An Overview of RF and Microwave Research in Latin America: Scanning Latin American Research on Microwaves

Promoting and Empowering the RF and Microwave Community in Costa Rica [MTT-S Society News]

“…In contrast, in November 2022, Costa Rica had no MTT-S members, no MTT-S Chapters, and practically no MTT-S activities. However, Costa Rica has a vibrant high-tech community, including an Intel site with more than 3,800 employees (around 1,800 engineers), some of them working in areas such as signal/ power integrity, high-speed interconnects, power delivery networks, power integrity, postsilicon validation of highspeed computer platforms, etc., which are closely related to the field of interest of MTT-S. Additionally, the Greater Metropolitan Area of San Jose city contains 80% of Costa Rica's total population (about 5.2 million), with many flourishing technology-intensive companies as well as emerging academic and research activities on RF and microwaves [7]. Figure 1 illustrates the geographical location of this small but very progressive Central American country.…”

MTT-S Presence in Region 9 [President’s Column]

“…A broad-based paper to highlight microwave representation in R9 appeared in the May 2023 IEEE Microwave Magazine International Microwave Symposium Special Issue and is titled "An overview on RF and microwave research in Latin America" [1]. This article, coauthored by José Rayas-Sánchez and Apolinar Reynoso-Hernández, describes the most recent and representative research work developed in our field's most active Latin American countries and includes contributions from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Puerto Rico.…”

Dielectric Characterization of Ex-Vivo Breast Tissues: Differentiation of Tumor Types through Permittivity Measurements

“…Specifically in Peru, where we have taken this set of measurements, according to the report from the League Against Cancer for the same year, breast cancer topped the 2 of 16 mortality statistics. A total of 6960 cases were diagnosed, representing a worrying 9.8% of all cases detected in the country [2].…”