2013 MTT-S Graduate Student Fellowship Awards [Education News]

The IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) Graduate Student Fellowship Awards are sponsored by the MTT-S for the purpose of encouraging and supporting graduate students from around the world interested in pursuing the field of microwave engineering. The graduate fellowship recipients receive an award of US$6,000 to support their research activities, which is presented at the annual IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS). Supplemental travel funding is offered to the recipients to support their travel to the IMS. Ten graduate fellowships were awarded in 2013 in the general category and three in the medical applications category. In 2013, 25 applications from 12 countries were received in the general category, and eight applications from four countries were received in the medical applications category. The applications were excellent and represented some of the best research being conducted around the world. Even with the additional medical applications award, the success rate was only about 40% due to the large number of submissions. The 13 awardees and their projects are described.