Student Support for ICONIC 2007 Conference will be held in St. Louis, MO on June 27-29, 2007.

abstracteccs - 0710902 r。第三届电磁近场表征与成像国际会议（ICONIC 2007, www.umr.edu/iconic）将于2007年6月27日至29日在美国密苏里州圣路易斯举行。这次会议致力于提供一个统一和独特的国际论坛，在这个论坛上，不同的社区，特别是声学，电磁学和光学，聚集在一起，在创新的近场方法领域交流思想。知识价值：除了汇集来自学术界，工业界和政府机构的国际不同群体的个人之外，ICONIC 2007的目标是提供一个重要和独特的科学论坛。近年来，在宽频率范围内实现的近场方法的应用不断扩大，解决了基于应用的重要问题。这些团体（声学、电磁学和光学）通常举行他们自己的特定科学会议。这些社区的科学家和学者经常从事研究和开发工作，这些工作对其他社区有直接的适用性和实用性。更广泛的影响：本次会议的一个重要目标是积极吸收研究生在这些领域进行研究和开发的参与。过去的ICONIC会议都有研究生的积极参与。我们打算继续这一传统，并增加新的元素，以加强学生的参与，如学生海报比赛。此外，我们还要求NSF提供资金，以促进研究生（以及本科生）的参与。将鼓励参加本次会议的学术教师通过参加会议来吸引他们的学生。符合条件的学生应在会议上亲自展示他们的论文或海报。在所有相关的公告中，将包括一项明确的声明，以鼓励来自工程和科学领域代表性不足群体的学生申请这些基金。此外，学生们在本次会议中的积极参与将提高他们的学术经验，促进接触几个最先进的主题，并提供与代表广泛专业知识的个人建立联系的可能性。

AbstractECCS-0710902R. Zoughi, University of Missouri-RollaThe 3rd International Conference on Electromagnetic Near-FieldCharacterization and Imaging (ICONIC 2007, www.umr.edu/iconic), is scheduled to be held in St. Louis, MO, USA on June 27-29, 2007. This conference is dedicated to providing a unified and unique international forum in which different communities, in particular acoustics, electromagnetics and optics, are brought together for the exchange of ideas in the realm of innovative near-field methods.Intellectual Merit: ICONIC 2007 aim to provide an important and unique scientific forum in addition to assembling an international diverse group of individuals from academia, industry and government agencies. The utilization of near-field methods, implemented over a wide range of frequencies, has been continuously expanding in recent years addressing important application-based issues. These communities (acoustics, electromagnetics and optics) commonly hold their own specific scientific conferences. Scientists and academics in each of these communities are often engaged in research and development works that have direct applicability and utility in and for the other communities.Broader Impact: An important objective of this conference is to actively incorporate the participation of graduate students conducting research and development in these areas.Past ICONIC conferences have had a strong participation of graduate students. We intend to continue this tradition and add new elements that would strengthen student participation like a student poster competition. Additionally, NSF funding is being requested here to facilitate graduate student participation (and undergraduate students if applicable). Academic faculty attending in this conference will be encouraged to engage their students by their participation in the conference. Eligible students are expected to personally present their papers or posters at the conference. In all of the related announcements, an explicit statement will be included to encourage students from under represented groups in engineering and science to apply for these funds. In addition, the active participation of students in this conference will enhance their academic experience and facilitate exposure to several state-of-the-art topics and provide networking possibilities with individuals representing a broad range of expertise.