PhD, PE, Consultant, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Dr Niehenke has pioneered the development of state-of-the-art RF,
microwave, and millimeter wave components at Westinghouse/Northrop
Grumman for 34 years. Circuits include low noise amplifiers, low
noise oscillators, mixers, power amplifiers, phase shifters,
limiters, and miniature integrated assemblies and sub-systems. He
previously worked in cryogenic electronics research at
Martin-Marietta. He now consults and lectures on nonlinear and
wireless transmit/receive circuits and systems. He holds nine
patents, one George Westinghouse Innovation Award, three
Westinghouse Trade Secret Awards, one Westinghouse Value
Engineering Merit Award. He has given over 120 presentations at
symposia, workshops, IEEE chapter/section meetings, and keynote
addresses at conferences.
He has authored over 30 papers on RF/microwave/millimeter wave
circuits. He was on the faculty of the John Hopkins University,
teaching electricity and magnetism. Dr Niehenke is a member of
MTT-6 Microwave and Millimeter Wave Integrated Circuits, MTT-16
Microwave Systems and MTT-20 Wireless Communications Technical
Committees and is a member of the IEEE International Microwave
Symposium Technical Program Committee. Dr Niehenke was the
technical program chairman for the 1998 International Microwave
Symposium and was Chairman of the 1986 International Microwave
Symposium. He was the 1986/87 IEEE Distinguished Microwave
Lecturer, served as a member of ADCOM for 9 years, and is the MTT-S
Ombudsman. He was an IEEE Centennial and Millennium Medals
recipient, a Fellow of the IEEE, and a registered professional
engineer in the state of Maryland.
Dr. Niehenke has been a member of the CEI-Europe Faculty since
1988.