The AMPERE Newsletter

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 45 Issue 45, published in June 2005, contains the following articles and reports. Editor's Comment. 10th AMPERE Conference at MODENA takes shape. Microwave Technology and its Emerging Role in Organic Synthesis. Microwave Research at Virginia Tech. UK Researchers hold One-Day Meetings on the ‘Microwave Effect’. News and Events.

Editor's Comments

In recent years Italy has had a very active RF and microwave community and I am delighted to welcome Professor Cristina Leonelli who briefly outlines above the latest developments in the organization of the 10th AMPERE International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating to be held at her base at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.

I am extremely pleased to have solicited an article from Christopher Strauss on Microwave Technology and its Emerging Role in Organic Synthesis. Christopher is very well known and respected in this field and he is based at ARC Special Research Centre for Green Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800,
Australia and at CSIRO Molecular Science, Bayview Ave., Clayton, Victoria 3169, Australia. His article eloquently summarizes the status quo relating to rapid microwave-assisted organic syntheses since it was first reported in 1986 by Professor Gedye.

I am also delighted that Professor David Clarke at Virginia Tech has agreed to contribute an article on their operations in the field of microwave heating. Diane Folz’s, from the Virginia Tech group describes the latest Research at Virginia Tech and the article appears on page 3.

Arrangements for the 10th AMPERE Conference are well under way, so please register early. Members should have received by now the information about the Election of President and Committee of Management. We will all meet at the next Ordinary General Assembly which will take place during the 10th AMPERE Conference at Modena on 14th September 2005.

Looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible at Modena for what promises to be a great meeting.

Ricky Metaxas
St John's College
Cambridge CB2 1TP, England, UK

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Previous Newsletters: Issue 44, March 2005 , Issue 43, December 2004 , Issue 42, October 2004 , Issue 41, June 2004 , Issue 40, March 2004 , Issue 39, October 2003 , Issue 38, October 2003 , Issue 37, June 2003 , Issue 36, March 2003 , Issue 35, December 2002 , Issue 34, October 2002 , 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.