Measurement Applications

Microwave Instruments

Microwave Components

Precision Motion
and Positioning

Automated Test
Equipment

Customer Support

For more information
about MI Technologies products, systems and
services email us,
 dial +1-678-475-8300
or visit our web site.

March 2010

MI Technologies in the News

MI Technologies Names Jeffrey Fordham to Vice President
of the Near-Field Systems and Products Business Area
Click here for the story and link.

MI Technologies Names Jan Kendall to Vice President, Marketing
Click here for the story and link.

MI Technologies Names James Rowland to Vice President
of Customer Support
Click here for the story and link.

MI Technologies Names Malcolm Warren as
International Sales Director
Click here for the story and link.

Dr. Bodnar was elected to AMTA's board of directors at AMTA 2007 in St. Louis. At the AMTA 2009 Conference in November, he was chosen to head that board as President of the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association during 2010. Dr. Bodnar has been an active speaker in regional AMTA meetings held around the world and is recognized as an expert antenna design and measurement resource. He has also served the antenna community in a variety of capacities.

Many will remember that not long ago, Dr. Bodnar served as President of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (APS), the other major antenna association with global breadth. To our knowledge, he is only the second person in history to serve as President of both major antenna organizations and is the author or co-author of over 100 publications. He is an internationally known expert in the field of antenna design and analysis, especially scanning reflector antennas and in the polarization characterization of antennas using both theoretical and experimental methods. He has performed near-field and far-field antenna and RCS measurements using compact, near-field and far-field measurement techniques. Dr. Bodnar holds a doctorate degree and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses at the Georgia Institute of Technology in antennas, electromagnetic theory, materials, and computer programming. He has also taught several short courses including Antenna Engineering, Principles of Modern Radar, Phased Array Antennas, Polarimetric Radar, Principals and Applications of Millimeter Wave Radar, and Scanning Antenna Design.

Join MI Technologies for Naval International Aviation Logistics Workshop  March 15-18, 2010 | San Antonio, TX at the Grand Hyatt See us in booth #9. The 18th annual Naval International Aviation Logistics Process Improvement Team (LPIT) "all hands" Workshop will provide a forum for all personnel working International platforms to receive information on current and future fleet support issues, address reliability and maintainability, and to share ideas.   Visit MI Technologies at the International CTIA Wireless 2010 Conference, at Booth #3336, March 23-25, 2010, in Las Vegas, NV, for this premier wireless event representing a $1 trillion global marketplace that brings together the wireless and converged communications, wireless broadband, mobile web computing and data industries. International CTIA WIRELESS is where the wireless world meets each year for three days of intense business, learning and networking.

Join MI Technologies at EuCAP 2010, 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, to be held in Barcelona, Spain, on April 12- 2010. This conference is supported by the top level Associations in Antennas & Propagation, provides, through its presentations and exhibition, the ideal place for the exchange of scientific and technical information, both at academic and industrial levels, and fosters collaboration and cooperation in the Antenna & Propagation domain both at European and global levels. MI Technologies will be located in Booth # 1. Click here for more information.

Technical Paper Download

Numerical Calibration of Standard Gain Horns and OEWG Probes Presented at AMTA 2009, Dr. Donald Bodnar's paper on Numerical Calibration of Standard Gain Horns and OEWG Probes discusses the gain-transfer technique most commonly used antenna gain measurement method that involves the comparison of the AUT gain to that of another antenna with known gain. At microwave frequencies and above, special pyramidal horn antennas known as standard-gain horns are universally accepted as the gain standard of choice. A design method and gain curves for these horns were developed by the US Naval Research Laboratory in 1954. This paper examines the ability of modern numerical electromagnetic modeling to predict the gain of these horns and possibly achieve greater accuracy than with the NRL approach. Click here to download the paper.   Continue to watch for upcoming Communicators at MI's website, www.mi-technologies.com, for download opportunities of these various papers.