Technical Committee 5: Electromagnetics and Fundamentals

Roles

The Electromagnetics and Fundamentals (EM & Fundamentals) AP-S TC provides leadership and support to the AP-S community on all aspects of fundamental electromagnetic theory and its applications, pertaining to electromagnetic phenomena in structures, devices, and systems. The role of this TC includes promoting research, disseminating knowledge, organizing technical sessions and workshops at conferences, and identifying emerging trends and challenges in the field. The TC also plays a crucial role in fostering education and outreach activities related to fundamental electromagnetics.

Scope

Theory of antennas, antenna arrays and antenna systems.
Fundamental electromagnetic theory in complex media, metamaterials, metasurfaces and structures.
New electromagnetic phenomena.
Radiation effects and electromagnetic phenomena in nano and quantum systems.
Emerging frontiers in electromagnetic and radiating systems.
Electromagnetic waves and radiation in periodic, time-varying and non-linear media.
Diffraction effects in various environments.
Electromagnetic theory in the time and frequency domains.

Events

Event: Tutorial Course at the 2026 AP-S/URSI Symposium. TC5 is sponsoring 20 subsidized registrations for students and young professionals.
Title: Advanced Computational Electromagnetics
Speaker: Prof. Weng Cho Chew, Distinguished Professor at Purdue University
Date: 12 July 2026
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Organizers: David Jackson

Event: Special Session at the 2026 ACES Symposium
Title: Advanced Functional Metasurfaces/Metastructures and Applications
Date: 26 May 2026
Location: Thessaloniki, Greece
Organizers: Marco Antoniades and George Eleftheriades

Event: Invited Talk at the Marina Forum on Metantennas and Beamsteering Antennas
Title: Tailoring Electromagnetic Near-Fields and Far-Fields with Active Directional Sources
Speaker: Dr. Alex Wong, Associate Professor at City University of Hong Kong
Date: 18 March 2026
Location: Orchard Hotel, Singapore
Organizers: Zhi Ning Chen

Event: Distinguished Lecture at the Marina Forum on Metantennas and Beamsteering Antennas
Title: Fundamental Quantity and Equations for Electromagnetics from Classical to Quantum – Unified Formulations, Hertzian Dipole Solutions and FDTD Methods
Speaker: Dr. Tan Eng Leong, Associate Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Date: 17 March 2026
Location: Orchard Hotel, Singapore
Organizers: Zhi Ning Chen

Event: IEEE AP-S/MTT-S Seminar
Title: Tailoring EM Waves at Will with Discrete Metasurfaces and Active Directional Sources
Speaker: Dr. Alex Wong, Associate Professor at City University of Hong Kong.
Date: 22 July 2025
Location: University of Toronto, Room BA 2135, Bahen Centre for Information Technology, 40 St George St, Toronto, M5S 2E4, Canada
Attendees: 34 (23 IEEE members, 11 non-IEEE members)
Organizers: George Eleftheriades and Marco Antoniades

Event: IEEE AP-S/MTT-S Seminar
Title: Prior Knowledge-Guided, Deep Learning-Enabled Generative Metantenna Design
Speaker: Dr. Zhi Ning Chen, Professor at the National University of Singapore.
Date: 21 July 2025
Location: University of Toronto, Room BA 2135, Bahen Centre for Information Technology, 40 St George St, Toronto, M5S 2E4, Canada
Attendees: 35 (25 IEEE members, 10 non-IEEE members)
Organizers: George Eleftheriades and Marco Antoniades

IEEE AP-S/MTT-S Seminar Photo