Call for Selected Papers of the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting

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Submission Deadline: July 31, 2021

Aims & Scope: The IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation (OJAP) will publish a Special Section devoted to the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting. The Special Section will focus on the emerging topic of foldable and physically reconfigurable antennas. Such antennas morph their shape to adapt and reconfigure their EM performance (e.g., frequency of operation, bandwidth, polarization, beamwidth, pattern shape, etc.). Foldable and physically reconfigurable antennas, such as, origami, kirigami or other antennas provide ultra-compact stowage, deployment ease, reduced weight and multifunctional utility. This Special Section will consist of invited and contributed papers that address challenges on the design, modeling and materials for developing these antennas. As the topic of foldable and physically reconfigurable antennas has recently attracted significant interest from diverse scientific communities, including researchers from material science, mechanical engineering and numerical modeling, this Special Section is a timely contribution. Indeed, deployable, packable and multifunctional systems are important for many applications, including satellite communications, UAVs, CubeSats as well as airborne and spaceborne communication systems. Foldable and physically reconfigurable antennas, particularly origami-based antennas, can provide new capabilities to address the design needs for the aforementioned applications. The goal of this Special Section is to provide leading papers in the growing area of origami and foldable antennas, liquid metal interconnects and junctions, reconfiguration and related mathematics latest advances.

Authors of original research papers related to Foldable and Physically Reconfigurable Antennas presented at the conference are invited to submit expanded versions of their papers to this Special Section. The expanded version requires significantly new technical content and results beyond the conference paper. Every paper will be reviewed in the same manner as regular submissions to this journal.

• Papers should be submitted through the journal’s submission site, by selecting the Special Section’s title in the menu for “Manuscript Type”.
• The conference paper should be included with the submission.
• The following note should be added to the footnote on the first page of the paper: “This paper is extended from presentation at the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting.”
• The Special Section welcomes contributions by all potential authors, including authors outside the conference, that have material well-fitted to the Special Section’s topic.

Guest Editors

Stavros Georgakopoulos
Florida International University, USA
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John L. Volakis
Florida International University, USA
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