The Winners

1st prize

• Ge, Lei (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

"Unidirectional antenna for cognitive radio applications", Lei Ge (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong); Kwai-Man Luk (City University of Hong Kong)

2nd prize

• Higashi, Daichi (Doshisha University, Japan)

"Reflectarray elements with low cross polarization for dual-polarization and wideband use", Daichi Higashi (Doshisha University, Japan); Hiroyuki Deguchi (Doshisha University, Japan); Mikio Tsuji (Doshisha University, Japan)


• Wang, Shen (Yokohama National University, Japan)

"Characteristic modes analysis of a 4G cellular antenna for eyewear wireless devices", Shen Wang (Yokohama National University, Japan); Hiroyuki Arai (Yokohama National University, Japan); Aykut Cihangir (University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France); Cyril Luxey (University Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France)

3rd prize

• Nguyen, Tuan Hung (National Defense Academy, Japan)

"A simple multi-band linear inverted-F antenna", Tuan Hung Nguyen (National Defense Academy, Japan); Hisashi Morishita (National Defense Academy, Japan); Hiroshi Sato (Panasonic System Networks, Japan); Yoshio Koyanagi (Panasonic Mobile Communications, Japan)


• Zhan, Yang (Nantong University, P.R. China)

"Miniaturized LTCC bandpass filter using transmission line dual-mode resonator", Yang Zhan (Nantong University, P.R. China); Jianxin Chen (Nantong University, P.R. China); Hui Tang (Nantong University, P.R. China)


• Wakamatsu, Yosuke (Niigata University, Japan)

"MIMO Doppler radar using Khatri-Rao product virtual array for human location estimation", Yosuke Wakamatsu (Niigata University, Japan); Hiroyoshi Yamada (Niigata University, Japan); Yoshio Yamaguchi (Niigata University, Japan)

Award Winners

Qualifications

To be qualified for a paper to be considered as a student paper for the Student Innovation Competition, the following conditions must be, in accordance to the international conference tradition, satisfied.

1. The student must be registered at his/her university;
   
   
2. The student must be the principal author of the paper;
   
   
3. The student must pre-register for the conference;
   
   
4. The student must present his/her paper in person in the workshop.

Competition Finalist and Winner

1. All the student papers are peer-reviewed by senior professionals working in the related fields, and the technical reviewers will judge the paper based on the paper's technical contribution, the innovation highlighted, and the technical presentation.
   
   
2. In accordance with the nominations by reviewers and also the scores obtained in the review process, the shortlisted candidates were selected to form the finalists.
   
   
3. The finalist papers will be presented in Poster Session I, where the members of Award Selection Board will be attending to score the presentation.
   
   
4. The winners of Student Innovation Competition are presented in the workshop banquet. All the finalists are requested to attend the banquet.

Finalist List (decided on July 1st, 2014)

• Park, Joongki (Hanyang University, Korea), "A low-profile dipole array antenna for on-body communications"
  
  
• Wang, Tse-Hsuan (National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan), "Using modified nodal analysis to cavity-mode resonances for PCB power-bus structures with discrete capacitors"
  
  
• Nonaka, Fumihiko (Saitama University, Japan), "Design of a microstrip antenna array fed by transverse slots on a broad wall of the rectangular waveguide with standing-wave excitation for linear polarization parallel to the axis"
  
  
• Kamohara, Kenichiro (Doshisha University, Japan), "Evaluation of MIMO capacity improvement by active propagation control"
  
  
• Ge, Lei (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong), "Unidirectional antenna for cognitive radio applications"
  
  
• Wang, Shen (Yokohama National University, Japan), "Characteristic modes analysis of a 4G cellular antenna for eyewear wireless devices"
  
  
• Yamauchi, Ryoji (Kumamoto University, Japan), "Circularly polarized broadband waveguide antenna using L-shaped probe"
  
  
• Nguyen, Tuan Hung (National Defense Academy, Japan), "A simple multi-band linear inverted-F antenna"
  
  
• Zhan, Yang (Nantong University, P.R. China), "Miniaturized LTCC bandpass filter using transmission line dual-mode resonator"
  
  
• Kaga, Kazuki (University of Toyama, Japan), "A sequential automatic impedance-matching algorithm to achieve simultaneous complex-conjugate condition in multi-element antennas"
  
  
• Wakamatsu, Yosuke (Niigata University, Japan), "MIMO Doppler radar using Khatri-Rao product virtual array for human location estimation"
  
  
• Wang, Yongqiang (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China), "Design of broad band SIW couplers with 45�‹ and 90�‹ phase difference"
  
  
• Higashi, Daichi (Doshisha University, Japan), "Reflectarray elements with low cross polarization for dual-polarization and wideband use"
  
  
• Kawata, Akihiro (Doshisha University, Japan), "Effective analysis approach for front- and back-fire horns with coaxial grooves"
  
  
• Lertsakwimarn, Kittima (King Mongkut�fs Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand), "A horizontally polarized, low-profile and compact antenna for radiating parallel to ground plane"