Dr Allen Katz
Linearizer Technology,LCC
President and Founder
Fellow of the IEEE
Award winning veteran in
microwave and satellite
industries
Dr. Allen Katz is a professor of Electrical Engineering at The College of New Jersey. He has more than 25 years of experience in the microwave and satellite industries. He received a Doctorate of Science and Baccalaureate degrees in Electrical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology and a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University. His work spans the frequency range from UHF to above Ka-band and has involved both hybrid and MMIC circuits including the design of the first practical MMIC linearizer. He is founder and President of Linearizer Technology, Inc., a New Jersey based company dedicated exclusively to distortion correction.
Dr. Katz is a Fellow of the IEEE and a past Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT) Society Distinguished Lecturer. He holds 16 patents and has written more than 75 technical publications. He received the William Randolph Lovelace II Award for outstanding contributions to space science and technology from the American Astronautical Society in 2002, the IEEE Region I Achievement Award in 2001 and 1992, an IEEE Third Millennium Medal in 2000, the Martin Marietta Astro Inventor of the year award in 1993, an IEEE Centennial Medal in 1984, the John Chambers Award in 1982, and the ASEE Western Electric Fund Outstanding Engineering Educator Award in 1979. He is a member of the Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Societies.