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 59 Issue 59, published in January 2009, contains the following articles and reports. Editorial. The latest regarding the status of AMPERE. Time for unified microwaves? Making steps towards IEEE MTT-S. News from C-Tech Innovations LTD . News and Events.

Editorial

In In this issue I will outline the events that have taken place since the Oradea conference striking AMPERE EUROPE off the register of Companies House and changing its structure to a new Association based in France. Despite his intention to step down from the Management Committee Jon Binner undertook to liaise with the accountants and Companies House in order to ensure that this business was conducted properly and according to the set rules. The Committee is indebted to Jon for his monumental efforts in this respect.

In this issue Vadim Yakovlev informs us of some interesting developments following the Modena Seminar in February 2008 in bringing closer together all those concerned with microwave and RF heating in the world. One such initiative is briefing the President of MTT-S, Prof. Modelski about such a goal and aspirations. It appears that Prof Modelski has responded positively to such initiatives because in a recent paper he singles out Microwave Power Engineering as a vital link. Of course this is not a new issue having been discussed at our conferences many times but it is important from time to time to revisit it in order to put in fresh ideas for future consideration.

Ricky Metaxas
Newsletter Editor
St John’s College
Cambridge CB2 1TP, UK

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