Our upcoming conference (#50) will take place in Helsinki, Finland during the week of August 17-21, 2025. Professor Zachary Taylor is the Local Chair and the conference will take place on the wonderfully designed campus of Aalto University. The paper submission site is now open. There are a large number of special events and special sessions already in place for this special anniversary conference. Don’t miss it! Plan your trip now and get your abstracts submitted before the deadline.
***Call for 2026 Zhenyi Wang Prize Nominations***
NOMINATIONS FOR OUR 2025 Shenggang Liu Education Foundation Zhenyi Wang Award ARE DUE BY April 30, 2024. A nomination form can be downloaded here and from the PRIZES&AWARDS page.
***Call for 2026 Young Scientist Award Nominations***
NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2025 YSA Award ARE DUE BY May 15, 2025. A nomination form can be downloaded here and from the PRIZES&AWARDS page.
***Call for 2026 Button Prize Nominations***
NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2025 KJB Award are due April 15, 2025. A nomination form can be downloaded here and from the PRIZES&AWARDS page.
*** Request for conference hosting Proposals for 2028 in Europe ****
Bidding proposals for hosting our 53rd conference venue: IRMMW-THz 2028 in Europe are due on March 15, 2025. Note that the normal cut-off date on January 31, 2025 has been extended for just this year. Please send the one-page Hosting Information form to Peter H. Siegel (peter.at.thzglobal.com) before the due date of March 15, 2025.
The site for IRMMW-THz 2026 #51 is Salt Lake City, Utah, USA between October 11-16th, 2026. Professor Berardi Sensale is the Local Chair and the conference will take place on the campus of the University of Utah.
IRMMW-THz 2027 #52 moves to Asia and will take place at the Fukuoka International Congress Center, Fukuoka, Japan, September 5-10, 2027.
The 2025 Kenneth J Button prize goes to Dr. Thijs de Graauw, formerly head of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) and ESTEC, “for pioneering contributions to millimeter and submillimeter-wave astronomy, including instruments for JCMT, ISO, IRAS, and HIFI and critical leadership on the ALMA project.”
The 2025 Young Scientist Award is given to Dr. Denis Bandurin of the National University of Singapore (NUS), College of Design and Engineering, “for the fundamental study of the terahertz response of free electrons in solids”
The 2025 Shenggang Liu Education Foundation Zhenyi Wang prize is awarded to Dr. Hannah Joyce of the University of Cambridge, England, UK, “for achievements in the development of nanostructure-enabled terahertz devices.”
And finally, our 2025 Exceptional Service Award has been given to Professor Nuria Llombart Juan of Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands.
READ ABOUT THE PIONEERS OF THz SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
We have added a new download section that archives a series of more than 30 special series articles covering the careers of many of our active Pioneers of THz Science and Technology (at the very bottom of our ABOUT page)
Some Major PAST YEARS NEWS Items:
IRMMW-THz Society is granted full non-profit status as a US 501c3 charitable organization!
On June 10, 2016 the International Society of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves was granted full status as a US 501c3 non-profit charitable organization. Donations are now fully tax deductible. Contact the General Secretary if you wish to make a contribution or donate directly at: http://www.irmmw-thz.org/donate
At our 2016 meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark the IRMMW-THz Society Board voted to institute a Young Scientist Award to recognize outstanding, interdisciplinary scientific work by a young scientist who has made innovative contributions and discoveries in the field of infrared, millimeter, and Terahertz waves. The Award consists of a cash prize of $2000 and a certificate of recognition of the research achievements of the award recipient. Nominations are now open. An application form is available on PRIZES and AWARDS page.
IEEE has a new THz journal
IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology targets the entire THz field with high impact papers. The journal received a Journal Citation Report Impact Factor of 4.35 in 2013. The impact factor places it 12th out of 247 journals in EE, 17th of 136 journals in Applied Physics and 5th out of 88 journals in Optics. The Inaugural issue was released in September 2011 and is available on IEEEXplore.http://www.thz.ieee.org.
The International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves has been renamed as:
Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (JIMT) in keeping pace with the conference.
IRMMW-THz Society Formed
On May 7, 2009 the International Society of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves was officially incorporated. On November 5, 2009 the Society received official status as a mutual benefit non-profit organization operating in the state of California, USA under IRS designation 501c4. The society was formed to give a permanent home to the International Organizing Committee for IRMMW-THz and to formalize the role of the IOC in maintaining the current conference series, hosting the international prize committee for the IRMMW-THz Society Kenneth J. Button Prize, and linking technically with the Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves and the IEEE Journal of Terahertz Science and Technology. The role statement for the society is: “Promoting the worldwide collection, dissemination and exchange of scientific and technical knowledge in the areas and disciplines involving infrared, millimeter, and terahertz waves.” A copy of the latest society By-Laws can be requested from Peter Siegel through the CONTACT page on this web site.