United States National Committee for the
International Union of Radio Science
Membership

OFFICERS
COMMISSION CHAIRS
MEMBERS AT LARGE
SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNMENT LIAISON REPRESENTATIVES
U.S. URSI OFFICERS
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS (Voting)
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS (Non-voting)
HONORARY MEMBERS
LINKS


OFFICERS (2009–2011)

Chair

URSI Chair Yahya Rahmat-Samii (NAE); University of California at Los Angeles; Electrical Engineering Department; 6731K Boelter Hall; Los Angeles, CA 90095-1594; Tel: (310) 206-2275; FAX: (310) 206-4833; E-mail: rahmat (at) ee.ucla.edu

Secretary

URSI Secretary Steven C. Reising; Colorado State University; Electrical and Computer Engineering Department; 1373 Campus Delivery; Fort Collins, CO 80523-1373; Tel: 970-491-2228; Fax: 970-491-2249; E-mail: Steven.Reising (at) ColoState.edu

Immediate Past Chair

URSI Past Chair Piergiorgio L.E. Uslenghi; University of Illinois at Chicago; 1120 Science and Engineering Offices-MC 154; 851 S. Morgan St.; Chicago, IL 60607-7053; Tel: 312 996-6059, Fax:312 996-8664; E-mail: uslenghi (at) uic.edu

Accounts Manager

URSI Accounts Manager Gary S. Brown; Bradley Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering; 302 Whittemore Hall (0111); Virginia Tech; Blacksburg, VA 24061; Tel: (540) 231-4467, FAX (540) 231-3362; E-mail: randem (at) vt.edu


COMMISSION CHAIRS (2009–2011)

Commission A: Electromagnetic Metrology;
Commission A Chair Ozlem Kilic; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department; The Catholic University of America; 620 Michigan Avenue, NE, Washington, DC, 20064; Tel: (202) 319-5261, FAX (202) 319-5195; E-mail: kilic (at) cua.edu

Commission B: Fields and Waves;
Commission B Chair Nader Engheta; Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering; University of Pennsylvania; School of Engineering and Applied Science; 200 South 33rd Street, Room 215, Moore Building; Philadelphia, PA 19104-6390; Tel: 215-898-9777; FAX: 215-573-2068; E-mail: engheta (at) ee.upenn.edu

Commission C: Signals and Systems;
Commission C Chair Devereux (Dev) Palmer; U.S. Army Research Office; AMSRD-ARL-RO-EL; 4300 S. Miami Blvd.; Durham, NC 27703-9142; Tel: 919-549-4246; FAX: 919-549-4310; E-mail: dev.palmer (at) us.army.mil

Commission D: Electronics and Photonics;
Commission D Chair John Papapolymerou; School of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Georgia Institute of Technology; TSRB 417; Van Leer Electrical Engineering Building; 777 Atlantic Drive NW; Atlanta, GA 30332-0250; Tel: (404) 385-6004, Fax: (404) 894-0222; E-mail: ioannis.papapolymerou (at) ece.gatech.edu

Commission E: Electromagnetic Environment and Interference;
Commission E Chair Danilo Erricolo; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; University of Illinois at Chicago; 1120 Science and Engineering Offices-MC 154; 851 S. Morgan St.; Chicago, IL 60607-7053; Tel: (312) 996-5771, Fax: (312) 996-6465; E-mail: erricolo (at) ece.uic.edu

Commission F: Wave Propagation and Remote Sensing;
Commission F Chair Albin J. Gasiewski; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; University of Colorado; 0425 UCB/ECOT 257; Boulder, Colorado 80309-0425; Tel: (303) 492-9688, Fax: (303) 492-2758; E-mail: al.gasiewski (at) colorado.edu

Commission G: Ionospheric Radio Propagation;
Commission G Chair Frank D. Lind; MIT Haystack Observatory; Route 40; Westford, MA; Tel: (781) 981-5570, Fax: (781) 981-5776; E-mail: flind (at) haystack.mit.edu

Commission H: Waves in Plasma;
Commission H Chair William E. Amatucci; Naval Research Laboratory; Plasma Physics Division, Code 6755; 4555 Overlook Ave., SW; Washington, DC 20375; Tel: (202) 404-1022, Fax: 202-767-3553; E-mail: bill.amatucci (at) nrl.navy.mil

Commission J: Radio Astronomy;
Commission J Chair James M. Cordes; Department of Astronomy; Cornell University; 520 Space Sciences Building Ithaca, NY 14853-6801; Tel: (607) 255-0608, Fax: 607-255-8802; E-mail: cordes (at) astro.cornell.edu

Commission K: Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine;
Commission K Chair Susan C. Hagness; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; University of Wisconsin-Madison; 1415 Engineering Drive; Madison, WI 53706; Tel: 608-265-5739, FAX: 608-262-1267; E-mail: hagness (at) engr.wisc.edu


MEMBERS AT LARGE (2009–2011)

David R. Jackson; Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering; University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204-4005; Tel: 713-743-4426; Fax: 713-743-4444; E-mail: djackson (at) uh.edu

Zoya Popovic; University of Colorado, Boulder; Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Campus Box 425 UCB; Boulder, CO 80309-0425; Tel: 303-492-0374; Fax: 303-492-2758; E-mail: zoya (at) colorado.edu

David P. Woody; Owens Valley Radio Observatory; 100 Leighton Lane; Big Pine, CA 93513; Tel: 760 938-2075 ext 111; Fax: N/A; E-mail: dwoody (at) ovro.caltech.edu

Janet Stapleton; Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division; Electromagnetic and Sensors Systems Department; 1844 Frontage Road, Suite 330; Dahlgren, VA 22448; E-mail: janet.k.stapleton (at) navy.mil

Gianluca Lazzi; North Carolina State University; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; EGRC - Box 7914; Raleigh, NC 27695; Tel: 919-513-3685; Fax: 919-515-5523; E-mail: lazzi (at) eos.ncsu.edu

Steven Weiss; U.S. Army Research Laboratory ; Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate (SEDD); 2800 Powder Mill Road; Adelphi, MD 20783; Tel: N/A; Fax: 301-394-1987; E-mail: sweiss (at) arl.army.mil


URSI OFFICERS & Representatives from U.S. (2009–2011)

URSI Vice-President: Umran S. Inan; Director, STAR Laboratory; Electrical Engineering Department; Stanford University; Packard Bldg., Rm. 355, 350 Serra Mall; Stanford, CA  94305-9515; Tel: (650) 723-4994, FAX (650) 723-9251; E-mail: inan (at) nova.stanford.edu

Vice-Chair, URSI Commission A:
Vice Chair, URSI Commission A William A. Davis; Electrical & Computer Engineering; 302 Whittemore Hall (0111); Virginia Tech; Blacksburg, VA; 24061; Tel: (540) 231-6037, FAX (540) 231-3362; E-mail: wadavis (at) vt.edu

Chair, URSI Commission D:
Chair, URSI Commission D Franz Kaertner; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; MIT Haystack Observatory; Room 36-351; 77 Massachusetts Avenue; Cambridge, MA 02139-4307; Tel: 617-452-3616; FAX: 617-253-9611; E-mail: kaertner (at) mit.edu

Vice-Chair, URSI Commission F: Roger H. Lang; Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science; The George Washington University; 627 Academic Circle; Washington, DC 20052; Tel: 202 994-6199; FAX: 202 994-0227; E-mail: lang (at) seas.gwu.edu

Vice-Chair, URSI Commission G: John D. Mathews; Communications and Space Sciences Lab (CSSL); Department of Electrical Engineering; The Pennsylvania State University; 323A Electrical Engineering East; University Park, PA 16802-2707; Tel: 814 865-2354; FAX: 814 863-8457; E-mail: jdm9 (at) psu.edu

Vice-Chair, URSI Commission J: Donald C. Backer; Astronomy Department; University of California, Berkeley; 415 Campbell Hall; Berkeley, CA 94720-3411; Tel: 510-642-5128; FAX: 510-632-3411; E-mail: dbacker (at) astro.berkeley.edu

URSI Assistant Secretary-General (Publications) & Chair, Standing Publications Committee:
URSI Assistant Secretary-General (Publications) W. Ross Stone; Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine & Radio Science Bulletin; Stoneware Limited; 840 Armada Terrace; San Diego, CA 92106 USA; Tel: +1 (619) 222-1915; Fax: +1 (619) 222-1606; E-mail: r.stone at ieee.org


SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES (2009–2011)

American Astronomical Society (AAS): Donald Backer; University of California, Berkeley; Department of Astronomy; 415 Campbell Hall; Berkeley, CA 94720-3411; Tel: 510 642-5128, FAX: 510-642-3411; E-mail: dbacker (at) astro.berkeley.edu

American Geophysical Union (AGU): David Hysell; Cornell University; Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences; Ithaca, NY 14853; Tel: 607 255-0630, FAX: 607 254-4780; E-mail: daveh (at) geology.cornell.edu

American Meteorological Society (AMS): Richard Doviak; National Severe Storms Laboratory, NOAA; 1313 Halley Court; Norman, OK 73069; Tel: 405 366 0401, FAX: 405 366 0472; E-mail: dick.doviak (at) nssl.noaa.gov

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S): Jennifer T. Bernhard; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign; 155 Everitt Laboratory, MC 702; 1406 W. Green St.; Urbana, IL 61801; Tel: 217-333-0293; Fax: 217-333-5962; E-mail: jbernhar (at) illinois.edu

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRS-S): Edgeworth R. Westwater; CIRES/NOAA ETL; 325 Broadway, R/ET1; Boulder, CO 80305-3328; Tel: 303 497-6527, FAX: 303 497 3577; E-mail: ed.r.westwater (at) noaa.gov

IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT-S): Tatsuo Itoh; University of California, Los Angeles; Department of Electrical Engineering; Tel: 310 206-4820, FAX: 310 206-4819; E-mail: Itoh (at) ee.ucla.edu


EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS – NON VOTING


GOVERNMENT LIAISON REPRESENTATIVES

Thomas E. Gergely; Electromagnetic Spectrum Manager; Division of Astronomical Sciences; National Science Foundation; 4201 Wilson Blvd.; Arlington, VA 22230; Tel: (703) 306-1823; FAX: (703) 306-0525; E-mail: tgergely (at) nsf.gov

Eric Mokole; Surveillance Technology Branch; Naval Research Laboratory; Naval Research Laboratory, Radar Division; 4555 Overlook Ave., SW; Washington, DC 20375; Tel: 202-404-2700; FAX: N/A; E-mail: eric.mokole (at) nrl.navy.mil

URSI Honorary Members (Indefinite)

National Academies Staff

Chair, Student Travel Program & Paper Competition Danilo Erricolo; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago; 1120 Science and Engineering Offices; 851 S. Morgan St.; Chicago, IL 60607-7053; Tel: (312) 996-5771, Fax: (312) 996-6465; E-mail: erricolo (at) ece.uic.edu

Coordinator, USNC-URSI Meetings & Joint IEEE AP-S/USNC-URSI Meetings Committee; William A. Davis; Bradley Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering; Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; 302 Whittemore Hall (0111); Blacksburg, VA 24061; Tel: (540) 231-6307, FAX (540) 231-3362; E-mail: wadavis (at) vt.edu

USNC Member, Joint IEEE AP-S/USNC-URSI Meetings Committee; W. Ross Stone; Stoneware Limited; 840 Armada Terrace; San Diego, CA 92106; 619-222-1915; Fax: 619-222-1606; E-mail: r.stone (at) ieee.org

USNC Member, Joint IEEE AP-S/USNC-URSI Meetings Committee; Amir Zaghloul; Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; Northern Virginia Center; 7054 Haycock Rd., Room 416; Falls Church, VA 22043; Tel: 703-538-8435; Fax: 703-538-8450; E-mail: amirz (at) vt.edu

USNC Member, Joint IEEE AP-S/USNC-URSI Meetings Committee; Danilo Erricolo; University of Illinois at Chicago; Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science MC154; 851 South Morgan Street; Chicago, IL 60607-7053; Tel: 312-996-5771; Fax: 312-996-6465; E-mail: erricolo (at) ece.uic.edu

Chair, Joint IEEE AP-S/USNC-URSI Meetings Committee; Michael Jensen; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Brigham Young University; 459 CB; Provo, UT 84602; Tel: 801-422-5736; Fax: 801-422-0201; Email: jensen (at) ee.byu.edu

Coordinator, USNC-URSI Membership Data Base Elizabeth Kendall (née Gerken); SRI International; 333 Ravenswood Avenue; Menlo Park CA 94025; Tel: (650)859-4906, FAX: (650)322-2318; E-mail: elizabeth.kendall (at) sri.com

Coordinator, USNC-URSI Web Page; William A. Davis; Bradley Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering; Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; 302 Whittemore Hall (0111); Blacksburg, VA 24061; Tel: (540) 231-6307, FAX: (540) 231-3362; E-mail: wadavis (at) vt.edu

Coordinator, USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting Christina Patarino; CU Conference Services; University of Colorado at Boulder; Tel:: 303-492-5153 ; Fax: 303-492-5959; E-mail: christina.patarino (at) colorado.edu


IMPORTANT WEB ADDRESSES

URSI Home Page: http://www.ursi.org/

USNC-URSI Home Page: http://www.usnc-ursi.org/

USNC-URSI Membership Nomination Form: http://www.usnc-ursi.org/nomform.htm

USNC-URSI January Meeting: http://www.nrsmboulder.org