Green ICT Online-Seminar  /  February 24, 2025, 4:00 to 5:00 pm, CET

»Responsible Electronics from Manufacturing to RF-Enabled Applications«

Reducing the environmental footprint of electronics and ICT requires a system-level approach, and should not compromise performance. This talk will introduce example of high-performance electronics fabrication approaches, taking a responsible approach which enables low-impact manufacturing, recycling, and low-waste end-of-life, with focus on PCB-level solutions.

Given the pervasiveness of wireless IoT applications, examples of RF systems designed primarily using environmental guidelines will be discussed. This spans battery-less and chip-less sensing systems including the development of bespoke sensing materials. Finally, preliminary life cycle assessment (LCAs) covering wireless devices will be discussed, identifying future guidelines to sustainable design.

Speaker
Mahmoud Wagih is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) and Royal Academy of Engineering UK IC Fellow at the University of Glasgow, where he leads the Green RF-Enabled Electronics Lab. He has published 110+ papers across textile-based, printed, and flexible wireless systems, from antennas, sensors, to energy harvesters.

He received over 20 awards including several IEEE Best paper prizes and the Best PhD in Europe in Antennas and Propagation. Currently, he focuses on sustainable electronics design and investigating novel materials and design-for-sustainability in wireless systems, supported by >£1M/8M projects as PI/Co-I. He is also the Founder of RX Watt Ltd., a spin-out dedicated to RF-powered battery-free sensing.

Moderation
Dr. Hans Walter studied materials science at Merseburg University of Applied Sciences and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, where he also completed his doctorate in materials engineering. He has been working at Fraunhofer IZM since 1998, specializing in materials characterization and analysis in the field of reliability of microelectronic systems and failure analysis of assemblies. Among other things, he headed the MicroMaterialsTesting Laboratory there.

Since 2023, he has been supporting the Research Fab Microelectronics Germany (FMD) in the “Green ICT @ FMD” project, particularly in matters relating to norms, standards and guidelines for resource-saving ICT.