The field of metamaterials is growing rapidly and is starting to impact our thinking about the design of microwave, THz and optical components and devices.  There remain many challenges both in designing structures that exhibit desired characteristics as well as in fabricating them with sufficient precision and at low cost.  The purpose of this CRI Workshop is to bring together a broad community of researchers and prospective users in the field to review the state of the subject and to better understand the very interdisciplinary and fundamental aspects of what is feasible in the next few years.  Presentations and discussions will include considerations of the basic models for describing propagation and scattering through linear and nonlinear periodic structures as well as the extreme values and bandwidths for metamaterial permittivities and permeabilities one might be able to realize.  Fabrication processes are advancing constantly as are new concepts for how to assemble artificial materials with exceptional properties.  Limitations to these processes and how to reliably model the resulting materials' characteristics will be discussed.

This residential workshop will run from Wednesday May 27th to Saturday May 30th on the UNC Charlotte campus.  Check in will begin the evening of May 26th.  All local transportation, accommodation and food will be provided after arriving in Charlotte.  Our aim is to ensure the atmosphere is not overly structured and which is similar in style to a Gordon Conference.  This will permit plenty of time for brainstorming and networking. One of the outcomes of the meeting is a special issue of Waves in Random and Complex Media, as with one of our previous workshops.

The website will be updated with more information on a regular basis and the schedule of talks and sessions will be posted in a few weeks once attendees' (see list) travel plans have firmed up.