THE HISTORY OF THE APPLIED COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS SOCIETY (ACES)

1985-1994

by

Robert M. Bevensee ACES Historian

Foreword

The ACES organization began as a four-day workshop followed by several newsletters and grew into an international corporation in only five years for several crucial reasons. It filled a need among electrical engineers working in the field of electromagnetic phenomena computation and a relatively small but intensely dedicated coterie of professionals and their organizations supported the ACES’ activities. You will encounter the names of these Acesians (Acesian (A’ces’ean), a member or supporter of ACES) again and again as you read the impressive story of ACES' growth. This growth has taken ACES from its origins in California to many areas of the world. ACES' example has inspired similar electromagnetic code users groups abroad, as well as international workshops in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, and South Africa.

The most serious problem ACES continually faced was the budget problem. By adroit use of organizational services and necessary increases in membership fees and Annual Review of Progress attendance fees the treasurers managed to keep ACES financially afloat. Today its many sources of income and careful budgeting should keep it financially solvent in the foreseeable future. This History emphasizes the vast number of persons and their organizations (in parentheses) who built ACES into the dynamic organization it is today.

On to 1985