U.S. - Egypt Regional Workshop on Microwave Emerging Technologies

该项目支持田纳西诺克斯维尔大学电气工程系Aly Fathy博士与埃及开罗Ain Shams大学工程系院长Hadia El-Hennawy博士于2010年10月20-21日在埃及开罗组织并主办关于新兴微波技术的研讨会。讲习班将评估科学的现状，并确定未来的方向，以促进微波技术的新研究方向，包括设计、材料表征、各种工程方面和应用。预计来自美国、埃及以及包括摩洛哥、突尼斯、约旦和黎巴嫩在内的中东和北非(MENA)地区其他国家的科学家将参与其中。为进一步确保广泛参与，本次研讨会将在2010年10月16-17日在埃及开罗举行的微波理论与技术管理委员会S会议之后举行。智力优点：研讨会讨论了重要的技术领域，即微波器件、材料和相关技术。这是一个重要的研究领域，涉及能源收集(例如太阳能)以及包括超宽带(UWB)通信在内的无线通信等许多其他问题。本次研讨会的主要目的是深入讨论微波工程中处理、表征和多尺度建模方面的新技术、实验、计算和理论进展。研讨会还将为更好地了解氮化镓等新半导体材料的新工艺和器件应用所涉及的基础科学提供一个场所。更广泛的影响：拟议的讲习班针对全球感兴趣的领域，即通信和能源采集。研讨会将允许来自美国和中东和北非地区国家的科学家交流他们关于微波技术最新进展的经验、想法和信息。研讨会将提供一个论坛，以确定和促进研讨会参与者之间的潜在合作，这将促进微波通信、设备和能源技术的新研究方向，包括设计、材料表征、各种工程方面和应用，使公共和私营部门受益。这次研讨会有很大的潜力在参与者之间发展更多的新的合作，从这次研讨会产生的合作研究可能会导致几个新的和深远的研究和教育活动，以及涉及美国和中东和北非地区国家私营部门的经济发展。

This project provides support to Dr. Aly Fathy, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee Knoxville to organize and host a workshop with Dr. Hadia El-Hennawy, Dean of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt on emerging microwave technologies in Cairo Egypt from 20-21 October 2010. The workshop will assess the current status of the science and identify future directions in which to stimulate new research directions for microwave technology including design, material characterization, various engineering aspects and applications. Participation is expected by scientists from the US, Egypt, as well as other countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region including Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan and Lebanon. To further ensure wide participation, this workshop will be held after the IEEE-Microwave Theory and Technology Administrative Committee?s meeting in Cairo, Egypt 16-17 October 2010.Intellectual Merit: The workshop addresses important technical areas i.e. microwave devices, materials, and related technologies. This is an important area in terms of research that addresses energy harvesting (e.g. solar) as well as many other issues such as wireless communications including ultra-wide band (UWB) communication. The main objective of this workshop is to have in-depth discussions on new technological, experimental, computational, and theoretical advances in processing, characterization, multi-scale modeling in microwave engineering. The workshop will also provide a venue for better understanding the fundamental science underlying new processes and device applications of new semiconductor materials like Gallium Nitride GaN. Broader Impact: The proposed workshop targets areas of global interest namely communications and energy harvesting. The workshop will allow scientists from the U. S. and the MENA region countries to exchange their experiences, ideas, and information about the recent advancement of microwave technologies. The workshop will provide a forum to identify and foster potential collaborations among the workshop participants, which will stimulate new research directions of microwave communications, devices, and energy technology including design, material characterization, various engineering aspects and applications for the benefit of the public and private sectors. This workshop has great potential for developing additional, new collaborations between the participants and the cooperative research derived from this workshop will likely lead to several new and far reaching research and educational activities, as well as economic developments involving the private sectors in the United States and the MENA region countries.