“Computer Modeling in Microwave Engineering and Applications”

Multiphysics Modeling in Microwave Power Engineering

When: May 23-24, 2013

Where: Padua, Italy

Organized by:  IMMG, CIMS, Department of Mathematical Science, WPI

In cooperation with:

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

In partnership with

GIMAMP — Italian Group for Microwave Application to Materials and Processing

National Secretariat :
Microwave Application Group (MAG),
Department of Materials and Environmental Engineering,
University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Sponsored by:

QWED Sp. z o.o.	SAIREM SAS

Seminar Chair:

Vadim V. Yakovlev, IMMG, WPI

Seminar Vice-Chairs:

Fabrizio Dughiero, University of Padua, Italy
Cristina Leonelli, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Italy

Seminar Secretaries:

Erin Kiley, IMMG, WPI
Fernando Bressan, University of Padua

Organizing & Program Committee:

Didier Bouvard, INP-Grenoble, France
José M. Catalá-Civera, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
Marilena Radoiu, SAIREM, Neyron, France
Paolo Veronesi, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Italy
Suzanne Weekes, WPI, USA (SIAM representative)
Monika Willert-Porada, University of Bayreuth, Germany

General Profile:

This year’s Seminar will be organized as a satellite event to HES-13, the International Conference on Heating by Electromagnetic Sources.

The conference and the Seminar will be held at the Centro Congressi Padova “A. Luciani” in Padua, Italy.

Seminar Topics:

Computer modeling and simulation are increasingly important for development of new applications and technologies of microwave power engineering. To be accurate and adequate, the models have to mimic not only electromagnetic processes in the system, but also other physical phenomena involved – such as heat transfer, mass transfer, evaporation, phase change, etc.

This interdisciplinary forum brings together engineers, researchers and students involved in different areas of microwave power engineering and engaged with the development and the use of suitable numerical techniques, computational schemes, modeling/optimization procedures, etc. The seminar program includes contributions from both academia and industry that exemplify advantages and benefits of computer models for simulation, exploration, and CAD of microwave applicators.

Technical Topics:

Aiming to illuminate the modern trends in evolution of computational technologies applicable to a variety of scenarios in microwave power engineering, contributions to the topics including (but not limited to) the following are invited:

• Advances in development of electromagnetic-thermal models of systems and processes of microwave power engineering
• Models coupling electromagnetic phenomenon with other than thermal components of microwave heating
• Methodology, strategy, concepts of modeling of microwave processing of materials
• Modeling-based determination of material parameters
• Modeling-based microwave imaging of materials
• Virtual experimentation in research, physical prototyping, and industrial applications.

Seminar Publications:

• Extended papers (up to 5 pages) representing the seminar contributions will be published in the Seminar Proceedings which will be available at the seminar.
• After the meeting, the papers will be uploaded to the seminar web site.

Seminar Structure:

Technical sessions: in the morning and in the afternoon of Friday, May 24.

HES-13 Gala Dinner: evening of Thursday, May 23.

The Seminar Dinner: the evening of Friday, May 24.