Newsletter Articles

by Nilesh Padhi and Shashikant Patil With the basic purpose of storing identifying information the RFID devices have been effortlessly adopted by the medical industry. Hospitals are among the first users to combine both active and passive RFID. The basic nature of implementation of the RFID in the hospitals are in the form of IC identification cards for the hospital staffs which can be used ...
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by Chinmaya Vyas and Shashikant Patil Health care in recent years has been an area of research since it is directly associated with people's well-being and health. The various factors affecting this are: The ever increasing aging population The emergence of new types of diseases due to changing environmental conditions Rising costs of healthcare and related services The shortage o...
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Welcome George Xiao, the representative from IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement (I&M) Society, and is a CRFID Distinguished Lecturer. In addition, he is the CRFID appointee to the IEEE Smart Materials initiative. Dr. Gaozhi (George) Xiao is an IEEE Fellow and a senior research officer of the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada. Dr. Xiao has been the associate editor of IEEE Trans...
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We welcome CPMT's society representative, Professor Emmanouil "Manos" Tentzeris, Georgia Tech,and GEDC Associate Director for RFID/Sensors Research. He received the diploma degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (“Magna Cum Laude”) in Greece and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Universi...
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by Emily Sopensky, President, IEEE Council on RFID Early 2017 brings changes and enhancements to the IEEE Council on RFID. At our first Adcom meeting, the following were appointed to positions in the CRFID: Secretary/Treasurer: Chris Valenta, GaTech Research Institute Vice President, Conferences: Apostolos Georgidias, Assoc. Professor, Heriot-Watt University Vice President, Member...
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by Shashikant Patil, Editor in Chief, CRFID Newsletter It is indeed a pleasure to introduce to you the latest issue of IEEE CRFID Newsletter publishing past activities and events of the Council on the auspicious occasion of International Women's Day! IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) is very close to my heart and I have volunteered my services for WIE India as well as played a key role in establi...
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Dear Members, Warmest Greetings of International Women’s Day. It is indeed a pleasure to introduce to you March 2017 issue of IEEE C-RFID Newsletter publishing past activities and events of Council on the auspicious occasion of International Women’s Day! IEEE WIE is very close to my heart and I have volunteered my services for WIE India as well as  played key role in establishing WIE affinit...
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