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Session Code Explanation
Code D - TT . N M
Explanation Day - Track . Ordinal Time
Possible Values MO TU WE TH FR
(Add P for
Interactive Forum)
- A1-A5: AP-S Tracks
UA-UK: URSI Commissions
SP: Joint Special Sessions
. 1-5 A: Morning
P: Afternoon
Sample MO - A5 . 2 A
Monday - AP-S Track 5 . 2nd Session AM (Morning)
 
Sunday, July 9
08:00 - 17:00
Short Course: FD-1: Multibeam Antennas and Beamforming Networks Hillcrest A
Short Course: FD-4: Base station antennas for 5G – System aspects and design Hillcrest B
Short Course: FD-6: Reflector Antenna Design and Analysis Hillcrest C
08:00 - 12:00
Short Course: HD-1: Reflectarray Antennas: Theory, Designs, and Applications Golden A
09:00 - 10:30
Amateur Radio License Exam Session Mission AB
13:00 - 17:00
Short Course: HD-2: Surface Electromagnetics in Antenna Engineering: From EBG to Meta-surface and Beyond Golden A
 
Monday, July 10
07:00 - 08:00
Amateur Radio Breakfast Meeting Bayview Room
Meeting: Standard 1502 Breakfast Meeting Ocean Beach
08:00 - 11:40
Special Session: MO-SP.1A: Additive Manufacturing in Antennas and RF Systems Grand Hall C
Special Session: MO-SP.2A: Theoretical, Methodological and Technological Advances in Electromagnetic Inverse Scattering Grand Hall D
MO-A2.1A: Electromagnetic Theory Coronado A
MO-A2.2A: New Physics in Guiding Systems I Coronado B
MO-A2.3A: Scattering Control through Metasurfaces and Cloaking Coronado D
MO-A1.1A: Reflectarray with Novel Elements Coronado E
MO-A1.2A: Wideband Slot Antennas America's Cup AB
MO-A3.1A: Integral Equation Applications Regatta
MO-A3.2A: Design Methodologies for Antennas Mission Beach AB
MO-A1.3A: Antenna Theory I Promenade AB
MO-A5.1A: Advanced Antenna Technologies for User End America's Cup CD
MO-A4.1A: Remote Sensing I Hillcrest AB
MO-A5.2A: Electromagnetics in Medicine and Biology Hillcrest CD
MO-UF.1A: Propagation Based on Numerical Weather Prediction Models Golden Hill AB
MO-UC.A1: Innovative Application and Methods for Detection and Estimation Torrey Hills AB
12:00 - 13:30
Meeting: Distinguished Lecturer Meeting and Lunch Ocean Beach
Meeting: Transactions Associate Editors and Track Editors Lunch Bayview Room
13:20 - 17:00
Special Session: MO-SP.1P: In Memoriam of Per-Simon Kildal Grand Hall C
Special Session: MO-SP.2P: Benchmarking at the Frontiers of Computational EM Grand Hall D
MO-UB.1P: Metamaterial Based Designs Coronado A
MO-A2.1P: Advances in Frequency Selective Surfaces Coronado B
MO-A1.1P: Leaky Wave Antennas Coronado D
MO-A1.2P: Phased Array Antennas: Special Topics I Coronado E
MO-A1.3P: Wideband Omni-directional Antennas America's Cup AB
MO-A3.1P: Optimization Methods in EM Design Mission Beach AB
MO-A1.4P: Antenna Theory II Promenade AB
MO-UB.2P: Frequency Selective Surfaces and Filters America's Cup CD
MO-A4.1P: Remote Sensing II Hillcrest AB
MO-A5.1P: Implantable Antennas and Sensors Hillcrest CD
MO-UF.1P: RF Propagation in Complex Environments Golden Hill AB
13:20 - 15:00
MO-UA.1P: Materials and Packaging Regatta
MO-UB.3P: RFID and RF Measurements Torrey Hills AB
15:20 - 17:00
MO-UB.4P: EM Educational Methods and Tools Torrey Hills AB
16:00 - 17:00
Meeting: Future Symposia Meeting Bayview Room
17:00 - 18:00
Meeting: APS 2019 Committee Meeting Ocean Beach
Meeting: URSI Commission B Business Meeting Regatta
Meeting: URSI Commission C Business Meeting America's Cup AB
Meeting: URSI Commission F Business Meeting America's Cup CD
19:30 - 21:30
Welcome Dessert Reception The Midway
 
Tuesday, July 11
07:00 - 08:00
Meeting: Magazine Staff Breakfast Ocean Beach
08:00 - 11:40
Special Session: TU-SP.1A: Physical Reconfiguration through Advances In Programmable Materials and Adaptive Mechanics Grand Hall D
Special Session: TU-SP.2A: Compressive Sensing as Applied to Electromagnetics - Advances, New Trends and Applications Coronado A
TU-A2.1A: New Physics in Guiding Systems II Coronado B
TU-A2.2A: Guided and Radiating Structures with Metasurfaces and Metamaterials Coronado D
TU-A1.1A: Phased Array Antennas: Special Topics II Coronado E
TU-A1.2A: Wideband Directional Antennas I America's Cup AB
TU-UB.1A: Advances in Integral Equation Methods I Regatta
TU-UB.2A: Acceleration Rechniques for Integral Equations Mission Beach AB
TU-A1.3A: Antenna Theory III Promenade AB
TU-A1.4A: Electrically Small Antennas: Metamaterial Inspired America's Cup CD
TU-A1.5A: Reflector Feed and Applications Hillcrest AB
TU-A5.1A: Biomedical Applications of Antennas Hillcrest CD
TU-A4.1A: Wave Propagation in Outdoor and Urban Environments Golden Hill AB
TU-A1.6A: Slot-Array Antennas Solana Beach
08:00 - 09:40
TU-A4.2A: Wave Propagation in Vehicular Environments Torrey Hills AB
08:00 - 08:30
Student Design Competition (Set-Up - Closed to Others) Coronado Foyer
08:00 - 11:40
Student Paper Competition Presentation Coronado Foyer
08:30 - 09:30
Student Design Competition (Demo for Judges - Closed to Others) Coronado Foyer
09:30 - 12:00
Student Design Competition (Demo for Public) Coronado Foyer
Meeting: Student Design Competition Judges Meeting Cortez Hill A
10:00 - 11:40
TU-A5.2A: Vehicular Antenna and Electromagnetics Torrey Hills AB
10:00 - 11:00
Meeting: APS 2018 Committee Meeting Ocean Beach
10:00 - 12:00
Demonstrations Grand Hall A
12:00 - 13:00
Student Design Competition (Luncheon for Judges and Teams) Cortez Hill A
12:00 - 13:30
Women In Engineering Lunch and Speaker Bayview Room
13:00 - 17:00
Student Design Competition (Demo for Public) Coronado Foyer
13:20 - 17:00
Special Session: TU-SP.1P: History of APS: Early Legends of the Field Grand Hall D
TU-A2.1P: Frequency Selective Surface Applications Coronado B
TU-UB.1P: Nano-antennas and Nano-structures Coronado D
TU-UB.2P: Small Antennas Coronado E
TU-A1.1P: Wideband Directional Antennas II America's Cup AB
TU-UB.3P: Advances in Integral Equation Methods II Regatta
TU-A3.1P: Fast Solvers and Well-Conditioned Formulations Mission Beach AB
TU-A1.2P: Impedance Matching Devices, Circuits and Techniques Promenade AB
TU-A1.3P: Electrically Small Antennas for MIMO WLAN and 5G America's Cup CD
TU-A5.1P: Biomedical Microwave to THz Imaging Hillcrest CD
TU-A4.1P: Propagation in Indoor, Urban and Terrestrial Environments Golden Hill AB
13:20 - 15:00
Special Session: TU-SP.2P: Advancement of Metasurfaces and Lenses for Beyond 4G and 5G Coronado A
TU-A1.4P: Wideband Feeds for Directional Antennas Hillcrest AB
TU-UC.1P: Recent Developments in Scattering and Propagation Modeling and Experiments Torrey Hills AB
TU-A1.5P: Array, Lens and SIW Antennas Solana Beach
15:20 - 17:00
Special Session: TU-SP.3P: Higher Symmetries for Flat Meta-lenses Coronado A
TU-UD.1P: Sensors, Filters and Polarizers Hillcrest AB
TU-UC.2P: Advances in Hardware for MM-Wave Communcations and RADAR Torrey Hills AB
TU-A1.6P: SIW-Based Leaky-Wave Antennas Solana Beach
16:00 - 18:00
TUP-A1.1P: Antenna Arrays with Non-Uniform Feeding Grand Hall A
TUP-A1.2P: Feeding Networks and Arrays Grand Hall A
TUP-A1.3P: Gain Enhancement Techniques for Planar Antennas Grand Hall A
TUP-A1.4P: High Gain Planar Antenna Array Grand Hall A
TUP-A1.5P: Multi-Functional Antennas and Novel Applications Grand Hall A
TUP-A1.6P: Planar Antenna Design and Analysis Grand Hall A
TUP-A1.7P: Reconfigurable Reflectarrays and Holographic Surfaces Grand Hall A
TUP-UB.1P: Array Design and Optimization Grand Hall A
TUP-UB.2P: Arrays for Space, Satellite and Optical Applications Grand Hall A
TUP-UB.3P: Beamforming Networks for Antennas and Arrays Grand Hall A
TUP-UB.4P: Broadband and Tunable Arrays Grand Hall A
TUP-A1.10P: Conformal Antennas Grand Hall C
TUP-A1.11P: Impact of Mutual Coupling Grand Hall C
TUP-A1.12P: Microwave Circuits for Antennas Grand Hall C
TUP-A1.13P: Impedance Enhancement Techniques for Planar Antennas Grand Hall C
TUP-A1.14P: Microwave Passive Components Grand Hall C
TUP-A1.15P: Mitigation of Mutual Coupling Grand Hall C
TUP-A1.16P: Pattern Reconfigurable Antennas Grand Hall C
TUP-A1.17P: Polarization Reconfigurable Antennas Grand Hall C
TUP-A1.8P: Active, Reconfigurable and Smart Antennas Grand Hall C
TUP-A1.9P: Circularly-Polarized Patch Antennas Grand Hall C
TUP-UA.1P: Measurement of Antenna Performance Grand Hall C
18:30 - 20:30
Young Professionals' Beach Barbecue Kona Kai Resort & Marina
 
Wednesday, July 12
07:00 - 08:00
Student Paper Judges Committee Breakfast Ocean Beach
08:00 - 11:40
Special Session: WE-SP.1A: Emerging Techniques in Imaging at Microwave, mmWave and THz Frequencies Grand Hall C
Special Session: WE-SP.2A: Automotive Antennas Coronado A
WE-A2.1A: Active and Tunable Meta- and Nano-structures Coronado B
WE-A2.2A: Electromagnetic Material Properties: Measurements Coronado D
WE-A1.1A: Novel Materials and Techniques for Reconfigurable Antennas Coronado E
WE-A1.2A: Wideband Antennas for 5G, Full-Duplex, MIMO and AoA America's Cup AB
WE-A3.1A: Applications of Computational Electromagnetics Regatta
WE-A3.2A: Numerical Techniques in Electromagnetics Mission Beach AB
WE-UB.3A: Antenna Theory and Design America's Cup CD
WE-A1.3A: Reflector Analysis and Design Hillcrest AB
WE-UK.1A: Antenna and EM Interactions with the Human Body Hillcrest CD
WE-UF.1A: Random and Complex Media I Golden Hill AB
WE-A5.1A: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Torrey Hills AB
WE-UB.4A: Electromagnetic Metasurfaces Solana Beach
08:00 - 09:40
WE-UB.1A: Miniature Antennas and Metamaterial Devices Promenade AB
10:00 - 11:40
WE-UB.2A: Antenna Measurements Promenade AB
10:00 - 12:00
Demonstrations Grand Hall A
12:00 - 13:30
Reviewers' Lunch Grand Hall D
13:00 - 14:00
Meeting: Publications Committee Meeting Grand Hall D
13:20 - 17:00
Special Session: WE-SP.1P: Loaded Antennas for Next Generation Radar and Communications Grand Hall C
Special Session: WE-SP.2P: Innovative Phased Arrays and Beamforming Technology Coronado A
WE-A2.1P: Nanostructures and Materials Coronado B
WE-A5.1P: Wireless Power Transfer and Harvesting Involving Antenna Arrays and Metamaterials Coronado E
WE-A5.2P: Ultra Wideband Antennas and Systems America's Cup AB
WE-A3.1P: Multiphysics Methods and Applications Regatta
WE-A1.1P: Reconfigurable Antennas and Techniques Promenade AB
WE-A1.2P: Application Driven Antenna Design America's Cup CD
WE-A1.3P: Reflectarray Analysis and Synthesis Hillcrest AB
WE-UF.1P: Random and Complex Media II Golden Hill AB
WE-A1.4P: Electrically Small Antenna Characteristics Solana Beach
13:20 - 15:00
WE-A2.2P: Frequency Selective Surfaces: Antenna Applications Coronado D
WE-A3.2P: Time Domain Integral Equations Mission Beach AB
WE-UK.1P: Therapeutic Applications of EM and Dosimetry Hillcrest CD
WE-UF.2P: Remote Sensing Applications Torrey Hills AB
15:20 - 17:00
WE-A2.3P: Electromagnetic Material Properties: Modelling Coronado D
WE-UB.1P: Fast Methods and Parallelization Techniques Mission Beach AB
WE-A5.3P: Electromagnetics for Therapeutic Applications Hillcrest CD
WE-UF.3P: Subsurface Remote Sensing Torrey Hills AB
16:00 - 18:00
Demonstrations Grand Hall A
17:00 - 18:00
URSI Commission A Business Meeting Torrey Hills
URSI Commission E Business Meeting Golden Hill
URSI Commission G Business Meeting Hillcrest AB
URSI Commission K Business Meeting Hillcrest CD
18:00 - 19:00
Awards Presentation Grand Hall C
19:00 - 21:00
Celebratory Banquet Grand Hall D
 
Thursday, July 13
08:00 - 11:40
Special Session: TH-SP.1A: Applications of Electromagnetics and RF Techniques in Medicine and Biology Grand Hall D
Special Session: TH-SP.2A: 3D Printed Antennas and Components Coronado A
TH-A2.1A: Applications of Metamaterials Coronado B
TH-A5.1A: Terahertz Devices Coronado D
TH-A5.2A: Wireless Power Transfer Coronado E
TH-A1.1A: Wideband Horn and Vivaldi Antennas America's Cup AB
TH-A3.1A: Hybrid Methods Regatta
TH-A1.2A: Frequency Reconfigurable Antennas Promenade AB
TH-A1.3A: Smart, Beam Switching and Multi-beam Antennas America's Cup CD
TH-A4.1A: Wave Propagation in Indoor Environments Hillcrest AB
TH-UB.1A: Reconfigurable Antennas and Cognitive Radio Hillcrest CD
TH-UF.1A: RF Propagation Modeling and Measurements Golden Hill AB
TH-A5.3A: MIMO Technology Implementations Torrey Hills AB
TH-UB.2A: Millimeter Wave Antennas Solana Beach
08:00 - 09:40
TH-A3.2A: Layered Medium Integral Equation Methods Mission Beach AB
09:00 - 10:00
Meeting: AP-S History Committee Bankers Hill
10:00 - 11:40
TH-A3.3A: Novel Integral Equation Formulations Mission Beach AB
12:00 - 14:00
Meeting: AP Standards Committee Lunch Ocean Beach
12:00 - 13:00
Meeting: APS Fellows Committee Lunch Bankers Hill
Meeting: AWPL AE Lunch Mission Beach C
12:00 - 15:00
Meeting: Chapter Chairs Lunch Harbor
12:00 - 13:00
Meeting: Education Committee Boardwalk
Meeting: IEEE Press Liaison Lunch Nautical
13:20 - 17:00
Special Session: TH-SP.1P: Wideband Phased Arrays for 5G Wireless and Beyond Grand Hall D
Special Session: TH-SP.2P: Modern Longwave Antennas Coronado A
TH-A2.1P: Applications of Metasurfaces Coronado B
TH-A5.1P: Terahertz IR and Optical Applications Coronado D
TH-A1.1P: Dielectric Resonator and Slot Antennas: High Gain or Circular Polarized Deisgns Coronado E
TH-A1.2P: Spiral and Log-Periodic Antennas America's Cup AB
TH-A3.1P: Basis Functions and Numerical Integration Regatta
TH-A1.3P: Phased Array Antennas: Theory and Design Promenade AB
TH-A5.2P: Antennas for Energy Harvesting America's Cup CD
TH-A4.1P: Wave Propagation in Terrestrial, Oceanic and Atmospheric Environments Hillcrest AB
TH-UK.1P: Biological Imaging and Sensing Hillcrest CD
TH-UE.1P: Electromagnetic Compatability and Interference Golden Hill AB
TH-A5.3P: MIMO Antenna Design Torrey Hills AB
TH-A2.2P: Applications of Periodic Structures Solana Beach
13:20 - 15:00
TH-A3.2P: Advances in the Finite Element Methods Mission Beach AB
15:20 - 17:00
TH-UB.1P: Advances in Differential Equation Based Methods Mission Beach AB
TH-UB.2P: 3D Printed and Planar Structures Mission Beach C
16:00 - 18:00
THP-A1.1P: Multi-band Antennas I Grand Hall A
THP-A1.2P: Multi-band Antennas II Grand Hall A
THP-A1.3P: Multi-band Antennas III Grand Hall A
THP-A3.1P: FDTD Advances Grand Hall A
THP-A4.1P: Inverse Scattering and Imaging: Methods I Grand Hall A
THP-A4.2P: Inverse Scattering and Imaging: Methods II Grand Hall A
THP-A4.3P: Inverse Scattering and Imaging: Systems Grand Hall A
THP-A5.1P: Antenna for RFID Reader Grand Hall A
THP-A5.2P: Remote Sensing and Chipless RFID Grand Hall A
THP-A5.3P: RFID Tag Antenna design Grand Hall A
THP-UB.1P: Microstrip Antennas and Printed Devices Grand Hall A
THP-A1.4P: Planar Antennas for Mobile Applications Grand Hall C
THP-A5.10P: Metamaterial Based mmWave Antennas Grand Hall C
THP-A5.11P: mmWave and Subwavelength Antennas Grand Hall C
THP-A5.12P: Wideband Antennas for High Frequency Communications Grand Hall C
THP-A5.4P: 3D Printed Antennas and Structures Grand Hall C
THP-A5.5P: 60 GHz Radars and Communications Grand Hall C
THP-A5.6P: Additively Manufactured Antennas Grand Hall C
THP-A5.7P: Antennas for THz and 5G Communications Grand Hall C
THP-A5.8P: Antennas, Applications and Relevant Issues Grand Hall C
THP-A5.9P: Arrays for mmWave Applications Grand Hall C
THP-UA.1P: Antenna Fabrication Techniques Grand Hall C
18:00 - 21:00
MGA, FDI and SIGHT Dinner Boardwalk
18:45 - 22:00
Dinner Sail The Marina at the San Diego Marriott Marquis
 
Friday, July 14
08:00 - 11:40
Special Session: FR-SP.1A: In-Body Devices for Wireless Biotelemetry: Implants and Ingestibles Grand Hall C
Special Session: FR-SP.2A: Handset LTE Antenna Design and Challenges Grand Hall D
FR-A2.1A: Design and Analysis of Metasurfaces I Coronado A
FR-A2.2A: Metamaterial-Inspired Antennas Coronado B
FR-A5.1A: Terahertz Antennas and Sources Coronado D
FR-A1.3A: Wideband Printed Antennas America's Cup AB
FR-UB.1A: Time Domain Methods Regatta
FR-A1.4A: Phased Array Antenna Designs Promenade AB
FR-A4.1A: Propagation in Complex Environments Hillcrest AB
FR-A4.2A: Scattering and Diffraction Hillcrest CD
FR-A5.3A: MIMO System Applications Torrey Hills AB
08:00 - 09:40
FR-A1.1A: Dielectric Resonator Antennas Coronado E
FR-UB.2A: Frequency Domain Methods Mission Beach AB
FR-A5.2A: On-chip Antennas America's Cup CD
FR-UB.4A: Electromagnetic Interaction, Propagation and Scattering Golden Hill AB
10:00 - 11:40
FR-A1.2A: Techniques for Coupling and Side-lobes Control Coronado E
FR-UB.3A: Hybrid and Optimization Techniques Mission Beach AB
FR-A1.5A: Design of Phased Array Elements America's Cup CD
FR-A4.3A: Millimeter Wave Propagation Golden Hill AB
13:20 - 17:00
FR-A4.1P: Reduction of Complex Structures Grand Hall C
FR-A2.1P: Metasurfaces for Antenna Applications Coronado A
FR-A2.2P: Design and Analysis of Metamaterials Coronado B
FR-UB.1P: Terahertz Antennas and Focal Plane Arrays Coronado D
FR-A1.1P: Beam Scanning Antennas and Arrays Coronado E
FR-UA.1P: Microwave to Millimeter Measurements and Standards America's Cup AB
FR-UB.2P: Advanced Concepts in Metamaterials Regatta
FR-A1.2P: Electrically Small Antennas: Applications Mission Beach AB
FR-A1.3P: Phased Array Antennas: Analysis, Synthesis and Optimization Promenade AB
FR-UB.4P: Propagation Phenomena and Scattering of EM Waves Hillcrest AB
FR-A3.1P: High Frequency and Asymptotic Methods Hillcrest CD
13:20 - 15:00
Special Session: FR-SP.1P: AMTA Special Session - Advances in RF Measurement Technology Grand Hall D
FR-A5.1P: Wireless Power Transfer and Energy Harvesting America's Cup CD
FR-A1.4P: Novel Reflectarray Designs and Applications Golden Hill AB
FR-UB.6P: MIMO Antennas and Systems Torrey Hills AB
15:20 - 17:00
Special Session: FR-SP.2P: International Standards Development and Applications Grand Hall D
FR-UB.3P: Theory and Application of Guided Waves America's Cup CD
FR-UB.5P: Wave-guiding Devices and Applications Golden Hill AB
FR-UB.7P: Microwave Imaging Torrey Hills AB