Dr. Wesley Allen and Dr. Mohammad Abu Khater have won the Best Insertion Loss award at the 2017 IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2017) Hackathon. The IMS is the flagship conference of the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society and is attended by more than 9,000 people every year. Drs. Allen and Abu Khater work on Professor Dimitrios Peroulis' research team.

The Hackathon: 30-Minute Circuits is a fast-paced competition that focuses on core RF design and engineering skills. The idea is to demonstrate that complex computer-aided design (CAD) simulations and expensive test equipment are not always required to build a useful microwave circuit in a short period of time. Competitors race to the finish to see who is the ultimate RF circuit hacker!