Hendrik Rogier was born in 1971. He received the M.Sc. Electrical Engineering and the Ph.D. degrees from Ghent University, Gent, Belgium, in 1994 and in 1999, respectively. Currently, he is a Senior Full Professor with the Department of Information Technology of Ghent University, Belgium, and a Guest Professor at imec, Ghent, Belgium. From October 2003 to April 2004, he was a Visiting Scientist at the Mobile Communications Group of Vienna University of Technology. He authored and coauthored about 195 papers in international journals and about 215 contributions in conference proceedings. His current research interests are antenna systems, radiowave propagation, body-centric communication, numerical electromagnetics, electromagnetic compatibility and power/signal integrity. Dr. Rogier is a Senior Member of the IEEE, a member of the MTT-26 RFID, Wireless Sensor and IoT Committee, and he acts as the URSI Commission B representative for Belgium. He was a recipient of the URSI Young Scientist Award (twice) at the 2001 URSI Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory and at the 2002 URSI General Assembly, the 2014 Premium Award for Best Paper in the IET Electronics Letters, the Best Paper Award First Place in the 2016 IEEE MTT-S Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks, the Best Poster Paper Award at the 2012 IEEE Electrical Design of Advanced Packaging and Systems Symposium, the Best Paper Award at the 2013 IEEE Workshop on Signal and Power Integrity, and the Joseph Morrissey Memorial Award for the First Best Scientific Paper at BioEM 2013. From 2017 until 2019, he was an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. Currently, he is an Associate Editor of IET Electronics Letters and of IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation.
Prof. Sam LemeySam Lemey received the M.Sc. degree in Electronic Engineering from Howest, University College West Flanders, Kortrijk, Belgium, in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, in 2016. He is currently a Professor with the Department of Information Technology (INTEC), Ghent University/imec. From January to March 2018, he was a Visiting Scientist with the Terahertz Photonics Group, Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (IEMN), University Lille Nord de France, Lille, France. His research interests include antenna systems for wearable applications, active antenna design for the Internet of Things and (beyond) 5G applications, (optoelectronic) millimeter-wave multiantenna systems, impulse-radio ultrawideband antenna systems for joint communication and sensing, and full-wave/circuit co-optimization frameworks to realize (optoelectronic) active (multi-)antenna systems. Dr. Lemey received the URSI Young Scientist Award at the 2020 URSI General Assembly and was awarded the Best Paper Award at the 2016 IEEE MTT-S Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks. He was also a co-recipient of the 2015 Best Paper Award at the 22nd IEEE Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technology in the Benelux and of the 2019 ECOC Best Demo Award.
Prof. Ann FranchoisAnn Franchois received the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, in 1988, and the DEA and Ph.D. degrees in optics and photonics from the University of Paris-Sud, Paris, France, in 1989 and 1993, respectively. From 1994 to 1996, she was with the Research Division of Alcatel Bell Telephone in Antwerp, working on EMC, and from 1996 to 1999, she was with the Joint Research Center of the Commission of the European Communities in Ispra, working on microwave sensing applications. From 1999 to 2000, she held a postdoctoral teaching-research position in the Electromagnetics Group, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, at the Eindhoven University of Technology. In 2000, she joined the Department of Information Technology at the Ghent University, where she is currently a part-time professor. Her research interests include inverse scattering and imaging.
Prof. Patrick Van TorrePatrick Van Torre received his M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering and his Ph.D. from Ghent University, Belgium, in 1995 and 2012, respectively. He has been with the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at Ghent University since 1999, where he teaches theory courses in electronics and ICT, organizes project-oriented laboratory sessions, and is involved in hardware development projects for third parties. His research interests focus on wireless communications, particularly body-centric multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and beam-forming systems, as well as sub-GHz long-range wireless sensor networks.
Prof. Jo VerhaevertJo Verhaevert received the Engineering degree and the Ph.D. degree in Electronic Engineering from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, in 1999 and 2005, respectively. He currently teaches courses on telecommunication at the Department of Applied Engineering Sciences, University College Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, where he also performs research. He is a full-time professor with research interests in indoor wireless applications (such as Wireless Sensor Networks), indoor propagation mechanisms, smart antenna systems, and the integration of active electronics in wireless communication systems. He is currently also the program leader of the Electronics and ICT Engineering Technology curriculum at Ghent University.
Sam Agneessens received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, in 2011 and 2015. He was an Assistant Professor with Ghent University and a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Research Foundation—Flanders, Brussel, Belgium, with the Department of Information Technology, IDLab Electromagnetic Group, Ghent, and the Centre for Microsystems, Ghent University/imec. His research interests include millimeterwave antenna-on-package and active antenna solutions for 5G systems, as well as robust antenna systems for wearable applications relying on unconventional substrates. Dr. Agneessens was a recipient of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Young Scientist Award at the 2014 URSI General Assembly, the 2014 Premium Award for Best Paper in IET Electronics Letters, and the Honorable Mention in the Student Paper Competition at the 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting.
Prof. L. KnockaertLuc Knockaert is a retired professor at Ghent University with research interests in the application of linear algebra and adaptive methods in signal estimation, model order reduction, and computational electromagnetics. He has authored or co-authored approximately 100 international journal and conference publications. He received the M.Sc. degree in Physical Engineering, M.Sc. degree in Telecommunications Engineering, and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Ghent University in 1974, 1977, and 1987, respectively. From 1979 to 1984 and 1988 to 1995, he engaged in North-South cooperation and development projects with universities in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi. Currently, he is affiliated with the Interdisciplinary Institute for Broadband Technologies and previously served as a professor in the Department of Information Technology at Ghent University. Dr. Knockaert is a Member of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), and a Senior Member of the IEEE.
Prof. F. OlyslagerProfessor Olyslager, born in 1966, was a highly respected figure in the field of electromagnetics until passing away in early 2009. Prof. Olyslager earned both the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Ghent University, Belgium, in 1989 and 1993, respectively. As a Full Professor at Ghent University, the focus of research encompassed a wide range of theoretical and numerical aspects of electromagnetics. Over the course of a distinguished career, Prof. Olyslager authored or coauthored nearly 300 publications in leading academic journals and conference proceedings. Among the many notable contributions, Prof. Olyslager coauthored Electromagnetic and Circuit Modeling of Multiconductor Transmission Lines (Oxford University Press, 1993) and authored Electromagnetic Waveguides and Transmission Lines (Oxford University Press, 1999), both widely recognized as authoritative works in the field. In addition to a prolific academic output, Dr. Olyslager held key roles in professional organizations, serving as Assistant Secretary General of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) and contributing as an Associate Editor for both the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation and Radio Science. Prof. Olyslager's exceptional work earned numerous prestigious awards. In 1994, the Royal Academy of Sciences, Literature, and Fine Arts of Belgium named Prof. Olyslager a Laureate. The following year, the IEEE Microwave Prize was awarded for a paper published in the 1993 IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. In 2000, Prof. Olyslager received the Best Transactions Paper Award for a highly acclaimed paper published in the 1999 IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility. In 2002, the Issac Koga Gold Medal was conferred by the URSI General Assembly, and in 2004, Prof. Olyslager was named Laureate of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium.
Prof. D. De ZutterHe is a retired professor with research activities in numerical and theoretical electromagnetics. His research focused on interconnect modelling for on-chip interconnect and complex RF-ICs and boards. He is the author of 150 SCI-publications. He co-authored the book "Electromagnetic and Circuit Modelling of Multiconductor Transmission Lines" (with Niels Faché and Femke Olyslager) in the Oxford Engineering Science Series. He received the 1995 IEEE Microwave Prize Award (with Femke Olyslager and Krist Blomme) from the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society and the 1999 Transactions Prize Paper Award from the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society. In 2000 he was elected to the grade of Fellow of the IEEE. He was the Head of the Department of Information Technology, a former Associate Editor for the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Transactions and the former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering.
Prof. J. Van BladelJean Van Bladel was born in Antwerp, Belgium, on July 4, 1924. He earned degrees in Electromechanical and Radio Engineering from Brussels University in 1947 and 1949, and later obtained his MS and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. Following his Ph.D., he served as Head of the Radar Department at Manufacture Belge de Lampes et de Materiel Electronique in Brussels. He then held positions as an associate professor at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he rose to full professor. In 1964, he returned to Belgium to establish the Electromagnetics and Acoustics Laboratory at Ghent University, becoming a significant force in radio science. He also served as Dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences and as a member of the University Board. As Secretary General of URSI for ten years, Professor Van Bladel made notable contributions to radio science, authoring several influential books, including *Electromagnetic Fields* and *Singular Electromagnetic Fields and Sources*. Renowned for his integrity and generosity, he was highly regarded in the engineering and scientific communities. He received numerous awards, including the 1997 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Distinguished Achievement Award. Professor Van Bladel passed away on January 20, 2018, at the age of 95, leaving a profound legacy as a researcher, teacher, and mentor in electromagnetism.