| Commission A - Electromagnetic Metrology
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| USNC Chair: Steven J. Weiss (steven.j.weiss14.civ@mail.mil)
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| A.1 | Microwave to sub-millimeter measurements/standards |
| A.2 | Quantum metrology and fundamental concepts |
| A.3 | Time and frequency |
| A.4 | Time-domain metrology, EM-field metrology |
| A.5 | EMC and EM metrology |
| A.6 | Noise |
| A.7 | Materials |
| A.8 | Bioeffects and medical applications |
| A.9 | Antennas |
| A.10 | Impulse radar |
| A.11 | Interconnect and packaging |
| A.12 | Test facilities |
| A.13 | THz metrology |
| A.14 | High-Frequency and Millimeter Wireless metrology |
| Commission B - Fields and Waves
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| USNC Chair: John L. Volakis (volakis@ece.osu.edu)
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| B.1 | Antenna arrays |
| B.2 | Antenna theory, design, and measurements |
| B.2.1 | Active antennas |
| B.2.2 | Active and passive antenna matching |
| B.2.3 | Antenna and propagation measurement techniques |
| B.2.4 | Small antennas |
| B.2.5 | Other antenna topics |
| B.3 | Complex, novel, or specialized media |
| B.3.1 | Electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structures |
| B.3.2 | Biological media |
| B.3.3 | Geophysical media |
| B.3.4 | Metamaterials |
| B.4 | Educational methods and tools |
| B.5 | Electromagnetic interaction and coupling |
| B.6 | Frequency selective surfaces and filters |
| B.7 | Guided waves and wove-guiding structures |
| B.8 | High-frequency techniques |
| B.9 | Imaging, inverse scattering and remote sensing |
| B.10 | Microstrip antennas and printed devices |
| B.11 | Millimeter wave and Terahertz antennas |
| B.12 | MIMO antennas and systems |
| B.13 | Nanoscale electromagnetics |
| B.14 | Nonlinear electromagnetics |
| B.15 | Numerical methods |
| B.15.1 | Fast methods |
| B.15.2 | Finite-Difference methods |
| B.15.3 | Frequency-Domain methods |
| B.15.4 | Hybrid methods |
| B.15.5 | Integral-Equation methods |
| B.15.6 | Time-Domain methods |
| B.16 | Optimization techniques |
| B.17 | Propagation phenomena and effects |
| B.18 | Rough surfaces and random media |
| B.19 | RFID |
| B.20 | Scattering and diffraction |
| B.21 | Theoretical electromagnetics |
| B.22 | Transient fields, effects, and systems |
| B.23 | Ultra-wideband electromagnetics |
| B.24 | Wireless communications |
| B.25 | Wireless sensors and sensing networks |
| B.26 | Cognitive radio |
| B.26.1 | Reconfigurable antennas |
| B.26.2 | Simultaneous transmit and receive systems |
| B.26.3 | Spectrum enhancement techniques |
| Commission C - Radio Communication and Signal Processing Systems
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| USNC Chair: Greg Huff (ghuff@tamu.edu)
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| C.1 | Cognitive radio and software defined radio |
| C.2 | Computational imaging and inverse methods |
| C.3 | Information theory, coding, modulation and detection |
| C.4 | MIMO and MISO systems |
| C.5 | Radar systems, target detection, localization, and tracking |
| C.6 | Radio communication systems |
| C.7 | Sensor networks, and sensor array processing and calibration |
| C.8 | Signal and image processing |
| C.9 | Spectrum and medium utilization |
| C.10 | Synthetic aperture and space-time processing |
| C.11 | Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) |
| Commission D - Electronics and Photonics
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| USNC Chair: Zoya Popovic (zoya.popovic@colorado.edu)
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| D.1 | Novel transmission line structures and materials |
| D.2 | Electronic devices, circuits and applications |
| D.3 | Photonic devices, circuits and applications |
| D.4 | Physics, materials, CAD, technology and reliability of electronic and photonic devices |
| Commission E - Electromagnetic Environment and Interference
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| USNC Chair: Charles Baylis (charles_baylis@baylor.edu)
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| E.1 | Electromagnetic environment |
| E.1.1 | Electromagnetic noise of natural origin |
| E.1.2 | Man-made noise |
| E.2 | Electromagnetic compatibility measurement technologies |
| E.3 | Electromagnetic compatibility standards |
| E.4 | Legal aspects of electromagnetic compatibility |
| E.5 | Electromagnetic radiation hazards |
| E.6 | Electromagnetic compatibility education |
| E.7 | Computational electromagnetics in electromagnetic compatibility |
| E.7.1 | Computer Modeling |
| E.7.2 | Model Validation |
| E.7.3 | Statistical Analysis |
| E.8 | Effects of natural and intentional emissions on system performance |
| E.8.1 | Crosstalk |
| E.8.2 | Effects of transients |
| E.8.3 | System analysis |
| E.8.4 | Signal integrity |
| E.8.5 | Electromagnetic compatibility in communication systems |
| E.8.6 | Statistical analysis |
| E.9 | High-power electromagnetics |
| E.9.1 | Electrostatic discharge |
| E.9.2 | Electromagnetic pulse and lightning |
| E.9.3 | Transients |
| E.9.4 | Power transmission |
| E.10 | Spectrum management |
| Commission F - Wave Propagation and RemoteSensing
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| USNC Chair: Michael Newkirk (michael.newkirk@jhuapl.edu)
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| F.1 | Point-to-point propagation effects |
| F.1.1 | Measurements |
| F.1.2 | Propagation models |
| F.1.3 | Multipath/mitigation |
| F.1.4 | Land or water paths |
| F.1.5 | Scattering/diffraction |
| F.1.6 | Indoor/outdoor links |
| F.1.7 | Mobile/fixed paths |
| F.1.8 | Horizontal/slant paths |
| F.1.9 | Surface/atmosphere interactions |
| F.1.10 | Atmospheric Constituent and Refraction Modeling |
| F.1.11 | Dispersion/delay |
| F.1.12 | Natural/man-made structures |
| F.2 | Remote sensing of the Earth by radio waves |
| F.2.1 | Atmospheric sensing |
| F.2.2 | Ocean and sea ice |
| F.2.3 | Field campaigns |
| F.2.4 | Interferometry and SAR |
| F.2.5 | Subsurface sensing |
| F.2.6 | Scattering/diffraction |
| F.2.7 | Radiation and emission |
| F.2.8 | Propagation effects |
| F.2.9 | Urban environments |
| F.2.10 | Soil moisture & terrain |
| F.3 | Propagation and remote sensing in complex and random media |
| Commission G - Ionospheric Radio and Propagation
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| USNC Chair: Sigrid Close (sigridc@stanford.edu)
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| G.1 | Global morphology and modeling of the ionosphere |
| G.2 | Ionospheric space-time variations |
| G.3 | Development of tools and networks needed to measure ionospheric properties and trends |
| G.4 | Theory and practice of radio propagation via the ionosphere |
| G.5 | Application of ionospheric information to radio systems |
| Commission H - Waves in Plasma
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| USNC Chair: Anatoly Streltsov (streltsa@erau.edu)
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| H.1 | Plasma instabilities |
| H.2 | Generation and propagation of waves in plasmas |
| H.3 | Nonlinear wave-wave and wave-particle interactions |
| H.4 | Chaos and turbulence |
| H.5 | Spacecraft-plasma interactions |
| H.6 | Interaction between solar and planetary plasmas |
| H.7 | Interconnection between waves and plasma in space and laboratory experiments |
| Commission J - Radio Astronomy
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| USNC Chair: Dave DeBoer (ddeboer@berkeley.edu)
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| J.1 | Observation and interpretation of all radio emissions and reflections from celestial objects. |
| J.1.1 | Promotion of technical means for making radio-astronomical observations and data analysis |
| J.1.2 | Support of activities to protect radio-astronomical observations from harmful interference. |
| Commission K - Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine
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| USNC Chair: Erdem Topsakal (topsakal@ece.msstate.edu)
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| K.1 | Biological effects |
| K.2 | Dosimetry and exposure assessment |
| K.3 | Electromagnetic imaging and sensing applications |
| K.4 | Therapeutic, rehabilitative, and other biomedical applications |
| K.5 | Human body interactions with antennas and other electromagnetic devices |
