This open scientific meeting is sponsored by the U.S. National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI). It is held in cooperation with the following IEEE organizations: Antennas and Propagation Society, Circuits and Systems Society, Communications Society, Electromagnetic Compatibility Society, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, Information Theory Society, Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, and the Nuclear Science Society. Papers on any topic in the interest area of a Commission are welcome. Contact the Commission Chairperson or visit the web site for further information.
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Meeting Highlight: Electromagnetism in Natural Plasmas: from the Upper Atmosphere to Space
- Contacts:
- John D. Sahr (Comm. G), jdsahr@u.washington.edu
- William E. Amatucci (Comm. H), bill.amatucci@nrl.navy.mil
2009 Commissions
Commission A, Electromagnetic Metrology
Ozlem Kilic, (202) 319-5261, kilic@cua.edu
Topics
- Microwave to submillimeter measurements/standards
- Quantum metrology and fundamental concepts
- Time and frequency
- Time domain metrology
- EMC and EM pollution
- Noise
- Materials
- Bioeffects and medical applications
- Antenna
- EM-field metrology
- Impulse radar
- Planar structures and microstrip circuits
- Interconnect and packaging
Commission B, Fields and Waves
Nader Engheta, (215) 898-9777, engheta@ee.upenn.edu
TOPICS
- Antenna arrays
- Antenna theory, design and measurements
- Complex media (metamaterials, bandgap structures, biological and geophysical media, and others)
- Educational methods and tools
- Electromagnetic interaction and coupling
- Guided waves and waveguiding structures
- High- frequency techniques
- Inverse scattering and remote sensing
- Microstrip and printed devices and antennas
- Nonlinear electromagnetics
- Numerical methods (differential- and integral-eq. based, hybrid and other techniques)
- Propagation phenomena and effects
- Rough surfaces and random media
- Scattering
- Theoretical electromagnetics
- Transient fields, effects, and systems
- Ultra-wideband electromagnetics
- Wireless communications
Commission C, Signals and Systems
Dev Palmer, (919) 549-4246, dev.palmer@us.army.mil
TOPICS
- Sensor array processing
- Physics-based signal processing
- Signal processing for radar remote sensing
- Synthetic aperture and space-time processing
- Distributed sensor networks
- Computational imaging and inverse methods
- Statistical signal processing of waves in random media
- Radar target detection, localization, and tracking
- Sensor array calibration
Commission D, Electronics and Photonics
John Papapolymerou, (404) 385-6004, papapol@ece.gatech.edu
TOPICS
- Electronic devices and applications
- Photonic devices and applications
- Physics, materials, CAD, technology and reliability of electronic and photonic devices, with particular reference to radio science and telecommunications.
- Wide bandgap materials
Commission E, Electromagnetic Noise and Interference
Danilo Erricolo, (312) 996-5771, erricolo@ece.uic.edu
TOPICS
- High power electromagnetics
- Effects of transients on electronic systems
- Spectrum management and utilization
- Communication in the presence of noise
Commission F, Wave Propagation and Remote Sensing
Albin Gasiewski, (303) 492-9688, al.gasiewski@colorado.edu
TOPICS
- Point-to-point propagation effects:
- Measurements
- Mobile/fixed
- Modeling
- Horizontal/slant paths
- Mitigation
- Interaction with the atmosphere
- Land or water paths
- Atmospheric constituents
- Indoors/outdoors
- Natural/man-made structures
- Remote sensing of the Earth by radio waves:
- Atmospheric sensing
- Ocean and sea ice
- Field campaigns
- Interferometric & SAR
- Subsurface
- Scattering and propagation
- Urban environments
- Soil moisture & terrain
Commission G, Ionospheric Radio and Propagation
John D. Sahr, (206) 685-4816, jdsahr@u.washington.edu
TOPICS
- Ionospheric imaging
- Ionospheric morphology
- Ionospheric modeling and data assimilation
- Transionospheric radio propagation/systems effects
- Radar and radio techniques for ionospheric diagnostics
- Space weather - radio effects
Commission H, Waves in Plasma
William E. Amatucci, (202) 404-1022, bill.amatucci@nrl.navy.mil
TOPICS
- Plasma instabilities
- Generation and propagation of waves in plasmas
- Interaction between these waves, and wave-particle interactions
- Plasma turbulence processes and chaos
- Spacecraft-plasma interactions
- Application of the results, particularly in the areas of solar/planetary plasma interactions, and the increased exploitation of space as a research laboratory
Commission J, Radio Astronomy
James M. Cordes, (607) 255-0608, cordes@astro.cornell.edu
TOPICS
- Submillimeter and THz technology for radio astronomy
- Focal plane array technology
- Challenges and new algorithms for interferometric imaging
- New interferometric calibration techniques
- Radio astronomy teaching laboratories and instruments
Commission K, Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine
Susan C. Hagness, (608) 265-5739, hagness@engr.wisc.edu
TOPICS
- Biological effects
- Biomedical applications
- Dosimetry
- Exposure assessment
- Applications of RF to medicine