A course of the European School on Metamaterials operated by the Metamorphose Virtual Institute will be held on October 14-15 in conjunction with the Metamaterials'2011 Congress .

The course will present a unique opportunity for students and young researchers to get exposure to the latest advancements in the field of metamaterials and to meet the leading experts in this explosively developing field. The lectures will be delivered by key speakers of the Congress.

The topic of the school is:

"Engineering applications of metamaterials" (including microwaves, THz,  optics, and acoustics)

The school course will be mainly focused on the key aspects of metamaterials and related concepts that make them important for the device engineering in the different areas, ranging from acoustics to optics. Comprehensive lectures will take into account the widespread backgrounds of the audience. The spirit of this course is to highlight the practical aspects of metamaterials, rather than the theory.

The students willing to earn 0.75 credit as the result of attending the School will be required to prepare a report on a part or all the lectures given in the School, which must be sent to the School organizers not latter than by October 31st, 2011 (further details of the requirements will be provided during the School).

Program of the school:

Friday, October 14^th 2011

9:00 – 9:15 Welcome and outline of the school (Ferran Martín)

9:15 – 10:45 Recent advances in acoustic metamaterials and applications (Prof. José Sánchez Dehesa – Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain)

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break

11.15 – 12.45 Super-resolution with metamaterial lenses: basic concepts and applications (Prof. Ricardo Marqués – Universidad de Sevilla, Spain)

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 16:00 Examples of applications of split ring metamaterials to RF/microwave circuits: ultra wide band, multiband, RFID, RADAR and high speed digital systems. Part I (Prof. Ferran Martín, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 – 18:00 Examples of applications of split ring metamaterials to RF/microwave circuits: ultra wide band, multiband, RFID, RADAR and high speed digital systems. Part II (Dr. Jordi Bonache, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)

20:30 Dinner

Saturday, October 15^th 2011

9:00 – 10:30 Novel lenses using stacked cut-off hole arrays metamaterial for Millimeter Waves and Terahertz (Dr. Miguel Beruete, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain)

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30 3D Plasmonic oligomers and metamaterials and their applications as sensors and absorbers (Prof. Harald Giessen, University of Stuttgart)

12:30 – 13:30 Round table and concluding remarks

13:30 – 15:00 Lunch

15:00 - … Networking and informal visit to Barcelona