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Past Webinar Recordings, Proceedings & Wave Newsletter Archive

WEBINARS ON DEMAND

FALL 2025/EARLY 2026 WEBINAR SERIES

Advances in Dielectric Measurement Techniques: Applications in Nondestructive Sensing of Quality Attributes of Foods and Agricultural Products
Instructor: Samir Trabelsi, PhD, Research Electronics Engineer, US National Poultry Research Center, Quality & Safety Assessment Research Unit, USDA – ARS

Video Link
Password: Passcode: Zi6xr!Ei

Dielectric Measurements in Support of Security Screening of Personnel
Instructor: Jeffrey Barber, Ph.D., Research Chemist, Transportation Security Laboratory, Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Video Link
Passcode: 4uv.khdX

Leveraging microwave-frequency dielectric properties of human/animal/plant tissue for sensing applications in smart medicine and smart agriculture
Instructor: Susan C. Hagness, Philip D. Reed Professor and Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Maria Stuchly Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Video Link
Passcode: ^=@KqT1r

Microwave and mmWave Measurements of Materials in 1-170 GHz – Importance and Challenges in the View of Emerging Technologies
Instructor: Marzena Olszewska-Placha, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, QWED
Video Link
Passcode: L!&P6Dm?

Nondestructive Microwave Methods and Sensing Systems for Quality Assessment of Agricultural Products
Instructor: Micah Lewis, PhD, Research Agricultural Engineer, SEA/U.S. National Poultry Research Center, Quality & Safety Assessment Research Unit, USDA-ARS
Video Link
Passcode: xf9=Y.3=

SPRING 2025 WEBINAR SERIES

Household Microwave Ovens – How to measure performance
Instructor: Lea Anne Dea, Manager, Digital Kitchen, Conagra Brands
Video Link
Passcode: 4uv.khdX

Fundamentals of Microwave Food Packaging
Instructor: Dr. Sean McKeown, R&D Manager, Graphic Packaging International
Video Link
Passcode: N56%iTK%

Fall 2024 2-Part Webinar Series: System Analysis of Microwave-Based Processes

Part I: Techno-economic analysis of microwave assisted chemical processes
Instructor: Prof. Debangsu Bhattacharyya, GE Plastics Material Engineering Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
Video Link
Passcode: 6m.PMe1Y

Part 2: Development of Catalytic Microwave-Assisted Pyrolysis Technology for Solid Waste Utilization
Instructor: R. Roger Ruan, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Bioproducts and Biosystems Science, Engineering and Management (BBSEM), Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, Director, Center for Biorefining, College of Science and Engineering; College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
Video Link
Passcode: L9bnia.6

Spring 2024 Webinar: Microwave Heated Reactors: Prospects for Efficient and Sustainable Energy
[VIDEO LINK]
Password: +f0lJv2R

Fall 2023 3-Part Webinar Series: Understanding Microwave Material Interaction

Part I: How to obtain good XAFS spectrum under microwave heating?
In situ and operando spectroscopy for understanding microwave material interaction
Instructor: Dr. Shuntaro Tsubaki, Associate Professor, Department of Bioscience and
Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University Japan
[VIDEO LINK] Password: M0Y.9OE$

Part II: Electromagnetic Field Driven Catalysis: New Physical Phenomena for
Performance-advantaged Electrification
Instructor: Dr. Dionisios G. Vlachos, Unidel Dan Rich Chair in Energy Professor of
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, Director, Catalysis
Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI), Director, Delaware Energy Institute (DEI)
[VIDEO LINK] Password: CBpQR&h!

Part III: Coaxial cable-based microwave distributed temperature sensors
Instructor: Hai Xiao, Samuel Lewis Bell Distinguished Professor in Electrical and
Computer Engineering, Department Chair, Clemson University
[VIDEO LINK] Password: $UgY5LrD

SPRING 2023 Webinar: Seeking the Lost: Applications of Mw Holography
Dr. Graham Brodie, James Cook University [WATCH NOW]Passcode: zTd=R4#W

Fall 2022 3-Part Webinar Series: Role of Microwaves in Industrial Decarbonization

Part I: NETL’s Center for Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals – Its role in supporting Industrial Decarbonization.
Instructor: Dr. Charles Damianides, Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals at National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) & Decarbonization of industrial processes using Microwave chemistry
Instructor: Dr. Christina Wildfire, Research Scientist at National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
[WATCH NOW] Passcode: w!O=a7jk

Part III: Powering the Green Chemistry and Hydrogen Revolution
Instructors: Alex Shanosky, Director of Business Development, Transform Materials & Nathan Ashcraft, VP of Research and Development, Transform Materials
[WATCH NOW] Passcode: %5oevsKe

Spring 2022 Webinar Series, Part I
Why RF/MW Plasma? (Instructor Prof. Ray Boxman, Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Password: Un^Yd^46

Spring Webinar Series, Part II
Plasmas (Instructor: Dr. Chinmoy Mallick)
Meeting Recording
Access Passcode: %n1z%wBV

Fall 2021 Webinar Series
Part I: Multiphysics modelling of high power microwave systems and devices – dedicated modelling regimes in QuickWave software (Dr. Marzena Olszewska-Placha, QWED, Poland)
Passcode: wY1N2&Pa

Part II: Part II: Numerical modeling of microwave-assisted catalytic reactions
(Dr. Xinwei Bai, Postdoctoral Research Associate, West Virginia University)
Passcode: ^66+?#3a

Spring 2021 Webinar Series
Part I: Where Are They Now? Food Industry Opportunities in Microwave Processing (Schiffmann)
Part II:Control of bacterial and viral pathogens in pre-packaged meals using microwaves: our experiences and future vision (Tang)

Fall 2020 Webinars
Part I: Intellectual Property Basics & Best Practices for Innovations (Fish & Associates P.C.)
Part II: Best Practices in Developing Safety Warnings & Labels (Dr. Gerry Goldhaber)

Spring 2020 Webinars
Part I: Jennifer Marshall-Jenkinson, MTA UK
Part 2: Meredith Carothers, FSIS, USDA
Part 3: Sally Gerling, Gerling Dietetics & Nutrition

Fall 2019 Webinars
Impedance Matching Webinar (Instructor: Vladimir Bilik) Password: Bilik2019!
A Technical Overview of Applicators for Microwave Heating (Instructor: John F. Gerling)

Past Symposium Proceedings

IMPI 60 Proceedings (available free to all IMPI Members in June 2027; IMPI 60 attendees contact Molly.poisant@impi.org for access today)
IMPI 59 Proceedings
IMPI 58 Proceedings 
IMPI 57 Proceedings
IMPI 56 Proceedings
IMPI 55 Proceedings
IMPI 54 Proceedings
IMPI 53  Proceedings
IMPI 52 Proceedings
IMPI 51 Proceedings
IMPI 50 Proceedings
IMPI 49 Proceedings

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