Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. habil.
Robert Weigel
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Robert Weigel was born in Ebermannstadt, Germany, in 1956. He received the Dr.-Ing. and the Dr.-Ing.habil. degrees, both in electrical engineering and computer science, from the Munich University of Technology in Germany, in 1989 and 1992, respectively. From 1982 to 1988, he was a Research Engineer, from 1988 to 1994 a Senior Research Engineer, and from 1994 to 1996 a Professor for RF Circuits and Systems at the Munich University of Technology. In winter 1994/95 he was a Guest Professor for SAW Technology at Vienna University of Technology in Austria. From 1996 to 2002, he has been Director of the Institute for Communications and Information Engineering at the University of Linz, Austria. In August 1999, he co-founded DICE - Danube Integrated Circuit Engineering, Linz, meanwhile an Infineon Technologies Design Center which is devoted to the design of mobile radio circuits and systems. In 2000, he has been appointed a Professor for RF Engineering at the Tongji University in Shanghai, China. Also in 2000, he co-founded the Linz Center of Competence in Mechatronics, meanwhile also a company. Since 2002 he is Head of the Institute for Electronics Engineering at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
He has been engaged in research and development on microwave theory and techniques, integrated optics, high-temperature superconductivity, SAW technology, digital and microwave communication systems, automotive EMC. In these fields, he has published more than 650 papers and given about 300 international presentations. His review work includes international projects and journals. In 2002, he received the German ITG Award, and in 2007 the IEEE Microwave Applications Award.
Dr. Weigel is a Fellow of IEEE, a member of the Institute for Components and Systems of The Electromagnetics Academy, and a member of the German ITG and the Austrian ÖVE. He serves on various editorial boards and has been editor of the Proceedings of the European Microwave Association (EuMA). He has been member of numerous conference steering committees. Currently he serves on several company and organization advisory boards. He is an elected scientific advisor of the German research Foundation DFG. Within IEEE MTT-S, he has been Chair of the Austrian COM/MTT Joint Chapter, Region 8 Coordinator and, during 2001 to 2003 Distinguished Microwave Lecturer. He is an AdCom Member and Vice-Chair of MTT-2 Microwave Acoustics.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. habil. Robert Weigel
Lehrstuhl für Technische Elektronik
Zimmer-Nr.: 4.21
Cauerstr. 9
91058 Erlangen
Germany
Tel: +49 9131 85-27200
Fax: +49 9131 302951
Email: weigel@lte.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de