CONTACTS (to come)
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 and its Wave Propagation Standards Committee, 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 for further information.

Meeting Highlight:
Electromagnetism in Non-invasive Biomedicine
Contacts:
Gianluca Lazzi (Comm. K), lazzi@eos.ncsu.edu
P. L. E. Uslenghi (Comm.B), uslenghi@uic.edu


ABSTRACTS WERE DUE BY OCTOBER 1, 2004. THE DEADLINE HAS PASSED.
STUDENT PRIZE PAPER COMPETITION SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE BY SEPTEMBER 10, 2004

COMMISSION A
Electromagnetic Metrology
William Davis, (540) 231-6307
wadavis@vt.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
Antennas
EM-field metrology
Impulse radar
Planar structures and microstrip circuits
Interconnect and packaging
SPECIAL SESSION:
A Microwave Measurements at NIST (Jeff Jargon)

COMMISSION B
Fields and Waves
Ronald Pogorzelski, (818) 354-3835
pogo@jpl.nasa.gov
TOPICS
Antenna theory and design
Antenna measurements
Arrays
Complex media (metamaterials, bandgap structures, biological and geophysical media, and others)
Educational methods and tools
Guided waves and waveguiding structures
High frequency techniques
Interaction and coupling
Inverse scattering and remote sensing
Microstrip and printed devices and antennas
Nonlinear electromagnetics
Numerical methods (differential- and integral-eq. based, hybrid and other techniques)
Rough surfaces and random media
Scattering
Theoretical electromagnetics
Transient fields, effects, and systems
Ultra-wideband electromagnetics
Wireless communications
SPECIAL SESSIONS:
B Metamaterials and Other Complex Materials for Radio Frequency Applications
B EMI/EMC Modeling and Validation
B Hybrid Methods for Large Scale Modeling
B Propagation Modeling for Wireless Communications
B Antennas for Wireless Applications
B Optimization Techniques for Electromagnetics

COMMISSION C
Signals and Systems
Jeffrey Krolik, (919) 660-5274
jk@ee.duke.edu
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
Samir El Ghazaly, (865) 974-3461
el-ghazaly@utk.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.

COMMISSION E
Electromagnetic Noise and Interference
Ira Kohlberg, (703) 578-2744
ikohlber@ida.org
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
Kenn Anderson, (619) 553-1420
kenn@spawar.navy.mil

TOPICS
Point-to-point propagation effects:
Measurements
Modeling
Mitigation
Land or water paths
Indoors/outdoors
Mobile/fixed
Horizontal/slant paths
Interaction with the atmosphere
Atmospheric constituents
Natural/man-made structures
Remote sensing of the Earth by radio waves:
Theory
Field campaigns
Interior
Surface
Atmosphere
Atmospheric constituents
Natural features or inhabitants
SPECIAL SESSION:
Recent Advances in Analytical and Numerical Propagation Channel Modeling (Kamal Sarabandi and Mark Casciato)
Advances in Quantitative Radar remote Sensing of Precipitation (V.Chandrasekar)


COMMISSION G
Ionospheric Radio and Propagation
Anthea Coster, (781) 981-5658
coster@ll.mit.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
SPECIAL SESSIONS:
G Data Assimilation (Brian Wilson & Cliff Mintner)
G Ionospheric Modification (Mike Sulzer & Paul Bernhardt)
G Radio & Radar Techniques (John Sahr & Frank Lind)
G Planetary Ionospheres (Mike Mendillo)
G/H Impacts of the Ionosphere on Terrestrial Systems (A. Coster and Dougherty)
G/H Meteor Physics (Sigrid Close, Diego Janches)
G/H Lightning and Sprites (Elizabeth Gerken and Steve Cummer)
G/H Using Naval Beacons for Atmospheric Research (Paul Kintner and Attila Komjathy)
G/H Polar Mesospheric Summer Echoes and the Mesosphere (Mihaly Horanyi and Mike Kelley)

COMMISSION H
Waves in Plasma
Gurudas Ganguli, (202) 767-2401
gang@ppdmail.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
SPECIAL SESSIONS:
G/H Impacts of the Ionosphere on Terrestrial Systems (A. Coster and Dougherty)
G/H Meteor Physics (Sigrid Close, Diego Janches)
G/H Lightning and Sprites (Elizabeth Gerken and Steve Cummer)
G/H Using Naval Beacons for Atmospheric Research (Paul Kintner and Attila Komjathy)
G/H Polar Mesospheric Summer Echoes and the Mesosphere (Mihaly Horanyi and Mike Kelley)
H Plasma Insabilities and Waves (Rob Pfaff and Yakov Dimant)
H Numerical Simulations (Joe Huba and Wayne Scales)
H Radiation Belt (Greg Ginet and Guru Ganguli)
H Laboratory Experiments (Ed Thomas and Scott Robertson)

COMMISSION J
Radio Astronomy
John Carlstrom, (773) 834-0269
jc@hyde.uchicago.edu
TOPICS
Mirror fabrication, alignment and metrology for radio telescopes
Optics for wide field imaging
New developments in bolometers for radio astronomy
Large low frequency arrays for radio astronomy
Spectrum management in the 21st century

COMMISSION K
Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine
Om Gandhi
gandhi@ee.ece.utah.edu
TOPICS
Biological effects
Biomedical applications
Dosimetry
Exposure assessment
Applications of RF to medicine
SPECIAL SESSION: Human Body Phantoms for Wideband EM Interactions