Service

Leadership in Professional Technical Societies and Organizations
Service as 2024 President of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society
75th Anniversary Celebration of IEEE AP Society Throughout 2024
Service as Editor, Guest Editor, TPC Member, Etc.
General Chair of Conferences
Selected Recent Professional Technical Service Speeches
Organizer and Chair of Conference Sessions
University Service

Leadership in Professional Technical Societies and Organizations

President of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) (2024). More details on 2024.
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) (2020–2023).

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 (2021–2023).
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–).
Chair of the Nominations Committee of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (2025).
Chair of the Past Presidents Council of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (2025).
Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Awards Chair (2023–).
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 (BoD) 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 Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society (EMC-S), and IEEE Education Society (EdSoc).
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 (Fellow) 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).
Member of the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association (AMTA).
Fellow (by invitation) of the Industry Academy within the International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (AIIA).
Fellow of the Electromagnetics Academy.

Service as 2024 President of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society

https://ieeeaps.org

https://ieeeaps.org/75-years-celebration

Accomplishments of the Society in 2024

We carried out a number of forward-looking Fundamental Changes of the IEEE AP-S Society aimed at establishing foundation for advancing the structure and operation of our Society in all areas.
We made more fundamental changes in the IEEE AP-S Constitution, Bylaws, and Operating Manual than at any other time in Society’s history.
We established, for the first time, Society Vice Presidents, namely, VPs of Professional Activities, Technical Activities, Operations and Finance, Publications, and Conferences, respectively, as well as the AP-S Director of Intersociety Collaboration (DISC).
We restructured and repurposed the AP-S Technical Directions Committee (TDC) and Finance Committee, with several permanent subcommittees, and created the Fellows Search Committee (FSC) and Awards Search Committee (ASC) of the AP-S.
We established 12 inaugural IEEE AP-S Technical Committees (TCs) to guide our technical activities (note that AP-S did not have Technical Committees before).
We established a maximum total length of terms for all volunteer positions in the AP-S, at 6 years, including reappointments, except for those positions that are already limited in our documents.
We instituted a practice of every AP-S Standing Committee, in addition to Chair, having Vice Chair of the committee.
We created several Ad Hoc (temporary) Committees to complete specific tasks; namely, the New Logo Implementation and Communication (NLIC) Committee; Committee on Recommendations to Advance Flagship Conferences (RAFC); and Committee on AP-S Awards Changes.
We created a new AP-S conference in Latin America – Latin American Conference on Antennas & Propagation (LACAP), to increase IEEE and AP-S membership and impact in IEEE Region 9 and participation of our colleagues and students from the region in IEEE and AP-S activities.
We undertook concerted efforts and actions toward AP-S Membership Growth and Retention.
On December 31, 2024, we topped the 13,000 AP-S active members mark, an unprecedented 25% growth in just one year, 2024 alone.
We established 50 new AP-S chapters in 2024, more than in any single year in the Society’s history. This is 22% chapters growth in a year.
In 2024, the AP-S women membership grew by 64%.
The most important event of 2024 for the AP Society – IEEE APS/URSI 2024, held in July in Florence, Italy, was an astounding success.
In 2024, we conducted the 75th AP-S Anniversary Celebrations, as IEEE’s third society (AP-03), with many activities, events, and publications throughout the year.
The main 75 Years of AP-S Celebration took place at our flagship conference in Florence, with truly historic events.
The inaugural edition of our Latin American Conference on Antennas & Propagation, LACAP 2024, in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, was a fantastic success, resulting in a dramatic increase of our membership in IEEE Region 9.
The second edition of the International Microwave & Antennas Symposium – IMAS 2024, in Marrakech, Morocco, jointly by AP-S and IEEE MTT-S, was an outstanding success too.
And so was the joint IEEE Microwave and Antennas Propagation Conference – MAPCON 2024, in Hyderabad, India. Before and after MAPCON, we had fantastic visits, workshops, and meetings with our chapters all across India.
Various AP-S Committees organized throughout the year a very large number of innovative and impactful international membership-oriented workshops and meetings in all IEEE regions.
Our Intersociety Collaboration included establishment of the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics on Electromagnetics, Antennas and Propagation, Intersociety Joint Distinguished Lecturer Program, etc.
We made multifaceted efforts toward enhancing impactful industry involvement and presence within all AP-S activities, with several preliminary events aimed at learning of industry needs, desires, and ideas.
I was incredibly fortunate to have such fabulous AP-S AdCom at Large Members, and I am enormously grateful to them – see my personal acknowledgements.
What a year! For me personally, this was the busiest year of my life. It was also the most pleasurable, enriching, and rewarding year of my career, and a privilege and opportunity of a lifetime.

75th Anniversary Celebration of IEEE AP Society Throughout 2024

https://ieeeaps.org/75-years-celebration

Celebratory activities, events, and publications throughout the year

For the celebration, we created an extended version of the new AP-S logo, and used it extensively in our publications, conferences, electronic media, and communications throughout the year.
On February 16, 2024, the IEEE Technical Activities Board (TAB) conducted the IEEE TAB Celebration of the 75th AP-S Anniversary in Orlando, Florida, with ~200 IEEE leaders in attendance.
The TAB celebration was featured in the IEEE Technical Activities Society Sentinel (Newsletter) on February 28, 2024.
IEEE TA Spotlight article on “Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the IEEE AP Society and Its Accomplishments” written by the AP-S President went, on April 16, 2024, to all IEEE members.
The celebratory June Special Issue of the IEEE AP Magazine featured comprehensive articles describing our cornerstone technical and professional accomplishments and activities over 75 years.
The main anniversary events took place in Florence, Italy, and were conducted in conjunction with the in conjunction with our flagship conference, IEEE AP-S/URSI 2024, on July 17–18, 2024.
The July 18, 2024 75 Years AP-S Plenary Session provided a technical and professional overview of the Society and its past and present, featuring 9 plenary talks by technical and professional leaders.
The July 18, 2024 AP-S Past Presidents Panel was a historic event, gathering a record number of 23 Society Presidents as presenters who provided unique perspectives on AP-S and AP.
The July 18, 2024 Intersociety Collaboration Panel was a historic event, with as many as 17 leaders of IEEE and non-IEEE technical professional international societies and organizations as presenters.
The July 18, 2024 Celebratory Lunch included gigantic anniversary cake cutting ceremony with IEEE President serving cake to students and attendees and AP-S President opening and serving champagne.
The July 18, 2024 Celebratory Gala Dinner took place in the Salone dei Cinquecento at Palazzo Vecchio, the most historic and artistic building and hall in Florence – “once in a lifetime” experience.
The highlight of the Gala were fantastic performances by opera singers. The biggest surprise of the evening (and entire conference) was AP-S President’s unplanned singing of Schubert’s “Ave Maria”.
Our external guests, IEEE President and Vice Presidents, Presidents of other IEEE Societies and international organizations, were truly impressed with AP-S, and our organization and hospitality.
Many AP-S chapters held anniversary celebrations, with cake cutting, throughout the year and all over the globe.
The AP Transactions released on Sep. 13, 2024 two Special Article Collections on the occasion of the 75th AP-S Anniversary focusing on AP for Emerging 5G/6G Communications and Climate Change.
October 30, 2024 IEEE eNotice communicated IEEE AP-S Membership Growth and Retention Milestone Announcement (attributed in part to the 75th AP-S Anniversary Celebration in 2024).
The 2024 membership growth ended up being 25%, with 13,012 AP-S active members on Dec. 31.
Our 75th Anniversary celebration was valuable to AP-S volunteers and members, for their technical and professional advancement, for morale and belonging to the Society, for our outreach to new members, and for our promotion among other organizations that we care about.

Service as Editor, Guest 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), 2022–2024.
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10367426
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10431661

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

Selected Recent Professional Technical Service Speeches

B. M. Notaros, “IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Remarks,” USNC-URSI Business Meeting, 2025 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, January 7, 2025. https://nrsmboulder.org/NRSM2025_ProgramGuide.pdf
B. M. Notaros, “Welcome and Greetings of IEEE AP-S President and AP-S Overview,” IEEE AP-S Workshop IIT Delhi, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India, December 17, 2024. IEEE AP-S Workshop IIT Delhi
B. M. Notaros, “Welcome and Greetings of IEEE AP-S President and AP-S Overview,” IEEE PUNECON 2024, Electromagnetics and Sustainability Special Session, and “Inauguration Ceremony for the IEEE AP-S DIAT Student Branch Chapter”, DIAT, Pune, India, and “Chief Guest Address”, Awards Ceremony for EU-REKA 2024, IEEE AP-S Committee on Promoting Equality Co-Sponsored Project, IEEE Pune Section, Pune, India, December 15, 2024. https://punecon.ieeepunesection.org/; https://www.eu-reka.org/
B. M. Notaros, “Welcome and Greetings of IEEE AP-S President and AP-S Overview,” IEEE AP-S Jaipur Meetings, Department of ECE, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India, December 14, 2024.
B. M. Notaros, “Welcome and Congratulations of IEEE AP-S President and AP-S Overview,” Opening Ceremony, December 10, 2024, and “Advancing Impacts of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society in India and IEEE Region 10,” IEEE AP-S and MTT-S India and Region 10 Chapter Chairs Meeting, December 12, 2024, IEEE Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation Conference – MAPCON 2024, Hyderabad, India. https://ieeemapcon.org/
B. M. Notaros, “Welcome and Congratulations of IEEE AP-S President and AP-S Overview,” Multi-Society, Multi-Chapter International Workshop on Trends & Techniques on Advancement of Antenna & Microwave Technology and New Chapters Inauguration, Kovalam, Kerala, India, December 8, 2024. International Workshop on Antennas & Microwaves
B. M. Notaros, “Sustainable Development Goals” IEEE AP-S SIGHT (Special Interest Group of Humanitarian Technology) Competition Ceremony, with 17 teams of undergraduate and high-school students located in Colombia applying and five teams being awarded and presenting their posters, and “IEEE AP-S Young Professionals: Activities and Opportunities,” IEEE AP-S Young Professionals Reception, First IEEE Latin American Conference on Antennas & Propagation – LACAP 2024, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, December 2, 2024. https://lacap2024.org/ieee-ap-s-sight-poster-competition/; https://lacap2024.org/2024/11/27/discover-the-benefits-of-ieee-young-professionals/
B. M. Notaros, “Welcome to Inaugural LACAP, Priorities of IEEE AP-S for IEEE Region 9,” Opening Ceremony, December 2, 2024, and “Advancing Impacts of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society in IEEE Region 9,” IEEE Region 9 AP-S Chapter Chairs Meeting, December 1, 2024, First IEEE Latin American Conference on Antennas & Propagation – LACAP 2024, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. https://lacap2024.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Program_LACAP_v12012024-2.pdf
B. M. Notaros, “Welcome of IEEE AP-S President, Overview of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society,” Opening Ceremony, International Microwave & Antennas Symposium – IMAS 2024, Marrakech, Morocco, October 22, 2024. http://imas2024.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Program_Booklet.pdf
B. M. Notaros, “Introduction of Event”, “IEEE AP-S Overview”, and “Inauguration Ceremony for the IEEE Serbia and Montenegro Section Antennas and Propagation Society AP03 Chapter”, IEEE AP-S Distinguished Lecturers Workshop & Meeting Series, Belgrade, Serbia, October 17-19, 2024. IEEE AP-S Distinguished Lecturers Workshop & Meeting Series
B. M. Notaros, “IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society President Address” (virtual), IEEE PUST AP-S Student Branch Chapter Inauguration on IEEE Day, Pabna University of Science and Technology, Pabna, Bangladesh, October 1, 2024.
B. M. Notaros, “IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society President MTT-S AdCom Address,” IEEE MTT-S AdCom Meeting (AM3) 2024, IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, September 28, 2024.
B. M. Notaros, “75th Anniversary of the IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society and its Accomplishments” (virtual), IEEE SPACE 2024 (SPace, Aerospace and defenCE Conference), Bangalore, India, July 22, 2024. https://ieee-space-2024.ieeebangalore.org/program.php
B. M. Notaros, “IEEE AP-S President Welcome and AP-S Overview,” Opening Ceremony, 2024 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium – ACES2024, Orlando, Florida, May 20, 2024. https://aces-society.org/conference/Orlando_2024/ACES2024_Orlando_Program.pdf
B. M. Notaros, “Presidential Address” (virtual), 75th Anniversary Celebration of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, Kerala Chapter, Thampanoor, Trivandrum, India, April 19, 2024.
B. M. Notaros, “Welcome of the IEEE AP-S President” and “IEEE & AP-S Today: Activities and Opportunities,” IEEE AP-S/MTT-S/EMC-S First Joint Distinguished Lecture Workshop, Zagreb, Croatia, April 12, 2024. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10807799
B. M. Notaros, “IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society President’s Opening Remarks,” Opening Ceremony, The 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation – EuCAP 2024, Glasgow, UK, March 18, 2024.
B. M. Notaros et al., “Student Mentoring Panel,” 2024 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 11, 2024, Boulder, Colorado. https://www.usnc-ursi-archive.org/nrsm/2024/NRSM2024_ProgramGuide.pdf
B. M. Notaros, “IEEE AP-S Presentation,” IEEE Sensors Council 25th Anniversary Celebration, IEEE SENSORS 2023 Conference, Vienna, Austria, October 31, 2023. https://2023.ieee-sensorsconference.org/25th-anniversary-speakers
B. M. Notaros, “IEEE AP-S Opening Remarks,” Opening Ceremony, and “IEEE AP-S Opportunities for Members and Students,” IEEE SIGHT Panel, The 7th International EMC Conference EMC Türkiye 2023 and IEEE AP-S International Workshop on Current and Future Challenges in Electromagnetics and Antenna Engineering, Istanbul, Türkiye, September 18, 2023. http://www.emcturkiye.org/EMC_TURKIYE_2023_FINAL_PROGRAM.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 “Advancements in Antennas, Propagation, and Radio Science: In Memory of W. Ross Stone,” for the 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and ITNC-USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, July 17, 2024, Florence, Italy.
Co-Organizer and Co-Chair (with Dr. Stefania Monni) of the Workshop In Memory of Ross Stone, for the 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation – EuCAP 2024, March 20, 2024, Glasgow, UK.
Organizer and Chair of the Special Session “Advances in Frequency-Domain CEM Techniques and Applications,” for the 24th International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications – ICEAA 2023, October 11, 2023, Venice, Italy.
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 Special Session “Advanced Modeling Techniques and Algorithms in Computational Electromagnetics,” 2025 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 9, 2025, Boulder, Colorado.
Chair of Session “Devices, Systems, and Applications,” 2025 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 10, 2025, Boulder, Colorado.
Chair of Keynote Session – Prof. Constantine A. Balanis, “The Evolution of Antenna Technology: Past, Present and Future” First IEEE Latin American Conference on Antennas & Propagation – LACAP 2024, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, December 3, 2024.
Chair of Session “Propagation, Scattering, and Sensing I,” 2024 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, January 11, 2024, Boulder, Colorado.
Chair of Session “Target Detection and Identification,” 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, July 24, 2023, Portland, OR, USA.
Chair of Session “Finite Element Methods I,” 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, July 24, 2023, Portland, OR, USA.
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

Service and outreach as University Distinguished Teaching Scholar (UDTS), Colorado State University, 2016–.
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).