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Student Awards

2016

• Fatemeh Akbar – CoE Graduate Symposium 3rd place, for “A Novel Integrated Scalable Phased Array with a Reduced Number of Phase Shifters.” Advised by Amir Mortazawi.
• Jihun Choi – IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APS) Student Paper Competition Honorable Mention, for “Full-Spherical Radiation Pattern Evaluation of Low Frequency Antennas Using a Novel Very-Near-Field Electro-Optical System.” Advised by Kamal Sarabandi.
• Amr Ibrahim – University of Michigan Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship for Research in Sub-Millimeterwave Radar Systems. Advised by Kamal Sarabandi.
• Armin Jam – CoE Graduate Symposium 2nd place, for “A Novel Sub-Millimeterwave Radar System for Autonomous Vehicle and Collision Avoidance Applications.” Advised by Kamal Sarabandi.
• Armin Jam – IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APS) Student Paper Competition 1st place, for “A Horizontally Polarized Beam-Steerable Antenna for Sub-millimeter-wave Polarimetric Imaging and Collision Avoidance Radars,” co-authored by his advisor, Kamal Sarabandi.
• Armin Jam –  University of Michigan LNF (Lurie Nano-fabrication Lab) Symposium 2nd place. Advised by Kamal Sarabandi.
• Chen Jiang – IEEE Solid-State Circuits Predoctoral Achievement Award for 2016-17. Advised by Ehsan Afshari.
• Mohammad Mousavi – CoE Graduate Symposium 1st place, for “Elevation Angular Dependence of Wideband Autocorrelation Radiometric (WiBAR) Remote Sensing of Dry Snowpack and Lake Icepack.” Advised by Kamal Sarabandi.
• Mohammad Mousavi – Eastern Snow Conference Weisnet Medal, for “Elevation Angular Dependence of Wideband Autocorrelation Radiometric (WiBAR) Remote Sensing of Dry Snowpack and Lake Icepack.” Advised by Kamal Sarabandi.
• Francis Salas – University of Michigan Rackham Merit Fellowship. Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Shurun Tan – IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APS) Student Paper Competition Honorable Mention, for “The Broadband Green’s Funtion Applied to Band Diagram Simulation of 2D Perodic Noncircular Dielectric Scatterers, ” co-authored by by his advisor, Leung Tsang.
• Shurun Tan – CoE Graduate Symposium 4th place, for “Modal Representation of Broadband Green’s Function with Applications in Periodic Structures.” Advised by Leung Tsang.

2015

• Michael Benson – CoE Towner Prize for Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor. Advised by Kamal Sarabandi.
• Nikolaos Chiotellis – International Year of Light – Maxwell’s Equations Demo Competition 2nd place, for “Invisibility.” Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Nikolaos Chiotellis – CoE Graduate Symposium 2nd place, for “Towards the Analytical Design of Tensor Metasurfaces.” Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Nikolaos Chiotellis – IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APS) Student Paper Competition Finalist. Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Amanda Couch – University of Michigan Lurie Nanofabrication Facility (LNF) Users Symposium Poster Session 1st place. Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Amr Ibrahim – University of Michigan Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship for Research in Sub-Millimeterwave Radar Systems. Advised by Kamal Sarabandi.
• Carl Pfeiffer – IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APS) Student Paper Competition Honorable Mention. Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Carl Pfeiffer – European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Finalist in Electromagnetic and Antenna Theory Paper Competition. Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Brian Tierney – IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APS) Student Paper Competition Honorable Mention. Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Brian Tierney – CoE Graduate Symposium Applied Electromagnetics and Plasma Science Poster Session 1st place. Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Brian Tierney – University of Michigan EECS Department Graduate Instructor Award, for remarkable service and excellence in teaching (EECS 411). Advised by Anthony Grbic.

2014

• Gurkan Gok – IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APS) Student Paper Competition 3rd place. Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Armin Jam – University of Michigan Richard and Eleanor Towner Prize, in recognition of distinguished academic achievement. Advised by Kamal Sarabandi.

2013

• Jason Heebl – University of Michigan Rackham Engineering Award. Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Armin Jam – University of Michigan Engineering Graduate Symposium Technical Award 1st place, in recogntion of demonstrating creative and innovate research. Advised by Kamal Sarabandi.

2012

• Yang Liu – Student Paper Competition 2nd Place, 28th Annual Review of Progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics (ACES), 2012. Advised by Eric Michielssen.
• Brett Kuprel –  University of Michigan EECS Department Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award. Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Amit Patel – IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APS) Student Paper Competition 2nd place. Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Adam Weiss – University of Michigan Rackham Engineering Award. Advised by Anthony Grbic.

2011

• Jungsuek Oh – University of Michigan Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship for Research. Advised by Kamal Sarabandi.
• Carl Pfeiffer – IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APS) Student Paper Competition Finalist. Advised by Anthony Grbic.

2010

• Amit Patel – Department of Defense Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship, 2010 – 2012. Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Scott M. Rudolph – University of Michigan Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship. Advised by Anthony Grbic.

2009

• Adel Elsherbini – University of Michigan Rackham International Student Fellowship. Advised by Kamal Sarabandi.
• Mohammadreza F. Imani – IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APS) Student Paper Competition Finalist. Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Amit Patel – IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APS) Student Paper Competition 1st place. Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Carl Pfeiffer – IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APS) Student Paper Competition Finalist. Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Carl Pfeiffer –  U.S. Department of Education, Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAAN) Fellowship, 2009-2010. Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Carl Pfeiffer –  IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Undergraduate/Pre-Graduate Scholarship, presented at the IEEE International Microwave Symposium. Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Carl Pfeiffer –  University of Michigan EECS Department Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award. Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Scott M. Rudolph – IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Graduate Fellowship Award, presented at the International Microwave Symposium. Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Michael Thiel – SEMCAD X Student Research Award, for “Analysis of Human Backscattering in Buildings for Through-wall Radar Applications,” co-authored by Advisor, Kamal Sarabandi.

2008

• Mohammadreza F. Imani – CoE Graduate Symposium, Waves, Simulation, and Radiation Poster Session 1st place. Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Juseop Lee – IEEE MTT-S Graduate Fellowship. Advised by Kamal Sarabandi.

2007

• Juseop Lee – University of Michigan Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship Award. Advised by Kamal Sarabandi.
• Scott M. Rudolph – CoE Graduate Symposium, Everything Waves Poster Session 1st place. Advised by Anthony Grbic.

2006

• Dahan Liao – Lincoln Laboratory Graduate Fellowship Award. Advised by Kamal Sarabandi.
• Mustafa Z. Rangwala – IEEE MTT-S Undergraduate/Pre-graduate Scholarship. Advised by Kamal Sarabandi.
• Scott M. Rudolph – CoE Graduate Symposium, Everything Waves Poster Session 3rd place. Advised by Anthony Grbic.
• Koen van Caekenberghe – IEEE MTT-S Graduate Fellowship. Advised by Kamal Sarabandi.

2005

• Nader Behdad – University of Michigan Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship Award. Advised by Kamal Sarabandi.
• Amelia Marie Buerkle – URSI General Assembly Young Scientist Award. Advised by Kamal Sarabandi.

2004

• Kevin Buell – Intel Fellowship Award. Advised by Kamal Sarabandi.

2002

• Dimitrios Peroulis – University of Michigan Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship Award. Advised by Kamal Sarabandi.

2001

• Daniel E. Lawrence – University of Michigan Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship Award. Advised by Kamal Sarabandi.