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The Antenna Measurement Techniques Association (AMTA) (www.AMTA.org) was formed in 1979, and incorporated in the state of Georgia, USA on March 10, 1989 as a non-profit professional organization open to individuals with an interest in antenna measurements.

Areas of interest include: o	Measurement facilities o	Unique or innovative measurement techniques o	Test instrumentation and systems o	Radar Cross Section (RCS) measurements o	Compact range design and evaluation o	Near-field techniques and their applications o	Practical aspects of measurement problems and their solutions

Members come from a variety of backgrounds including industry, government, and educational institutions, and from many countries around the world. Membership has steadily grown from 30 in 1979 to about 1000 members today.

The primary activity of AMTA is its annual symposium and business meeting. The symposium is generally one full week, usually held in October or November of each year, and attracts some 500 attendees. Approximately 100 technical papers are presented covering a wide range of antenna and RCS measurement techniques and technology advances. The papers are available on CD and online in the archival database at www.AMTA.org. Tours of local measurement facilities also are arranged and are generally conducted on the last day of the symposium. The symposium also offers vendors the opportunity to exhibit their latest offerings in hardware, systems, and services.

The 2008 AMTA Symposium will be held in Boston, Massachusetts November 16-21, 2008. The Symposium is hosted by SAIC and co-hosted by CASCA. More information on the 2008 Symposium is available at www.AMTA2008.org

Future AMTA Symposia:

2009			Salt Lake City, Utah			November 1-6

Hosted by Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory The Little America Hotel and Towers (www.littleamerica.com)

2010			Atlanta, Georgia

2011			Boulder, Colorado

In addition to the annual symposium and exhibition, AMTA hosts smaller, regional events each year throughout the United States on various aspects of antenna measurement.

EuCAP 2009 AMTA is very interested in international outreach as well. The organization has partnered with EuCAP (European Conference on Antennas and Propagation) in support of their annual conferences in Nice, France, 2006, and Edinburgh, UK, 2007. AMTA is scheduled to co-host the 2009 European symposium with EuCAP in Munich, Germany, March 23-27, 2009. More information on EuCAP and the AMTA Europe 2009 Symposium is available at www.AMTAEurope.2009

AMTA Board of Directors

AMTA selects its board of directors via election from its body of membership. Board members represent the cross section of Antenna Measurement including academia, government and industry.

Those serving on the 2008 AMTA Board of Directors are:

Jeff Kemp, President, Georgia Tech Research Institute

Carlo Rizzo, Vice President, MI Technologies (Europe)

Jeff Guerrieri, Secretary, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Dan. S. Janning, Treasurer, US Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson AFB

Ed. Urbanik, Technical Coordinator, BAE Systems

Don Bodnar, Meeting Coordinator, MI Technologies

Gary Somers, 2008 AMTA Host, SAIC

Daniel Janse van Rensburg, Past President, Near-Field Systems, Inc.

Mike Francis, Senior Advisor, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Janet O’Neil, Meeting Coordinator Advisor, ETS-Lindgren

Shantnu Mishra, Postmaster/Web Administrator, David Florida Laboratories

Randy J. Jost, Historian/Web Coordinator, Space Dynamics Laboratory, Utah State University

Jeff Way, Photographer, Northrup Grumman Space Technology

Lawrence L. Mandeville, Newsletter Editor, Raytheon Missile Systems Co.

Each year, AMTA recognizes individuals whose research or technical advances have contributed to the body of knowledge in antenna testing with its Distinguished Achievement Award. The organization also cites those members whose service to AMTA has had a profound and lasting effect with its Distinguished Service Award.

Those honored for Distinguished Achievement include:

1988	J. Searcy Hollis

1989	Richard C. Johnson

1990	William Emerson

1991	Jesper Hansen and Paul Wacker

1992	Helmut Schrank

1993	George Sinclair

1994	Edmond S. Gillespie

1995	Dean Mensa

1996	Walter D. Burnside

1997	Doren Hess

1998	Leon Peters

1999	Ed Joy

2000	Yahya Rahmat-Samii and Joe Vokurka

2001	David Kerns and Allen Newell

2002	Jean-Charles Bolomy

2003	Ray Howland

2004	Ivan LaHaie

2005	Dietmar Fasold

2006	Brian Kent

2007	Jiti Gupta

2008	Eric Walton

Those honored for Distinguished Service include:

1994	Joe Pape

1996	Dick Flamm

1998	Joe Russum

2000	John Reddy

2002	Shantnu Mishra

2004	Mike Francis

2007	Janet O’Neil

2008	Jeff Way

In 2007, AMTA created the Edmond S. Gillespie Fellowship to recognize those members for their outstanding and pioneering contributions to the theory, practice and art of antenna and RF measurements. Membership in the Fellowship is to honor the memory of Dr. Edmond. S. “Stan” Gillespie who made many contributions to the antenna community as a professor at California State University Northridge and his activities in both the AMTA and the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. Those elected to the Class of AMTA Edmond S. Gillespie Fellows in 2007 are:

Jean Charles Bolomey

Dr. W. Dennis Burnside

Dr. Dietmar Fashold

Michael Francis

Dr. Inder Gupta

Dr. Jesper Hanson

Dr. Doren Hess

Raymond Howland

Dr. Edward Joy

Dr. Brian Kent

Dr. Ivan LaHaie

Dr. Dean Mensa

Shantnu Mishra

Allen C. Newell

Joseph 	Pape

Dr. Leon Peters

Dr. Yahya Rahmat-Samii

John Reddy

Joe Vokurka

Paul Wacker

Dr. Eric Walton

Also in 2007, to recognize members who have actively factored in the success of the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association with outstanding and lengthy contributions, the AMTA Board of Directors established the category of Senior Member. Those elected to the Class of Senior member include:

John Aubin

Herbert Auman

Bob Bekon

Robert Bender

Don Bodnar

Paul Bradshaw

Steve Brumley

Robert Burns

Mark Bushbeck

John Caserta

Larry Cohen

Tim Conn

Tom Coombs

Paul Degroot

John Demas

John Derosa

John Detwiler

Robert 	Dybdal

Brian Fischer

Jeff Floyd

Jeff Fordham

William Griffin

Jeff Guerrieri

Edward Hart

Travis Hestilow

Robert Higgins

Greg Hindman

Jamie Huff

Daniel	Janse van Rensburg

Randy Jost

Alex Kamis

Jeff Kemp

Leo Kempel

Paul Kolesnikoff

Doug Kremer

Kurt Kurisu

Julie LaComb

Ted Lane

Tee Hong Lee

Lawrence Mandeville

Greg Masters

John Matis

Dan McCann

Mike McCrae

Anna Moyer

Lorant Muth

Frank Plonski

Livio Poles

Steve Presnall

Stewart Presnall

Tom Proctor

Antti Raisanen

Andrew Repjar

Vince Rodriguez

Joseph Rossum

Dennis Roundy

Paul Rousseau

Roger Rudduck

Gabe Sanchez

Bert Schluper

Steve Schneider

Carl Sirles

Paul Swetnam

David Townsend

Dan Turner

Edward Urbanik

Ken Vacarro

Don Weiss

Frank Willwerth

More information on AMTA may be obtained at the organizations website: www.AMTA.org. Correspondence to AMTA may be directed to the organization’s Secretary:

Mr. Jeff Guerrieri

NIST m/s 818.02

325 Broadway

Boulder CO 80305

USA

jguerrieri@nist.gov secretary@amta.org