Taken from the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine,
vol. 44, no. 3, June 2002, pp. xx-xx.
Copyright 2002 by the IEEE, acting as agent and trustee for the Antennas
and Propagation Society.
CHAPTER
INFORMATION
Welcome to New Chapter
Welcome to the new Antennas and Propagation/Microwave Theory and
Techniques Societies joint Chapter of the Queensland Section. The chapter was
officially formed on April 16, 2002. The new Chapte chair is Prof. Marek E.
Bialkowski, School of ITEE, Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia.
His email address is meb@itee.uq.edu.au.
Chapter Lunch
For those Chapter Chairs (and other chapter
officers) who will be attending the IEEE AP-S/URSI Intl. Symposium in San
Antonio, we will be having our annual Chapter Chair Luncheon on Thursday, June
20, from 12:00-1:00 p.m., in the Pecos room of the Hyatt hotel. Please send me
an email to let me know if you can attend (this is not a necessary
prerequisite, it simply helps with the planning).
New Item on Web Page
A document has been added to the AP-S Chapter Web
page, called “The IEEE and Resources for
Chapter Chairs.” This document was provided courtesy of April Nakamura (Chapter Coordinator at
IEEE), with modifications made to provide some additional information for AP-S
Chapter Chairs. To get to the AP-S Chapter Web page, go to the AP-S Web page (http://www.ieeeaps.org/)
and then click on “Local Chapters”.
Update Address Information
Now that we are well into the new year, and new
chapter officers have been elected, I would ask that all chapter chairs visit
the AP-S chapter web page to verify if the address information for your chapter
is valid. If not, please send me an email to let me know. Thank you!
Notes from IEEE
The following news item, taken from the April and
May 2002 issues of SCOOP, may be of interest to Chapter Officers.
(1) ONLINE RESOURCE DIRECTORY TO ASSIST VOLUNTEERS
Maybe the information you need is on the web...but
where? An online directory to help IEEE
volunteers obtain information on publishing, Societies, Sections, Chapters,
Student Branches, conferences, standards development, professional development,
and organizational unit board activities is available at http://www.ieee.org/organizations/vols/.
For more information, contact John Wettlaufer, IEEE Technical Activities,
+1 732 465 7809 or by e-mail to j.wettlaufer@ieee.org.
(2) TECHNICAL
SYMPOSIA GRANTS OFFERED AGAIN IN 2002
Based on the success of last year's program, the
IEEE Regional Activities Board has approved limited funding a second year for
Technical Symposia grants of up to $500 for the year 2002. The purpose of the program is to encourage
IEEE geographic units to provide an opportunity for members to participate in
more intensive technical presentations than is possible in a typical meeting, but short of a full-scale
conference.
Guidelines are as follows:
To apply, Sections and Chapters submitting
proposals must be active and in good standing (all required reports
current). For a submission
questionnaire, contact Tracy Hawkins at t.hawkins@ieee.org or via fax to
+1-732 463 9359.
RECENT CHAPTER MEETINGS
April 8, 2002, “Measurements on Impulse Radiating Antennas,” Mr. Leland Bowen, Farr Research Corp., Placitas New Mexico, USA.
May 7, 2002,
“A Chronology of Developments of Wireless Communications and Electronics till
1910,” Prof. Tapan K. Sarkar, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
March
5, 2002, “Radio Imaging,” Dr. Yuri Pirogov, Moscow State University, Moscow,
Russia.
April
11, 2002, “Advanced Optoelectronic Packaging Approaches in Silicon Substrates,”
Dr. Rhonda Drayton, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
April
17, 2002, “Low-Profile Integrated Antennas for Wireless Communications
Packaging,” Dr. Kathleen Virga, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
March
15, 2002, “Microstrip Antennas with Reduced Surface-Wave and Lateral-Wave
Excitation,” Prof. David R. Jackson, Dept. of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX.
March
15, 2002, “Leaky Waves on Planar Structures: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,”
Prof. David R. Jackson, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Houston, Houston, TX.
Columbus
May 14, 2002,
“Microstrip Antennas with Reduced Surface-Wave and Lateral-Wave Excitation,”
Prof. David R. Jackson, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Houston, Houston, TX.
May 14, 2002,
“Leaky Waves on Planar Structures: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” Prof.
David R. Jackson, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of
Houston, Houston, TX.
March 8, 2002, “Recent Research Activities on Microwave Photonics and Planar Antennas: Coplanar Patch Antennas,” Dr. Keren Li, Photonic Technology Division, Communications Research Laboratory (CRL), Independent Administrative Institution, Japan.
March 18, 2002,
“Microstrip Antennas with Reduced Surface-Wave and Lateral-Wave Excitation,”
Prof. David R. Jackson, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Houston, Houston, TX.
May 3, 2002, “Dynamic Field Solutions in Space
and Time using MEFiSTo,” Dr So Poman, Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, University of Victoria, BC, Canada.
May 8, 2002, “Relativistic Plasma Microwave
Electronics,” Prof. Liu Shenggang, University
of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Sichuan, Chengdu, China.
April 18, 2002,
“Antennas and Eigenfunctions,” Prof. Naoki Inagaki, Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan.
March 21, 2002, “Globalstar L & S Band Active Array Antennas,” Dr. Alan Cherrette, TRW Space & Electronics, Redondo Beach, CA.
February 6, 2002, “Examining the Opportunities of R&D in Wireless Communication,” Mr. Jaafar Haji Mohamad, Abu Bakar Ericsson Sdn. Bhd, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
April 10, 2002, “Electromagnetic Fields and Our Health,” Prof. Ahmed Sobhy Farag, Head of EMF Research, University Tenaga National, Selangor, Malaysia.
May 7, 2002,
“Wavelets and Method of Auxiliary Currents,”
Dr. A. G. Kyurkchan and Dr. A. P.
Anyutin Moscow Technical University
of Communication and Informatics, Moscow, Russia.
March 5, 2002, “Results of the Theoretical
Researches of the Radiating Rings Apertures by Means of Computer Modeling,”
Prof. A. I. Domakov, Dr. V. A. Koshkin, Vologda State Pedagogical University.
March 5, 2002, “A Cautious Choice of Aperture
Type and Excitation Distribution in WPT Transmitting Antennas", Dr. D. M.
Sazonov and Dr. S. S. Shaposhnikov, MPEI-TU & MRTI, Moscow.
April 2, 2002, “Method of Hybrid Antenna
Reflector Shaping on the Basis of Contour Beam Synthesis Algorithm: The Case of
One-Dimensional Limited Beam Steering,” A. S.Reutov, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and Dr. A.V.
Shishlov, JSC “Radiophizika".
May 7, 2002 “Wavelets and Method of Auxiliary
Currents,” Dr. A. P. Anyutin and Dr. A. G. Kyurkchan, Russian New University,
Moscow Technical University of Communication and Informatics (MTUCI), Moscow,
Russia.
June 4, 2002, “Diffraction by Polyhedral Angle -
Field in Vicinity of Singular Ray,” V. A. Borovikov, Benemerita Universidad
Autonoma de Puebla (Mexico), & Institute for Problems of Mechanics, Russian
Academy of Science.
Nanjing
March 11, 2002,
“Microstrip Antennas with Reduced Surface-Wave and Lateral-Wave Excitation,”
Prof. David R. Jackson, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Houston, Houston, TX (at Shanghai).
March 11, 2002,
“Leaky Waves on Planar Structures: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” Prof.
David R. Jackson, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of
Houston, Houston, TX (at Shanghai).
March 13, 2002,
“Microstrip Antennas with Reduced Surface-Wave and Lateral-Wave Excitation,”
Prof. David R. Jackson, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Houston, Houston, TX.
March 13, 2002,
“Leaky Waves on Planar Structures: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” Prof.
David R. Jackson, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of
Houston, Houston, TX.
April 2, 2002, “Complex Vectors and Dyadics,” Prof. Ismo V. Lindell, Electromagnetics Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland.
April 4, 2002, “Basic Electromagnetic Equations,” Prof. Ismo
V. Lindell, Electromagnetics Laboratory, Helsinki University of
Technology, Espoo, Finland.
April 4, 2002, “CAD
Formulas of RF Circuit Components and Antennas by Fuzzy Electromagnetics,” Prof. Yung L. Chow, Dept. of EE, City University of Hong
Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
April 6, 2002,
“Conditions for Fields and Media,” Prof. Ismo V. Lindell,
Electromagnetics Laboratory, Helsinki University of
Technology, Espoo, Finland.
April 9, 2002,
“Field Duality and Affine Transformation,” Prof. Ismo V. Lindell,
Electromagnetics Laboratory, Helsinki University of
Technology, Espoo, Finland.
April 11, 2002,
“Electromagnetic Field Solutions,” Prof. Ismo V. Lindell,
Electromagnetics Laboratory, Helsinki University of
Technology, Espoo, Finland.
April 13, 2002,
“Singularities and Complex Sources,” Prof. Ismo V. Lindell, Electromagnetics
Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland.
April 16, 2002,
“Plane Waves,” Prof. Ismo V. Lindell, Electromagnetics Laboratory, Helsinki
University of Technology, Espoo, Finland.
April 18, 2002,
“Source Equivalence and Huygens’ Principle,” Prof. Ismo V. Lindell,
Electromagnetics Laboratory, Helsinki University of
Technology, Espoo, Finland.
Phoenix
April 11, 2001,
“A Long-Term View of Short-Range Wireless,” Dr. David G. Leeper, Chief
Technologist, Wireless Technologies, Intel Corporation, New Business Group,
Chandler, AZ, USA.
Singapore
February 6, 2002, “A Unified Framework of
Functional Methods for EM Problems,” Prof. Wen-Xun
Zhang,
Southeast University, Nanjing, China (seminar given while a Visiting Professor
at the National University of Singapore).
Washington D. C. / Northern Virginia
April 24,
2002, “New approaches of realizing long
delays for RF simulation of multi-path fading,” Mr. Rafi Hershtig, K&L Microwave, Salisbury, MD, USA.
West Ukraine
February 12,
2002, “Computer Algorithms for the Balance Approximation,” Oksana I. Laushnyk,
Physico-Mechanical Institute, NASU, Lviv, Ukraine.
March 13, 2002,
“New Iterative Scheme in the Solution of Scattering Problems for Thick
Magnetodielectric Gratings,” Dr. V. V. Yachin, Institute of Radio Astronomy,
NASU, Kharkov, Ukraine.
March 20, 2002,
“Electromagnetic Wave Diffraction by Planar Two-Periodic Grating of
Uninterrupted Metal Strips of Curved Shape,” Dr. Pavel L. Mladyonov, Institute
of Radio Astronomy, NASU, Kharkov, Ukraine.
March 26, 2002,
“Hybrid Stochastic-Determined Minimization Method for the Acoustic Inverse
Scattering Problems on the Small Obstacles,” Andriy Kharechko, Lviv National
University, Lviv, Ukraine
April 17, 2002, “Polarized Adaptive Antenna Systems,” Prof. Fedir F.
Dubrovka, National Technical University of Ukraine, Kiev Polytechnic Institute,
Kiev, Ukraine.