ECE Associate Professor John Papapolymerou has been selected for a 2009 Outstanding Young Engineer Award of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S). This award honors the distinguished technical achievements and service to the society by a young MTT-S member.

Dr. Papapolymerou is specifically being recognized "for contributions in reconfigurable and multifunctional circuits and systems on a package operating in microwave, millimeter, and submillimeter-wave frequencies." He will receive this award at the 2009 IEEE International Microwave Symposium, scheduled for June 6-12 in Boston.

A member of the Georgia Tech ECE faculty since 2001, Dr. Papapolymerou specializes in the electromagnetics and electronic design and applications areas. Before coming to Georgia Tech, he was on the faculty at the University of Arizona for two years. Dr. Papapolymerou is a Ph.D. graduate of the University of Michigan.