Ap-S 2014 - 2014 Ieee International Symposium On Antennas And Propagation And Usnc/Ursi National Radio Science Meeting (Ap-S)

AP-S GENERAL TOPICS
1. Adaptive, active, and smart antennas
2. Antenna feeds and matching
3. Antenna near fields and mutual coupling
4. Antenna theory and design
5. Biomedical applications
6. Broadband antennas and systems
7. Dielectric resonator antennas
8. Electromagnetic bandgap materials
9. Electromagnetic education
10. Electromagnetic properties of materials
11. Electromagnetic theory
12. EM measurements and measurement
techniques
13. FDTD methods
14. FEM methods
15. Frequency-selective surfaces
16. High frequency and asymptotic methods
17. Indoor, urban, terrestrial, and ionospheric
propagation
18. Integral equation methods
19. Inverse scattering and imaging
20. Metamaterials
21. Microstrip antennas, arrays, and circuits
22. MIMO implementations and applications
23. Mobile and PCS antennas
24. Multi-frequency antennas
25. Nano-electromagnetics
26. Numerical methods
27. Optimization methods in EM design
28. Parallel and special-processor based
numerical methods
29. Phased-array antennas
30. Propagation and scattering in random or
complex media
31. Radar imagery
32. Reconfigurable antennas and arrays
33. Reflector antennas
34. Remote sensing
35. RFID antennas and systems
36. Scattering, diffraction, and RCS
37. Slotted and guided wave antennas
38. Small antennas
39. Software control of antennas
40. Transients and time-domain techniques
41. Ultra wideband antennas and systems
42. Vehicular antennas and electromagnetics
43. Wideband antennas and systems
44. Wireless antennas and applications
URSI TOPICS
Commission A - Electromagnetic
Metrology
Chair: Christopher L. Holloway, National
Institute of Standards and Technology,
christopher.holloway-AT-nist.gov
A1. Microwave to sub-millimeter
measurements/standards
A2. Quantum metrology and fundamental
concepts
A3. Time and frequency
A4. Time-domain metrology, EM-field
metrology
A5. EMC and EM pollution
A6. Noise
A7. Materials
A8. Bioeffects and medical applications
A9. Antenna
A10. Impulse radar
A11. Interconnect and packaging
Commission B - Fields and Waves
Chair: Sembiam Rengarajan, California State
University ? Northridge
sembiam.rengarajan-AT-csun.edu
B1. Antenna arrays
B2. Antenna theory, design, and
measurements
B3. Complex, novel, or specialized media
B3.1. Electromagnetic bandgap (EBG
structures)
B3.2. Biological media
B3.3. Geophysical media
B3.4. Metamaterials
B4. Educational methods and tools
B5. Electromagnetic interaction and coupling
B6. Guided waves and wave-guiding
structures
B7. High-frequency techniques
B8. Imaging, inverse scattering and remote
sensing
B9. Microstrip antennas and printed devices
B10. Nanoscale electromagnetics
B11. Nonlinear electromagnetics
B12. Numerical Methods
B12.1. Fast Methods
B12.2. Finite-Difference methods
B12.3. Frequency-Domain methods
B12.4. Hybrid methods
B12.5. Integral-Equation methods
B12.6. Time-Domain methods
B13. Optimization techniques
B14. Propagation phenomena and effects
B15. Rough surfaces and random media
B16. Scattering and diffraction
B17. Theoretical electromagnetics
B18. Transient fields, effects, and systems
B19. Ultra-wideband electromagnetics
B20. Wireless communications
Commission C - Radiocommunication
Systems and Signal Processing
Chair: Amir I. Zaghloul, Virginia Tech, amirz-AT-
vt.edu
C1. Radio communication systems
C2. Spectrum and medium utilization
C3. Information theory, coding, modulation
and detection
C4. Signal and image processing
Commission D - Electronics and Photonics
Chair: Jennifer Bernhard, University
of Illinois ? Urbana-Champaign,
jbernhar-AT-illinois.edu
D1. Novel transmission line structures and
materials, containing passive and/or
active components
D2. Electronic devices, circuits, and applications
D3. Photonic devices, circuits, and applications
D4. Physics, materials, CAD, technology and
reliability of electronic and photonic
devices, with particular reference to radio
science and telecommunications
Commission E - Electromagnetic
Environment and Interference
Chair: Everett Farr, Farr Research, Inc., efarr-AT-
farr-research.com
E1. Electromagnetic environment
E1.1. Electromagnetic noise of natural origin
E1.2. Man-made noise
E2. Electromagnetic compatibility
measurement technologies
E3. Electromagnetic compatibility standards
E4. Legal aspects of electromagnetic
compatibility
E5. Electromagnetic radiation hazards
E6. Electromagnetic compatibility education
E7. Computational electromagnetics in
electromagnetic compatibility
E7.1. Computer Modeling
E7.2. Model Validation
E7.3. Statistical Analysis
E8. Effects of natural and intentional
emissions on system performance
E8.1. Crosstalk
E8.2. Effects of transients
E8.3. System analysis
E8.4. Signal integrity
E8.5. Electromagnetic compatibility in
communication systems
E8.6. Statistical analysis
E9. High-power electromagnetics
E9.1. Electrostatic discharge
E9.2. Electromagnetic pulse and lightning
E9.3. Transients
E9.4. Power transmission
E10. Spectrum management
Commission F - Wave Propagation and
Remote Sensing USNC
Chair: V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State
University, chandra-AT-engr.colostate.edu
F1. Point-to-point propagation effects
F1.1. Measurements
F1.2. Propagation models
F1.3. Multipath/mitigation
F1.4. Land or water paths
F1.5. Scattering/diffraction
F1.6. Indoor/outdoor links
F1.7. Mobile/fixed paths
F1.8. Horizontal/slant paths
F1.9. Surface/atmosphere interactions
F1.10. Atmospheric constituents
F1.11. Dispersion/delay
F1.12. Natural/man-made structures
F2. Remote sensing of the Earth by
radio waves
F2.1. Atmospheric sensing
F2.2. Ocean and sea ice
F2.3. Field campaigns
F2.4. Interferometry and SAR
F2.5. Subsurface sensing
F2.6. Scattering/diffraction
F2.7. Radiation and emission
F2.8. Propagation effects
F2.9. Urban environments
F2.10. Soil moisture & terrain
Commission G - Ionospheric Radio and
Propagation
Chair: Frank D. Lind, MIT Haystack
Observatory, flind-AT-haystack.mit.edu
G1. Global morphology and modeling of the
ionosphere
G2. Ionospheric space-time variations
G3. Development of tools and networks
needed to measure ionospheric
properties and trends
G4. Theory and practice of radio propagation
via the ionosphere
G5. Application of ionospheric information to
radio systems
Commission K - Electromagnetics in
Biology and Medicine
Chair: Erdem Topsakal, Mississippi State
University, topsakal-AT-ece.msstate.edu
K1. Biological effects
K2. Dosimetry and exposure assessment
K3. Electromagnetic imaging and sensing
applications
K4. Therapeutic, rehabilitative, and other
biomedical applications
K5. Human body interactions with antennas
and other electromagnetic devices