Committee Co-Chair: Debatosh Guha
The IEEE Technical Committee on Antenna Measurements, jointly with the IEEE Microwave, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCon) 2022, organized two technical events with two specific objectives. The activities of 12 December were dedicated to preconference workshops in the conference venue. A full-day “Workshop on Fundamentals of Antenna Measurement” was held at the Varuna Hall from 8.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. It created enormous interest among the young scientists, researchers, and students. Although it was initially planned to cater to a maximum of 20 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) members and student members, eventually, it turned out to include around 58, nearly three times our target (Figure 1). Most of the participants were IEEE AP-S members. Indeed, the workshop covered antenna measurement principles, laboratory setup, and associated instrumentations in three consecutive sessions, each of a 2-h duration. Senior engineers from Anritsu India Pvt. Ltd. took the major roles as instructors. All participants were served a buffet lunch and sufficient refreshments over the whole day. Out-of-town AP-S student members were provided free accommodations, and a selected group of them was supported to and from travel by train or bus. The event was coordinated by Puneet Mishra, the general chair of MAPCon, and Debi Dutta, an IEEE AP-S volunteer. IEEE AP-S President-Elect Prof. Stefano Maci and Antenna Measurements Committee Chair Prof. Debatosh Guha were present during the event (Figure 2).
Figure 1. Group photo: workshop participants with the technical instructors.
Figure 2. Workshop participants, volunteers, and delegates with IEEE President-Elect Prof. Saifur Rahman (sitting: second from the left) and IEEE AP-S President-Elect Prof. Stefano Maci (standing: seventh from the left).
A special session exclusively on antenna measurement facilities and modern requirements was organized on 14 December, the third day of the conference. Prof. Sungtek Kahng, Incheon National University, Republic of Korea, gave the keynote address, titled “Development and Antenna Measurement of Millimeter-Wave Metamaterials for 5G Mobile and Satellite Communication Systems,” which was followed by four technical presentations by Dor Yahalom of MVG Sadanand Bhatt of Anritsu; Caner Özdemir of Diamond Microwave Chambers, USA; and Marwin Coutinho of Rohde & Schwarz. Some short presentations on state-of-the-art measurement techniques were delivered by industry experts from JV Micronics, SABIK, Albatross, Altair, and Airbus. The session started at 8.30 a.m. and continued for 2 h, and it was attended by nearly 70 participants. Each talk was followed by inquisitive and thoughtful discussions. This session was conducted by IEEE AP-S Antenna Measurements Committee Co-Chair Prof. Debatosh Guha.
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