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:
 Spectrum Management
Contacts:
Karen St.Germain (Comm. F), karen.stgermain@noaa.gov Andrew Clegg (Comm. J), aclegg@nsf.gov

ABSTRACTS Will be due September 18, 2005
STUDENT PRIZE PAPER COMPETITION SUBMISSIONS will be due September 18, 2005
Call for Papers (PDF)
Special Sessions (PDF)

COMMISSION A, Electromagnetic Metrology
Vijay Nair, (503) 712-6122, v.nair@ieee.org
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
David R. Jackson, (713) 743-4426, djackson@uh.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
L. Wilson Pearson, (864) 656-3946, pearson@ces.clemson.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
Cynthia Ropiak, (410) 903-2907, cropiak@earthlink.net
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
Roger Lang, (202) 994 -6199, lang@gwu.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. Mathews, (814) 865-2354, jdm9@psu.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
Meers Openheim, (617) 353-6139, meerso@bu.edu
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
David P. Woody, (760) 938-2075 ext. 111, dpw@ovro.caltech.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
Gianluca Lazzi, (919) 513-3685, lazzi@eos.ncsu.edu
TOPICS
    Biological effects
    Biomedical applications
    Dosimetry Exposure assessment
    Applications of RF to medicine

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