The 2026 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes for RF and THz Applications (IMWS-AMP) features three distinguished keynote speakers who address foundational and applied advancements in electromagnetic engineering. This year’s keynotes provide critical perspectives from leading research institutions and industry-aligned academic centers.
Dr. Goutam Chattopadhyay, Senior Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and 2025 IEEE MTT-S President, will discuss the technical development of microwave, millimeter-wave, and terahertz receiver systems. His work focuses on advanced radars and space instrumentation critical for deep-space planetary exploration.
Professor Ke Wu, Industrial Research Chair in Future Wireless Technologies at Polytechnique Montréal and 2016 IEEE MTT-S President, will share insights from his extensive research in RF and millimeter-wave engineering. His contributions have systematically driven the evolution of next-generation wireless communications systems and integrated architectures.
Professor Raafat Mansour, Tier-1 Canada Research Chair in Micro-Nano Integrated RF Systems at the University of Waterloo, brings direct experience bridging academic research and industrial application. His presentation will cover integrated RF systems, focusing on microelectromechanical systems, phase change materials, and multifunction reconfigurable microwave and millimeter-wave devices.
Prof. Goutam Chattopadhyay
Dr. Goutam Chattopadhyay is a Senior Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and a Visiting Professor at Caltech in Pasadena, USA. He previously served as the BEL Distinguished Visiting Chair Professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and as an Adjunct Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Dr. Chattopadhyay received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Caltech in 2000.
He is a Fellow of the IEEE (USA), the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), and the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE, India), and an Associate Fellow of the AIAA. He served as the 2025 President of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S), is a Track Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, and is an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer. His research interests include microwave, millimeter-wave, and terahertz receiver systems and radars, as well as space instrumentation for the search for life beyond Earth.
Dr. Chattopadhyay has authored over 450 publications in international journals and conferences and holds more than 25 patents. He has received over 35 NASA Technical Achievement and New Technology Invention Awards. In 2026, he received the NASA Group Achievement Medal for groundbreaking work on terahertz instruments for planetary exploration. In 2025, he was awarded the NASA-JPL North Star Award, the highest honor bestowed upon a JPL scientist. Additional honors include the Armstrong Medal from the Radio Club of America (2024), the NASA-JPL People Leadership Award (2023), IEEE Region 6 Engineer of the Year (2018), and the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), India (2017). He is also a two-time recipient of the Best Journal Paper Award from IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology (2020 and 2013), received the Best Paper Award for Antenna Design and Applications at EuCAP (2017), and has been honored with the IETE Biman Bihari Sen Memorial Award (2022) and the IETE Prof. S. N. Mitra Memorial Award (2014).
Prof. Ke Wu
Dr. Ke Wu (Fellow, IEEE) received the B.Sc. degree (Hons.) in radio engineering from Nanjing Institute of Technology (now Southeast University) in 1982, the D.E.A. degree (Hons.) and the Ph.D. degree (Hons.) in optics, optoelectronics, and microwave engineering, all from the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG) and University of Grenoble, France, respectively in 1984 and 1987. He is currently the Industrial Research Chair in Future Wireless Technologies and Professor of Electrical Engineering with the Polytechnique Montréal (University of Montreal), where he is also the Director of the Poly-Grames Research Center. He was the Canada Research Chair in RF and millimeter-wave engineering and the Founding Director of the Center for Radiofrequency Electronics Research of Quebec. Dr. Wu has graduated over 75 Ph.D. and 95 M.Sc. Students. He has authored/co-authored over 1400 referred papers, and a number of books/book chapters and filed more than 80 patents. Dr. Wu was the General Chair of the 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, and the 2016 President of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S). He also served as the inaugural representative of the North America in the General Assembly of the European Microwave Association. He was the recipient of many awards and prizes including the 2021 EIC Julian C. Smith Medal, 2022 IEEE MTT-S Outstanding Educator Award, and 2022 IEEE AP-S John Kraus Antenna Award. He was an IEEE MTT-S Distinguished Microwave Lecturer. Dr. Ke Wu is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society of Canada, and a Member of National Academy of Science and Engineering of Germany.
Prof. Raafat Mansour
Raafat Mansour is Professor with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Waterloo since January 2000 and has been holding Tier-1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Micro-Nano Integrated RF Systems since 2010. He also held the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Industrial Research Chair (IRC) for two terms, from 2001 to 2005 and from 2006 to 2010. Prior to joining the University of Waterloo, he was with COM DEV, Cambridge, ON, Canada, from 1986 to 1999, where he held various technical and management positions with COM DEV’s Corporate Research and Development Department. He is the Founding Director of the Centre for Integrated RF Engineering (CIRFE) Facility at the University of Waterloo. He holds 46 U.S. and Canadian patents and more than 450 refereed IEEE publications. He has coauthored a Wiley Book on Microwave Filters for Communication Systems and has had seven chapters published in five other books. He has authored or coauthored numerous publications in the areas of filters and multiplexers, high-temperature superconductivity, multifunction reconfigurable microwave and millimeter-wave devices, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and phase change materials (PCMs). Dr. Mansour served as the Chair for the Technical Program Committee of the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2012) and has received several best paper awards and outstanding research performance awards both from COM DEV and the University of Waterloo.
Dr. Mansour is a Fellow of the IEEE, the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) and the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC). He was a recipient of the 2014 Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) Engineering Medal for Research and Development and the 2019 IEEE Canada A. G. L. McNaughton Gold Medal Award.