Date: March 7-11, 2010
Mr. Larry Oberdier of Monarch will present a paper titled "Smart Antenna Technology for Structural Health Monitoring Applications" at the Smart Structures/NDE 2010 Conference to be held at the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center in San Diego, California, USA, on March 7-11, 2010. The paper covers the progress made in development of the GEN 2C antenna funded under the NIST-TIP project. For more information on the symposium, click here. For a pdf copy of the paper, click here.

Date: September 1-2, 2009
Dr. Özdemir gave a workshop titled "Smart Antennas" at the 2009 Antenna Systems / Short-Range Wireless Symposium held on Sept. 1-2 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Monarch also demonstrated its SSA technology for WiFi / ZigBee applications via GEN 1 and GEN 2 prototypes. For more information on the symposium, click here.

Date: June 15, 2009
Monarch was awarded a two-year subcontract by Virtual EM Inc. (Ann Arbor, MI) as part of a NASA Phase II STTR project for developing a multi-beam adaptive wearable antennas for astronauts based on Monarch's patented SSA technology.

Date: April 22, 2009
Dr. Özdemir gave two presentations titled " Polarization Diversity Cognitive Antenna for WiFi and ZigBee Applications" and " A Polarization Diversity Multi-Beam Antenna for ZigBee Applications" at WAMICON 2009 Conference held on April 20-21 in Clearwater, Florida. For more information on the conference, click here.

Date: April 16, 2009
A joint proposal, of which Monarch was part of, was selected for Phase II STTR award by NASA (Houston, TX) for developing multi-beam adaptive wearable antennas for astronauts to be used in 2014 missions to Moon. Proposal summary can be accessed at: sbir.gsfc.nasa. Virtual EM Inc will lead the effort while Purdue University and Monarch Antenna, Inc. are the subcontractors providing support on RF MEMS switches and self-structuring antenna (SSA) technology, respectively. The work is expected to begin in June, 2009.

Date: January 2009
Dr. Özdemir of Monarch was featured on the January/February 2009 issue of the Antenna Systems Magazine (along with executives of other leading antenna manufacturers), where he recapped the 2008 for Monarch and made predictions for 2009. To read the article, click here.

Date: January 6, 2009
Monarch has been awarded a five-year R&D contract through the NIST-TIP program as part of a joint venture led by the University of Michigan totalling $1M including the cost sharing. Monarch's GEN 3 SSA technology will power sensors for monitoring the health of nation's deteriorating infrastructure (bridges in particular).

Date: November 20, 2008
Monarch announces its GEN 2 antenna for WiFi and ZigBee applications. The antenna provides beam selection (4 beams) in addition to polarization diversity for improving SNR. The antenna provided an average of 9dB improvement in SNR in indoor measurements - Read more.

Date: September 25-26, 2008
Dr. Özdemir gave a presentation titled "A Cognitive Antenna for Wireless Applications" at the 2008 Antenna Systems / Short-Range Wireless Conference held on Sept. 25-26 in Austin, Texas. Monarch also demonstrated its GEN 1 antenna for automated meter reading applications. For more information on the conference: click here.

Date: September 5, 2008
Applied Mesh Technologies, a leading provider of wireless telemetry equipment, today announced the successful integration of Self-Structuring Antenna (SSA) technology provided by Monarch Antenna, Inc. - Click here

Date: February 5, 2008
Applied Mesh awards an R&D contract to integrate Monarch's GEN 1 antenna into their DCX product line for automated meter reading applications.

Date: January 21, 2008
Dr. Özdemir gave a workshop titled " Self-Structuring Antenna For Handsets" at the IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium held on January 21-25, 2008 in Orlando, Florida. For more information on the symposium, click here.

Date: January 31, 2008
Antenna Systems & Technology Magazine
Antenna Executives, including Antonio Luck of Monarch Antenna, recaps 2007 and makes predictions for 2008.

Date: September 15, 2007
Monarch releases its GEN 1 Polarization Diversity antenna for WiFi applications. The antenna provided an average of 5dB improvement in SNR compared to original PIFA in indoor measurements.

Date: August 24, 2007
Michigan SmallTech
Monarch Antenna Aims To Eliminate Dropped Mobile Phone Calls

Date: May 16, 2007
Dr. Özdemir, CTO of Monarch, pitched to venture capitalists and angel investors at the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium (MGCS) held at Marriott Resort at Eagle Crest in Ypsilanti, MI, on May 16, 2007. For more information on the conference: click here

Date: April 26-27, 2007
Dr. Özdemir, CTO of Monarch, presented the SSA technology at the 2007 Advanced Technology Review Board (ATRB) meeting held by NAVAIR on April 18 at the Wyle Labs, Patuxent River, MD. For more information on ATRB and technology selection process: click here

Date: April 23, 2007
Delphi Technologies Inc. Forms New Antenna Company
DTI seeks to commercialize innovative Self-Structuring Antenna technology





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