BJ8-5: Square Kilometer Array (Joint Session - Commissions B and J)

Wednesday, July 25, 2007 • MacDonald Room

Organizers/Co-Chairs:

P. Patel, ASTRON, The Netherlands

B. Veidt, NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Canada

URSI98_Hall.pdf: "The International SKA Design Process: The Antenna in Context" (Invited)

P.J. Hall, CSIRO, Australia

Presenter: Peter Hall, CSIRO, Australia

URSI80_Zuliani.pdf: "Low Cost Phased Array for SKA" (Invited)

M. Zuliani, ASTRON, The Netherlands; P.D. Patel, ASTRON, The Netherlands;

E. van der Wall, ASTRON, The Netherlands;

M. Drost, ASTRON, The Netherlands

Presenter: Michelle Zuliani, ASTRON, The Netherlands

URSI244_Cortes.pdf: "Aeff/Tsys and Minimum Reflector Antenna Size for SKA: Full Wave Analysis" (Invited)

G. Cortes-Medellin, Cornell University, USA

Presenter: German Cortes-Medellin, Cornell University, USA

URSI171_Weinreb.pdf: "Wide Bandwidth Feeds and Low Noise Amplifiers" (Invited)

S. Weinreb, California Institute of Technology, USA;

H. Mani, California Institute of Technology, USA

Presenter: Sander Weinreb, California Institute of Technology, USA

URSI207_Chalmers.pdf: "Composite Applications to Radio Telescopes" (Invited)

D.R. Chalmers, National Research Council of Canada, HIA/DRAO, Canada;

G.E. Lacy, National Research Council of Canada, HIA/DRAO, Canada;

P.E. Dewdney, National Research Council of Canada, HIA/DRAO, Canada;

G.J. Hovey, National Research Council of Canada-Penticton, Canada;

R. Smegal, Aardvark Resources, Canada

Presenter: Dean Chalmers, National Research Council of Canada, HIA/DRAO, Canada

URSI112_Veidt.pdf: "Phased-Array Feeds for Centimetre-Wave Radio Telescopes" (Invited)

B.G. Veidt, NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Canada;

T.A. Burgess, National Research Council of Canada, HIA/DRAO, Canada;

P.E. Dewdney, National Research Council of Canada, HIA/DRAO, Canada;

S. Dougherty, National Research Council of Canada, HIA/DRAO, Canada;

A. Gray, National Research Council of Canada, HIA/DRAO, Canada;

G.J. Hovey, National Research Council of Canada-Penticton, Canada;

R. Smegal, Aardvark Resources, Canada; T. Willis, NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Canada

Presenter: Bruce Veidt, NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Canada

URSI105_Welch.pdf: "Log-periodic Feeds for the SKA" (Invited)

J. Welch, University of California at Berkeley, USA;

G. Engargiola, University of California at Berkeley, USA

Presenter: Wm. Welch, University of California at Berkeley, USA

URSI161_Gawande.pdf: "The Inverted, Conical, Sinuous Antenna over a Ground Plane" (Invited)

R.S. Gawande, University of Virginia, USA;

R.F. Bradley, NRAO Technology Center, USA

Presenter: Rohit Gawande, University of Virginia, USA

URSI285_Jin.pdf: "Particle Swarm Optimization for Correlator Antenna Array Designs in Radio Astronomy Applications"

N. Jin, University of California at Los Angeles, USA;

Y. Rahmat-Samii, University of California at Los Angeles, USA

Presenter: Nanbo Jin, University of California at Los Angeles, USA

URSI429_Paravastu.pdf: "Evolution of Active Antenna Concepts for the Long Wavelength Array"

N. Paravastu, Naval Research Laboratory & American Society for Engineering Education, USA;

B.C. Hicks, Naval Research Laboratory, USA;

P.S. Ray, Naval Research Laboratory, USA;

T.E. Clarke, Naval Research Laboratoray & Interferometrics Inc. USA;

W.M. Lane, Naval Research Laboratory, USA;

W.C. Erickson, University of Maryland, USA;

A.J. Kerkhoff, University of Texas at Austin, USA;

R.F. Bradley, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, USA

Presenter: Nagini Paravastu, Naval Research Laboratory & American Society for Engineering Education, USA

URSI631_Kot.pdf: "Investigations of Wideband Focal-Plane Arrays for MIRA, a Square Kilometre Array Demonstrator Project" (Invited)

S.G. Hay, CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia;

J.D. O'Sullivan, CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility Australia;

J.S. Kot, CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia; C.S. Granet, CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia

Presenter: John Kot, CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia