Overview of URSI

Radio science encompasses the knowledge and study of all aspects of electromagnetic fields and waves. The International Union of Radio Science (Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale), a non-governmental and non-profit organisation under the International Council for Science, is responsible for stimulating and co-ordinating, on an international basis, studies, research, applications, scientific exchange, and communication in the fields of radio science. Included within the objectives are the following:
a) to encourage and promote international activity in radio science and its applications, for the benefit of humanity;
b) to encourage the adoption of common methods of measurement, and the intercomparison and standardisation of the measuring instruments used in scientific work;
c) to stimulate and co-ordinate studies of:
- the scientific aspects of telecommunications using electromagnetic waves, guided and unguided;
- the generation, emission, radiation, propagation, reception, and detection of fields and waves, and the processing of the signals embedded in them.
d) to represent radio science to the general public, and to public and private organisations.

The URSI Board of Officers  

  
           

This photograph was taken during the XXVIIIth General Assembly of URSI in New Delhi, at the first meeting of the new Board, on 29 October 2005. From left to right : Vice-President Phil Wilkinson, Vice-President Chalmers Butler, President Francois Lefeuvre, Past President Kristian Schlegel, Vice-President and Treasurer Gert Brussaard, Secretary General Paul Lagasse and Vice-President Martti Hallikainen.

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President : Prof. François Lefeuvre (France) 

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Past President : Prof. Kristian Schlegel (Germany)

Vice-Presidents :

Prof. Gert Brussaard (the Netherlands)

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Prof. Martti Hallikainen (Finland)

Prof. Phil Wilkinson (Australia)

Secretary-General: Prof. Paul Lagasse (Belgium)

The URSI Commissions

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Commission A : Electromagnetic Metrology
  Dr. Parameswar Banerjee (Acting Chair)  

Commission B : Fields and Waves
    Prof. Lotfollah Shafai

Commission C: Radio-Communication Systems and Signal Processing
  Dr. Andreas F. Molisch

Commission D: Electronics and Photonics
  Dr. Frédérique de Fornel

Commission E: Electromagnetic Noise and Interference
  Prof. Flavio Canavero

Commission F: Wave Propagation and Remote Sensing
   Prof. Piotr Sobieski

Commission G : Ionospheric Radio and Propagation
   Prof. Paul Cannon

Commission H : Waves in Plasmas
  Dr. Richard Horne

Commission J: Radio Astronomy
  Prof. Richard Schilizzi

Commission K: Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine
   Dr. Frank Prato


The terms of reference of these Commissions.

The URSI Secretariat

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Secretary-General: Prof. Paul Lagasse (Belgium)

Assistant Secretary-General: Prof. Femke Olyslager (Belgium)

Assistant Secretary-General (Publications): Dr. W. Ross Stone (USA)

Executive Secretary: Mrs. Inge Heleu (Belgium)

Administrative Secretary : Mrs. Inge Lievens (Belgium)

for further information, please contact :

The URSI Secretariat
c/o Ghent University (INTEC)
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41
B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
tel. +32 (0) 9-264 3320
fax +32 (0) 9-264 4288
e-mail info@ursi.org 

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