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meeting ar e being held at the University of Calif. at Los
Angeles,
The International IEEE/G-AP Symposium and the fall URSI
from to 24 September, 1971. As you can see from the enclosed
advanced program, the program committee has arranged an ex-
cellent program. Papers will be presented on all aspects of antenna
will be devoted to a discussion of proposed amendments to the IEEE
and propagation technology. In addition a late afternoon session
Constitution (Thurs. September 23, to 6 PM) The G- AP ADCOM
will meet directly after this session.
Having participated in the selling, planning, and other
aspects of the symposium as a member of the steering committee
work from start to finish. We hope you who attend the symposium
has been a wonderfil experience. It will be about three years of
enjoy the results as m.uch as we did in their preparation.
John Damonte will be our new chairman. Good luck John.
The new ADCOM officers for 1972 have been elected and
JUST WHAT IS THE IEEE DOING?
ALLAN C. SCHELL
substantial number have seen their jobs terminated, and many
either have left the profession or remain unable to secure employ-
ment. For those that ar e employed, there have been instances
of pay reductions, increases in working hours, and an ever-
present insecurity over further layoffs. The engineering graduates
no longer pick and choose among employers, and older engineers
their job security, bringing into question whether engineering
especially face unfavorable attitudes and prospects in terms of
per se can be considered a lifetime career.
The present period has not been one of gaiety for engineers.
simply moderate transients on a pot-holed road to glory, but rather
In the view of many engineers, the present problems are not
they ar e symptoms of basic, systemic faults in the overall process
by which engineers are trained, treated, and terminated. And,
naturally, there is blame to be assigned. Some fault the educational
process, feeling that overproduction forces the ranks of unemployed
engineers to swell; some fault the government, which has been a
major source of funds for engineering and which admittedly has a
variable i f not flawless mode of support of engineering. There has
been a good cleal of criticism of the technical societies, and
among electrical engineers the role and purpose of the IEEE has
been questioned.
professional class
and the restriction of career
patterns are not
Issues that ar e as broad as the economic well-being of a
debated with the calmness and rationality that i s usually applied to
the analysis of the field pattern from an open-ended waveguide. On
human issues, emotionalism tends to prevail: the nightly television
news provides ample evidence of this timeless homily.
Convention were treated to some of the currents of feeling that ar e
Those that attended the Highlight session of the 1971 IEEE
running through segments of the membership. A second aspect of
the meeting was the relative unimportance attached to facts and to
a recounting of the constructive steps that have been taken. Somehow,
a recitation of rational views and moderate gains catches a crowd's
attention as much as fly paper catches an elephant; it becomes
clear why the greatest public support goes to the leader that is
charismatic and colorful and not the one that i s consistent and
Dr. James Mulligan, outlined the steps he and other IEEE officers
careful. At the Highlight session, the IEEE president for 1971,
have taken to address the problems confronting the engineering
community, and in particular the IEEE member. His actions bear
examination by the membership from at least two simple conqider-
ations. First, what results does one realistically expect from the

G- AP August 1971
IEEE or any similar group, given the realities of present conditions,
and second, is there a better way to deal with these problems, and
who i s going to do it? There is always the possibility of reorganiz-
this addresses the basic needs of the members. It would seem
ing or replacing the hierarchy, but it is certainly not clear that
that the primary emphasis should be on facing and dealing with
the problems.
The first action and recognition by the IEEE of the economic
situation of electrical engineers was the halving of dues for um-
it showed a break with the "business as usual" attitude of the past.
employed members. While this hardly solved anyone's job problem,
The next move was one that each member should seriously
consider. This i s the arrangement between the IEEE and the
National Society of Professional Engineers, by which IEEE members
can participate in and support the NSPE lobbying effort. .The
NSPE, which formerly restricted its membership to registered
engineers, has now opened a membership category that provides
bulletins and reports on pertinent legislation, and information
the NSPE i s the optimum lobbying organization, or that they have
requests
for the use of NSPE lobbyists. Whether one feels that
not adequately represented the industrially employed engineer in
past, the point i s that there is a group that is lobbying now for
engineers, and the IEEE President and Board of Directors have
legislative pressure. Long-term solutions on this subject deserve
acted to provide an immediately available mechanism for
debate, but long-term debates are not a substitute for action.
The arrangement for availability of the NSPE services is an
attempt on the part of the IEEE to do something now, and before
criticizing it, each member ought to count the number of times
that he has written his legislators concerning issues affecting
engineers, and then decide whether his own actions constitute a
better lobbying program than that of the NSPE. If not, it i s time
to fill out the form in $ectr-, at least to give a reading to the
NSPE program.
by Dr. Mulligan relating to the topic of engineering employment.
There has been a series of less-publicized actions taken
These also represent direct action to deal with both the immedi-
that the causes of the present situation are far deeper than the
ate and the long-range aspects of members needs. It i s obvious
ar eas under IEEE control, but steps can be taken to turn the
attention and resources of goverrunent and industry toward
member concerns. The cure must start with a plan, and the
plan with an understanding of the problem. In March,
Dr. Mulligan convened a panel of experts to develop a plan for
mid-career counseling and guidance. The results of this
members confronted with career decisions or changes; to offer
conference ar e guidelines
for the IEEE for
programs to help
aid from the society of engineers rather than to leave each
individual to t r y to deal with his problems alone. Next, the IEEE
president assembled a group of leading industrial corporate
officers to identify and quantify the forces acting on the electrical
engineering industry, and to make projections of the state of
that segment of the US economy that affects IEEE members jobs.
on electrical
engineering
and the viewpoint of
professionals
This effort is an attempt
to provide forecasts
with the emphasis
within the field; to reorient the vague hopefulness of the past into
future realism. task force has been directed to study the
recently-passed clean-air bill and the five volumes of hearings
associated with it to determine the implication of this bill for
the electronics industry. Implicit in the standards and
legislative restrictions are m e t needs for analysis, studies,
tests, and the development of a variety of electronic equipment.
The report of'the task force will be of value to both industry and
universities, and will be made available to the membership.
members of the executive branch of the Federal Government to
At another level, Dr. Mulligan has been in contact with
convey a sense of the waste of human resources implicit in the
present crisis and the urgency of the need for effective programs.
He and the leaders of other technical societies have participated
at a working conference with Dr. E. E. David, Jr., Science
Advisor to President Nixon, and ranking officials of the Office
of Management and Budget. Results are now appearing in t er ms
of federal funds and programs to aid unemployed engineers. The
issue is not who deserves credit for what part of these, but that
the IEEE president took the lead in finding and developing the
is now a Joint Societies Employment Advisory Committee that is
channels that bring needed prograrhs to the membership. There
with support from the Department of Labor, the engineering
planning a pilot program of job matching. It is anticipated that,
unemployment problem in a severely affected area such as Los
hge l e s wi l l be attacked through a series of approaches, includ-
ing a professional matching of individual talents to job opportunities,
and by addressing the attitudinal problems of many engineers who
have been subjected to repeated discouragements and-whose
emphasis is on the community of engineers helping those in
confidence in their ability to change has been reduced. Again, the
trouble, and the results of this program will have applicability at
other areas in the country where professional employment is
severely depressed.
the local level, the -1EEE workshops for counseling
unemployed engineers ar e continuing: these programs have been
positively endorsed by many of the participants as a direct response
to an immediate need.
it would be a shame to stop now. Certainly, some of the younger
generation seem to have taken the idea to heart. But it is some-
thing else to try to contribute to the organization, to expend time
and talent in'programs that do not add to one's personal benefit,
than kingmaker inthe pursuit of new organizational forms and
and to exercise the discipline necessary to accept roles other
programs. Beyond this, there is a desperate need for members
activities. There is a real need for volunteers to assist in IEEE
to become concerned with the IEEE and the issues of our times.
Members have a right to expect something for their dues, but the
time should be past when it is expected that professional problems
ar e going to be solved by handouts from on high. Each member
should t r y to do his part to inform himself and others, to assist
in the various volunteer effdrts, and to participate more fully in
the programs of the Institute. Whether or not it is apparent to.
each of us, we are members of a defined group, and the rest of
society sees us in that light. The time has come for a spirit of
disadvantaged among us. The leadership of the IEEE have made
community among engineers, and a committment to help the
their committment and they are acting on specific programs
addressed to member needs. Each member should assess for
himself the value of these programs, but at the same time he
should try to contribute positively to their success.
Critizing the' leadership is an old"and hallowed custom, and
RESULTS OF ADCOM ELECTION BALLOT
members of the Antennas and Propagation Group was issued on
July 2, 1971. The returned ballots have been counted, and I a m
pleased to announce that the following four members have been
elected for a three year term beginning on January 1, 1972:
As you know, a ballot for the election of four AdCom
David K. Cheng
Robert C. Hansen
Akira Ishimaru
Raj Mi t t r a
term:
In addition the following Officers were elected for one year
John B. Damonte, Chairman
Carlyle J. Sletten, Vice Chairman
ANNOUNCEMENT
the name of R. C. Hansen, Inc. 17100 Ventura Blvd. Encino,
Calif. 91316. Pr i or to this he was head of the Electronics
Division of The JSMS Technology Center.
Dr. Bob Hansen has become a consulting engineer under
Editor. He will be consulting in the areas of radiating systems,
antennas, and electromagnetics.
Bob i s a former chairman of G A P and a former Newsletter
All of us who have known Bob these many years appreciate
all he has done for IEEE and G-AP and wish him great success in
his new venture.

G- AP August 197.1
CHAPTER NEWS
By Dr. Kenneth K. Mei, Associate Editor
include the following talks:
(1) "Time Domain Measurement of Microwave Properties of
Materials, ' I by Dr. Mike Krueger, A. F. Avionics
Laboratory, WPAFB.
The Akron Chapter has had four meetings this year, which
(2) "Deployable Antennas for Spacecraft Applications, I ' by
Bob Carman, Goodyear Aerospace Corporation, Akron.
( 3) "Stripline-Fed Slot Antennas, by Dr. Paul Mayes,
University of Illinois
The fourth meeting was a tour of the Akron Cablevision Go.,
the largest CATV installation in the United States.
BALTIMORE
The following talks were presented at the Baltimore AP/MTT
meetings:
(1) "Engineering Microwave Relay Systems for EMPB-Channel
by Rogers Bailey, Chesapeake Potomac Telephone
Go.
(2) "Effect of Turbulence on Electromagnetic Propagation, I t by
Dr. Leonard Taylor, University of Maryland.
( 3) "The Application of Periodic Loading to Ferrite Phase
Shifter Design, by Mr. Wi l l i a m G. Spaulding, Advanced
Sensors.
"The Electrically Small Antenna, by Edwin Turner,
Avionics Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
(5) "Computer-Aided Design of Array Antennas, ' I by
W. E. Schneider, Bendix Communication Division.
A slate of officers for the coming year has been elected. They are:
Chairinan: B. Sichelstiel. Westinghouse
Vice-chairman: G. Klein, Westinghouse
Secretary-Treasurer:
L. K. Staley, Westinghouse
Meetings will be held by the new officers during the Summer
to plan next year's program.
COLUMBUS
which included the following lectures:
(1) "Reflection on Radar Reflections, by Prof.
The Columbus AP/MTT Chapter has held six meetings,
E. M. Kennaugh, Director, Electro Science Laboratory,
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
(2) "Navy Array Antenna Developments, by J. H. Provencher,
Manager for Microwave Antennas. Naval Electronics
Laboratory Center, San Diego, California.
( 3) "Needed: New Techniques and Concepts in Electromagnetics,
C. J. Sletten. Director, Microwave, Massachusetts
Physics Laboratory, A. F. Cambridge Research
Laboratory, Bedford
"Properties of the Peak Sidelobe of Random Arrays,
Pennsylvania.
D. Steinberg, General Atronics Gorp., Philadelphia,
(5) "Microwave Propagation Research at Bell Laboratories,
by Dr. D. C. Hogg, Head, Atmospheric Physics Research
Department, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Holmdel,
New Jersey.
( 6 ) "The Endless, Boundless, Stable Universe, ' I by G. Reber,
Ohio State University, Radio Observatory, Delaware, Ohio.
DENVER-BOULDER
The Depver-Boulder G-AP Chapter, the Denver Section of
IEEE and the EE Department/Electronics Division (Denver
Research Institute) held a one-day symposium on antennas and
propagation on June 18 at the University of Denver. Speakers are
exclusively from the Rocky Mountain area. The Symposium
papers. The technical program of the conference includes the
included review, developmental, experimental and theoretical
followlng papers:
"Propsgacao de Pulsos Sobre a Terra" J. R. Wait
"VLF Transient Propagation Using
Geometrical Optics and Magneto-
R. Perala
Ionic Ionosphere"
"VLF Transient Signal Propagation D. E. Rugg
for Night-time Ionospheric Condi-
tions"
"The Complex Atmospheric Trans-
mission Factor Between and
H. J. Liebe
GHz for Vertical and Horizontal
Path Models at Various Altitudes"
"Analysis of a Versatile Printed
Pattern Resolver"
"Microwave Ice Thickness Sensor" W. Koppl
"Extended Bandwidth Multifilar C. E. Kirchhoff
Helix"
"Microwave Losses and Radiometry R. J. Richardson
in the Jovian Atmosphere"
N. Bleistein
"Characteristic of a Horizontal Loop D. C. Chang
Aritenna over a Tko Layer
Dissipative Earth"
"Some Current Research in Geophysics K. G. Morgan
at Mines"
"An Integral Equation for the Electric A. a. Howard
Field Within a Buried Ore Body"
"A Broadband Horn Array" E. J. Bittner
Octave Bandwidth Eight Bit G. E. Johnson
Digital Phase Shifter"
"Antenna Theory Calculations of the E. E. O'Donnell
on Missile Skin Currents
Effects of Missile Exhaust Plumes
"Laboratory Testing of Trailblazer 11 J. P. Byak
Reentry Plasma Diagnostic Devices"
Dr. Schevshenko, a senior scientific Associate at the
of the U. S. S. R., visited the Denver-Boulder Chapters of
Institute of Radio Technology and Electronics, Academy of Sciences
and MTT on April 14-16. He gave a ser i es of three lectures on
' Open Waveguide Field Expansions:"
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