Technical Program and Meetings

A downloadable, PDF version of the Final Program is available.

A Paper Search function is also available.

All technical papers and short courses will be presented in the Spokane Convention Center.
A floor plan of the Convention Center is available here.

Please note that SCC stands for Spokane Convention Center.

 
Saturday, July 2
15:00 - 21:00
Meeting: Joint Meetings Committee Worthy, Davenport
 
Sunday, July 3
08:00 - 17:00
Tutorial: SC1: Dielectric Resonator Antennas, Theory, Design and Applications with Recent Advancement SCC-201A
Tutorial: SC2: Reflector Antenna Design and Analysis SCC-201B
Tutorial: SC3: Electromagnetic Band Gap (EBG) Structures in Antenna Engineering: From Fundamentals to Recent Advances SCC-201C
08:00 - 12:00
Tutorial: SC4: Introduction to Adaptive Arrays SCC-202A
Tutorial: SC5: Compressed Sensing in Electromagnetism: Theory and Applications SCC-202B
Tutorial: SC6: Multiband Handheld Antenna Design and Test Techniques: Recent Advances and Challenges SCC-202C
08:00 - 10:00
Past President's Breakfast Palm Court, Davenport
10:00 - 19:00
Meeting: AdCom Isabella Room, Davenport
13:00 - 17:00
Tutorial: SC7: Transient Analysis of Electromagnetic Waves Based on Numerical Inversion of Laplace Transform SCC-202A
Tutorial: SC8: Antenna Design for Mobile Terminals SCC-202B
 
Monday, July 4
07:20 - 08:00
Morning Devotions SCC-Green Room
08:00 - 11:40
MO-AM.2: Microstrip Components SCC-111B
MO-AM.3: Metamaterials: Scattering, Diffraction, and Guided-Wave Phenomena I SCC-111C
Special Session: MO-AM.4: In Memory of Professor Robert E. Collin SCC-Theater
MO-AM.5: Evaluation of MIMO Antennas and Systems SCC-207
MO-AM.7: Metamaterials and Metasurfaces SCC-206A
Special Session: MO-AM.8: Reflectarray and Transmitarray Antennas: Theory, Designs, and Applications SCC-206B
MO-AM.9: Medical Applications and Biological Effects SCC-206C
MO-AM.10: Multi-frequency Antennas SCC-206D
MO-AM.11: Propagation in Complex Channels SCC-201ABC
Special Session: MO-AM.13: Compressive Sensing as Applied to Electromagnetics SCC-102AB
MO-AM.14: Efficient Approaches in the Method of Moments SCC-102CD
08:00 - 09:40
MO-AMa.6: Extremely Wideband Antennas and Systems SCC-205
MO-AMa.12: Interconnects, Packaging, and Chip Design SCC-202ABC
MO-AMa.15: Millimeter-wave and Passive Sensing SCC-101
08:30 - 10:00
Student Design Contest: Student Set-up Early Bird Room, Davenport
10:00 - 11:40
MO-AMb.6: Wideband Arrays SCC-205
MO-AMb.12: Electronic/Photonic Devices and Applications SCC-202ABC
MO-AMb.15: Rough Surface Scattering: Models and Phenomenology SCC-101
10:00 - 12:00
Student Design Contest: Public Demonstrations Early Bird Room, Davenport
12:00 - 13:00
Reviewer's Luncheon Grand Pennington, Davenport
Student Design Contest: Judges' Meeting Early Bird Room, Davenport
13:20 - 17:00
MO-PM.2: Microstrip Antennas SCC-111B
MO-PM.3: Metamaterials: Scattering, Diffraction, and Guided-Wave Phenomena II SCC-111C
Special Session: MO-PM.4: Ten Open Problems in CEM SCC-Theater
MO-PM.6: Numerical Methods II SCC-205
MO-PM.7: Material Characterization SCC-206A
MO-PM.8: Recent Advances in Reflectarrays and Transmitarrays SCC-206B
MO-PM.9: Medical Telemetry SCC-206C
MO-PM.10: Multi-band Antennas for Mobile Communications SCC-206D
MO-PM.11: Diversity, Coding, and Positioning in Complex Propagation Environments SCC-201ABC
MO-PM.12: Vehicular Antennas SCC-202ABC
Special Session: MO-PM.13: Recent Developments in Model-Based Inversion Algorithms SCC-102AB
MO-PM.14: Electromagnetic Compatibility and Measurements SCC-102CD
MO-PM.15: Subsurface Sensing and Random Media SCC-101
13:20 - 15:00
MO-PMa.5: Advanced MIMO Topics SCC-207
14:00 - 17:00
Student Paper Competition
Interactive Forum
SCC-111A
15:20 - 17:00
MO-PMb.5: 60 GHz Antennas and Components SCC-207
17:00 - 18:00
Meeting: URSI B Business Meeting SCC-Theater
 
Tuesday, July 5
07:00 - 08:00
Meeting: Student Paper Judges Committee Cutter, Davenport
07:20 - 08:00
Morning Devotions SCC-Green Room
08:00 - 11:40
TU-AM.1: UHF Antennas for RFID Readers and Rugged Environments SCC-111A
TU-AM.2: Microstrip Antenna Arrays SCC-111B
TU-AM.3: Metamaterial-based Antennas and Frequency Selective Surfaces SCC-111C
Special Session: TU-AM.4: In Memory of Dr. Carl Baum SCC-Theater
TU-AM.5: Wideband Antennas and Arrays I SCC-207
Special Session: TU-AM.7: Experimental and Numerical Validations of Metamaterial Phenomena SCC-206A
TU-AM.9: Microwave Breast Cancer Detection and Imaging SCC-206C
TU-AM.10: Antenna Arrays I SCC-206D
TU-AM.12: Nanoscale Electromagnetism and Plasmonic Metamaterials SCC-202ABC
TU-AM.13: Advances in Electrically Small Antennas SCC-102AB
TU-AM.14: Broadband Antennas II: CP and LP Antennas SCC-102CD
08:00 - 09:40
TU-AMa.6: High Order and Macro Basis Functions SCC-205
TU-AMa.8: Recent Advances in Reflectarray Theory and Applications SCC-206B
TU-AMa.11: Agile Antennas SCC-201ABC
TU-AMa.15: Propagation in Complex Environments SCC-101
09:30 - 11:30
TUP-AM.IF1: Aperture and Array Antenna Feed Considerations SCC-100B
TUP-AM.IF2: Microstrip, Patch, and Integrated Antennas SCC-100B
TUP-AM.IF3: Reflectors, Horns, and Array Antennas SCC-100B
TUP-AM.IF4: Antenna Analysis and Measurement SCC-100B
TUP-AM.IF5: Antenna Theory SCC-100B
TUP-AM.IF6: Antenna Design SCC-100B
10:00 - 11:40
TU-AMb.6: Frequency-Domain Methods SCC-205
TU-AMb.8: Design Techniques for Reflectarrays SCC-206B
TU-AMb.11: Innovative Methods in Reconfigurable Antennas and Arrays SCC-201ABC
TU-AMb.15: Imaging, Inverse Scattering, and Remote Sensing I SCC-101
12:00 - 13:00
Transactions Editors Lunch Isabella, Davenport
Meeting: Wave Propagations Standards Committee Cutter, Davenport
AWPL Editors Lunch Elizabethan A, Davenport
Student Lunch Grand Pennington, Davenport
13:20 - 17:00
TU-PM.1: UHF RFID Tags SCC-111A
TU-PM.2: Microstrip Antennas and Printed Devices SCC-111B
TU-PM.3: Metamaterial Antenna Applications SCC-111C
Special Session: TU-PM.4: Power Harvesting SCC-Theater
TU-PM.5: Fast Methods SCC-207
Special Session: TU-PM.7: Antenna Systems for Unleashing New Possibilities in Cognitive Radios SCC-206A
TU-PM.10: Antenna Arrays II SCC-206D
TU-PM.11: Imaging, Inverse Scattering, and Remote Sensing II SCC-201ABC
TU-PM.12: Non-Antenna Metamaterial Applications SCC-202ABC
TU-PM.13: Miniaturized and Compact Antennas SCC-102AB
TU-PM.14: Broadband Antennas I: Spiral, Log-Periodic, Vivaldi, Dipole, and Horn Antennas SCC-102CD
TU-PM.15: Propagation in Random and Complex Media SCC-101
13:20 - 15:00
TU-PMa.6: Integral Equation Models for Advanced Design SCC-205
TU-PMa.8: Wideband Antennas and Arrays II SCC-206B
TU-PMa.9: Electromagnetic Dosimetry and Biological Exposure Assessment SCC-206C
14:30 - 16:30
TUP-PM.IF1: Substrate and Superstrate Effects and Antennas with Periodic Structures SCC-100B
TUP-PM.IF2: Antenna Theory, Modeling, and Analysis SCC-100B
TUP-PM.IF3: Antennas for Wireless Communications SCC-100B
TUP-PM.IF4: Wireless Communications SCC-100B
15:20 - 17:00
TU-PMb.6: Hybrid Methods SCC-205
TU-PMb.8: Wideband and Multi-band Antennas SCC-206B
TU-PMb.9: Electromagnetics Education and Outreach SCC-206C
16:00 - 17:00
Meeting: Future Symposia Meeting SCC-Green Room
17:00 - 18:00
Meeting: URSI A Business Meeting SCC-102AB
Meeting: Industry Initiative Committee SCC-101
Meeting: URSI E Business Meeting SCC-102CD
 
Wednesday, July 6
07:20 - 08:00
Morning Devotions SCC-Green Room
08:00 - 11:40
WE-AM.1: Antennas for RFID-Enabled Sensors SCC-111A
WE-AM.2: Directional UWB Antennas for the 2-12 GHz Region SCC-111B
WE-AM.3: Theory, Analysis, and Design of Metamaterial Structures SCC-111C
Special Session: WE-AM.4: Biomimetics and Biologically Inspired Systems in Electromagnetics SCC-Theater
WE-AM.5: Pattern Reconfigurable Antennas and Arrays SCC-207
WE-AM.6: Coupling and Optimization SCC-205
WE-AM.7: Numerical Methods I SCC-206A
WE-AM.8: Advances in Nanoelectromagnetics SCC-206B
WE-AM.12: Dielectric Resonator Antenna Applications SCC-202ABC
WE-AM.13: Scattering, Diffraction, and Propagation Phenomena SCC-102AB
WE-AM.14: Integral-Equation Methods I SCC-102CD
WE-AM.15: Selected Topics in Theoretical Electromagnetics SCC-101
08:00 - 10:00
Special Session: WE-AMa.10: AMTA Special Session: Advances in Antenna and RCS Measurement Technology SCC-206D
08:00 - 09:40
WE-AMa.9: Human Body Interactions with Antennas and Other Electromagnetic Devices SCC-206C
WE-AMa.11: Antennas in Complex Environments SCC-201ABC
09:30 - 11:30
WEP-AM.IF1: Antenna Near Fields and Mutual Coupling SCC-100B
WEP-AM.IF2: Mobile, Broadband, and Ultrawideband Antennas SCC-100B
WEP-AM.IF3: Electromagnetic Band Gap Devices SCC-100B
WEP-AM.IF4: Electromagnetic Properties of Materials SCC-100B
WEP-AM.IF5: Electromagnetic-band-gap-based Materials and Periodic Structures SCC-100B
WEP-AM.IF6: Electrically Small Antennas SCC-100B
10:00 - 11:40
WE-AMb.9: Bioelectromagnetics: Therapeutic and Rehabilitative Applications SCC-206C
10:20 - 11:40
WE-AMb.10: Metrology Techniques in Electromagnetic Design SCC-206D
12:00 - 13:00
Meeting: APS Fellows Committee Worthy, Davenport
Magazine Staff Luncheon Elizabethan A, Davenport
12:00 - 15:00
Meeting: Antenna Standards Committee Cutter, Davenport
13:20 - 17:00
WE-PM.1: Analytical and Experimental Validations SCC-111A
WE-PM.2: Antennas for Mobile Applications SCC-111B
Special Session: WE-PM.3: Non-Foster Circuits for Metamaterials and Antennas SCC-111C
Special Session: WE-PM.4: High Performance Wideband Phased Array Technologies for Military Applications SCC-Theater
WE-PM.5: Advances in Phased Array Design SCC-207
WE-PM.6: Wideband, Frequency Agile, and Reconfigurable Arrays SCC-205
WE-PM.7: Millimeter-wave Antennas and Components SCC-206A
WE-PM.8: Radar Antennas, Imagery, and Through-wall Systems SCC-206B
WE-PM.9: Electromagnetic Imaging and Sensing Applications in Biology and Medicine SCC-206C
WE-PM.10: Electromagnetic Theory and Spectral Field Representations SCC-206D
WE-PM.11: Advances in Reflector Antenna and Feeds SCC-201ABC
WE-PM.12: Antenna Design for MIMO Systems SCC-202ABC
WE-PM.13: Applications of Frequency Selective Surfaces SCC-102AB
WE-PM.14: Integral-Equation Methods II SCC-102CD
13:20 - 15:00
WE-PMa.15: Atmospheric Propagation SCC-101
14:30 - 16:30
WEP-PM.IF1: Finite-Difference Time-Domain Methods SCC-100B
WEP-PM.IF2: Time-Domain Techniques SCC-100B
WEP-PM.IF3: Time-Domain Methods SCC-100B
WEP-PM.IF4: Advances in Finite-Difference Methods I SCC-100B
WEP-PM.IF5: Advances in Finite-Difference Methods II SCC-100B
15:20 - 17:00
WE-PMb.15: Guided Waves and Wave-guiding Structures SCC-101
17:00 - 18:00
Meeting: URSI C Business Meeting SCC-101
Meeting: URSI K Business Meeting SCC-102AB
 
Thursday, July 7
07:20 - 08:00
Morning Devotions SCC-Green Room
08:00 - 11:40
TH-AM.1: Indoor and Outdoor Propagation Models I SCC-111A
TH-AM.2: Wideband Antennas SCC-111B
Special Session: TH-AM.4: Evolutionary Strategies for Next Generation Electromagnetic Design Optimization SCC-Theater
TH-AM.6: Advanced Finite Element Methods SCC-205
TH-AM.8: High Frequency and Asymptotic Methods SCC-206B
TH-AM.9: Inverse Scattering and Imaging I SCC-206C
Special Session: TH-AM.10: Numerical Weather Prediction Supporting Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Modeling SCC-206D
TH-AM.12: Metamaterials for Free-Space Applications SCC-202ABC
TH-AM.14: Analysis and Design of Frequency Selective Surfaces SCC-102CD
TH-AM.15: Fast Integral Equation Methods SCC-101
08:00 - 09:40
Special Session: TH-AMa.3: Physics-oriented Modeling of Antenna Radiation Processes SCC-111C
TH-AMa.5: Coupling Effects in Arrays and MIMO Systems SCC-207
TH-AMa.11: DRA on Unconventional Ground Planes SCC-201ABC
TH-AMa.13: Scanning and Beamforming Arrays SCC-102AB
09:00 - 10:00
Meeting: AP History Committee Roosevelt Room, Davenport
09:40 - 11:40
Special Session: TH-AMb.7: Advances in Commercial Electromagnetic Simulation Tools SCC-206A
10:00 - 11:40
TH-AMb.3: Wideband Metamaterials and Applications SCC-111C
TH-AMb.5: Antenna for RFID Applications SCC-207
TH-AMb.11: Radar Target Identification and Detection SCC-201ABC
TH-AMb.13: Antennas for Wireless and Mobile Applications SCC-102AB
12:00 - 13:00
Chapter Chairs Luncheon Elizabethan A, Davenport
Meeting: Education Committee Worthy, Davenport
IEEE Press Liaison Roosevelt Room, Davenport
13:20 - 17:00
TH-PM.1: Indoor and Outdoor Propagation Models II SCC-111A
TH-PM.2: Array Processing Techniques and Direction of Arrival Estimation SCC-111B
TH-PM.3: Transformation Electromagnetics SCC-111C
TH-PM.4: Optimization Methods in Electromagnetic Design SCC-Theater
TH-PM.5: Metamaterial Guided-Wave Structures SCC-207
Special Session: TH-PM.7: Advanced Antenna Systems for Satellite Communications SCC-206A
TH-PM.8: Slotted, Guided Wave, and Leaky Wave Antennas SCC-206B
TH-PM.10: Microstrip Patch Antennas SCC-206D
TH-PM.11: Metrology in Electromagnetics and Antenna Design SCC-201ABC
TH-PM.14: Well-conditioned Integral Formulations and Stable Discretizations SCC-102CD
TH-PM.15: Scattering and Propagation for Radar Applications SCC-101
13:20 - 15:00
TH-PMa.6: Time-Domain Finite Element Method SCC-205
TH-PMa.9: Inverse Scattering and Imaging II SCC-206C
TH-PMa.12: Parallel and Special-processor Based Numerical Methods SCC-202ABC
TH-PMa.13: UWB Antennas and Systems Design SCC-102AB
15:20 - 17:00
TH-PMb.6: Efficient Finite Element Methods SCC-205
TH-PMb.9: Advanced Circuit Concepts for Antenna Systems SCC-206C
TH-PMb.12: Phased Array Antennas SCC-202ABC
TH-PMb.13: Ultra Wideband Antennas SCC-102AB
 
Friday, July 8
08:00 - 17:00
Tutorial: SC11: GPU Acceleration of Computational Electromagnetics Software SCC-201C
08:00 - 12:00
Tutorial: SC13: Calderon Preconditioning in Computational Electromagnetics SCC-202B
Tutorial: SC14: Internal Handheld Device Antennas: Traditional Design, Recent Advances, and Future Perspectives for Bio-Compatible Handheld Device Antennas SCC-202C
13:00 - 17:00
Tutorial: SC15: Array Mutual Coupling: Physical Interpretation and Numerical Modeling SCC-202A
Tutorial: SC16: Design of Low-Profile Antennas with Emphasis on Tilted Beam Formation SCC-202B
Tutorial: SC17: Introduction to Over-The-Air MIMO Performance Evaluation Methods and Techniques SCC-202C