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Last updated: December 2, 2009

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  Indicates government only session

Day 1: Tuesday, Dec 8th

07:30 – 08:00

Registration & Continental Breakfast

07:00 – 16:30

Registration

07:30 – 09:00

Poster Set-up

09:00 - 18:30

Poster Session Room Open
 

Air Force Session

Session Chairs: Katie Thorp & Augustine Urbas, AFRL

08:00 - 08:30

Welcome, Introductions and workshop purpose
(Dr. Katie Thorp, AFRL; Dr. Steven Weiss, ARL;
Dr. Mark Spector, NRL)

08:30 - 09:00

Applied Metamaterials
(Augustine Urbas, AFRL)

09:00 – 09:30

Metamaterials for RF Photonics
(Rob Nelson, AFRL)

09:30 – 10:00

Metamaterials Efforts at AFRL/Space Vehicles
(Brandon Arrit, AFRL)

10:00 – 10:15

Break
 

Conformal & Materials Design

10:15 – 10:45

Fabrication and Measurement of Metamaterial Thin Films for Radar Signature Control
(Prof Vasu Varadan, University of Arkansas)

10:45 – 11:15

Scalar and Tensor Holographic Artificial Impedance Surfaces for Conformal Antennas
(Dan Sievenpiper, HRL Laboratories, LLC.)

11:15 – 12:30

Lunch & Presentation - Metamatials: A Historical Perspective
(Valerie Browning, ValTech Solutions, LLC,)

12:30 – 13:00

High Permeability Metamaterials for Conformal Antennas
(Sandra Poukkula, General Atomics Advanced Protection Systems)

13:00 - 13:00

Metamaterials for Next Generation Sensors and Countermeasures
(Mr. Charles Chase, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works)

13:30 - 14:00

Applications of MetaFerrites
(Alaka Valanju, MetaMaterials, Inc.)

14:00 – 14:15

Break

14:15 – 14:45

Creating Transparent Dielectric Windows in Structural Composites
(Paul Ransom, NAVSEA Warfare Center – Carderock Division)

14:45 – 15:15

Metamaterials for Ultra-wideband Antenna Enhancement
(Lora Schulwitz, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems)

15:15 – 15:45

Fractal Metamaterial Development and Applications
(Nathan Cohen, Fractal Antenna System)

15:45 – 16:15

Commercial Development of Metamaterials for RF through MM-wave Applications
(Anthony Starr, SensorMetrix)

16:15 - 16:45

Metamaterials for Broadband Low-Profile Applications
(Arian Lalezari, FIRST RF Corporation)

16:45 – 18:00

Poster Session with Refreshments

Day 2: Wednesday, Dec 9th

07:00 – 17:00

Registration

07:00 – 08:00

Continental Breakfast

08:00 – 17:00

Poster Session Room Open
 

Navy Session

Session Chair: Mark Spector, ONR

08:00 – 08:30

Using Metamaterials to Address Fleet Warfighting Needs
(Regan Campbell, US Navy Commander, Third Fleet)

08:30 – 09:00

Integrated Topside:  Challenges and Opportunities for Metamaterials
(Betsy DeLong, ONR)

09:00 – 09:30

Progress in Metamaterials at the NSWC Dahlgren and Carderock Divisions
(Kevin Boulais, NSWC Dahlgren)

09:30 -10:00

IR and RF Metamaterials Work at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division
(Geoff Lindsay, NAWCWD China Lake)

10:00 – 10:15

Break

10:15 – 10:45

Realization of Metamaterial Structures by Non-Lithographic Processes
(Alberto Pique, Naval Research Laboratory)
 

Sandia National Laboratory Session

Metamaterials at Sandia National Laboratories
(Dr. Rick McCormick, Sandia National Laboratory)

10:45 – 11:15

11:15 – 11:45

Infrared Applications of Metamaterials: Technical Challenges & Proposed Solutions
(Dr. Michael Sinclair, Sandia National Laboratory)

11:45 – 13:00

Lunch & Presentation -  MetaMaterials: Its always about the applications
(Rodger Walser, MetaMaterials, Inc.)
 

Optical Session

13:00 – 13:30

Nanomembrane Enabled Heterogeneous Integration of Organic, Inorganic, RF-Photonic  Metamaterials and Optoelectronic Devices
(Dennis Prather, University of Delaware)

13:30 -14:00

Metamaterials based Narrow Band Filter for Next Generation Chemical Detection
(Dr. Kathleen Morse, Lockheed Martin)

14:00 – 14:30

Proof of Feasibility of a Metamaterial Enabled Magneto-dielectric Hologram Surface
(Rudy Diaz, Arizona State University)

14:30 – 15:00

Metamaterials for Selective Absorbers in the IR (Anton Greenwald, Agilton, Inc.)

15:00 – 15:15

Break

15:15 – 15:45

Scan Angle Enhancement of Phased Array Antennas using a NIM Lens (Minas Tanielian, Boeing)

15:45 – 16:15

Metamaterial Developments for UV-Vis, LWIR and Acoustic Applications
(Keith Higginson, Triton Systems, Inc.)

16:15 – 16:45

Wideband  Miniature Metamaterial Antennas and Devices
(Patanjali, Parimi, SI2 Technologies)

16:45 – 17:15

Dynamically Tuned Optical Metamaterials Based on Vanadium Dioxide
(James Ma, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems)

Day 3: Thursday, Dec 10th

07:00 – 08:00

Continental Breakfast

07:00 – 11:45

Registration

08:00 – 11:45

Poster Session Room Open
 

Army Session

Session Chairs: Steve Keller & Amir Zaghloul, ARL

08:00 – 08:30

CERDEC Metamaterials Research for Army Antenna Applications
(Mahbub Hoque, CERDEC)

08:30 – 09:00

A Novel Low Cost Fabrication Technique to Produce Non-Planar Flexible Meta-Materials
(Katherine Duncan, U.S. Army CERDEC)

09:00 – 09:30

Metamaterials & the Army Research Laboratory
(Steve Weiss & Amir Zaghloul, ARL)

 

GPS, Phased Arrays and Magneto Dielectrics

09:30 -10:00

Tunable Metamaterial Structure and its Variable Index Applications
(Michael Fiddy, University of North Caroline at Charlotte)

10:00 – 10:15

Break

10:15 – 10:45

Development of Magnetodielectric Materials
(John Xiao, Spectrum Magnetics LLC - University of Delaware)

10:45 – 11:15

Metamaterial-Based High Power Microwave Sources
(Dr. Don Shiffler, AFRL)

11:15 – 11:45

Conformal Antenna Concepts Utilizing Artificial Impedance Surfaces
(Brandon Underwood, U.S. Army CERDEC - Sabre Systems, Inc.)

11:45 – 13:00

Lunch on Your Own

13:00 – 13:10

AFRL/RYD Metamaterials for RF Antennas: Status Report
(Bob Simpson, AFRL)

13:10 – 13:35

Metamaterial-based Anti-jam GPS Antenna
(Robert Silberstein, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems)

13:35 – 14:00

Metamaterials for Reduced Size Low-frequency Multi-function Antennas
(Tom Crawford, Ball Aerospace)

14:00 – 14:25

Metamaterial FOPEN Antenna
(Charles Chase, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works)

14:25 – 14:50

Metamaterials for Ultra Wideband Direction Finding in Avionics
(Grant Davis, Boeing)

14:50 – 15:05

Break

15:05 – 15:35

Applications in Metamaterials Technology at AMRDEC
(Paul Ashley, U.S. Army AMRDEC)

15:35 – 16:05

Miniature GPS Antenna Arrays Using Novel Materials
(Chi-Chih Chen, The Ohio State University)

16:05 – 16:35

Low Profile Ultra-Wideband Phased Array Apertures Enabled by Metamaterials
(Norma Riley, Northrop Grumman)

16:35 – 17:05

Low Index Metamaterial Applications for Microwave and Millimeter-waves
(Dr. Erik Lier, Lockheed Martin)

17:05

Conference Adjourns

Poster Presenters

Metamaterial Antennas: from Radio to THz and Optical Frequencies
(Andrea Alu, University of Texas at Austin)

Infrared Metamaterial Applications (Glenn Boreman, CREOL,
University of Central Florida)

Metamaterial Application Challenges (Charles Chase, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works)

On the Interaction of Molecules and Molecule-like Objects with Nanophotonic Structures (Rudy Diaz, Arizona State University)

Metactronics: Taming and Processing the Light with Metamaterials (Nader Engheta, University of Pennsylvania)

Metamaterial Antennas for Army Platforms (Kubilay Serte, Ohio State University)

Dispersion Engineering using Patterned Metal-dielectric Stacks Deposited using Atomic Layer Deposition (Zach Sechrist, NAWCWD China Lake)

Structured Dielectrics for Antenna Substrates (Elena Semouchkina, Michigan Technological University)

Metamaterial for Infrared Cloaking (Elena Semouchkina, Michigan Technological University)

Feed-forward Design of Metamaterials-enabled Devices for RF and Optical Applications (Douglas Werner, Pennsylvania State University)

Reconfigurable, Flexible, and Conformal Antenna Designs: Novel Geometries and Materials (Adam Winkleman, Nano Terra)

An Embedded Metamaterial Inspired Compact Multi-layered Slot Antenna (Hao Xin, University of Arizona)

All-dielectric Low-loss Terahertz Waveguide Fabricated by Rapid Prototyping (Hao Xin, University of Arizona)

 
 
 
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