IEEE Microwave Magazine - September/October 2018 - 10

Tom Brazil

rof. Tom Brazil will be remembered as a gentleman, a great
contributor to the world of electrical engineering, and a devoted family man. His passing on 13 April 2018
at the age of 65 was sad and untimely.
Tom received his Ph.D. degree in
1977 from the National University of
Ireland, Dublin. His contributions in
industry included his subsequent work
with Plessey Research in the United
Kingdom before he returned to academia. Then, at University College
Dublin (UCD), he held the chair of
Electronic Engineering and built the
UCD Microwave and RF Research
Laboratory into a well-known, international center for high-frequency electronic research spanning the device,
circuit, and system levels. Over the
years, he and his research group have
made many significant contributions
to nonlinear device modeling, highfrequency simulation, behavioral modeling, and power amplifier design and
linearization. In his academic capacity, Tom was devoted to his students
and treated them with special kindness
and patience.
He was elevated to the rank of IEEE
Fellow in 2003 and elected a member
of the Royal Irish Academy in 2004. He
became a member of the Senate of the

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MTT-S Memorials Committee chair.
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National University of Ireland in 2012,
and he was also the department head for
electronic engineering in UCD's School
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Among other activities, Tom was deeply involved in the European Microwave
Association, e.g., as a member of the
Technical Program Committee for European Microwave Week and as a core
member of the European Radio and
Microwave Interest Group. He was
instrumental in strengthening bonds
between the U.S. and European microwave communities.
Tom became involved with the IEEE
Microwave Theory and Techniques
Society (MTT-S) by serving on the
Technical Program Review Committee
for the MTT-S International Microwave
Symposium (IMS) in 1995 and continued

working in that capacity for many years
afterward. He was elected to the MTT-S
Administrative Committee (AdCom)
in 2010 and reelected in 2013. He was
a major contributor to the Society and
served in many functions, including
vice-chair of the Technical Coordinating Committee (TCC) (2011), and the
Publications Committee (2012); chair
of the Education Committee (2013), the
Meetings and Symposia Committee
(2014-2015), and the Membership
and Geographic Activities Committee
(2016); and member of the Strategic
Planning Committee (2013), the Future
Directions/Technology Capture Committee (2013), and the Inter-Societal
Liaison Committee (2014).
As if the previously listed contributions were not enough, Tom represented Ireland on the AdCom of the
U.K./Ireland MTT-S/IEEE Electron
Devices Society/IEEE Antennas and
Propagation Society/IEEE Photonics
Society Joint Chapter, and, since 1992,
he has organized regular IEEE lectures,
conferences, and other events in Dublin.
He was also an MTT-S Distinguished
Microwave Lecturer (1999-2003) and
successfully led the formation of a new
IEEE Student Branch at UCD in 2013.
Additional contributions include chairing the International Workshop on
Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and
Millimetre-Wave Circuits Conference
(September 2012, Dublin), the European
Microwave Conference (Manchester,
United Kingdom, 2006), and the European Microwave Integrated Circuits

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