This open scientific meeting is sponsored by the U.S. National Committee (USNC) 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 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.
2010 USNC-URSI NRSM Call for Papers (pdf)
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Meeting Highlight: Anthropogenic and Natural Electromagnetic Environments: Effects on Electronic Systems
- Contacts:
- Dev Palmer (Comm. C), dev.palmer@us.army.mil
- Danilo Erricolo (Comm. E), erricolo@ece.uic.edu
URSI Commissions
USNC-URSI Chair: Yahya Rahmat-Samii, (310) 206-2275, rahmat@ee.ucla.edu
USNC-URSI Secretary/Chair-Elect: Steven C. Reising, (970) 491-2228, Steven.Reising@ColoState.edu
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
- Cognitive radio
- Computational imaging and inverse methods
- Distributed sensor networks
- Physics-based signal processing
- Radar target detection, localization, and tracking
- Sensor array processing and calibration
- Signal processing for radar remote sensing
- Statistical signal processing of waves in random media
- Synthetic aperture and space-time processing
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 Environment and Interference
Danilo Erricolo, (312) 996-5771, erricolo@ece.uic.edu
TOPICS
- Effects of natural and intentional emissions on system performance
- Electromagnetic compatibility in: computational electromagnetics, education, measurement technologies, standards, and radiation hazards.
- High-power electromagnetic 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
- Propagation models
- Multipath/mitigation
- Land or water paths
- Scattering/diffraction
- Indoor/outdoor links
- Mobile/fixed paths
- Horizontal/slant paths
- Surface/atmosphere interactions
- Atmospheric constituents
- Dispersion/delay
- Natural/man-made structures
- Remote sensing of the Earth by radio waves:
- Atmospheric sensing
- Ocean and sea ice
- Field campaigns
- Interferometry and SAR
- Subsurface sensing
- Scattering/diffraction
- Radiation and emission
- Propagation effects
- 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
- Waves in space and laboratory plasmas
- Wave-wave and wave-particle interactions
- Chaos and turbulence in plasma
- Spacecraft-plasma interactions
- Solar/planetary-plasma interactions
- Space as a research laboratory
Commission J, Radio Astronomy
James M. Cordes, (607) 255-0608, cordes@astro.cornell.edu
TOPICS
- Designs and subsystems for the Square Kilometer Array
- Pulsar Timing Precision for Probing Gravity
- New Telescopes, Techniques and Observations
- Digital Signal Processing for Radio Astronomy
- Ionospheric Applications and Issues for Low Frequency Arrays
Commission K, Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine
Susan C. Hagness, (608) 265-5739, hagness@engr.wisc.edu
TOPICS
- Biological effects
- Dosimetry and exposure assessment
- Electromagnetic imaging and sensing applications
- Therapeutic, rehabilitative and other biomedical applications
- Human body interactions with antennas and other electromagnetic devices