US-Egypt Workshop: Research and Development in Telecommunication Technology, Cairo, Egypt, December 2001- January 2002

0117709 IskanderDescription：该项目支持2001年12月至2002年1月在埃及开罗举行的美国-埃及电信技术研究和开发研讨会。组织者是盐湖城犹他大学电气工程系教授Magdy Iskander博士和埃及开罗电子研究所(ERI)所长Ayman El-Dessouki博士。ERI的Fatma El-Hefnawi博士也将帮助计划这次会议。讨论将集中在电信技术的进步和下一代电信系统的研发需求上。将讨论的主题包括：多学科研究、MEMS技术、低成本相控面天线、基于光子带隙结构的创新设备设计，以及先进的传播模型。范围：该奖项鼓励美国和埃及科学家就对两国都非常重要的领域进行讨论。将确定潜在的合作研究领域。伊斯坎德博士成功地管理了美国国家科学基金会的一个项目，以促进美国的无线通信研究。El-Dessouki博士是埃及这一领域最大的研究机构的负责人，他将邀请学术界、工业界和政府实验室的人员参加研讨会。美国研讨会的参与者中将有几名初级科学家。这次研讨会还得到了美国-埃及联合基金项目的资助，该项目由国际项目部和电气和通信系统部提供资金，为两国的科学家和工程师开展合作活动提供资助。

0117709 IskanderDescription: This project supports a US-Egypt Workshop on Research and Development in Telecommunication Technology to be held in Cairo, Egypt, December 2001- January 2002. The organizers are Dr. Magdy Iskander, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, and Dr. Ayman El-Dessouki, President, Electronics Research Institute (ERI), Cairo, Egypt. Dr. Fatma El-Hefnawi, ERI, will also help plan the meeting. Discussions will focus on advances in telecommunication technologies and R&D needs for next-generation telecommunication systems. Example of topics to be discussed include: multidisciplinary research, MEMS technology, low-cost phased area antennas, innovative device designs based on photonic band gap structures, and advanced propagation models.Scope: This award encourages discussion among US and Egyptian scientists on an area of great importance to both countries. Potential collaborative research areas will be identified. Dr. Iskander has successfully managed an NSF program to promote wireless communications research in the United States. Dr. El-Dessouki is the head of the largest research organization in this field in Egypt and will invite persons from academia, industry, and government labs to the workshop. Several junior scientists will be among the US workshop participants. This workshop is also funded the US-Egypt Joint Fund Program, which provides grants to scientists and engineers in both countries to carry out collaborative activities, by funds from the Division of International Programs and from the Division of Electrical and Communication Systems.