URSI Commissions
USNC-URSI Chair: Sembiam Rengarajan, (818)-677-3571, srengarajan@csun.edu
Commission Details
Commission A: Electromagnetic Metrology
Chair: Jeanne Quimby, jeanne.quimby@nist.gov, (303)-497-4217
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: Jamesina Simpson, jamesina.simpson@utah.edu, (801)-585-6929
Topics:
Antenna arrays
Antenna theory, design and measurements
Cognitive radio
Complex media (metamaterials, bandgap structures, biological and geophysical media, and others)
Educational methods and tools
Electromagnetic interaction and coupling
Guided waves and waveguiding structures
High-frequency techniques
Inverse scattering and remote sensing
Microstrip and printed devices and antennas
Nano-electromagnetics
Nonlinear electromagnetics
Numerical methods (differential- and integral-equation based, hybrid and other techniques)
Propagation phenomena and effects
Rough surfaces and random media
Scattering
Theoretical electromagnetics
Transient fields, effects, and systems
Ultra-wideband electromagnetics
Wireless communications
Commission C: Radio-communication Systems and Signal Processing
Chair: Eric L. Mokole, emokole@mitre.org, (703)-983-3349
Topics:
Cognitive radio
Computational imaging and inverse methods
Distributed sensor networks
Physics-based signal processing
Radar Systems
Radar target detection, localization, and tracking
Sensor array processing and calibration
Signal processing for radar remote sensing
Statistical signal processing of waves in random media
Synthetic aperture and space-time processing
Commission D: Electronics and Photonics
Chair: Negar Ehsan, negar.ehsan@nasa.gov, (301)-286-8406
Topics:
Electronic devices, circuits and applications
Photonic devices, circuits and applications
Physics, materials, CAD, technology and reliability of electronic and photonic devices, in radioscience and telecommunications
Wide bandgap materials
Commission E: Electromagnetic Environment and Interference
Chair: Larry Cohen, lawrence.cohen@nrl.navy.mil, (202)-404-7726
Topics:
Communication in the presence of noise
Effects of natural and intentional emissions on system performance
Electromagnetic compatibility in: computational electromagnetics, education, measurement technologies, standards, and radiation hazards
High-power electromagnetic effects of transients on electronic systems
Spectrum management and utilization
Commission F: Wave Propagation and Remote Sensing
Chair: Kamal Sarabandi, saraband@umich.edu, (734)-936-1575
Topics:
Point-to-point propagation effects:
Measurements
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
Microwave 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: Attila Komjathy, attila.komjathy@jpl.nasa.gov, (818)-393-6828
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 Plasmas
Chair: Robert Moore, moore@ece.ufl.edu, (352)-392-0634
Topics:
Chaos and turbulence in plasma
Plasma instabilities
Spacecraft-plasma interactions
Solar/planetary-plasma interactions
Space as a research laboratory
Wave-wave and wave-particle interactions
Waves in space and laboratory plasmas
Commission J: Radio Astronomy
Chair: Jeff Mangum, jmangum@nrao.edu, (434)-296-0347
Topics:
Cosmology and Astrophysics at Low Frequencies
Radio Emissions from Extrasolar Planets
Next Generation Very Large Array Design and Development
New Telescopes, Techniques and Technology
Observatory Reports
Commission K: Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine
Chair: Majid Manteghi, manteghi@vt.edu, (540)-231-6834
Topics:
Biological effects
Body-Area Networks
Dosimetry and exposure assessment
Electromagnetic imaging and sensing applications
Human body interactions with antennas and other electromagnetic devices
Medical Devices
Therapeutic, rehabilitative and other biomedical applications