Microwave program

Historical Electronics Museum, Maryland inducted Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose into the Hall of Fame by recognizing his works. They celebrated the work and life of Sir J.C.Bose on his 150th birth anniversary in November 2008. It was organized by Michael Aurele Simons, Director, Historical Electronics Museum and Dr. Ramesh K Gupta, Mobile Satellite Ventures, LP. They had the demonstrations of his work and presentations by some eminent people. His Excellency Ronen Sen, the Ambassador of India to the United States was the chief guest. The presenters included Dr. Tapan Sarkar, Professor, Syracuse University, Dr. Raj Mittra, Professor, Pennsylvania State University and Dr. Peter Siegel, Senior Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Dr. Prasad N. Shastry was invited on behalf of Bradley University to recognize the contributions made by his students towards this program. Suresh Babu Sundaram and Sairaj Anantoju had worked on one of the posters presented at this event under the guidance of Dr. Ramesh Gupta And Dr. Prasad Shastry.

Two-Way R&D Collaboration between Bradley University and Validus Technologies, LLC.

Bradley University's College of Engineering signed a collaborative research agreement with Validus Technologies. This research agreement allows the Electrical Engineering Department and Validus to leverage resources and capabilities. The goal of their research extends from product enhancement to innovation, spanning service and product industries in the commercial sector as well as governmental grants. The venture has already been awarded a grant to advance wireless technology.

Dr. Prasad Shastry, with Bradley University's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and College of Engineering and Technology, was instrumental in obtaining a Major Research Instrumentation grant from National Science Foundation to establish an advanced radio frequency and wireless engineering laboratory. This laboratory is being utilized for research, research training of students, and teaching. "This collaboration gives Bradley students experience in commercial engineering projects. Additionally, the collaborative research and development will spur innovation in the Peoria area," remarked Professor Shastry.

"Partnering our commercial research experience, with Bradley's academic research capabilities seems natural," commented David Paul, President and Founder of Validus Technologies. Mr. Paul went on to comment, "... the attitudes of collaboration and innovation are strong between Validus and Bradley."

Bradley University College of Engineering and Technology Faculty award for excellence in Research and Scholarship 2007

Dr. Prasad N shastry has received the Bradley University college of Engineering and Technology faculty award for excellence in Research and Scholarship for the year 2007. The Faculty awards are given every year in three categories- Research and Scholarship, Service to University and community, Teaching. All the faculty members of college of Engineering and Technology are rated based on their annual reports. A committee consisting of the Dean, Associate provost and few others considers these annual reports and other performances to decide these faculty awards.

Professor Shastry has accepted an invitation from the chairman of the Technical Program Committee(TPC) of the 2007 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, Honalulu, Hawaii, to serve on the sub committee 16," Signal Generation," of the IMS 2007 TPC.

I attended the 29th Annual Antenna Applications Symposium on Wednesday (9/21) and Thursday (9/22). It was held in Robert Allerton Park, Monticello, Illinois. This symposium was sponsored by: US Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate, US Army Research Office, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, and University of Illinois - Champaign. There were many interesting papers. I liked the conference - informal atmosphere and slower pace ! The number of attendees were about seventy. The attendees were from the United States and Europe - both from industry and academia.

Even though I was aware of this conference (it is held around the same time at the same place every year), I was unable to attend it all these years due to conflict with my teaching schedule. I could attend it this year, for the first time, because I am on sabbatical leave.

I thought of sharing this news with you.

Dr.Shastry