Commission E

1999 - 2002 triennium report

 

During the last triennium, most of the Commission E activities have been devoted to the organization of meetings and conferences and to the preparation of scientific sessions for the Maastricht General Assembly.

 · Most of the Commission E activities have been conducted by the following Commission E working groups:

E.1. Spectrum Utilization Management and Wireless Telecommunications
Co-Chairs : G. Hurt (U.S.A.), R. Struzak (Switzerland);

E.2. Intentional Electromagnetic Interference
Co-Chairs : M. Wik (Sweden) and W. Radasky (USA)

E.3. High Power Electromagnetics
Co-Chairs : C.E. Baum (U.S.A.) and R.L. Gardner (U.S.A.);

E.4. Terrestrial and Planetary Lightning Generation of Electromagnetic Noise
Co-Chairs : Z. Kawasaki (Japan) and V. Cooray (Sweden)

E.5. Interaction with, and Protection of, Complex Electronic Systems
Co-Chairs : J. Nitsch (Germany), P. Degauque (France), M. Ianoz (Switzerland), J-P. Parmentier (France);

E.6. Effects of Transients on Equipment
Co-Chairs : J. ter Haseborg (Germany), V. Scuka (Sweden), and B. Demoulin (France);

E.7. Extra-Terrestrial and Terrestrial Meteorologic-Electric Environment
Chair : H. Kikuchi (Japan);

E.8. Geo-electromagnetic Disturbances and Their Effects on Technological Systems
Co-Chairs : M. Hayakawa (Japan) and R. Pirjola (Finland)

E.9. Interference and Noise at Frequencies above 30 MHz
Chair : J. Gavan (Israel)

 

Each working has tried to organise the sessions in different international EMC conferences and workshops.

 

· Commission E has sponsored the following meetings:

in Mode B (with financing) :

  1. Wroclaw EMC Conference, Wroclaw Poland, 27-30 June 2000.
  2. EMC ’01 Zurich, Zurich Switzerland, 19-22 February 2001.
  3. AP-RASC’01: 2001Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference, Tokyo, Japan, August 1-4, 2001.
  4. Wroclaw EMC Conference, Wroclaw, Poland, 25-28 June 2002
  5. EMC Europe 2002, International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Sorrento, Italy, 9-13 September 2002.

and in Mode A (without financing) :

  1. EUROEM, European Electromagnetics Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 30 May- 2 June 2000.
  2. Telecom 2001, Casablanca, Morocco, 17-19 October 2001
  3. AMEREM, American Electromagnetics Meeting, Annapolis Maryland, USA, 2-7 June 2002.

 

Dr. R.L. Gardner, Chair