URSI COMMISSIONS

USNC-URSI Chair: Steven C. Reising, (970) 491-2228, Steven.Reising@ColoState.edu
USNC-URSI Secretary: David R. Jackson, (713) 743-4426, djackson@uh.edu

Note: The ten USNC Commission Chairs listed below are for the upcoming 2012-2014 URSI Triennium.

Commission A, Electromagnetic Metrology

Christopher L. Holloway , holloway@boulder.nist.gov , (303) 497-6184

Topics:

Antennas
Bioeffects and medical applications
EM- field metrology
EMC and EM pollution
Impulse radar
Interconnect and packaging
Materials
Microwave to submillimeter measurements/standards
Millimeter-wave and sub-mm wave communications
Noise
Planar structures and microstrip circuits
Quantum metrology and fundamental concepts
Time and frequency
Time domain metrology

Commission B, Fields and Waves

Sembiam Rengarajan , srengarajan@csun.edu , (818) 677-3571

Topics:

Antenna arrays
Antenna theory, design and measurements
Cognitive radio
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, Radio-communication Systems and Signal Processing

Amir I. Zaghloul , amirz@vt.edu , (703) 538-8435

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

Jennifer T. Bernhard , jbernhar@illinois.edu , (217) 333-0293

Topics:

Electronic devices, circuits and applications
Photonic devices, circuits and applications
Physics, materials, CAD, technology and reliability of electronic and photonic devices, in radioscience and telecommunications
Wide bandgap materials

Commission E, Electromagnetic Environment and Interference

Everett G. Farr , efarr@farr-research.com , (505) 293-3886

Topics:

Communication in the presence of noise
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

Commission F, Wave Propagation and Remote Sensing

V. Chandrasekar , chandra@engr.colostate.edu , (970) 491-7981

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 ice sensing
Field campaigns
Interferometry and SAR
Subsurface sensing
Scattering/diffraction
Radiation and emission
Propagation effects
Urban environments
Soil moisture & terrain
Propagation and remote sensing in complex and random media

Commission G, Ionospheric Radio and Propagation

Frank Lind , flind@haystack.mit.edu , (781) 981-5570

Topics:

Ionospheric imaging
Ionospheric morphology
Ionospheric modeling and data assimilation
Radar and radio techniques for ionospheric diagnostics
Space weather - radio effects
Transionospheric radio propagation/systems effects

Commission H, Waves in Plasma

Victor Pasko , vpasko@psu.edu , (814) 865-3467

Topics:

Chaos and turbulence in plasma
Plasma instabilities
Spacecraft-plasma interactions
Solar/planetary-plasma interactions
Space as a research laboratory
Wave-wave and wave-particle interactions
Waves in space and laboratory plasmas

Commission J, Radio Astronomy

Richard F. Bradley , rbradley@nrao.edu , (434) 296-0291

Topics:

Detection of short-duration transients
Developments in array technology for radio astronomy
New telescopes, techniques, and observations
Radio frequency interference mitigation and spectrum usage
Timely techincal tutorials

Commission K, Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine

Edem Topsakal , topsakal@ece.msstate.edu , (662) 325-3669

Topics:

Biological effects
Dosimetry and exposure assessment
Electromagnetic imaging and sensing applications
Human body interactions with antennas and other electromagnetic devices
Therapeutic, rehabilitative and other biomedical applications