Rahmat-Samii to serve as Charimain of the USNC-URSI

Professor Yahya Rahmat-Samii will serve as the chairman of the United States National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science (USNC-URSI). He will serve in this capacity from Jan. 2009 to December 2011, and will represent the US to the international radio science community of URSI. He was the Chair-Elect of USNC-URSI in last three years. URSI coordinates international studies, research, applications, scientific exchange, and communication in all fields of radio science from telecommunications and radio astronomy to medicine. URSI is supported by the National Academies of many nations representing all aspects of Radio Science within its 10 commissions.