Leadership in Professional Societies
- President Elect of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (2023).
Press Release: https://engr.source.colostate.edu/branislav-notaros-elected-president-of-global-engineering-society/
- President of the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) (2020-).
Press Release: https://engr.source.colostate.edu/notaros-selected-to-lead-preeminent-computational-electromagnetics-society/
- Chair of the USNC-URSI Commission B (Fields and Waves; largest URSI commission), US National Committee, International Union of Radio Science (2021–).
- Chair of the Meetings Committee of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (the role of Vice President of Conferences in other IEEE societies) (2021–2022).
- Chair of the Joint Meetings Committee between the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society and the US National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science (2021–2022).
- Member of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Administrative Committee (AdCom) (2021–).
- Member of the Strategic Planning Committee of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (2021–).
- Member of the Constitution and Bylaws Committee of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (2023–).
- Member of the Member and Geographic Activities Committee of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (2021–2022).
- Vice President of the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) (2019–2020).
- Vice-Chair of the USNC-URSI Commission B (Fields and Waves), US National Committee, International Union of Radio Science (2018-2020).
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) (2016-2019).
- Chair of the Technical Committee for the USNC-URSI Commission B, US National Committee, International Union of Radio Science (2015-2017).
- Secretary of the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) (2017–2019).
- Member of the Scientific Committee of International Workshops on Finite Elements for Microwave Engineering – FEM (2012-).
- Member of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Education Committee (2010-2018).
- Originator (with Prof. Atef Elsherbeni) of CO-EM Group (of professors and researchers in Colorado working in Electromagnetics area), group meets quarterly (2016-).
- Fellow of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), “for contributions to higher order methods in computational electromagnetics.”
- Fellow of ACES, Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society.
- URSI Senior Member (Senior Member of “International URSI”), International Union of Radio Science.
- Member (Fellow) of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, IEEE Education Society, and IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society.
- Member of the USNC-URSI Commission B (Fields and Waves), F (Wave Propagation and Remote Sensing), and K (Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine), US National Committee, International Union of Radio Science.
- Member of the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES).
- Member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).
- Member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
- Member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS).
- Fellow of the Electromagnetics Academy.
Service as Editor, TPC Member, Etc.
- Track Editor (serves as Editor in Chief for a track of papers) for the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (2021–).
- Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (2017–2020).
- Guest Editor for the Special issue “Frontiers in Computational Electromagnetics” of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (Guest Editors: Branislav M. Notaros, Colorado State University, USA, Francesco P. Andriulli, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, and Hakan Bagci, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia), 2022–2023.
- Guest Editor of the Special Issue on Finite Elements for Microwave Engineering (double special issue), Electromagnetics, Vol. 34, Issue 3-4, April 2014.
- Guest Editor in Chief of the Special Issue on Advanced Computational Electromagnetic Methodologies and Techniques (“ACES2018 Denver – Methods”), ACES Journal, Vol. 33, No. 10, October 2018, and Vol. 34, No. 2, February 2019.
- Guest Editor in Chief of the Special Issue on New Designs of Antennas and RF, Microwave, and Wireless Structures and Systems (“ACES2018 Denver – Designs”), ACES Journal, Vol. 33, No. 10, October 2018, and Vol. 34, No. 2, February 2019.
- Guest Editor in Chief of the Special Issue on Cutting-Edge Modeling and Applications of Electromagnetic Devices and Fields (“ACES2018 Denver – Applications”), ACES Journal, Vol. 33, No. 10, October 2018, and Vol. 34, No. 2, February 2019.
- Founding Editor of “Electromagnetics, Wireless, Radar, and Microwaves Series”, book series, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
- Series Associate Editor of the SciTech/IET-ACES Book Series on Computational Electromagnetics and Engineering (CEME)
- Technical Program Committee member for 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, July 23–28, 2023, Portland, Oregon.
- Technical Program Committee member for 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, July 10-15, 2022, Denver, Colorado.
- Technical Program Committee member for 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, December 4–10, 2021, Singapore.
- Technical Program Committee member for 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, July 5–10, 2020, Montreal, Canada.
- Technical Program Committee member for 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, July 7–12, 2019, Atlanta, Georgia.
- Technical Program Committee member for 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, July 8–13, 2018, Boston, Massachusetts.
- Technical Program Committee member for 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, July 9–15, 2017, San Diego, California.
- Technical Program Committee member for 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, June 26 - July 1, 2016, Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
- Technical Program Committee member for 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, July 19-25, 2015, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- Served as a reviewer of journal papers on more than 200 occasions within last several years.
- Regularly serves as reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation and for the IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, and frequently for the IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters.
- Periodically serves as reviewer for Nature, APS Magazine, ACES Journal, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Journal of Computational Physics, JOSA A, JOSA B, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, International Journal of Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Sensors Journal, International Journal of Numerical Modeling, etc.
- Reviewer for many conferences, book series, monographs, textbooks, etc.
- Serves as reviewer of applications for IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Pre-Doctoral and Doctoral Research Awards, Student Paper Awards, Student Design Competitions, etc.
- Member of Award Committees for 2015 ACES Computational Electromagnetics Award, 2015 ACES Early Career Award, and 2015 ACES Technical Achievement Award, Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES).
- Frequently serves as reviewer and panelist for the National Science Foundation, Engineering Directorate, Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS) Division, and also NSF Office of International Science and Engineering.
- Proposal reviews for other institutions and agencies.
General Chair of Conferences
- General Chair of the 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting – AP-S/URSI 2022, July 10-15, 2022, Denver, Colorado.
https://www.2022apsursi.org/
See Chair’s Report (with event photos) on AP-S_URSI 2022 Denver Conference
See October 2022 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine Article
- General Chair of the 2018 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium – ACES2018, March 25-29, 2018, Denver, Colorado, USA, with record participation.
http://aces-society.org/conference/Denver_2018/ (See Technical Program; See Social Program)
- General Chair of the 2021 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium – ACES2021, August 1-5, 2021, Online Conference.
https://aces-society.org/conference/Online-Live_2021/
- General Chair for the 11th International Workshop on Finite Elements for Microwave Engineering – FEM2012, June 4-6, 2012, The Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Colorado, USA, http://www.engr.colostate.edu/FEM2012, FEM2012 Book of Abstracts, FEM2012 Photos, Report on FEM2012 in AP Magazine
- General Chair of the 14th International Workshop on Finite Elements for Microwave Engineering – FEM2018, September 10-14, 2018, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
http://www.iceaa-offshore.org/j3/images/documenti/FEM_18_Call_For_Papers.pdf
Organizer and Chair of Conference Sessions
- Organized/coordinated Commission B (and joint) Special Sessions for the 2018 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 4-7, 2018, Boulder, Colorado (10 special sessions, 70 papers).
- Organized/coordinated Commission B (and joint) Special Sessions for the 2017 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 4-7, 2017, Boulder, Colorado (8 special sessions, 63 papers).
- Organized/coordinated Commission B Special Sessions for the 2016 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 6-9, 2016, Boulder, Colorado (9 special sessions, 54 papers).
- Organizer and host of the Second CO-EM Group (of professors and researchers in Colorado working in Electromagnetics area) Meeting, December 2, 2016, Colorado State University.
- Organizer and Chair of the Plenary Session for the 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting – APS/URSI 2022, July 14, 2022, Denver, Colorado, www.2022apsursi.org/plenary_talks.php.
- Co-Organizer of NRSM 2022 Plenary Session, Theme: “RF Spectrum Use, Management, and Interference Mitigation,” for the 2022 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 6, 2022, Boulder, Colorado.
- Co-Organizer and Co-Chair (with Dr. CJ Reddy and Prof. Douglas Werner) of the Plenary Panel “Current Needs in CEM,” for the 2023 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium – ACES2023, March 27, 2023, Monterey, California.
- Organizer and Chair of the Special Session “Advances in Frequency-Domain CEM Techniques and Applications,” for the 2023 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium – ACES2023, March 27, 2023, Monterey, California.
- Organizer and Chair of the Special Session “Advances in Frequency-Domain CEM Techniques and Applications,” for the 2020 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium – ACES2020, July 30, 2020, Monterey, California, Online Conference.
- Organizer and Chair of the Special Session “Advances in Frequency-Domain CEM Techniques and Applications,” for the 21st International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications – ICEAA 2019, September 11, 2019, Granada, Spain.
- Organizer and Chair of the Special Session “Advances in Frequency-Domain CEM Techniques and Applications,” for the 2019 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium – ACES2019, April 16, 2019, Miami, Florida.
- Organizer and Chair (with Prof. Yahya Rahmat-Samii) of the Special Session “Advances in CEM and Emerging Applications,” for the 2017 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 4, 2017, Boulder, Colorado.
- Organizer and Chair (with Prof. Zoya Popovic and Prof. Erdem Topsakal) of the Special Session “Magnetic Resonance Imaging,” for the 2017 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 4, 2017, Boulder, Colorado.
- Organizer and Chair (with Prof. Juan Zapata) of the Special Session “Advanced FEM and Hybrid Techniques,” for the 13th International Workshop on Finite Elements for Microwave Engineering – FEM2016, May 16-18, 2016, Florence, Italy.
- Organizer and Chair (with Prof. Yahya Rahmat-Samii) of the Special Session “Advances in Computational EM and Emerging Applications,” for the 2016 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 7, 2016, Boulder, Colorado.
- Organizer (with Prof. Sourajeet Roy) of Special Session “Uncertainty Quantification in Computational EM and Signal/Power Integrity Verification” for the 2015 IEEE Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility & Signal Integrity – EMC&SI 2015, March 19, 2015, Silicon Valley, California.
- Organizer and Chair (with Prof. Thomas Eibert) of the Special Session “Advanced FEM and Hybrid Techniques,” 12th International Workshop on Finite Elements for Microwave Engineering – FEM2014, May 15, 2014, Chengdu, China.
- Organizer (with Prof. Branko Kolundzija) of Special Session “Higher Order CEM: Development and Applications” for the 29th International Review of Progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics – ACES 2013, March 24-28, 2013, Monterey, California.
- Organizer and Chair of Special Session “25 Years of Progress and Future Challenges in Applied Computational Electromagnetics” for the 25th Annual Review of Progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics – ACES 2009, March 10, 2009, Monterey, California.
- Organizer and Chair of the Special Session “Emerging Techniques and Applications for Computational Modeling Technologies: Academic and Commercial Aspects and Challenges,” for the URSI CNC/USNC North American Radio Science Meeting - URSI 2007, July 24, 2007, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
- Organizer and Chair of the Special Session “Emerging Computational Electromagnetic Modeling Technologies: Academic and Commercial Aspects and Challenges” for the 2006 IEEE APS International Symposium and USNC/URSI Radio Science Meeting, July 10, 2006, Albuquerque, NM (AP special session).
- Organizer and Chair (with Prof. Branko Kolundzija) of Special Session “Higher Order Numerical Methods” for the 28th International Review of Progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics – ACES 2012, April 10-14, 2012, Columbus, Ohio.
- Organizer and Chair of the Special Session “Higher Order Computational Electromagnetics” of the 2005 IEEE APS International Symposium and USNC/URSI Radio Science Meeting, July 7, 2005, Washington, D.C. (joint AP/URSI B special session).
- Chair of Session “Numerical Electromagnetics,” 2023 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 13, 2023, Boulder, Colorado.
- Chair of Session “Machine Learning Applications for Remote Sensing,” 2023 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 13, 2023, Boulder, Colorado.
- Chair of Session “Numerical Methods,” 2022 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 5, 2022, Boulder, Colorado.
- Chair of Session “Frequency-Domain Methods,” 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, December 9, 2021, Singapore.
- Chair of Session “Antenna Theory, Design, and Measurements,” 2021 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 6, 2021, Boulder, Colorado, Online Conference.
- Chair of Session “Numerical Methods,” 2021 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 6, 2021, Boulder, Colorado, Online Conference.
- Chair of Session “Finite Element Methods,” 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, July 9, 2019, Atlanta, Georgia.
- Chair of Session “Computational Electromagnetics II,” 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, July 12, 2019, Atlanta, Georgia.
- Co-chair of Special Session “Advances in Curved Patch Modeling,” 2019 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium – ACES2019, April 15, 2019, Miami, Florida.
- Chair of Session “Numerical Methods,” 2019 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 10, 2019, Boulder, Colorado.
- Chair of Session “Analytical and Theoretical Electromagnetics,” 2019 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 11, 2019, Boulder, Colorado.
- Chair of Session “Applications of millimeter-wave and 5G antenna systems,” 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, July 12, 2018, Boston, MA, USA.
- Chair of Session “Sensor Network and Cognitive Radio,” 2018 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with IEEE AP-S Symposium), July 12, 2018, Boston, MA, USA.
- Chair of Session “Imaging and Monitoring in Medical Applications,” 2018 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 5, 2018, Boulder, Colorado.
- Chair of Session “Numerical Methods,” 2018 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 6, 2018, Boulder, Colorado.
- Chair of Session “Integral Equation Applications,” 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, July 10, 2017, San Diego, California.
- Chair of Session “Fast Direct and Iterative Integral-Equation Solvers,” 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, June 29, 2016, Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
- Chair of Session “Advanced Remote Sensing and Radar Techniques and Applications,” 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, June 29, 2016, Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
- Chair of Session “Electromagnetic Imaging and Sensing,” 2016 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with IEEE AP-S Symposium), June 30, 2016, Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
- Chair of Session “Numerical Methods,” 2016 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 6, 2016, Boulder, Colorado.
- Chair of Session “RCS and Scattering,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, July 21, 2015, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- Chair of Session “Radar Metrology and Clutter Modeling,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, July 22, 2015, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- Chair of Session “Frequency-Domain Integral-Equation Methods,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, July 23, 2015, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- Chair of Session “Medical Imaging and Sensing,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, July 23, 2015, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- Chair of Session “Parallel and special-processor based numerical methods,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, July 24, 2015, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- Chair of Session “Accelerated Computing Methods for Numerical Electromagnetics I,” 2014 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, July 10, 2014, Memphis, Tennessee.
- Chair of Session “Accelerated Computing Methods for Numerical Electromagnetics II,” 2014 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, July 10, 2014, Memphis, Tennessee.
- Chair of Session “Numerical Methods,” 2014 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 10, 2014, Boulder, Colorado.
- Chair of Session “Scattering, Diffraction, and RCS II,” 2013 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, July 8, 2013, Orlando, Florida.
- Chair of Session “Finite Element Domain Decomposition Methods,” 2013 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, July 12, 2013, Orlando, Florida.
- Chair of Session “Numerical Methods,” 2013 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 10, 2013, Boulder, Colorado.
- Chair of Session “Advances in Integral Equation Methods,” 2011 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, July 10, 2012, Chicago, Illinois.
- Chair of Session “Applications of Numerical Methods,” 2011 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, July 9, 2012, Chicago, Illinois.
- Chair of Session “Numerical Methods,” 2012 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 6, 2012, Boulder, Colorado.
- Member of the Host Committee of the 2005 AMTA (Antenna Measurement Techniques Association) Symposium, October 30 – November 4, 2005, Newport, Rhode Island.
- Chair for the Session “Method of Moments Basis Functions and Grids” of the 2003 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, June 26, 2003, Columbus, Ohio.
- Chair for the Session “Electromagnetics Education” of the 2002 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, June 17, 2002, San Antonio, Texas.
- Chair for the Session “Applications of Integral Equation Techniques” of the 2001 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, July 10, 2001, Boston, Massachusetts.
University Service
- Chair of the ECE Curriculum Committee, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, 2010-2017; (member 2008-).
- Member of the College Curriculum Committee, College of Engineering, CSU, 2009-2017.
- Member of the University Task Force on Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILO), CSU, 2017–2018.
- Member of the University Distinguished Teaching Scholars Selection Committee, CSU, 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2022.
- Member of the Search Committee for the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering, CSU, 2021.
- Member of the 2021 Interdisciplinary Scholarship Award (IDSA) Selection Committee, Office of the Vice President for Research, CSU.
- Member of the CSU System Board of Governors Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award Selection Committee, 2020.
- ECE manager for ABET accreditation visit, for EE and CpE Undergraduate Programs, College of Engineering, Colorado State University, 2012-2013.
- Member of the College ABET Committee, College of Engineering, CSU, 2012-2013.
- Chair of the ECE Faculty Search Committee, 2006/2007, CSU.
- Member of the ECE Academic Advisor Search Committee, 2012/2013, CSU.
- Initiator and organizer of the new ECE Seminar Series, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, CSU.
- Member of the ECE Tenure and Promotion Committee, CSU, since 2006.
- Representative of UMass Dartmouth campus (together with the Provost and another faculty member) on the newly established UMass system-wide Research Council. The council has been appointed by President Jack Wilson to advise him and the vice presidents on policies to enhance research activity on the five campuses. The kick-off meeting with the president and vice presidents occurred on May 5, 2006.
- Member of the University Committee to Support Research and Creative Activity (new committee to solicit and review proposals for Chancellor’s Research/UMass Healey Endowment Grants), University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
- Member of Chancellor’s Advisory Committee for the Chancellor’s Colloquium Series, UMD.
- Member of the Faculty Senate, UMD.
- Member of the University Curriculum Committee (2002-2004), UMD.
- Founding Director of the Telecommunications Laboratory in the Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Center (ATMC) at UMass Dartmouth.
- Performed the work that led up to equipment donations valued at about $100,000 for the ATMC Telecommunications (Antenna) Laboratory, UMD.
- Chair of the College of Engineering Research Seed Initiative Grants Review Committee, UMD.
- Member of the ECE Graduate Committee, UMD.
- Chair of the ECE Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee, UMD.
- Chair of the ECE Web and Publications Committee, UMD.
- Member of the ECE Faculty Evaluation Standards Committee, UMD.
- Member of the Electrical Engineering Curriculum Committee, UMD.
- Member of the ECE Faculty Evaluation Committee, UMD.
- Coordinator of the ECE Microwave Teaching Laboratory, UMD.
- General Chair (for five years, 1994-1998) of the Organization and Steering Committee of a joint national entrance examination (in mathematics, physics, and chemistry) for 10 schools (departments) in engineering and natural sciences of the University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, for the admission of new students (attempted every year by as many as about 4,000 prospective students, taking the tests simultaneously over two days in three large halls at Belgrade Fairgrounds).