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Student To Score Software At 2010 IMS

May 6, 2010

Design software innovator AWR will be awarding a free, fully functional, one-year personal term license for its Microwave Office and Visual System Simulator (VSS) software suites to the individual or team winning the Sixth High Efficiency Student Power Amplifier Competition this month during the 2010 International Microwave Symposium (IMS) in Anaheim, CA. The competition is open to all registered students and graduate students. It requires competitors to design, construct, and measure the performance of a high-efficiency power amplifier between 1 and 20 GHz and at least 5 W output power. According to Sherry Hess, Vice President of Marketing at AWR, "AWR is committed to helping engineering students gain valuable hands-on experience with software design tools in preparation for entering the work world." The winning design will be the one with the highest power-added efficiency.

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Jack Browne | Technical Contributor

Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.