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

摘要ECCS-0710902R。第三届国际电磁近场特性和成像会议(ICONIC 2007，www.umr.edu/iconic)定于2007年6月27-29日在美国密苏里州圣路易斯市举行。本次会议致力于提供一个统一而独特的国际论坛，在这个论坛中，不同的社区，特别是声学、电磁学和光学，将在创新的近场方法领域交流思想。智慧的优点：ICONIC 2007旨在提供一个重要的和独特的科学论坛，此外还聚集了来自学术界、工业和政府机构的国际不同群体。在广泛的频率范围内实施的近场方法的利用近年来一直在不断扩大，以解决重要的基于应用的问题。这些团体(声学、电磁学和光学)通常举行自己的具体科学会议。每个社区的科学家和学者经常从事对其他社区有直接适用性和实用性的研究和开发工作。广泛影响：这次会议的一个重要目标是积极纳入在这些领域进行研究和开发的研究生的参与。过去的标志性会议有大量的研究生参与。我们打算延续这一传统，并加入新的元素，以加强学生的参与，如学生海报比赛。此外，这里还要求NSF提供资金，以促进研究生(如果适用的话，也包括本科生)的参与。参加这次会议的教职员工将通过参加会议来鼓励他们的学生参与进来。符合条件的学生需要亲自在会议上展示他们的论文或海报。在所有相关公告中，都将包括一项明确的声明，以鼓励代表不足的工程和科学团体的学生申请这些资金。此外，学生积极参加这次会议将增强他们的学术经验，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.