Electromagnetics in a Complex World, 2004
Challenges and Perspectives
Springer Proceedings in Physics Series, Vol. 96

This monograph contains the ceremonials and the Proceedings pertaining to the WorkshopjMinisymposium on "Electromagnetics in a Complex World: Challenges and Perspectives," convened at the University of Sannio, Ben­ evento, Italy, from February 20-21, 2003, in connection with the bestowal of an honorary Laurea degree on Professor Leopold B. Felsen. The symposium was co-organized by Professors Innocenzo M. Pinto and Vincenzo Galdi, in consul­ tation with Professor Felsen. The University of Sannio is a recently installed fast-growing university enrolling about 6,500 undergraduate and graduatestu­ dents in its various programs (Law, Economics, Engineering, Sciences). The College of Engineering presently comprises 50 faculty members and about 1,500 students. The degree bestowal ceremony took place in the morning of February 20, 2003, and is documented (in English) in its entirety here in Part VI of these Proceedings (because of the international character of this two-day event, the program booklet provided for attendees of the degree award ceremony was printed in Italian and English). After a brief greeting by Prof. Aniello Cimitile, the President of the University of Sannio, Professor Pinto, who had originally proposed Prof. Felsen's nomination, delivered (in Italian) a detailed Laudatio, a laudatory discourse on the nominee's accomplishments and per­ sonality. This was followed by the nominee's Lectio, a retrospective covering his professional life as well as his social and cultural background, presented (in English) in a mixed style laced with humor, and comprising prose, verses, visuals, and photographs.

Long Live Italia.- I Generics.- and Overview.- Exterior Differential Forms in Teaching Electromagnetics.- Education to the Environmental Impact of Cellular Technology: A Correct Understanding and Dissemination Approach.- II Hybrid Techniques for Electromagnetic Propagation and Simulation.- Challenging Electromagnetic Problems and Numerical Simulation Approaches.- Wave Propagation in Guiding Environments: Modeling, Simulation, Software Calibration and Canonical Tests.- Electromagnetic Field Estimation in a Complex Urban Environment.- Challenges in Automotive Electromagnetic Compatibility Modeling and Simulation.- High-Frequency Green’s Function for an Infinite Periodic Line Array of Phased Electric Dipoles on an Infinite Stratified Grounded Dielectric Slab.- Multiscale Analysis of Large Complex Arrays.- Reference-Wave Solutions for the High-Frequency Fields in Random Media.- Electromagnetic Field Computations with the Generalized Network Formulation (GNF).- III Nonconventional Modeling.- Toward a Full-Wave-Based Electromagnetics Approach to Chaotic Footprints in a Complex Deterministic Environment: A Test Model With Coupled Floquet-Type and Ducted-Type Mode Characteristics.- Electromagnetic Diffraction from Fractally Corrugated Surfaces in Uniform Translating Motion: An Exact Rel ativistic Solution.- Tip Singularity of the Electromagnetic Field at the Apex of a Material Cone.- Diffraction by a Dielectric Wedge by Use of the Dual Integral Equations (Abstract only).- Challenges and Perspectives of Complex Spaces and Complex Signal Theory Analysis in Electromagnetics: First Steps.- Complex Point Source Approximation of Gaussian Beams in High Frequency Scattering.- Leakage Phenomena in Planar Arrays.- Stochastic Surface Models for Electromagnetic Scattering.- UniformDouble Diffraction Coefficient for a Pair Wedges in Arbitrary Configuration.- IV Ultrawideband Techniques.- Electromagnetic Characterization of Ultra Wideband Antennas.- Time-Domain Modes — Asymptotic Expansion and Error Estimates.- A Combined Floquet-Wave — FDTD Algorithm for the Modeling of Transient Radiation from Infinite Periodic Structures.- Toward a Network-Oriented Theory for Sequentially Pulse-Excited Periodic Arrays: Background and Current Status.- V Inverse Modeling.- Wavefield Inversion in Nondestructive Testing.- Embedding Approach to Modeling the Electromagnetic Behavior of Simple Objects in a Complex Environment (Abstract only).- Local Domain Modelling of High Contrast Scattering.- VI Degree Award Ceremonials.- Laudatio on Professor Leopold B. Felsen.- Lectio Magistralis.- Citation.- Photo Gallery.

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