Biography
Tuesday, 17 April, 2018
It is with great sorrow that I must inform you that (opens in a new window)MTT-S President Tom Brazil passed away unexpectedly on Friday, April 13th. Funeral services will be held on April 20th in Dublin, Ireland. Let us remember him as a great mentor, an excellent leader, a gentle soul, and a friend.
The Memorials Committee is planning to recognize Tom and his contributions to the Society at IMS 2018.
-Dominique Schreurs, President-Elect Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
Thomas J. ("Tom") Brazil held the Chair of Electronic Engineering at University College Dublin (UCD) where he was also Head of Electronic Engineering in the UCD School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering. He received his PhD from the National University of Ireland in 1977. Professor Brazil was elected a Fellow of the IEEE in 2003 and elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) in 2004. He served as Secretary of the RIA between March 2009 and March 2013 and was a Member of the RIA Council. He was IEEE MTT-S Worldwide Distinguished Lecturer in Microwave CAD 1999-2003 and was appointed to the Senate of the National University of Ireland in 2012. He acted as Chair of the European Microwave Conference in the UK in 2006 and was Chair of the European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference held in London in 2016. Following election by world-wide ballot in August 2010, he became a serving member of Administrative Committee of the IEEE Microwave Theory & Techniques Society (MTT-S) and in October 2016 Professor Brazil was elected President of the MTT-Society in 2018. He was serving as President-Elect of the MTT-Society in 2017.