“Computer Modeling in Microwave Engineering and Applications”
Advances in Determining Material Parameters
When: March 7-8, 2011
Where: Thun, Switzerland
Organized by
- IMMG of the Department of Mathematical Science, WPI
- Laboratory for Advanced Material Processing
- Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA)
In cooperation with
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Endorsed by
Association for Microwave Power in Europe for Research and Education
Sponsored by
| Gigatherm AG | QWED Sp. z o.o. | SAIREM SAS |
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Seminar Chair:
Vadim V. Yakovlev, IMMG, WPI
Seminar Vice-Chair:
Sébastien Vaucher, Laboratory for Advanced Material Processing, EMPA
Seminar Secretaries:
Erin Kiley, IMMG, WPI
Manuela Stir, Laboratory for Advanced Material Processing, EMPA
Organizing & Program Committee:
Didier Bouvard, INP-Grenoble, France
Jose M. Catal-Civera, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
Kuruvilla Cherian, Spheric Technologies, Inc., USA
Patrik Hoffmann, EMPA, Switzerland
Sam Kingman, University of Nottingham, England
Marilena Radoiu, SAIREM, Neyron, France
Paolo Veronesi, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Suzanne Weekes, WPI, USA, SIAM representative
Seminar Site:
EMPA
Feuerwerkerstrasse 39
CH-3602 Thun
Switzerland
How to get there? (PDF)
Seminar Objectives:
Electromagnetic and thermal parameters of materials are of high importance to the designers of systems for microwave thermal processing. Determination of these parameters is experimentally challenging and, at the same time, involves (usually quite non-trivial) computation of the parameters in question from measurable quantities. This one-and-a-half day interdisciplinary forum will bring together:
- experimentalists with expertise in measurement of complex permittivity and thermal parameters,
- analysts working with techniques of mathematical/computer modeling applicable to determination of material characteristics, and
- researchers studying microwave thermal processing of materials and developing corresponding applications.
The attendees will share their experience in the related fields with their counterparts, discussing major issues that slow down development of adequate and accurate technologies for reconstruction of material properties.
General Profile:
The Seminar will start with a half-day Workshop featuring introductory and review presentations given by renowned experts in the field, representatives of measurement equipment manufacturers, and representatives of software companies.
For its technical sessions, the Seminar invites technical contributions related (but not limited) to:
- advances in measurements of the dielectric constant and loss factor of different materials (including temperature- and density-dependent characteristics);
- modeling-based techniques of reconstruction of complex permittivity (homogeneous and heterogeneous distributions) and NDE/NDT;
- modern techniques of determination of thermal conductivity, heat capacity and density (including temperature-dependent characteristics);
- new findings about material properties of particulate materials – ceramic, metal, composite powders;
- R&D projects illuminating importance of precise data on material parameters in the entire temperature range for designing microwave heating systems.