Episode 003: Dan Sievenpiper - "The Holographic Surface"

Episode 003 of the HRL History of the Future podcast features Dan Sievenpiper discussing his work, specifically focusing on the concept of "The Holographic Surface." Sievenpiper earned his PhD from UCLA in 1999, where he invented the high-impedance electromagnetic surface. Following his doctorate, he joined HRL Laboratories, dedicating time to developing new electromagnetic structures that emphasized small, conformal, tunable, and steerable antennas.

His professional achievements include receiving the URSI Issac Koga Gold Medal and the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Piergiorgio Uslenghi Letters Prize Paper Award in 2008. He was also named an IEEE Fellow in 2009. In 2010, Sievenpiper transitioned to the faculty at UC San Diego, continuing his research focused on artificial media and integrating active electronics with electromagnetic structures and antennas.