Proceedings of the XVIII RiNEm - NCCR MUST

Foreword
The eighteenth “Riunione Nazionale di Elettomagnerismo” took place in Benevento, hosted by
the University of Sannio, from Monday 6 to Friday 10, September 2010, and was attended by 173
registered participants.
The XVIII RiNEm was promoted by the Italian Electromagnetics Society (SIEm), and organized
by the Waves Group, Department of Engineering of the University of Sannio, under the auspices
of the IEEE-Italy Section, the International Union of Radio Science (URSI), the Italian Physical
Society, the Campania Region, the Benevento Province, and the Benevento Municipality.
The scientific program spanned four and a half days, with nine plenary lectures, twenty oral
sessions (scheduled to run in parallel pairs), two poster sessions, three special sessions, and a
roundtable. The scientific program ended at noon of Friday 10, with the Young Author Prizes
awarding ceremony. The Proceedings volume includes 113 oral presentations and 62 posters.
The enchanting historical ambience of Benevento offered a unique framework to the
Conference: oral sessions took place in the frescoed-vault halls of Palazzo S. Domenico (XIII
century), the poster sessions in the Santa Sofia Cloister (XII century); the plenary lectures
and the roundtable in the neighboring Auditorium of the Sannio Museum. The Cloister also
hosted the Exhibitors’ booths, in the dedicated special session. The social program began with a
welcome cocktail in the Hortus Conclusus gardens (XIII century), continued with a piano concert
performed by the Queen Elizabeth and Tchaikowsky Prizes winner François - Joël Thiollier at
Benevento’s City Theater, and ended with the social banquet in the Palazzo Marchesale of
Cervinara (XVI century), with the fine cuisine of Marco Carli.
During the roundtable a number of distinguished Scientists were honored by award plaques, on
occasion of their retirement, in recognition of their outstanding research and teaching activities in
Electromagnetics. The honorees were: Paolo Bernardi, Giuseppe Conciauro, Giorgio Franceschetti,
Giorgio Gerosa, Giovanni Perona, Domenico Solimini, Carlo G. Someda, and Rodolfo
Zich.
The 2010 Barzilai young author Prize was awardet to Guido Valerio, author of Espressioni in
Forma Chiusa per il Calcolo Rigoroso delle Onde Superciali di una Struttura Multistrato
Arbitraria (DIFF9), for ‘the conceptual and practical significance of his work, and the high level
of presentation’. The 2010 Sannino Prize was awarderd to Gennaro Bellizzi, author of On the
Feasibility of Using Magnetic Nanoparticles and Rotating Magnetic Fields for Activation
and Control of Nanomachines (MMAT1), for ‘the innovative character, elegant formalization
and passionate presentation of his work’. The Latmiral Prize for the best poster paper, assigned
for the first time and sponsored by E4-NVIDIA, was awarded to Fabio Baronio and Matteo
Conforti, co-authors of Observation of Optical Beams Annihilation (POST34), for their
‘remarkable theoretical and experimental work aimed at demonstrating the possible existence of
non-diffractive solitonic regimes in nonlinear resonant three-wave interaction’. The Felsen award
for 2010 was not assigned.
The success of the XVIII RiNEm was the results of the concurrent efforts and dedication of
many people. Special thanks are due to Francesca Gori who managed the Conference Office at
the highest professional level; to the SIEm Administrative Assistant Paolo Vitali; to Alessandra
Bernini-Carri, who cleverly supported the organization for the University of Sannio; to Rosario
Altieri and Massimo Di Rubbo, who technically supervised the audio-visual and networking
facilities. Alessandra Boniello, Annarita Calandrini and Daniela Guardabascio supported all
Participants efficiently and gracefully at the Conference HelpDesk... and for sure I am forgetting
the valuable contribution of others. I would express my sincere appreciation and gratitude to all of
them, on behalf of all Participants. Thanks to their commitment and talent, the XVIII RiNEm was
a pleasant and rewarding experience for all of us.
Innocenzo M. Pinto
Chair of the XVIII RiNEm Organizing Committee
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