Robert W. Jackson Professor 215K Marcus Hall University of Massachusetts 100 Natural Resources Rd Amherst MA 01003-9292 Telephone: (413) 545-1386 email: jackson@ecs.umass.edu

B.S., Northeastern University, 1975; M.S., 1980; Ph.D., 1981.

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Modeling of active and passive microwave circuits. Active Antennas. Microwave and millimeter wave integrated circuit design.

AFFILIATED RESEARCH LABORATORY:
Laboratory for Millimeter Wave Devices and Applications (LAMMDA), Center for Advanced Sensor and Communication Antennas

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

• Jackson, R. W. “Rollet Proviso and the Stability of Linear Microwave Circuits:  A Tutorial,”  IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques, (Invited) pp 993-1000, March 2006.
• Theurer, C. , L. Zhang, D. Kazmer, R. Gao, R. W. Jackson, “Passive Charge Modulation for a Wireless Pressure Sensor”, IEEE Sensors Journal, pp.47-54, Feb. 2006.
• Zhang, Q., D. L. Goeckel, J. Burkhart, B. K. Mui, N. Merrill, M. Carrier, R. W. Jackson, "FSR-UWB (TR-UWB without the delay element): Effect of Impulse Dithering and Experimantal Results,"  International Conference on Ultra Wideband, September 2006.
• Khandelwal, N., R. W. Jackson, "An X-band System-in-Package Active Antenna Module," International Microwave Symposium Digest, June 2005.
• Carrillo, R. and R. W. Jackson, “A Highly Integrated Millimeterwave Active Antenna Array Using BCB and Silicon Substrate,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques, June 2004.

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS: IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, IEEE Solid State Circuits Society.

HONORS & AWARDS: Fellow of the IEEE, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Eta Kappa Nu.

INSTITUTIONAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

Co-Chair Topical Meeting on the Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging, 2004, 2005.  Technical Committee- CPMT-12 IEEE Society on Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology, 1999-. Technical Committee-MTT-12 IEEE Society on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 1999-. Technical Program Committee, IEEE Symposium on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 1999-. Technical Program Committee, Topical Meeting on the Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging, 1998 -. Co-Editor of Special Issue on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging, Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, October 2001. Co-Editor of Special Issue on Coplanar Technology,International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, October 2000.Editorial Board, International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer Aided Engineering 1993 -2001. Technical Advisory Board, Global Communications Devices, Inc.,  Coordinator of UMass Microwave Industrial Program.

 

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