Leo L. Beranek Student Travel Grant

Description
This Student Travel Grant is to recognize students who are presenting exceptional papers at the annual IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC). The award honors Leo L. Beranek, a pioneer in the area of anechoic chambers. It is intended to reward outstanding students in the area of EMC and support their travel to the annual IEEE International Symposium on EMC so they can present their award-winning papers.

Administration

The Student Travel Grant will be administered by the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Society, the administrative details will be delegated to the EMC Society’s Education and Student Activities Committee. The names of the winners will be selected by the Education and Student Activities Committee. It is expected that from two to six winners will be selected each year.

Eligibility

The Student Travel Grant recipients must be scheduled to present their papers at the annual IEEE International Symposium on EMC. The students must have been officially registered for the Symposium.

Prize Items

Student Travel Grants in the amount of $500 to $1000 will be presented to the students presenting exceptional papers. The actual cash award will depend on the number of winners and the travel costs of the winners. A Check and a Certificate will be given to each student winning the award.

Funds

The Fund will be established by Constance Brown and James Beranek, family members of Leo L. Beranek. The funds will be deposited with and administered by the IEEE Foundation.

Award Committee

A special sub-committee of the Education and Student Activities Committee will evaluate and judge the papers and name the recipients of the Student Travel Grants. The sub-committee will consist of professors involved with the Education and Student Activities Committee.

Selection/Basis for Judging:

The criteria will be paper content, its originality, quality, and significance to EMC theory and practice. The subcommittee of the Education and Student Activities Committee will vote on the candidates and their selection will be final.

Presentation
Annually, at EMC Symposium.

The 2007 Award Recipient

Ali Alaeldine from IETR-INSA de Rennes

Nicolas Lacrampe from LAAS-CNRS
For the paper "Efficiency of embedded on-chip EMI protections to continuous harmonic and fast transient pulses with respect to substrate injection"

Robert Powelson, Chris Solis, and Sourabh Bhalerao from California State University, Chico for their Student Design

Awards made in prior years

Back to IEEE EMC-S Awards Page.