Nadja Memic was born and raised in Bosnia & Herzegovina. When She was 18 yrs old she moved to USA with her immediate family under a status of refugee and with the main goal of obtaining engineering education. Nadja got her Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Colorado at Boulder where she also worked as a RF Research Assistant and she just recently graduated from Denver University with Masters Degree in System Engineering. Nadja Memic is a Senior Manager for RF Engineering Design Group at Lockheed Martin Space Company where she has been working 2011 and during this time she worked as a Quality Manager, Productions Manager, and Manufacturing Engineer. She started her career in Space Industry as a Li-Ion Battery Designer for a leading US battery provider EnerSys.
What is our topic?
Satellites, cellular phones, TV broadcasting, Bluetooth, WiFi have one thing in common. They use radio waves to transmit/receive information. Radio Frequency (RF) Engineers are responsible for the design, optimization and development of transmitters, receivers, couplers and antenna systems that range from hundreds of meters in size down to several millimeters. Our speaker will explain what RF engineering is, what the applications of RF engineering are, industry trends and give examples of projects she has worked on, including the GOES satellites operated by NASA. Find out why RF Engineering is referred to by engineers as “Black Magic” and why some of the most sought after and highly paid engineering professionals come from this fiel