CHAPTER
INFORMATION
Reminder About
Chapter Support
If your chapter intends to apply for annual support, special-project support, or a Chapter Chair Travel Grant, please remember to send me your request as soon as possible. Please remember that completion of the AP-S annual report form is a necessary prerequisite before support from AP-S can be processed.
Report from
AdCom Meeting
A Chapter report was presented at the AP-S AdCom meeting in Columbus, Ohio, on Feb. 23, 2003. A summary of the important chapter statistics is given below.
à We presently have 61 active chapters (22 in the U. S., 4 in Canada, and 35 from outside North America).
à The winner of the 2001 Best Chapter Award was the Moscow Chapter.
à A total of $20,000 in support was given to the chapters in 2002, meeting the limits of the chapter budget. Of this total, $11,350 was given in annual support, $2,650 was given in special-project support, $5,000 was given in Chapter Chair Travel Grants, and $1,000 was given for the Best Chapter Award.
The special projects for 2002 are listed below:
East Ukraine: $500 Short course: Mathematical Models of Computational
Electromagnetics
Kharkov: $500 Workshop: Ultra Wideband and Ultrashort Impulse Signals
Moscow: $500 Creation of AP-S Library and meeting/seminar room
Phoenix: $450 Co-sponsorship of the first annual Workshop on RF Devices and
Packaging for Wireless Communications
St. Petersburg: $200 All-Russia student conference in Radiophysics
Winnipeg: $500 Student paper contest for ANTEM conference
The Chapters receiving the Chapter Chair Travel Grant award for 2002 were:
Croatia: $1,000
East Ukraine: $1,000
Georgia (FSU) $1,000
New South Wales: $1,000
Poland: $1,000
Membership Fee Subsidy Program
At the AP-S AdCom Meeting, AdCom approved the formation of a Membership Fee Subsidy Program (MFSP) that parallels what the MTT-S and ED-S Societies have in place.
The MFSP program supplements the IEEE Minimum Income Special
Considerations Option.” (MISCO) that is available for IEEE members whose salary
is less than $10,000. Under MISCO, IEEE will subsidize IEEE members for 50% of
the IEEE membership and 50% of the membership for one society.
The MFSP pays the other 50% of the IEEE membership dues and the other 50%
of the society membership.
The restrictions are as follows:
à
A limit of 10
members per chapter.
à
A limit of two years that any member may receive this
subsidy.
à
At least 60% of the members that are being subsidized
each year must be new members of the Society.
à
Members are not allowed to receive the subsidy from
more than one Society simultaneously
à
Limits of 100 members and an annual support level of
$5,000 have been imposed.
RECENT CHAPTER
MEETINGS
Albuquerque
March 6, 2003, “Microstrip Antennas with Reduced
Surface-Wave and Lateral-Wave Excitation,” David R. Jackson, Dept. of Electrical
and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, USA.
March 26, 2003, “Homeland Security Technology
Issues,” Prof. Mitra Dutta, Head of Department, Dept. of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
East Ukraine
February 8, 2003, “The Scattering of
Electromagnetic Waves by a Thin Impedance Wire in a Circular Waveguide,” Dr. S.
Priimenko, NSC Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology, Kharkov, Ukraine.
February, 17, 2003, “Frequency and Polarization
Selection in One- and Multi-Element Metal-Dielectric UHF Structures,” V.
Khardikov (Ph.D. dissertation), Kharkov National University, Kharkov, Ukraine.
February, 28,
2003, “Diffraction of Electromagnetic Waves from Periodic Strip Gratings With
Chiral Medium,” (Ph.D. dissertation), S. Panin, IRE NASU, Kharkov,
Ukraine.
March, 12, 2003, “Development of Near-Zone Techniques for the Determination
of the Characteristics for Radiating Systems using Broadband Signals,” (Ph.D.
dissertation), A.Usina, Kharkov National University, Kharkov, Ukraine.
March, 15,2003, “Coupled Oscillators Model in the
Theory of Layered Dielectric,” K. Kramarenko, NSC Kharkov Institute of Physics
and Technology, Kharkov, Ukraine.
Hong Kong
February 11, 2003 “Fast Coupled Electromagnetic-Circuit Solvers for
Full-Wave and Parasitic Simulation of Systems on Chip,” Prof Vikram Jandhyala, Department of Electrical Engineering,
University of Washington, USA.
February 25,
2003, “Recent Development on
Terahertz Radiation Sources,” Prof. Liu Shenggang, University of Electronic Science and
Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China.
February 28,
2003, “Ionospheric Physics and Propagation and their Applications to Radar and
Telecommunication Systems, Prof. Wu Jian, Deputy Director of the China Research Institute of Radiowave
Propagation (CRIRP) and Director of the National Key Laboratory of
Electromagnetic Environment (LEME), Xinxiang, China.
March 10, 2003, “FDTD
Analysis of Microwave Active Circuits,” Prof Qing-Xin Chu, School of
Electronic Engineering, Xidian University, China.
March 13, 2003,
“Signal Integrity Design Versus Radiated Emission Control,” Dr. Cheung-Wei Lam,
Senior EMC Engineer at Apple Computer.
Moscow
February 4, 2003, “An Element-Wise Synthesis Method for Reactively Loaded Array Antennas,”
Dr. A. S. Kondratiev, MPEI-TU, Moscow, Russia.
February 4, 2003, “Phase-Only Nulling in the Pattern of a Monopulse Antenna Array,” Dr. A.D.
Khzmalyan, Altair, Moscow, Russia.
April 1, 2002,
“Some Features of Aalysis and Performance of a Quasi-TEM Conical Horn
April 1, 2002,
“Model of the ball Lightning (the Fireball Model),” Dr. F. N. Shakirzianov,
MPEI-TU, Moscow.
Japan
January 23
2002, “Personal Experience in Computational Electromagnetics Research,” Prof.
Hiroyoshi Ikuno, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto Japan.
February 20,
2003, “Fellow Lecture: Polarimetric Radar and its Application,” Prof. Yoshio
Yamaguchi, Niigata University, NHK Science & Technical Research
Laboratories, Tokyo Japan.
Nanjing
March 3,
2003, “Multiplicative Phased Arrays,” Prof. Robert H. MacPhie,
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo,
Canada.
March
4, 2003, “The Poynting Vector Method for the Impedance of a Thin Dipole
Antenna fed by a
Two-Wire
Transmission Line,” Prof. Robert H. MacPhie, Dept. of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.
Singapore
January 6, 2003, “Progress in Studies of the Antarctic Upper Atmospheric Physics in China,” Prof. Rui-Yuan Liu, Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai, China.
January 6, 2003, “Investigation of Ionospheric Absorption Processes Using Imaging Riometer at Zhongshan,” Antarctica, Prof. Rui-Yuan Liu, Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai, China.
January 6, 2003, “Design
and Analysis of Millimeter-Wave Microwave and Integrated Antennas, “ Dr. Tomasz
Grzegorczyk, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA,
January 7, 2003, “The Development of Inflatable Array Antennas,” Dr. John
Huang, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena,
CA, USA.
January 7, 2003, “Research Activities in the Centre for Computational
Electromagnetics,” Prof. Wei Hong, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
January 7, 2003, “Basis Functions and Fast SVD Methods for MOM Computations,” Prof. Jin-Fa Lee, ElectroScience Laboratory, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
January 11, 2003, “The Marvels of
Electromagnetic Band Gap (EBG) Structures,” Prof. Yahya Rahmat-Samii, Dept. of
Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Ca, USA.
January 11, 2003, “Millimeter-Wave Single-Layer Slotted Waveguide Array
Antennas,” Prof. Jiro Hirokawa, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
January 13, 2003, “Propagation
and Losses in Negative Refraction Index Materials,” Dr. Tomasz Grzegorczyk,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
January 13, 2003, “An
Introduction to the Fast-MoM,” Prof. Alireza Baghai-Wadji, Institute for
Industrial Electronics and Materials Science, Vienna University of Technology,
Vienna, Austria.
January 20, 2003, “Ultra-Low Noise High Stability Oscillators and
Measurement Systems,” Prof. Michael Edmund Tobar, Dept. of Physics, University
of Western Australia.
January 20, 2003, “Novel High-Q Dielectric Resonators and Applications
to Measuring Electronic and Magnetic Properties,” Prof. Michael Edmund Tobar,
Department of Physics, University of Western Australia.
January 22, 2003, “Ionospheric Physics and Propagation and Their Applications
to Radar and Telecommunications Systems,” Prof. Jian Wu, State Key Laboratory
for Electromagnetic Environments, Beijing, China.
February 13, 2003, “Smart Antenna for Next Generation Wireless
Systems,” Dr. Fakhrul Alam, North South University, Bangladesh.
February 14, 2003, “FEM Analysis of Coplanar Waveguides Loaded with
Ferrite Magnetized in Arbitrary Direction,” Prof. Le-Zhu Zhou, Peking
University, Beijing, China.
February 14, 2003, “A Pseudo-Spectral Analysis of Photonic Crystals,”
Prof. Alireza Baghai-Wadji, Institute for Industrial Electronics and Materials
Science, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
February 25, 2003, “Advanced Finite Element
and Hybrid Fast Methods for Computational Electromagnetics: I and II,” Prof.
Jian Ming Jin, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
West Ukraine
January 15, 2003, “Microstrip Antenna Arrays with
Multilayered Dielectric,” D. G. Seleznyov
and I. I. Reznik, Institute of
Radio Astronomy, NASU, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
January 23, 2003, "Mathematical Modeling of
Magnetizing Systems of Informative-Measuring Complexes for Retentive Materials
Parameter Control," V. S., Madaj, National University Lviv Polytechnic,
Lviv, Ukraine.
January 29, 2003, “Electromagnetic Wave
Propagation in Two-Dimensional Nonregular Structures: Development and
Realization of Rigorous Methods of Analysis,” V. L. Pazynin, Institute of Radio
Physics and Electronics, NASU, Kharkiv, Ukraine
February 17, 2003, “Frequency and Polarization
Selection in One- and Multielement Metal-Dielectric UHF Structures, V. V.
Khardikov, Kharkov National University, Kharkov, Ukraine.
February 25, 2003, “Development of the
Statistical Methods and Means for Diagnostic of the Technical and Biometric
objects,” Dr. Yuriy Isayev, Physico-Mechanical Institute, NASU, Lviv, Ukraine.
Winnipeg
February
25, 2003, “Using Micro-Stripes for Time Domain Electromagnetic Simulations,”
Mike Phelan, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of
Manitoba, Canada.
March 11, 2003, “Discrete Time Domain Images for
Sommerfeld Half-Space Problem with Vertical Magnetic Dipole Based on Transient
Spectral Domain Method,” Dr. Gh. Rafi, Department of Electrical & Computer
Engineering, University of Manitoba, Canada.
March 25, 2003, “GPR Imaging for Landmine
Detection,” Mr. Hong Su, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Manitoba, Canada.
The Japan
Chapter conducted the first IEEE AP-S
Region 10 Chapter Chairs' Meeting on November 25, held at Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Ofuna, Japan. A number of Region 10 AP-S Chairs as well as
AP-S AdCom members attended. The second meeting will be held during ISAPE 2003 in Beijing. Please see the
Chapter Spotlight below for photos from the meeting.
The Japan Chapter provided technical support for the
ISAP Conference held Nov. 26 to 28, 2002, at Yokosuka Research Park (YRP),
Yokosuka, Japan.
The Japan
Chapter had a General Assembly Meeting on Dec. 12, during which the Young
Engineer Award was awarded to four young engineers: Mr. T. Arima (Tokyo
University of Agriculture and Technology), Mr. T. Ando (Hosei University), K.
Nishimori (NTT), and T. Hikage (Hokkaido University).
The Saratov-Penza Chapter organizied the 7th IEEE
Saratov-Penza Chapter Workshop on “CAD
and Numerical Methods in Applied Electromagnetics and Electronics,” held
at Saratov State University in Saratov, Russia, on November 27, 2002. There
were 41 participants at the workshop.
The Taipei Chapter organized a 40 hour “Workshop for Advanced Antenna Design,” held Jan. 23-26, 2003. The workshop allowed all participants to have experience for antenna design, manufacture, and measurement with the help of two instructors and six teaching assistants. There were 42 participants. Thirty of the participants were from telecommunication industries. Twelve of the participants were graduate students from various universities. The instructors were Prof. D.C. Chang from Da Yeh University and Prof. J.D. Tseng from National Chinyi Technical University. The Teaching Assistants were P. Liao, S. H. Chou, C. H. Chen, J. J. Huang, S. C. Lee, and C. W. Chen.
Topics included: antenna fundamentals, antenna measurements, impedance measurements, pattern measurements by near field systems using the frequency domain and the impulse time domain, practical antenna design by IE3D, and patch antenna manufacturing and measuring. Please see the Chapter Spotlight below for photos from the workshop.
On Feb. 13-14, 2003, the Taipei Chapter held a “Tour of EM Industries and Institutes.” There were 20 participants from universities and industries. Important EM-related industries were visited during the tour. A total of 7 sites were visited, including SmartAnt Telecom Co., Ltd, Antenna Section, CSIST (Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology), Quality Control Section, CSIST, WavePro Company, Victory Company, EM Lab, National Taiwan University, Electronics Testing Center, Taiwan (ETC). Please see the Chapter Spotlight below for photos from the tour.
On March 26, 2003, the Taipei Chapter held a “2003 IEEE Fellow Series and IEEE Job Fair,” which was organized by the Taipei Chapter and sponsored as an Outstanding Project by the Ministry of Education. During this event, seven IEEE Fellows were invited to give talks on various areas, including semiconductors, nano-technology, SoC, Electromagnetics, Wireless communication, and Multimedia. Then there was a joint meeting for all IEEE members. Finally, industries were invited to discuss job opportunities to the members.
The West Ukraine Chapter co-organized the VIIth
International Conference on the Experience of Designing and Application of CAD
Systems in Microelectronics (CADSM-2003), held on February 18-21 in Lviv,
Slavsko, Ukraine. The 192 papers of authors from Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech
Republic, Germany, Maroc, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine were presented
at the plenary and 10 oral sessions. The Best Young Speaker Awards were granted
to young participants of the Conference at the closing ceremony. Tomash Zacharz
(University of Mining and Metallurgy, Cracow, Poland), Ivan Safonov (National
University of Electronics, Kharkov, Ukraine), and Bohdan Dunets, Pavlo Denusyuk
(both from National University Lviv Polytechnic, Lviv, Ukraine) won these
awards.
CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT
Figures 1-5 are from the “Workshop for Advanced Antenna Design,” organized by the Taipei Chapter.
Fig.
1 shows Prof. Tseng and the participants learning
about antenna design. Fig. 2 shows Prof. Chang and participants at the
near-field antenna measurement facility. Fig. 3 shows participants learning to
use the impulse time domain indoor antenna measurement system. Fig. 4 shows the
participants at the outdoor antenna measurement range. Fig. 5 shows an award
being presented to Mr. Y.H. Shih, the General Manager of SANSEI (left to right,
Prof. Chang, Mr. Shih, Prof. Tseng).
Figures 6 and 7 show photos taken during the “Tour of EM Industries and Institutes” by the Taipei Chapter. Figure 6 shows the Compact Antenna Test Range in the Antenna Section at CSIST (Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology). Figure 7 shows the visitors at the Victory company that manufactures space qualified antennas and components.
Figures 8 and 9 were taken during the IEEE AP-S Region 10 Chapter Chairs' Meeting organized by the Japan Chapter.
