Mission and Vision of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society
Mission: AP-S’s core purpose is to foster antennas, propagation and electromagnetics theory, technology, applications innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity.
Vision: AP-S will be essential to the global electromagnetics community, and be universally recognized for the contributions of antennas, propagation, and electromagnetics and its professionals in improving worldwide conditions.
Field of Interest
The field of interest of the Society includes antennas, including analysis, design, development, measurement, standards, and testing; radiation, propagation, and the interaction of electromagnetic waves with discrete and continuous media; and applications and systems pertinent to antennas, propagation, and sensing, such as applied optics, millimeter-and submillimeter-wave techniques, antenna signal processing and control, radio astronomy, bioelectromagnetics, and propagation and radiation aspects of terrestrial and space-based communication, including wireless, mobile, satellite, and telecommunications at all frequencies.
Detailed description of the Field of Interest
- General Information
The Society’s field of interest, outlined in Article II of the Constitution, includes the theory, analysis, computation, measurement, design, development, test, and standards in all of the relevant areas described in detail in the following sections 2-6. - Electromagnetics
This includes basic theory and computational methods; diffraction and scattering, inverse scattering, target identification, radiation, radar cross sections, propagation, and interaction with all continuous and discrete media, including random and complex media, geophysical media, biological media, metamaterials, and electromagnetic bandgap structures; polarization; novel electromagnetic materials; and computational electromagnetics, including methods for and applications of numerical solutions of Maxwell’s and other equations of electromagnetics, in all scales, nano to astronomical. - Antennas
This includes analysis, design, and development; empirical, theoretical, and computational models and experimental verification; material properties and selection; beam control and steering; signal processing for antennas, including digital beamforming, adaptive arrays, pattern synthesis, and pattern nulling. - Propagation
This includes theoretical and computational methods of predicting propagation and sensing; propagation and sensing measurements in all media, including Earth; and the characterization of propagation media, both natural and artificial; and applications of propagation, including wireless communication, multipath interference, smart, reconfigurable, and adaptive antennas, and multiple antenna systems for spatial, polarization, pattern, and other diversity applications. - Related Electromagnetic Measurements
This includes measurement, specification, and standards of all quantities and techniques related to antennas, electromagnetic radiation, propagation, and scattering; display and visualization of electromagnetic fields and related results of analyses, computations, and measurements; near-field and compact-range measurements and the development of new measurement techniques; and imaging and sensing using electromagnetic fields. - Education
This includes teaching, training, and education related to all topics within the field of interest, including their history.
Strategic and Operation Plans 2024-2028
