National Radio Science MeetingUniversity of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado TECHNICAL PROGRAM |
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Thursday morning session: Plenary session
only
9:00 AM, Mathematics Auditorium
Thursday afternoon sessions:
9:50-10:20 Break
10:20 Invited Presentations
11:20 Award Presentations: Announcement of results of Student Paper Contest
voting (Dr. Gasiewski)
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, January 10, 2002
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ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPLEX MEDIA AND METAMATERIALS
Chairpersons: N. Engheta (engheta@ee.upenn.edu) and J.M. Arnold (jma@elec.gla.ac.uk)
Special Session organized by N. Engheta
1335 Introduction
B3-1
13:40
On a Special Bianisotropic Medium
Olyslager, F., Lindell I.V.
Department of Information Technology
Ghent University
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41
Ghent, B 9000
Belgium
B3-2
14:00
Exact Scattering from Metallic Wedges Edge-coated with Anisotropic Materials
Erricolo,D.,Uslenghi,P.L.E.
Dept. of ECE (MC 154)
University of Illinois at Chicago
851 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607
USA
B3-3
14:20
Upper limit for the loss factor of the chirality parameter in isotropic media
Ari Sihvola
Helsinki University of Technology
Electromagnetics Laboratory
P.O. Box 3000
Espoo, Finland FIN-02015 HUT
Finland
B3-4
14:40
Longitudinally Symmetric Artificial Materials Isorefractive with Free Space
Tyo, J. S.
EECE Department
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1356
USA
B3-5
15:00
Quasi-phase-matching second-order nonlinear optics by quantum-well superlattice
intermixing
Arnold, J. M., Hutchings, D. C.
Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, UK G12 8LT
UK
15:20-15:40: BREAK
B3-6
15:40
Simulation and Characterization of Left-Handed Metamaterials
Smith, D. R., Vier, D. C., Shelby, R. A., Kroll, N., Schultz, S.
Department of Physics, 0319
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0319
USA
B3-7
16:00
Macroscoping modeling of electromagnetic fields in negative refraction index
metamaterials
Cummer, S.A.
Duke University
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
PO Box 90291
Durham, NC 27708
USA
B3-8
16:20
DESIGN AND MODELING OF NEGATIVE PERMITTIVITY AND PERMEABILITY METAMATERIALS
Ziolkowski, Richard W.
Prof. Richard W. Ziolkowski
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Arizona
1230 E. Speedway Blvd.
Tucson, AZ 85721
US
B3-9
16:40
Meta-materials and sheets with wide-band negative material parameters
Tretyakov, S.A.
Radio Laboratory
Helsinki University of Technology
P.O. 3000
HUT, n/a FIN-02015
Finland
B3-10
17:00
Guided Waves in Paired Dielectric-Metamaterial with Negative Permittivity and
Permeability Layers
Engheta, N.
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Electrical Engineering
200 South 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6390
U.S.A
IMAGE MODELING AND INVERSE PROBLEMS
Chairperson: R. Nowak (nowak@rice.edu)
13:55 Introduction
C3-1
14:00
On Modeling Location Uncertainty in Images
Michael Orchard
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rice University
6100 Main Street
MS 380
Houston , TX 77005
USA
C3-2
14:20
Wavelet Domain Edge Grammars
Justin Romberg, Richard Baranuik
ECE Department
Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005
United States
C3-3
14:40
Stochastic Multiresolution Models for Turbulence
Whitcher, B.
Geophysical Statistics Project
Climate and Global Dynamics Division
National Center for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
USA
C3-4
15:00
A Statistical Multiscale Framework for Inverse Imaging Problems
Robert Nowak and Eric Kolaczyk
ECE Dept., MS 380
Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005-1892
USA
15:20-15:40: BREAK
C3-5
15:40
Wavelet based estimation of a semi parametric
Francois Meyer
University of Colorado at Boulder
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Campus Box 425
Boulder, CO 803009-0425
USA
C3-6
16:00
Poisson emission tomography using compressed list mode data
Kragh, T.J., Hero, A.O.
4229 EECS
University of Michigan
1301 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122
USA
C3-7
16:20
Alpha Divergence for Feature Pruning and Indexing of Large Biological Databases
Gorman, J.D., Hero, A.O.
Cytoprint, Inc.
3900 Paseo del Sol
Santa Fe, NM 87507
USA
C3-8
16:40
Estimation of noise and blur parameters for blind deconvolution of natural images
Andre Jalobeanu, Laure Blanc-Feraud, Josiane Zerubia
CNRS / INRIA / UNSA
BP 93, 2004 Route des Lucioles
Sophia-Antipolis, N/A 06902
FRANCE
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Chairpersons: P. Ajayan (ajayan@rpi.edu)
13:35 Introduction
D1-1
13:40 (40-minute talk)
NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
Richard W. Siegel
Materials Science and Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th Street
Troy, NY 12180
U.S.A.
D1-2
14:20 (40-minute talk)
Carbon Nanotubes in Nanoelectronics and Sensors
Meyya Meyyappan
NASA Ames Research Center
Center for Nanotechnology, MS 229-3
Moffett Field, CA 94035
U.S.A.
15:00-15:20: BREAK
D1-3
15:20 (40-minute talk)
Pattern Definition in Self-Assembled Photonic Band Gap Materials
Paul Braun
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1304 West Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
U.S.A.
D1-4
16:00 (40-minute talk)
Carbon Nanotubes as Robust Electron Field Emitters for Vacuum Electronics
Otto Zhou
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
U.S.A.
D1-5
16:40 (40-minute talk)
Photonic Devices Based on Carbon Nanotube - Organic Matrix Composites
David L. Carroll
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Clemson University
307 Kinard Lab
Clemson, SC 29634-1911
U.S.A.
D1-6
17:20 (40-minute talk)
Noise Aspects of Nanotechnology Driven Electronics
Laszlo Kish
Texas A&M University
Department of Electrical Engineering
Coolege Station, TX 77843-3128
USA
HIGH POWER ELECTROMAGNETICS
Chairperson: L.H. Bowen (lhbowen@farr-research.com)
1335 Introduction
E1-1
13:40
Effect of Unwanted Electromagnetic Signals on Message Signaling
Boling, R., Kohlberg, I.
Institute for Defense Analyses
Alexandria, VA 22311
USA
E1-2
14:00
Application of Computational Electromagnetics to EMI Effects Analysis
Hankla,B.J., Ropiak,C.A.,Hayes,P.
NSWCDD Code B20
17320 Dahlgren Rd
Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100
USA
E1-3
14:20
Application of Multivariate Logistic Regression to the Problem of EMI Effects
Analysis
Gardner, R.L., Larkin, T.W., Ropiak, C.A.
Naval Surface Warfare Center
Code B20
17320 Dahlgren Road
Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100
USA
E1-4
14:40
CHAOTIC COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH ARBITRARY ATTENUATION: A HARDWARE DEMONSTRATION
Fleming-Dahl,A.
Southwest Research Institute
PO Drawer 28510
San Antonio, TX 78228-0510
USA
E1-5
15:00
Effect of Propagation on a Lightning Standard Current Waveform
Gardner, R. L.
6152 Manchester Park Circle
Alexandria, VA 22310
USA
15:20-15:40: BREAK
E1-6
15:40
Zeus: The World's Largest Man-Made ELF Transmitter
Fraser-Smith, A.C., Bannister, P.R.
Department of Electrical Engineering
David Packard EE Building, Rm. 358
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-9515
USA
E1-7
16:00
Relationships Between Time- and Frequency-Domain Norms of Scalar Functions
Carl E. Baum
Air Force Research Laboratory DEHE
3550 Aberdeen Ave SE
Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5776
USA
E1-8
16:20
Progress in the Optimization of Impulse Radiating Antennas
Bowen, L.H., Farr, E.G., Tran, T.C.
8 Ridge Road
Placitas, NM 87043
USA
E1-9
16:40
Antennas for the Switched-Oscillator Source
Carl E. Baum
Air Force Research Laboratory DEHE
3550 Aberdeen Ave SE
Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5776
USA
E1-10
17:00
Use of aperture trimming to improve prompt radiated response from an IRA
Tyo, J. S., Baretela, M. J.
EECE Department
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1356
USA
E1-11
17:20
Experimental Verification of Ultra-Wideband Antenna Elements Embedded in a Planar
Array
Schoenberg, J.S.H., Krueger, R.M.
615 Bear Trap Way
Monument, CO 80132-9449
USA
E1-12
17:40
Fast Trigatron and Ferratron Measurements
Farr, E.G., Elizondo, J.M., Lehr, J. M., Ellibee, D.E.
614 Paseo Del Mar NE
Albuquerque, NM 87123
USA
PROPAGATION MODELING AND MEASUREMENTS: II
Chairperson: K. Anderson (kenn@spawar.navy.mil)
13:55 Introduction
F2-1
14:00
Mid-path Near-Surface Atmosphere Properties in Roughness and Evaporation Duct
(RED) Experiment
Davidson, K.L., Frederickson, P. A.
Department of Meterology, Code MR/Ds
589 Dyer Road
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA 93943
USA
F2-2
14:20
Using Instrumented Kites to Quantify Atmospheric Conditions During the RED
Guest, P.S., Davidson, K. L., Frederickson, P. A., Mabey, D.
Department of Meteorology
589 Dyer Road, Room 254
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA 93043
USA
F2-3
14:40
Evaluation of Evaporation Duct Model Performance Using AREPS
Frederickson, P., Davidson, K., Stapleton, J., Shanklin, D., Wiss, R., Nguyen,T.,
Burgess, E., Weeks, C., Thornton, W., Brown, T.
Department of Meteorology
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA 93943-5114
USA
F2-4
15:00
Non-Line of Sight Propagation over Mountainous Terrain
Pelman,K.,Young,G.,Fast,S.A.
The Pennsylvania State University
Applied Research Laboratory
P.O. Box 30
State College, Pa 16801-0030
USA
15:20-15:40: BREAK
F2-5
15:40
Probability distributions of path-loss in an urban microcellular LOS environments
under road traffic conditions.
Shimizu, H., Masui, H., Ishii, M., Sakawa, K., Kobayashi, T., Abo, M., Nagasawa,
C.
YRP Key Tech. Labs. Co., Ltd.
3-4, HIkari-no-oka
Yokosuka, Kanagawa 239-0847
Japan
F2-6
16:00
Microwave Path-loss Characteristics with High Base Station Antenna in an Urban
Area
Sakawa, K. , Shimizu, H. , Ishii, M. , Masui, H. , Kobayashi, T.
YRP Mobile Telecommunications Key Technology Research Laboratories Co., Ltd.
YRP Center, Ichibankan, 6F
3-4 Hikari-no-oka
Yokosuka, Kanagawa 239-0847
JAPAN
F2-7
16:20
Forward and Inverse Analyses of GPS Radio Occultations in the Neutral Atmosphere
Ao, C.O., Hajj, G.A., Leroy, S.S., Iijima, B.A., de la Torre Juarez, M., Mannucci,
A.J.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Drive, M/S 238-600
Pasadena, CA 91109
USA
F2-8 (MOVED TO PLENARY SESSION ON THURSDAY
MORNING)
Techniques to improve imaging through discrete scattering media
Jaruwatanadilok, S., Ishimaru, A., Kuga, Y.
Department of Electrical Engineering
Box 352500
University of Washington, Seattle
Seattle, WA 98195
USA
DATA ASSIMILATION
Chairperson: D. Anderson (David.Anderson@noaa.gov)
13:55 Introduction
G2-1
14:00
Ionospheric Tomography and Data Assimilation Models
Schunk, R. W., Scherliess, L., Sojka, J. J.
Utah State University
Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences
4405 Old Main Hill, SER 246
Logan, UT 84322-4405
USA
G2-2
14:20
Development of a Physics-Based Reduced State Kalman Filter for the Ionosphere
in GAIM
Scherliess, L., Schunk, R.W., Sojka, J.J., Thompson, D.C.
Utah State University
Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences
4405 Old Main Hill, SER 246
Logan, UT 84322-4405
USA
G2-3
14:40
Validation of a Global Ionospheric Data Assimilation Model
Wilson, B., Hajj, G., Wang, C., Pi, X., Rosen, I.G.
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
MS 138-308
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
PASADENA, CA 91109
USA
G2-4
15:00
Determining a `Break-Even' Point for Kalman Data Assimilation in the Ionosphere
Sojka, J.J., Schunk, R.W., Scherliess, L., Thompson, D.C.
Utah State University
Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences
4405 Old Main Hill, SER 246
Logan, UT 84322-4405
USA
15:20-15:40: BREAK
G2-5
15:40
Data Assimilation with data from SSUSI and GUVI - What UV Imagers Can
Contribute
Paxton, L. J., Morrison, D., Zhang, Y. Kil, H. Wolven, B., Meng, C-I.
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.
11100 Johns Hopkins Rd.
Laurel, MD 20723
USA
G2-6
16:00
Using Various Kalman Filtering Techniques for Neutral Composition Forecasting
Minter, C.F., Fuller-Rowell, T.J., Codrescu, M.V.
NOAA/Space Environment Center
Skaggs Research Center
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80305
USA
G2-7
16:20
Application of Empirical Orthgonal Functions (EOF) to a Data Assimilation Procedure
Matsuo, T., Richmond, A.D.
High Altitude Observatory
National Center for Atmospheric Research
P.O.Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307
USA
G2-8
16:40
Web-Based Empirical Models of the Ionosphere and Thermosphere Using Incoherent
Scatter Radar Data
Holt, J.M., Zhang, S.
MIT Haystack Observatory
Route 40
Westford, MA 01886
USA
LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS AND SPACECRAFT - PLASMA INTERACTIONS
Chairperson: W.E. Amatucci (amatucci@ccf.nrl.navy.mil)
13:35 Introduction
H2-1
13:40
Dust Particles Detected in the Outer Solar System by the Voyager 1 and 2 Plasma
Wave Instruments
Gurnett, D.A., Persoon, A.M., Kurth, W.S., Granroth, L.J.
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
USA
H2-2
14:00
Particle transport in rf and dc glow discharge complex plasmas implications
for laboratory and microgravity studies
Thomas, E.
Physics Department
206 Allison Laboratory
Auburn University
Auburn University, AL 36849
USA
H2-3
14:20
Ground-based Measurements Simulating Space Environment Interaction of Materials
and SEE Spacecraft Charging Materials Database for Spacecraft Charging Modeling
Dennison, J.R., Chang, W.-Y., Nicles, N., Thomson, C.D., Kite, J., Davies, R.E.
JR Dennison
Physics Department UMC 4415
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322-4415
USA
H2-4
14:40
Recent Developments of the Plasma Impedance Probe Technique at Utah State University
Ward J. D., Swenson C. M., Furse C. M., Fish C.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Utah State University
4120 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322
USA
H2-5
15:00
Mitigation of Spacecraft Charging for the Purpose of Conducting Plasma Measurements
Pollock, C.J., Moore, T.E.
Space Sci. & Eng. Div.
SwRI
6220 Culebra Road
San Antonio, TX 78238-5166
USA
15:20-15:40: BREAK
H2-6
15:40
Properties of the Auroral Zone Ionosphere Inferred Using Plasma Contactor Data
From the International Space Station
Koontz, S.L., Bering, E.A.III, Evans, D.S., Katz, I., Gardner, B., Suggs, R.M.,
Minow, J.I., Dalton, P.J., Ferguson, D.C., Hillard, G.B., Counts, J.L., Barsamian,
H., Kern, J., Mikatarian, R.
Physics Department
617 Science and Research 1
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-5005
USA
H2-7
16:00
Measurements of Shear Alfven Wave Dispersion for Finite Perpendicular Wave Number
Kletzing, C. A., Bounds, S. R., Gekelman, W., Mitchell, C.
Department of Physics \& Astronomy
203 Van Allen Hall
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
USA
H2-8
16:20
Ion Joule heating in laboratory simulations of space plasma processes
Walker, D.N., Amatucci, W.E., Ganguli, G.I., Fernsler, R.F.
Plasma Physics Division
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC 20375
USA
H2-9
16:40
Laboratory Measurements of Ion Drifts and Density Perturbations Associated With
Large Amplitude Shear Alfven Waves
Palmer, N.E., Gekelman, W.N.
UCLA Plasma Physics, IPFR Lab
1000 Veteran Ave. Ste. 15-70
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1696
USA
H2-10
17:00
On the role of lower hybrid collapse in the auroral ionosphere
Schuck, P. W., Ganguli, G. I., Kintner, P. M.
Naval Research Laboratory
Code 6794
4555 Overlook Ave., SW
Washington , DC 20375
USA
H2-11
17:20
Space Chamber Investigation of Magnetospheric Boundary Layer Dynamics
Balkey, M. M., Amatucci, W. E., Ganguli, G., Walker, D. N.
Plasma Physics Division - Code 6755
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC 20375
U.S.A.
NEXT GENERATION VLBI DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
Chairperson: J. Romney (jromney@nrao.edu)
13:55 Introduction
J2-1
14:00
The S3 Wide Bandwidth VLBI Data Record-Playback System and Consideration for
the Future of Wide Bandwidth VLBI Data Record-Playback Systems
Cannon, W.H., Newby, P., Feil, G., Novikov, A., Feir, B.
CRESTech
4850 Keele Street
1st Floor
North York, Ontario M3J 3K1
Canada
J2-2
14:20
Mark 5 Disc-Based VLBI Data System
Whitney, A.R.
MIT Haystack Observatory
Rt. 40
Westford, MA 01886
US
J2-3
14:40 (40-minute talk)
EVN approaches to next generation VLBI data transmission systems
Parsley, S.M., Pogrebenko, S.V.
JIVE
Postbus 2
Dwingeloo, NL 7990 AA
Netherlands
15:20-15:40: BREAK
J2-4
15:40
Recent VLBI Activities at CRL
Kondo, T., Koyama, Y., Nakajima, J., Sekido, M., Ichikawa, R., Kawai, E., Okubo,
H., Osaki, H., Kimura, M., Yoshino, T., Amagai, J., Kiuchi, H., Takahashi, F.
Kashima Space Research Center
Communications Research Laboratory
893-1 Hirai
Kashima, Ibaraki 314-0012
JAPAN
J2-5
16:00 (40-minute talk)
Optical Fibre Links in e-MERLIN
Spencer,R.E., Anderson,B., McCool,R.
University of Manchester
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9DL
UK
J2-6
16:40
The Future of VLBI Data Transmission at the NRAO
Walker, R.C.
NRAO
P. O. Box O
Socorro, NM 87801
USA