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2019

  • 2019, 3rdprize at IMS Student design competition in Bostron, MA:  “Wearable/frugal Microwave Energy Harvesting,’” by Dieff Vital, Alfredo Gonzalez, S. Bhardwaj and J.L. Volakis.

2018

  • 2018, 3rd poster prize at the FloridaMakes Bridg Workshop in Orlando, FL: “Millimeter Wave Integrated Interferometric Antenna Arrays on LTCC,” by Max Carvhelo, A. Akhiyat, P. Roman and J.L. Volakis.

2017

  • 2nd paper prize at the URSI General Assembly: Multi-band Multi-beam Performance Evaluation of On-Site Coding Digital Beamformer using Ultra-Wideband Antenna Array,” by S. Bojja Venkatakrishnan, E. Alwan and J.L. Volakis
  • 1st paper prize at the URSI General Assembly, “Novel Circularly-Polarized Antenna and Phase-less Characterization Method for sub-mm-wave and Terahertz Communication and Sensing,” by S. Bhardwaj, N.K. Nahar and J.L. Volakis
  • 3rd poster prize at the Int. Workshop on Antenna Technologies “Ultra-Wideband Array in PCB for Millimeter-Wave 5G and ISM,” by Markus Novak, Felix Miranda and John Volakis
  • 1st poster prize at the Workshop on Antenna Technologies, Athens Greece for the paper “Septum-less, Hexagonal Waveguide Based Circularly Polarized Horn Antenna for mm-wave and Terahertz Band” by S. Bhardwaj and J. L. Volakis

2016

  • IEEE MTT/APS Columbus Chapter 2nd place best paper award, “Novel Concepts for Slow Wave Structures Used in High Power Backward Wave Oscillators,” by Ushe Chipengo and J.L. Volakis
  • IEEE MTT/APS Columbus Chapter 1st place best paper award, “Ultra-Wideband Phased Array for Millimeter-Wave 5G and ISM,” by M. Novak, J.L. Volakis and F. Miranda
  • best poster award at Int. Workshop on Antenna Technologies held in Cocoa Beach, FL for the paper Tunable Band Rejection in a Tightly-Coupled Array Using Varactor Diodes” by D. Papantonis, N. Galichechian and J.L. Volakis
  • 2nd place best paper award at the National Radio Science Meeting in Boulder, CO, A Novel Array with 6:1 Bandwidth and 70o Scanning using Frequency Selective Surface Superstrate, by Ersin Yetisir, Nima Ghalichechian and John L. Volakis
  • 1st place best paper award at the National Radio Science Meeting in Boulder, CO, Experimental Validation of Mode Dominance Reversal in Novel Slow Wave Structures for High Power Backward Wave Oscillators, by Ushemadzoro Chipengo and John L. Volakis

2015

  • 1st place best paper award at 37th Antenna Measurement Techniques Association, Propagation Loss Measurement in 300-350 GHz Band Communication Link, by S. Bhardwaj, Niru Nahar and John Volakis
  • 2nd place best poster award at the annual John D. Kraus Memorial award, UWB Digital Beamformer Realization Employing a Novel On-Site Coding using FPGAs, Satheesh Bojja Venkatakrishnan, Elias Alwan, W. Khalil and J.L. Volakis.

2014

  • 2014 IMWS-Bio 2014 Best Poster Award, Fully-Passive and Wireless Detection of Very-Low-Power Brain Signals,” Cedric Lee, Asimina Kiourti, Junseok Chae and John L. Volakis.
  • 2nd place best paper award at the 2014 Antenna Measurements Techniques Association (AMTA), Novel Phaseless Method for Gain Characterization of Circularly Polarized Antennas Operating in the mm-Wave and  THz Bands, Shubhendu Bharwaj, Niru K. Nahar and John L. Volakis.
  • 2014 IEEE EMBS BRAIN Grand Challenges Young Investigator award, “Fully-Passive Wireless Implants for Unobtrusive Brain Signal Monitoring,” by Asimina Kiourti, Cedric Lee, Junseok Chae, and John L. Volakis.
  • 2014 Premium Award for Best Paper in IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, Design of an Efficient Ambient WiFi Energy Harvesting System,”  IET Microwaves, Ant. & Propagat., 1200-1206,  2012 by U. Olgun, C.-C. Chen and J.L. Volakis
  • Best student paper award at the 2014 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting (Boulder, CO), Analytical and Experimental Evaluation of a Novel Wideband Transceiver with On-Site Coding by Elias Alwan, W. Khalil and J.L. Volakis.

2013

  • 1st place best paper award at the 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems & Technology: Low Cost, Power Efficient, On-Site Coding Receiver (OSCR) for Ultra-Wideband Digital Beamforming by Elias Alwan, W. Khalil and J.L. Volakis.
  • 2nd place best paper award at the 2013 Antenna Measurements Techniques Association (AMTA): Implementation of a Novel Low-Cost Low- Profile Ku-Band Antenna Array for Single Beam Steering from Space by N. Host, C-C. Chen and J.L.Volakis.
  • 2nd place best student paper award at the 2013 Allerton Antenna Applications Symposium: Efficient Self Powered Auto-Tuned VHF Impedance Tuner for High Power Applications, by N. J. Smith, C-C. Chen, and J. L. Volakis
  • Best paper at the 2013 Wireless Innovation Forum on Wireless Communications Technologies and Software Defined Radio (SDR 2013): Ultra-wideband Digital Beamformer with Significant SWAP-C Reduction, by A. Alwan, S. Balasubramanian, J.G. Atallah, M. Larue, W. Khalil, K. Sertel, J. L. Volakis.
  • 2nd place best student paper award at the 2013 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting (Boulder, CO), Computation of the Q Limits for Arbitrary-Shaped Antennas Using Characteristic Modes, by Jeffry Chalas, Kubilay Sertel and John Volakis

2012

  • 2012 best poster award at the annual John D. Kraus Memorial award, Determining the Relative Permittivity of Masses in the Human Body, by Safa Salman, D. Psychoudakis and John Volakis.
  • 2012 2nd best student paper award at the Antenna Applications Symposium, A Wideband Scanning Conformal Array with a Compact Compensating Balun, by Jon Doane, K. Sertel and J.L. Volakis.
  • 2012 best paper award at the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposium 3:1 Bandwidth Scanning Tightly Coupled Dipole Array with Co-Designed Compact Balun, by Jon Doane, K. Sertel and J.L. Volakis.
  • 2012 best poster award at the International Wireless & Antennas Technologies (iWAT) conference: Flexible Textile Antennas for Body-Worn Communication by Zheyu Wang, Lanlin Zhang, Dimitris Psychoudakis and John L. Volakis.

2011

  • 2011 3rd place for best paper award at the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association Symposium (AMTA) (Boston, MA), Frequency and Impedance Agile Real-Time Tuning Network for 200-400 MHz Antennas, N. J. Smith, C.C. Chen and J.L. Volakis.

2010

  • 2010 best paper award at the IEEE International Symposium on Phased Arrays Systems & Technology, Boston, MA, Broadband Planar Wide-Scan Array Employing Tightly Coupled Elements and Integrated Balun, Justin A. Kasemodel, Chi-Chih Chen, John L. Volakis.
  • 2010, 2nd place best paper award at the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Conference (Toronto, Canada), High Resolution Radar Imaging Utilizing a Portable Opportunistic Sensing Platform, K. E. Browne, R. J. Burkholder and J. L. Volakis.
  • 2010, 1st place best paper award at the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Conference (Toronto, Canada), An Interweaved Spiral Array (ISPA) Providing a 10:1 Bandwidth over a Ground Plane, Tzanidis, K. Sertel and J. L. Volakis

2009

  • 2009, 1st place best paper award at the Antennas Applications Symposium (Allerton, IL), A novel non-symmetric tightly coupled element for wideband phased array apertures, J.A. Kasemodel, C.C. Chen, J.L. Volakis.
  • 2009 3rd place best paper award at the North American URSI Meeting, Conductive Polymer-Carbon Nanotube Sheets for Conformal Load Bearing Antennas, by Y. Zhou, Y. Bayram, J.L. Volakis and L. Dai.

2008

  • 2008 best paper award at the International Antennas and Propagation (ISAP) conference, An Approximate UTD Ray Solution of an Oblique EM Wave Diffraction at a Junction between Two Different thin Planar Material Slabs on Ground Plane, by Titipong Lertwiriyaprapa, P.H. Pathak and J.L. Volakis
  • 2008 2nd place best paper award at the North American URSI Meeting, Miniature Antenna Design via Printed Coupled Lines emulating Degenerate Band Edge Crystals, by G. Mumcu, K. Sertel, and J.L. Volakis.

2007

  • 2007 North American URSI Meeting best student paper finalist. A UTD for the Radiation by Sources near thin planar Positive or Negative Material Structures with a Discontinuity by Titipong T. Lertwiriyaprapa, P.H. Pathak and J.L. Volakis

2005

  • 2005 ACES Conference best student paper award: A Hybrid VSIE Method for Periodic Media and Metamaterials,” by Brian C. Usner, Kubilay Sertel and John L. Volakis (received 3rd best paper award)
  • 2005 IEEE EMC Society Leo L. Beranek Student Grant Award, and Runner-Up of Best Student Paper Award; Conf Paper: A Novel Technique for Concurrent On & Off – Board EMI Analysis of Mixed RF-Digital Circuits via Hybrid Scattering Parameters”, Y. Bayram, J.L. Volakis and P. Roblin.

2004

  • Best Student Paper Award at the 2004 Antenna Measurement Techniques Association (AMTA), Conf Paper: Lee, Chi-Chih Chen and John Volakis, “Antenna miniaturization using artificial transmission line,”

2003

  • Third place best student paper award at the 2003 IEEE Int. Symposium on Antennas and Propagation; Conf Paper: Kindt and J.L. Volakis, “A multi-cell array decomposition approach to composite finite array analysis.”