The AMPERE Newsletter appears quarterly and covers short topical articles written by experts in the field. Typically it also includes a profile, conference reports, advertisements, a calendar of events and news items on various aspects of radio frequency and microwave energy usage in the ISM frequency band, covering topics broadly from 1 MHz to 30 GHz, although higher frequencies have also been covered. It also highlights on promising new research developments to emanate from academe and industry.

Issue 34 OCTOBER 2002

Issue 34, published in October 2002, contains the following articles and reports.

Editor's Comment.
Microwave Processing and Engineering Center (MPEC) at Penn State: The Latest Developments.
3rd World Congress on Microwave and Radio Frequency Applications.
Case Studies No.1: Cosmetic producers get ROI after 6 months with microwave installation.
News and Events.

Editor's Comments

I am delighted that Professor Dinesh Agrawal of Pennsylvania State University has accepted my invitation to report on the activities of the Materials Research Institute. The origins of this unit can be traced back to the early 1980’s when under the guidance of Professor Rustrum Roy much was done in the area of sintering and synthesizing of many traditional ceramic materials.

The 3rd World Congress has taken place in Sydney Australia and B Vaidhyanathan from the University of Loughborough reports on its proceedings on page 3.

At the last AMPERE Committee meeting in Loughborough University, John Bows very kindly offered to start a CASE STUDY column where we can report on interesting industrial developments in our field of activity. Their first report appears on page 5. John would appreciate any material from any member for inclusion in future issues. I have also had one interesting comment regarding the move to AMPERE Europe Ltd and this will be incorporated in the articles before completing the
matter with the solicitors.

Do note that I have moved office and I am now based at St John’s College, where my full particulars are St John’s College, Cambridge, CB2 1TP, UK tel: +1223 338646 otherwise my e-mail for the present remains the same. My collaboration with the Engineering Dept continues as there are a couple of students completing their PhD’s. Further the AMPERE accounts and subscriptions are from now on handled by Jon Binner and his staff at the University of Loughborough. Ann Martin has retired as AMPERE administrator and I am sure you would like to join me thanking Ann for her stirling efforts to AMPERE throughout the last eight years and wishing her all the best in the future.

Ricky Metaxas
St John's College
University of Cambridge

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Previous Newsletters: Issue 33, June 2002 , Issue 32, March 2002 , Issue 31, December 2001 , Issue 30, October 2001 , Issue 29, June 2001 , Issue 28, April 2001 , Issue 27, January 2001 , Issue 26, October 2000 , Issue 25, July 2000 , Issue 24, April 2000.