M/A-COM announced that it has awarded an antenna research grant to the University of Massachusetts Amherst Center for Advanced Sensor and Communications Antennas (CASCA) to facilitate the design and development of advanced antenna technologies for the communications industry.


“By collaborating with M/A-COM, we can leverage resources for the development of antenna technology with direction, purpose and creativity,” said Daniel Schaubert, professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of CASCA. “The teaming of M/A-COM’s expertise in developing and manufacturing sophisticated antenna technology with CASCA’s experience in ground-breaking technologies has a high potential to produce new products for a wide range of applications in the military and commercial marketplaces.”

“We are extremely impressed with CASCA’s dedication and commitment to its students, research and the communications industry at large,” said Albert Hamwey, Jr., product line manager, M/A-COM. “We are very pleased to collaborate with the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s researchers in an effort to increase the effectiveness and availability of antenna technology.”