IEEE Saratov/Penza AP03/ED15/MTT17/CPMT21 Chapter
2007 CHAPTER ACTIVITY REPORT
Submitted by: Prof. Nikita M. Ryskin
Chapter Officers information
Chair:
Nikita M. Ryskin, D.Sc. Professor, Dept. of Nonlinear Physics, Saratov State University
Mail address: Astrakhanskaya st. 83, Saratov 410012, Russia.
Tel.: 7 8452 514311
Fax: 7 8452 523864
E-mail: RyskinNM@info.sgu.ru
Vice-Chairs:
Michael V. Davidovich , D.Sc. Professor, Faculty of Physics, Saratov State University.
Mail address: Astrakhanskaya st. 83, Saratov 410012, Russia.
E-mail: DavidovichMV@info.sgu.ru
Olga E. Glukhova , Ph.D. Associate Professor, Faculty of Physics, Saratov State University
Mail address: Astrakhanskaya st. 83, Saratov 410012, Russia.
E-mail: GlukhovaOE@info.sgu.ru
Artem A. Gubenkov, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Saratov State Technical University.
Mail address: Politekhnicheskaya st., 77, Saratov 410054, Russia.
E-mail: agubenkov@ieee.org
Chapter Secretary:
Artem A. Balyakin, Ph.D. Associate Prof., Saratov State University.
Mail address: Astrakhanskaya st. 83, Saratov 410012, Russia.
E-mail: BalyakinAA@info.sgu.ru
Summary of the Chapter activities
1. Conferences information:
The Chapter participated in technical and financial co-sponsorship of 3 conferences:
1) Second conference for young scientists “Nanoelectronics, Nanophotonics and Nonlinear Physics”, Saratov, May 14–17, 2007. The conference was hosted by Saratov Branch of the Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian Academy of Science (IRE RAS) with technical and financial co-sponsorship of IEEE Saratov–Penza Chapter.
Conference web page http://nnnph06.fatal.ru/index
- The Conference Chair was Prof. S.A. Nikitov (IRE RAS, Moscow) who is a Vice-Chair of the IEEE Russian Section. During his visit to Saratov he met the Chapter Officers and discussed current activities and future plans of Saratov/Penza Chapter.
- 7 IEEE members served as members of Program Committee: Prof. B.D. Zaitzev, Prof. N.M. Ushakov, Prof. D.I. Trubetskov, Prof. S.P. Kuznetsov, Prof. N.M. Ryskin (Chapter Chair). Prof. N.M. Ushakov, Prof. B.D. Zaitzev. Prof. S.P. Kuznetsov and Prof. N.M. Ryskin also served as Session Chairs. IEEE Member Dr. Irene E. Kuznetsova chaired the Local Technical Committee.
- Conference program included 18 Plenary Lectures presented by leading scientists, 50 talks and 23 posters presented by young scientists and students. The presentations were divided in 5 sessions: “Micro and nanoelectronics, nanomaterials and nanostructures”, “Optics and nanophotonics”, “Acousto and magnetoelectronics”, “Nonlinear physics”, “Biophysics and biomedical technologies”. IEEE Members Prof. S.P. Kuznetsov, Prof. N.M. Ryskin and Dr. O.E. Glukhova (Chapter Vice-Chair) served as plenary lecturers.
- Over 100 participants attended the conference including guests from Moscow, Ulyanovsk, Voronezh, Penza and Fryazino.
- The book of abstracts was published and distributed at the conference. Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Communication Technology and Electronics.
- Financial support from the Chapter was $ 400.
2) 8-th International Conference “Chaotic Oscillations and Pattern Formation”, Saratov, Russia, October 9-14, 2007.
- IEEE members participated actively in the organization of the conference. Prof. D.I. Trubetskov served as Conference Chairman and Chair of the Local Organizing Committee. Prof. Yu. I. Levin served as the Vice-chair of the Local Organizing Committee, Prof. Yu. P. Sharaevsky was a member of the Local Organizing Committee, Prof. S.P. Kuznetsov was a member of the Program Committee.
- Nearly 100 participants from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Germany, Italy.
- 17 Plenary Lectures, 50 talks and 70 poster presentations;
- Conference webpage: http://nonlin.sgu.ru/chaos07.htm
- Special issue of the Russian journal “Applied Nonlinear Dynamics” with selected conference papers will be published in the beginning of 2008.
- Financial support from the Chapter was $ 400.
3) School “Nonlinear Days in Saratov” for young scientists, postgraduate, undergraduate and pre-college students, October 16–24, 2007. Such schools are organized each year since 1998 by Saratov State University (SSU) with technical and financial co-sponsorship of Saratov/Penza IEEE Chapter.
- Chairman: Prof. Dmitry I. Trubetskov (IEEE member)
- Organizing Committee members responsible for technical program: Prof. Yurij I. Levin, Prof. Yurij P. Sharaevsky and Prof. Nikita M. Ryskin (IEEE members)
- 12 educational plenary lectures on different topical problems of science and engineering were given by leading scientists from Saratov, Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod. Among the topics there were “Fundamentals of electronics” (B.S. Dmitriev), “Left-handed media” (Yu.P. Sharaevsky, IEEE Member), “Leonardo da Vinci and Fibonacci numbers” (D.I. Trubetskov, IEEE Member), “From order to chaos” (S. Kuznetsov, IEEE Member).
- 12 talks were presented by pre-college students.
- 12 talks and 27 posters were presented by undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- The volume of conference full-text papers will be published in early 2008.
- A pre-college student competition in physics was organized.
- Financial support from the Chapter was $ 400.
2. Chapter Workshop information:
1) On September 26, 2007 the annual Workshop of Saratov/Penza IEEE Chapter “Electromagnetics of Microwaves, Submillimeter and Optical Waves” was held in Saratov State University. Since 2004 this workshop has been held within the International School on Optics, Laser Physics, and Biophysics “Saratov Fall Meeting” (http://optics.sgu.ru/sfm/2007) organized in cooperation with Saratov SPIE Chapter.
- 14 IEEE Members and 15 guests attended the workshop.
- 2007 Chapter activity report was presented by the Chapter Chair, Prof. N.M. Ryskin. Election of the Chapter Secretary was organized.
- 9 talks, 2 posters and 1 Internet report were presented, concerning various topics vacuum and solid-state electron devices, fundamental problems of electrodynamics, modeling of propagation of microwaves in waveguide structures.
- The workshop program is located at old.sgu.ru/faculties/physical/IEEE/IEEE07.php
- Chapter expenses were $ 170.
3. Technical meetings information:
In 2007 the chapter held six technical meetings:
1) Date: January 30, 2007
Attendance: Members: 9, Guests: 18
Title: Electromagnetic Waves in “Left-Handed” Media
Speaker: Prof. Yuri P. Sharaevsky (IEEE member).
2) Date: February 13, 2007
Attendance: Members: 11, Guests: 21
Title: Numerical simulation of electron beam interaction with coupled cavity structures
Speaker: Dr. Vladimir N. Titov (IEEE member).
3) Date: March 06, 2007
Attendance: Members: 11, Guests: 16
Title: Modern software tools for helix traveling wave tubes simulation
Speaker: Andrew G. Rozhnev (IEEE member).
4) Date: April 18, 2007
Attendance: Members: 7, Guests: 11
Title of Paper: Calculation of Lyapunov spectrum in distributed electronic systems.
Speaker: Dr. Artem A. Balyakin (IEEE member).
5) Date: October 30, 2007
Attendance: Members: 9, Guests: 13
Title of Paper: Nonlinear effects of a magnetostatic wave propagation in 2D coupled ferromagnetic films.
Speaker: Dr. Evgeny N. Beginin (IEEE member).
6) Date: November 27, 2007
Attendance: Members: 9, Guests: 18
Title of Paper: Dielectric Bragg waveguides.
Speaker: Andrew G. Rozhnev (IEEE member).
4. Other Chapter activities:
· A book of collected papers “Modeling in Applied Electrodynamics and Electronics” Issue 8 (Saratov University Press, Saratov, ISSN 1816-8221) is in preparation and will be published in early 2008. Such books are published each 1-2 years since 1998. Editor in Chief is Prof. M.V. Davidovich (Chapter Vice Chair), Associate Editor is Prof. N.M. Ryskin (Chapter Chair). The book will contain nearly 10 research papers devoted to various problems of electromagnetic theory, simulation of microwave technique (waveguides, resonators, etc.), vacuum and solid-state electron devices. Chapter expenses were $ 300.
