Combat Fear, Cherish Your Champions: In Conversation With the 2023 IEEE Electromagnetics Award Recipient, John Bandler [Awards]

IEEE Technical Field Awards are bestowed for contributions and leadership in specific fields of interest to the IEEE. Each year, the most prestigious honors are awarded to individuals whose exceptional achievements and outstanding contributions have made a lasting impact on technology, society, and the engineering profession [1]. Following a 60-year career span in microwave engineering, starting with his 1963 undergraduate project, “Abrupt Transitions in Rectangular Waveguides,” the 2023 IEEE Electromagnetics Award goes to John Bandler, professor emeritus at McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, “for contributions to electromagnetic optimization and the modeling of high-frequency structures, circuits, and devices.”