Diego, with Prof. Vitaly Lomakin, University of California San Diego.
• General Co-Chair of the 2028 IEEE APS/URSI Symposium in San Diego, (all contracts with IEEE and Hotel signed), with Prof. Satish Sharma, San Diego State University.
• Associate Editor for two terms (2002 to 2008) for the Transactions of Antennas and Propagation, handling almost the whole topic of metamaterials and electromagnetics in complex media.
• Prof. Capolino was the main actor in creating the new EU Doctoral School of Metamaterials in 2004 when he was part of the EU Network of Excellence Metamorphose when he was affiliated with the University of Siena. An agreement was signed by many EU universities accepting student credits earned at such school. Prof. Capolino was the director till he moved to the University of California in 2008.

Position Statement:

IEEE AP-S Activities:

Society (Committees, Journals, Representations, and so on):

Conferences:

IEEE Activities:

Committees/Boards/Regi­ons (IEEE Major Units):

Society/Societies:

Conferences:

Activities in Other Professional Organizations:

Positions Related to Antennas and Propagation:

Qualifications:

I am an active member of IEEE AP-S, where I have contributed in various roles. I am well-acquainted with the organization's mission, goals, and overall purpose in serving our society. Throughout my volunteer work, I have demonstrated the highest level of professionalism, as recognized by my peers. Over the years, I have gained significant experience serving on international administrative committees, which require a strong consensus-building approach and high ethical standards. I believe that these experiences, combined with my technical expertise, make me an exceptional candidate for the IEEE AP-S AdCom.

Major Accomplishments:

• Track and associate editor, IEEE TAP: Since 2017, I have contributed to the quality of TAP. My annual reports by the EiC show my commitment to improving the quality of the journal and the high standards of IEEE.
• Representative IEEE AP-S, IEEE WPT Initiative: Since I joined the initiative, AP-S has been an active member by contributing to short courses (APS-2024) and the creation of the first IEEE WPT journal. AP-S will have the second-largest number of shares in the future journal.
• Major technical contribution: I introduced the concept of quasi-optical systems to drive large antenna arrays. The impact of this contribution has been recognized by my peers with my elevation to the grade of IEEE Fellow.
• AP-S promotion: throughout my career, I supported initiatives to spark interest in young students and the larger society by means of workshops, schools, podcasts, interviews, and social events on AP-S topics.

Position Statement:

IEEE AP-S Activities:

Sections/Chapters:

• Member, IEEE AP-S, 2015-present

Student Branches:

• Supported IEEE AP-S/MTT Atlanta chapter with six RF workshops for freshmen/sophomore students (student lead: Walter Disharoon), 2024-present.

Society (Committees, Journals, Representations, and so on):

• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2022-2026
• Associate Editor, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2019-2022
• Member, IEEE AP-S Technical Committee on Arrays (TC2), 2024-present
• Participant, TAP Voices - Episode 3, 2025
• Reviewer
  • IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2021-present
  • IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (AWPL), 2017-2023
  • Various AP-S conferences
• Supported undergraduate students with AP-S Student Design Contest

Conferences:

Track Co-Chair

• Track2- International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Detroit, USA, 2026.

Session Co-Chair or Topic Organizer

• International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Ottawa, Canada, 2025
• International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT), Cocoa Beach, USA, 2025
  • Topic: Reconfigurable Intelligence Surfaces
• International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Portland, USA, 2023
• International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT), Aalborg, Denmark, 2023
• International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Memphis, USA, 2014

Other:

Student Success at AP-S Sponsored Activities

• Most outstanding Chapter by IEEE Atlanta, AP-S-MTT Chapter, Student name: Walter Disharoon, 2025
• AP-S Pre-Doctoral Research Grant, Student name: Mindy Yao, 2025
• Best Paper Award (3rd place), IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems, Student name: Seung Y. Lee, 2024
• AP-S Doctoral Research Grant, Student name: Seung Y. Lee, 2023
• AP-S Student Travel Grant, Student name: Seung Y. Lee, 2023

IEEE Activities:

Committees/Boards/Regi­ons (IEEE Major Units):

• N/A

Sections/Chapters:

• N/A

Student Branches:

• N/A

Society/Societies:

• Member, IEEE, 1999-present (Senior member since 2014).
• Member, IEEE Electron Devices Society, 2001-present
• Member, IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society, 2018-present
• Member, IEEE Council on RFID, 2025-present
• Reviewer
  • IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 2021-present
  • IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems (JMEMS)
  • IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (TNS)
  • IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM)
  • IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology

Conferences:

• Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE Sensors Conference, Hawaii, 2010

Session Co-Chair and Topic Organizer

• European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Stockholm, 2025
  • Topic: High Power Microwave Antennas: Beam Steering from a Directed Energy Perspective
• European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Glasgow, 2024
  • Topic: Integration of Antennas and Electronic Circuits
• European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Florence, 2023
  • Topic: Emerging Technologies for Reflectarrays and Transmitarrays
• European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Copenhagen, 2020
  • Topic: Reconfigurable Reflectarray and Transmitarrays

Other:

• N/A

Activities in Other Professional Organizations:

• Antenna Measurement Techniques Association (AMTA): He has successfully mentored students who received AMTA scholarships (Student name: Carmen Matos, 2019).
• American Vacuum Society (AVS): Dr. Ghalichechian received the AVS Graduate Research Award (2006) and the Best Paper Award from the MEMS and NEMS Technical Group (2004).
• URSI (International Union of Radio Science): Consistent paper contributions and participation to URSI-sponsored North American Radio Science Meetings.
• Technical Program Committee Member, A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head Island, 2022
• Technical Program Committee Member, A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head Island, 2020

Positions Related to Antennas and Propagation:

• N/A

Other:

• N/A

Qualifications:

I have been an active IEEE member for 28 years, including five in industry and 12 within AP-S. My research team leads pioneering work in mmWave arrays, on-chip antennas, and VO2 PCM devices, while my teaching awards demonstrate a deep commitment to the IEEE educational mission. I have served on AP-S journal editorial boards, the Technical Committee on Arrays, and as a conference session organizer. These roles have provided me with a keen understanding of our society’s history and future challenges, which I am prepared to leverage to advance the goals of the AP-S AdCom.

Major Accomplishments:

I am the Director of the mmWave Antennas and Arrays Laboratory at Georgia Tech. I have successfully established research in mmWave phased arrays, reconfigurable antennas, reflect-arrays, on-chip antennas, and phase-change materials. Of most importance is the mentorship of young Ph.D. students. I have mentored and graduated 9 Ph.D. students as a sole advisor and five as a co-advisor. I am currently mentoring and advising 8 Ph.Ds. students. I also support B.Sc. and M.Sc. students with short-term research projects. I have published 50 and 75 journal articles and conference proceedings, respectively, mostly with my students. I have redesigned graduate-level Microwave Design and undergraduate-level Electromagnetics and Antenna Engineering courses at Georgia Tech. I have served as an Associate Director for Georgia Electronic Design Center for two years as well as the editorial board of TAP and AWPL for 2 and 4 years, respectively.

Position Statement:

IEEE AP-S Activities:

Sections/Chapters:

• Vice-Chair, AP-MTT Jt. Chapter, IEEE Kingston Section, Canada, 2025-2026
• Secretary, AP-MTT Jt. Chapter, IEEE Kingston Section, Canada, 2023-2024
• Chair, AP-MTT Joint Chapter, IEEE Kolkata Section, India, 2015
• Vice Chair, AP-MTT Joint Chapter, IEEE Kolkata Section, India, 2012-2013
• Secretary, AP-MTT Joint Chapter, IEEE Kolkata Section, India, 2007-2008
• Founder Member, AP-MTT Joint Chapter, IEEE Kingston Section, Canada

Student Branches:

• Faculty Advisor, IEEE AP-S SBC, University of Calcutta, 2017-2018

Society (Committees, Journals, Representations, and so on):

• Chair, IEEE AP-S SIGHT COMMITTEE 2026
• Member, IEEE AP-S COPE Committee, 2026
• Member, Chapter Activities Committee, 2026

Conferences:

• Member, Executive Committee (AP-S), Microwave Antennas and Propagation Conference (MAPCON)
• Publication Co-Chair, IEEE International Microwave and Antennas Symposium (IMAS 2026), Jeddah, October 19-21, 2026
• TPC Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Interdisciplinary Applications (ISAIA 2026), NJ, USA, October 9-10, 2026
• TPC Co-Chair, Microwave Antennas and Propagation Conference (MAPCON 2025)
• General Co-Chair, IMaRC 2018, Kolkata, India, Nov. 2018

Other:

• N/A

IEEE Activities:

Committees/Boards/Regi­ons (IEEE Major Units):

• Corresponding Member, IEEE Technical Activities Board (CPC), 2021
• Member, IEEE Humanitarian Technologies Board -NAC, 2024-2025
• Member, IEEE SIGHT, 2024-2025

Sections/Chapters:

• Member, Executive Committee, IEEE Kolkata Section, 2014-2015
• Chair, SIGHT Chapter, IEEE Kolkata Section, 2016-2018

Student Branches:

• N/A

Society/Societies:

• Member, MTT-S Meetings and Symposia Committee, 2021-2022

Conferences:

• General Co-Chair, IEEE International Microwave and RF Conference (IMARC 2018)
• Member, Exe. Committee, International Microwave & Antennas Symposium (IMAS, 2025)

Other:

• N/A

Activities in Other Professional Organizations:

Positions Related to Antennas and Propagation:

• N/A

Other:

• N/A

Qualifications:

Dr. Jawad Siddiqui has been an active IEEE AP-S volunteer since 2003 and has chaired the AP-S SIGHT Committee since 2021, leading its humanitarian initiatives. He is well versed in AP-S operations and currently serves on several AP-S committees.

Dr. Siddiqui played a key role in forming AP-S Joint Chapters under the IEEE Kolkata Section (2004) in India and the IEEE Kingston Section (2014) in Canada and has actively supported the establishment of several AP-S student branch chapters demonstrating his commitment to expanding the Society’s reach and fostering engagement among students and professionals across regions.

Major Accomplishments:

1. Serving as the Chair, IEEE AP Society SIGHT Committee and Member of AP-S COPE and Chapter Activities Committee
2. Serving as a Member, IEEE Humanitarian Technologies Board, 2024-2025
3. Corresponding Member, IEEE Technical Activities Board (CPC), 2021
4. Founding member of AP-S MTT-S Jt. Chapter, IEEE Kingston Section, Canada (Region 7)
5. Led AP-MTT Joint Chapter, IEEE Kolkata Section as Vice Chair and awarded the AP-S Best Chapter in 2014

Position Statement:

IEEE AP-S Activities:

Society (Committees, Journals, Representations, and so on):

• Member, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Young Professionals Committee, 2023–Present.
• Coordinator/host/supporter of IEEE AP-S Young Professionals webinars, 2023–2025.
• Contributor to IEEE AP-S Young Professionals activities supporting early-career engagement, mentoring, and professional development, 2023–Present.

Conferences:

• Contributor to AP-S-related conference activities and early-career engagement initiatives, including technical and networking activities connected to the antennas and propagation community.

Other:

• IEEE AP-S Senior Member, since April 2026.
• Active contributor to AP-S outreach and early-career community-building initiatives.

IEEE Activities:

Committees/Boards/Regi­ons (IEEE Major Units):

• Member, IEEE Young Professionals Funding Committee (MGA), 2025–Present.
• Contributor to IEEE Young Professionals activities related to event funding, proposal evaluation, and support of local and international YP initiatives, 2025–Present.

Conferences:

• Organizing Committee Member, IEEE MAPCON 2025.

Activities in Other Professional Organizations:

Positions Related to Antennas and Propagation:

• Chair, EurAAP Working Group Early Careers in Antennas and Propagation (ECAP), 2025–Present.
• Board Member, Secretary, and Treasurer, European School of Antennas and Propagation, 2021–Present.
• EurAAP Media Chair / Media Team Member, 2023–2026.
• Organizing Committee Member of the European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2025 and EuCAP 2026.
• Contributor to ECAP initiatives, including the Mentoring Programme, ECAP–TICRA Grants for Secondments, early-career networking events, and academic-career development activities, 2022 – Present.

Qualifications:

Dr. Yepes combines strong technical expertise in antennas and propagation with demonstrated leadership in professional-service environments. Her background spans phased arrays, metasurfaces, radar systems, high-frequency communications, numerical modeling, and experimental validation. She has experience across academia, industry collaboration, and applied defense research, giving her a broad view of the AP-S community. Her service in Young Professionals, conferences, education, mentoring, and community-building initiatives demonstrates reliability, strategic thinking, and commitment to member value. She would bring an early-career perspective, international experience, and practical execution skills to the AP-S Administrative Committee.

Major Accomplishments:

1. Contributed to IEEE AP-S Young Professionals activities, including webinar coordination and community engagement, helping connect early-career members with technical and professional-development content.
2. Supported IEEE AP-S visibility through conference service, including IEEE MAPCON 2025 organizing activities.
3. Published significant antenna and propagation research in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation and IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters on phased arrays, frequency-selective surfaces, antenna bounds, and scattering-control metasurfaces.
4. Strengthened bridges between IEEE AP-S and the European antennas community through sustained involvement in EurAAP, ESoA, ECAP, and EuCAP activities.
5. Developed mentoring, education, and networking initiatives for early-career professionals, including programmes that support career development, secondments, and intergenerational interaction within the antennas and propagation community.

Position Statement: