+ Commission A: Electromagnetic Metrology

Chair: Chris Anderson | canderson@ntia.gov

Special Sesssions

• “Statistical Clutter Measurements and Models,” Chris Anderson and Adam Hicks
• “Troposcatter Propagation Measurements and Models,” Chris Anderson and Adam Hicks
• “Noise and Aggregate Interference Measurements,” Chris Anderson and Jeanne Quimby

Topics

• Antennas
• Bioeffects and medical applications
• EM- field metrology
• EMC and EM pollution
• Impulse radar
• Interconnect and packaging
• Materials
• Microwave to submillimeter measurements/standards
• Millimeter-wave and sub-mm wave communications
• Noise
• Planar structures and microstrip circuits
• Quantum metrology and fundamental concepts
• Time and frequency
• Time domain metrology

+ Commission B: Fields and Waves

Chair: Branislav Notaros | notaros@colostate.edu

Special Sesssions

• “Topics in Radio Science: In Memory of W. Ross Stone” (Joint B and F Session), Michael Newkirk and George Uslenghi
• “Progress in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces,” Satish K. Sharma and and Filippo Capolino
• “Advances in Wireless Power Transfer and Harvesting for Biomedical and Communication Applications” (Joint B and K Session), Sima Noghanian and Yahia Rahmat-Samii
• “Multifunctional Antennas and Arrays for Satellite and Wireless Communications,” Satish K. Sharma and Jia-Chi S. Chieh
• “Antennas and Systems for Specialized Platforms and Environments,” Reyhan Baktur and David R. Jackson
• “Complex EM and Meta Structures,” Filippo Capolino and Juan Sebastian Gomez Diaz
• “Antennas for Planetary Exploration,” Avinash Sharma and Matthew Bray
• “Advanced Modeling Techniques and Algorithms in Computational Electromagnetics,” Ata Zadehgol and Johannes Russer
• “Quantum Technology Applications in Electromagnetics and Remote Sensing” (Joint B and F Session), Saba Mudaliar and Thomas Roth

Topics

ANTENNAS:

• Antenna theory, design, and measurements
• Antenna arrays and systems
• Microstrip and printed antennas, circuts, and devices
• Antenna feeds and reflector and reflectarray antennas

PROPAGATION, SCATTERING, SENSING:

• Electromagnetic propagation, scattering, and interaction
• Guided-wave structures and systems
• Imaging, inverse scattering, and remote sensing
• Wireless sensors, networks, and communication

NUMERICAL METHODS:

• Integral-equation methods
• Finite-element, finite-difference, and hybrid methods
• Computational electromagnetics, analysis, and optimization

THEORY, MATERIALS, EDUCATION:

• Electromagnetic Theory
• Metamaterials and complex media
• Electromagnetics education

DEVICES, SYSTEMS, APPLICATIONS:

• RF and microwave devices, structures, and systems
• THz and optical antennas, devices, and systems
• Biomedical applications of fields and waves

+ Commission C: Radio-communication Systems and Signal Processing

Chair: Greg Huff | ghuff@psu.edu

Special Sesssions

• TBA

Topics

• Addressing digital divide through radiocommunication systems
• Artifical intelligence/Machine learning for RF systems
• Cognitive radio
• Computational imaging and inverse methods
• Computational resource management
• Distributed sensor networks
• Dynamic spectrum networks
• Physics-based signal processing
• Quantum RF theory/Technologies/Applications
• Radar Systems
• Radar target detection, localization, and tracking
• RF spectrum convergence/Harmony/Maneuver
• Sensor array processing and calibration
• Signal processing for radar remote sensing
• Software-defined and cognitive radio/Radar/Sensing
• Statistical signal processing of waves in random media
• Synthetic aperture and space-time processing

+ Commission D: Electronics and Photonics

Chair: Jonathan Chisum | jchisum@nd.edu

Special Sesssions

• “Hyperspectral sensing for Space Applications,” Negar Ehsan and Akim Babenko
• “Millimeter-wave GaN Pas,” Zoya Popovic and Taylor Barton
• “Recent Advances in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces,” Jon Chisum and Cody Scarborough
• “Cryogenic RF circuits,” Leonardo Ranzani and Akim Babenko
• “RF Front-ends and Arrays for Simultaneous Transmit and Receive Operation,” Laila Marzall and Paige Danielson

Topics

• Electronic devices, circuits and applications
• Photonic devices, circuits and applications
• Physics, materials, CAD, technology and reliability of electronic and photonic devices, in radio science and telecommunications
• Wide bandgap materials
• THz electronics
• Reconfigurable RF

+ Commission E: Electromagnetic Environment and Interference

Chair: Robert Gardner | robert.gardner@gtri.gatech.edu

Special Sesssions

• "Commission E Early Career Special Session,” Charles Dietlein and Robert Gardner
• “History of Commission E,” J. M. Lehr and Robert Gardner

Topics

• Radio-communication systems (IoT, 5G, NextG, MIMO, MISO) in presence of noise
• Radiofrequency (communication, radar, sensing, calibration, surveillance, telemetry, etc.) in presence of noise
• Radiofrequency spectrum, medium utilization, and convergence (cognitive and cooperative techniques, electromagnetic spectral harmony)
• Scientific basis and effects of natural and intentional emissions on system performance
• Electromagnetic modeling of systems and environments (artificial, composite noise, terrestrial and planetary noice of natural origin)
• Electromagnetic compatibility in computational electromagnetics, education, measurement technologies, standards, and radiation hazards
• High-power electromagnetic effects of transients on electronic systems
• Signal and power integrity

+ Commission F: Wave Propagation and Remote Sensing

Chair: Thomas Hanley | thomas.hanely@jhaupl.edu

Special Sesssions

• “Topics in Radio Science: In Memory of W. Ross Stone” (Joint B and F Session), Michael Newkirk and George Uslenghi
• “Rough surface scattering and electromagnetics: In Honor of Gary Brown” Joel Johnson and Jakov Toporkov
• “Remote Sensing Using GNSS-R and SoOp Systems” (Joint F, G, and H Session), Clara Chew and Yang Wang
• “Quantum Technology Applications in Electromagnetics and Remote Sensing” (Joint B and F Session), Saba Mudaliar and Thomas Roth

Topics

POINT-TO-POINT PROPOGATION EFFECTS:

• Meaurements
• Propagation models
• Multipath/mitigation
• Land or water paths
• Scattering/diffraction
• Indoor/outdoor links
• Mobile/fixed paths
• Horizontal/slant paths
• Surface/atmosphere interactions
• Numerical weather prediction
• Dispersion/delay
• Natural/man-made structures

MIRCORWAVE REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH:

• Atmospheric sensing
• Field campaigns
• Subsurface sensing
• Radiation and emission
• Urban environments
• Ocean and ice sensing
• Interferometry and SAR
• Scattering/diffraction
• Propagation effects
• Soil moisture & terrain

PROPAGATION AND REMOTE SENSING IN COMPLEX AND RANDOM MEDIA

+ Commission G: Ionospheric Radio and Propagation

Chair: Thomas Gaussiran | gauss@utexas.edu

Special Sesssions

• "Beacon Satellite Science and Applications: In Memory of Patricia Doherty” Anthea Coster and Keith Groves
• “Meteors, orbital debris and dusty plasmas” (Joint G and H Session), Alex Fletcher and Sigrid Elschot
• “Remote Sensing Using GNSS-R and SoOp Systems” (Joint F, G, and H Session), Clara Chew and Yang Wang
• “Machine learning techniques for near Earth space science” (Joint H and G Session), Vijay Harid and Xiangning Chu
• "Ionosphere Measurements from Ground Arrays/Telescopes” (Joint G and J Session), Joe Helmboldt and Tom Gaussiran

Topics

• Ionospheric imaging
• Ionospheric morphology
• Ionospheric modeling and data assimilation
• Meteoroids and orbital debris
• Radar and radio techniques for ionospheric diagnostics
• Space weather - radio effects
• Transionospheric radio propagation and systems effects

+ Commission H: Waves in Plasma

Chair: Mark Golkowski | mark.golkowski@ucdenver.edu

Special Sesssions

• “Physics of the radiation belts:coupling of different plasma populations by means of plasma waves",” Oleksiy Agapitov, Maria Usanova, and Lunjin Chen
• “Active experiments in laboratory and space plasmas,” Bill Amatucci and Erik Tejero
• “Heliospheric observations of waves and turbulences in plasmas,” David Malaspina and Hassan Akbari
• “Meteors, orbital debris and dusty plasmas” (Joint G and H Session), Alex Fletcher and Sigrid Elschot
• “Remote Sensing Using GNSS-R and SoOp Systems” (Joint F, G, and H Session), Clara Chew and Yang Wang
• “Machine learning techniques for near Earth space science” (Joint H and G Session), Vijay Harid and Xiangning Chu
• “Ionospheric modification,” Mark Golkowski and Eliana Nossa

Topics

• Chaos and turbulence in plasma
• Plasma instabilities
• Spacecraft-plasma interactions
• Solar/planetary-plasma interactions
• Space as a research laboratory
• Space enviroment modeling and forecasting
• Wave-wave and wave-particle interactions
• Waves in space and laboratory plasmas

+ Commission J: Radio Astronomy

Chair: Alyson Ford | alysonford@arizona.edu

Special Sesssions

• “ngVLA Antenna Development,” Rob Selina and Eric Murphy
• “CHIME/FRB Outriggers,” Pranav Sanghavi and Aaron Pearlman
• “RFI Mitigation and Spectrum Management,” David deBoer and Frank Schinzel
• “Ionosphere Measurements from Ground Arrays/Telescopes” (Joint G and J Session), Joe Helmboldt and Tom Gaussiran

Topics

• New Telescopes, Techniques and Technology and Observatory reports
• Observatory Reports
• Timely Technical Tutorials

+ Commission K: Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine

Chair: Asimina Kiourti | kiourti.l@osu.edu

Special Sesssions

• “Biomedical antenna design for mm-waves,” Ifana Mahbub (ifana.mahbub@utdallas.edu) and Ryan Green (green@ece.msstate.edu)
• “Advances in Wireless Power Transfer and Harvesting for Biomedical and Communication Applications” (Joint Commission B and K Session), Sima Noghanian and Yahia Rahmat-Samii

Topics

• Biological effects
• Dosimetry and exposure assessment
• Electromagnetic imaging and sensing applications
• Human body interactions with antennas and other electromagnetic devices
• Therapeutic, rehabilitative and other biomedical applications