WELCOME LETTER FROM THE GENERAL CHAIR
To the attendees of the WAMI Student Forum 2021,
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I would like to cordially welcome you on behalf of all members of the student led, organizing crew and IEEE MTT-s USF student chapter to WAMI student forum 2021. This will be the third consecutive time that we have the pleasure of hosting this event. It is an honor and a delight to serve as a general chair for this event.
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Our main objectives for this event are to excite USF students to different career opportunities and paths in RF and microwave industry, as well as facilitate industry EAB members to engage with students and share information about the expectations and necessary skills required, to succeed in their companies. Our vision is to create and nurture a pro-active network of students and professionals to facilitate trouble free and robust student to professional transformation. I am confidence that all attendees will gain the answers that they are looking for, weather they are regarding which skill-set to master for their dream job or the top trends in research of RF and microwave field or to build a strong network.
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I would like to acknowledge all of our event sponsors, especially our and WAMI Center External Affiliates Board (EAB) member companies including Tier 2 (Gold) members Mini-Circuits and Modelithics and Tier 1(Silver) members: Qorvo, L3Harris, Collins, and Lockheed Martin. It is your generous supports that allows us to organize this event, which provides opportunity for students to improve both their technical and soft skills. We are certain that you will find this year’s event as engaging and enjoyable as previous years experiences.
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Vishvajitsinh (Vish) Kosamiya
WAMI Student Forum 2021-General Chair
Center for Wireless and Microwave Information Systems (WAMI)
2021 WAMI FORUM EXHIBITORS
MINI-CIRCUITS
We’re passionate innovators and problem solvers with entrepreneurship in our DNA. We’re driven by a shared commitment to empowering each other through collaboration and pushing ourselves to exceed our customers’ expectations–and our own.
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Mini-Circuits makes technology for the world’s most innovative companies–think space exploration, quantum computing, military communications and hundreds more of the most advanced radio, microwave and millimeter wave applications being developed. We’re headquartered in Brooklyn and have design, sales and manufacturing locations in over 30 countries to service over 20,000 customers. We’re a diverse, rapid growth corporation with a culture that feels more like a family of over 2,500. If you’re looking for a fun, respectful place to work hard and make amazing things happen, welcome home.
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LOCKHEED MARTIN
Together, Let’s Change The World For The Better.
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From green energy to aerospace, there are so many ways you can make a difference with us.
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KEYSIGHT
Keysight Technologies enables innovations that connect and secure our world. With industry leadership in 5G, electric/autonomous cars, quantum computing, and cybersecurity, Keysight is continuously pushing the boundaries of what is possible to measure and analyze. From our start as Hewlett-Packard in 1939, through the growth in optics and life sciences as Agilent, excellence in metrology and insight has been a founding pillar of the company. Over the decades, we have introduced the world to ground-breaking equipment, such as network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and signal generators. And we keep pushing the boundaries of what is possible.
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SMITHS INTERCONNECT
Smiths Interconnect is a leading provider of technically differentiated electronic components, subsystems, microwave and radio frequency products that connect, protect and control critical applications in the commercial aviation, defense, space, medical, rail, semiconductor test, wireless telecommunications, and industrial markets.
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Smiths Interconnect has 25 Sales, R&D and Manufacturing locations in 12 countries, including Canada, US (California, Florida, Massachusetts, Kansas, and Maryland), Mexico, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Italy, UK, Tunisia, India, China, and Singapore.
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Smiths Interconnect Inc. located in Tampa, Florida develops and produces Multi-Function RF Systems. These systems include RF, Microwave and Millimeter Wave products incorporating TRAK and Millitech technologies. Our compact ultra-low phase noise and spurious frequency sources and exciters, high dynamic range block and tuned frequency converters, receivers and receiver protectors, amplifiers, are developed for harsh military, aerospace and space environments enabling EW, communication, satcom, remote sensing, and datalink systems. More information on our Multi-Function RF Systems can be found at:
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Smiths Interconnect – Multi-function RF Systems
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We’re a global business with operations all over the world. That means opportunities to build on your existing experience and further develop your career. If you are looking for your next move, and keen to join a business that believes in helping you develop, please check our open positions below and apply to be part of our family.
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Whether you are an experienced professional or just starting out, our global scale and focus on growth means great career opportunities for the right colleagues. We have exciting opportunities within research and development, sales and marketing, operations and support functions such as finance and human resources. There’s never been a better time to join Smiths Interconnect!
DRAPER
As a nonprofit engineering innovation company, Draper serves our nation’s interests and security needs; advances technologies at the intersection of government, academia, and industry; cultivates the next generation of innovators; and solves the most complex challenges. Multidisciplinary teams drawn from a broad and deep talent pool of 1,800 engineers and scientists collaborate to develop first-of-a-kind solutions. Our unbiased approach enables us to focus on our customers’ needs and to deliver new capabilities to them.
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Draper’s Rapid Prototyping Center (RPC) located in St. Petersburg, FL., supports the U.S Special Operations Command and it’s industry teammates. Draper works closely with the customer to create prototype solutions to address time sensitive tactical problems. The RPC is equipped for multidiscipline design, development and prototyping focused on delivering proof of concepts that can be evaluated in the field.