Report on the Chicago Antenna Workshop

Danilo Erricolo,Sudhakar Rao

doi:10.1109/map.2014.6971935

Abstract

The Chicago Joint Chapter of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) and Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S), the Industry Initiatives Committee of AP-S, and Motorola Mobility organized a full-day workshop entitled “Advanced Antennas for Satellites, Air craft, and Remote Sensing Applications” on Saturday, Sep tember 13, 2014. The workshop was a great success, with about 80 attendees. It took place at Motorola Mobility, located within the Merchandise Mart building in downtown Chicago.

Highlights

The Chicago Joint Chapter of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) and Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S), the Industry Initiatives Committee of AP-S, and Motorola Mobility organized a full day workshop entitled “Advanced Antennas for Satellites, Aircraft and Remote Sensing Applications” on Saturday Sept. 13, 2014
The AFRL Mobile Diagnostic Laboratory, originally developed by Dr Kent and his collaborators to measure the radar cross section of military aircrafts, was the only available system to perform a series of critical measurements that eventually determined that it was safe to use a radar beam to monitor the release of debris during the ascent of the Space Shuttle
The second part of his presentation was about antenna design and placement using the Characteristic Mode Analysis, a method based on some interesting physical intuition, Everyone was brought back to outer space with the talk of Dr Sudhakar Rao, an AP-S Distinguished Lecturer, entitled “Advanced Antenna Systems for Satellite Communication Payloads.”

Summary

Introduction

The Chicago Joint Chapter of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) and Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S), the Industry Initiatives Committee of AP-S, and Motorola Mobility organized a full day workshop entitled “Advanced Antennas for Satellites, Aircraft and Remote Sensing Applications” on Saturday Sept. 13, 2014. The Chicago Joint Chapter of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) and Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S), the Industry Initiatives Committee of AP-S, and Motorola Mobility organized a full day workshop entitled “Advanced Antennas for Satellites, Aircraft and Remote Sensing Applications” on Saturday Sept.

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