On April 28, 2006, The Electromagnetics Academy (TEA) is sponsoring a short course lecture for those interested in electromagnetic research, particularly in left-handed metamaterials, their theory and applications. Online Registration LHM Shortcourse will be presented at the mentioned date of April 28, 2006 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston in Cambridge, MA. COURSE: Theory, experiment, and applications of LHM SPONSOR: TEA and CETA LECTURERS: Prof. J. A. Kong, Dr. T. M. Grzegorcyk, Dr. B. I. Wu, Dr. H. S. Chen FEE: USD $230 Including lunch and morning and afternoon coffee breaks. DATE: Friday, April 28, 2006 TIME: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM LOCATION: Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston Five Cambridge Parkway Cambridge, MA 02142 Tel: 617-806-4200 Course Summary: Left-handed metamaterials (LHM) are at the center of an emerging field in applied physics. Their new and unusual properties have spread interests in an extremely wide variety of disciplines, ranging from fundamental and applied electromagnetics, microwave engineering, condensed matter, material study, to nano-technologies and infrared physics. This course is designed to provide the fundamental theoretical basis of this new field as well as updates on its most recent realization and applications in the microwave range. The course will present some of the most recent results published in the literature, and will emphasize the challenges, novelties, and potential new applications of this exciting new field. The course is divided into four parts: Part 1: Prof. J. A. Kong 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Fundamental concepts of left-handed media, negative refraction, constitutive relations, dispersion relation, backward phase, frequency dispersive media, causal media.   Part 2: Dr. T. M. Grzegorczyk 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Propagation in anisotropic and bianisotropic media, elliptic and hyperbolic dispersion relations, inversion of critical angle, refraction laws, applications.   Part 3: Dr. B.-I. Wu 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Guided waves in left-handed media, poles related to the guided waves and their relations to the super-resolution of such media.   Part 4: Dr. H. Chen 3:15 PM - 5:00 PM Design and applications of left-handed metamaterial, equivalent circuit model and experimental studies of metamaterial.   Who Should Attend: This short course is intended to those interested in new electromagnetic phenomena and fundamental physics, with direct applications to microwave and optical devices. Students using electromagnetic theory in their research (ranging from low frequencies to optical frequencies) will benefit from this class and might find interesting ideas for their personal research topics. Lecturers: Prof. J. A. Kong is the President of The Electromagnetics Academy (emacademy), and a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. His research interest is in the area of electromagnetic wave theory and applications. Dr. T. M. Grzegorcyk is a Research Scientist at the Center for Electromagnetic Theory and Applications, MIT. His research interests include wave propagation in complex media and the electrodynamic of multi-body systems. Dr. B. I. Wu is a Research Scientist at the Center for Electromagnetic Theory and Applications, MIT. His research interests include wave propagation in media, antenna arrays and guided wave devices. Dr. H. S. Chen is an assistant professor in the Electromagnetics Academy at Zhejiang University and a visiting scholar in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research interests include left-handed materials, numerical methods. Contact Information: Phone: 781-308-8361 Fax: 617-258-8766 Email: shortcourse@emacademy.us