MICS Day 2015

Summary

The MICS group held its third MICS Day with 18 guests from 14 different companies and agencies on March 10, 2015. The event started with social drinks and dinner the night before, where all the 18 guests and the MICS faculty enjoyed an informal gathering. MICS day was an all-day event that gave an opportunity for the MICS faculty and students to present their research activities and for MICS guests to introduce opportunities and research needs of their companies and agencies.

Dr. Troy Olsson of DARPA delivered a keynote speech regarding RF-FPGAs. All four MICS faculty members and 25 MICS students made oral and poster presentations, respectively, and 12 industry people presented activities of their companies and agencies. MICS Day concluded with a tour of the MICS lab and other ECE labs for the guests. A list of companies that attended MICS day is as follows; Analog Devices, AFRL, AFRL/RV, Army Night Vision Lab, BAE Systems, DARPA, Freescale, Linear Tech, Lockheed Martin, Macom, MaxLinear, NRL, Raytheon, and VPT. MICS day was highly successful, and the guests were impressed with the research achievements of the MICS group. The keynote speaker, Dr. Olsson, noted, "I very much enjoyed my visit and was impressed by the students, research, and the level of industry participation in the MICS group."

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