13th Seminar "Computer Modeling in Microwave Engineering and Applications"


Advances in Determining Material Parameters


March 7-8, 2011

Thun, Switzerland




Sunday, March 6, 2011


17:00-19:00 On-site registration: Hotel Krone, Rathausplatz, Thun


Monday, March 7, 2011


7:15-7:30 On-site registration: Hotel Krone, Rathausplatz, Thun
   
7:15-14:00 Excursion to the Swiss Light Source (SLS) of the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen, Switzerland
   
14:00-14:30 On-site registration: EMPA, Room 503
   
14:30-14:45 Welcome & Opening remarks
S. Vaucher, Seminar Vice-Chair & Local Organizer
EMPA, Thun, Switzerland

Introduction to the Seminar
V.V. Yakovlev, Seminar Founder and Chair
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA, USA
   
Permittivity Measurement Workshop
Chair: P. Veronesi
14:50-15:30 An Overview of Dielectric Properties Measuring Techniques and Instruments
J. M. Catalá-Civera and F.L. Peñaranda-Foix
Research Institute ITACA, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
15:40-16:30 Electromagnetic Properties of Materials: Agilent Solutions for Characterization at Microwave Frequencies and Beyond
S.B. Begley
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA, USA
16:40-17:30 Measurements of Electromagnetic Properties of Materials at Microwave Frequencies
J. Krupka1 and M. Soltysiak2
1Institute of Radioelectronics and Optoelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
2QWED sp. z o.o., Warsaw, Poland
   
17:30-18:45 Reception – Presentations by the Seminar Sponsors: EMPA, Room 503
   
20:00- Seminar Gala Dinner: Waisenhaus Ristorante, Bälliz 61, Thun


Tuesday, March 8, 2011


8:00-8:30 On-site registration: EMPA, Room 503
   
Session 1: Measurement of Material Parameters
Chair: M. Radoiu
8:30-8:50 Microwave Dielectric Spectroscopy in Fluids in the Supercritical and Near Critical Regions
G.A. Dimitrakis1, T. Fang1, E.H. Lester1, S.W. Kingman1, A.P. Gregory2, K. Lees2, and R.N. Clarke2
1NCIMP, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K.
2Industry and Innovation Division, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, U.K.
8:50-9:10 Dielectric Measurements using Transmission Line Method and Different Sample Geometries in a WR340 Standard Waveguide
D. Prastiyanto1,3, G. Link1, and M. Thumm1,2
1Institute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
2Institute of High Frequency Techniques and Electronics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
3Electrical and Engineering Department, State University of Semarang, Indonesia
9:10-9:30 Robust, Compact, Reliable and Portable Dielectric Properties Measurement System for Powder Materials at Microwave Frequencies
J.M. Catalá-Civera, F.L. Peñaranda-Foix, J.D. Gutierrez, P.J. Plaza-González, and A.J. Canós-Marín
Research Institute ITACA, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
9:30-9:50 Experimental X-ray Micro Tomography: a Tool for the Development of Multi-Physics Microwave Modeling
S. Vaucher, K. Ishizaki, M. Stir, and R. Nicula
Laboratory for Advanced Material Processing, EMPA, Thun, Switzerland
   
9:50-10:10 Coffee Break
   
Session 2: Models of Material Parameters
Chair: D. Bouvard
10:10-10:30 Electromagnetic Modeling of Inhomogeneous Composites with Conductive Inclusions
B. Salski1 and M. Celuch2
1QWED sp. z o.o., Warsaw, Poland
2Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
10:30-10:50 Contemporary Models of Effective Permittivity and Permeability of Metal Powders – a Comparative Review
E.M. Kiley and V.V. Yakovlev
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA
10:50-11:10 Modeling-Based Reconstruction of 3D Permittivity Profiles Using a Neural Network Inversion
A.V. Brovko1, E.K. Murphy2, and V.V. Yakovlev3
1Department of Applied Information Technologies, Saratov State Technical University, Saratov, Russia
2Applied Mathematics, Inc., Gales Ferry, CT, USA
3Department of Mathematical Sciences, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA
   
11:15-12:15 Tour over microwave facilities of the EMPA’s Laboratory for Advanced Material Processing
   
12:15-13:15 Lunch: EMPA, Room 503
   
Session 3: Material Parameters in Modeling
Chair: J. Catalá-Civera
13:30-13:50 Influence of Dielectric Properties on the Accuracy of the Simulation of Microwave Heating
M. Soltysiak1 and M. Celuch2
1QWED sp. z o.o., Warsaw, Poland
2Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
13:50-14:10 Simulation of Microwave Heating of Electronically Conductive Materials: Effect of Microstructure
H.S. Park, A. Rosin, and M. Willert-Porada
Chair of Materials Processing, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
14:10-14:30 Computational Study of High Temperature Microwave Processing of Zirconia: Effects of Frequency and Temperature-Dependent Material Parameters
S. Allen1, M. Fall1, H. Shulman1, and V.V. Yakovlev2
1Ceralink, Inc., Troy, NY, USA
2Department of Mathematical Sciences, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA
   
14:30-14:50 Coffee Break
   
Session 4: Microwave Processing of Materials
Chair: S. Vaucher
14:50-15:10 Microwave Sintering of Ceramic and Metal Powders in a Single-Mode Resonant Cavity
A. Guyon, S. Charmont, D. Bouvard, C.P. Carry, and J.-M. Chaix
Grenoble INP, Saint Martin d'Heres, France
15:10-15:30 Microwave Processing of Electrophoretically Deposited Nanopowders
R. Rosa1, P. Veronesi1, M. Michelazzi1, C. Leonelli1, M. Romagnoli1, and A.R. Boccaccini2
1University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
2University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
15:30-15:50 Analysis of Optimum Conditions for Microwave Re-Heating of Silicate Glasses
A. Rosin, T. Gerdes, and M. Willert-Porada
Chair of Materials Processing, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
   
15:50-16:10 Coffee Break
   
Panel Session
Panelists: S. Vaucher, M. Willert-Porada, and V.V. Yakovlev
16:10-17:00 Role of Material Parameters in Multiphysics Modeling
   
17:00-17:15 Concluding remarks. Photo session. Seminar Closing
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