Student Design Contest

ISAP2020 Student Design Contest Online Competition Program

On-line competitions of the ISAP2020 Student Design Contest (SDC) will be held from January 26 (Tuesday) through 27 (Wednesday), 2021.

Tuesday, January 26, 9:00 - 10:40 (Asia/Tokyo)
Category A. Antenna Design (I)
9:00 A-23 REVIVER’S
Masumi Seki, Toshiki Soma, Mitsunori Uchida, and Mizuki Senna (Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan)
9:20 A-22 Team of HOKUDAI-Shaped Antenna
Naoya Yamamoto, Tatsuro Shigihara, and Tetsuya Sekiguchi  (Hokkaido University, Japan)
9:40 A-16 RF Laboratory of Saitama University
Yuki Kimura, Toshiki Hozen, Yusuke Asanuma, and Kazuki Iwamoto (Saitama University, Japan)
10:00 A-07 Design of Character-Shaped Slot Antenna Using the Characteristic Mode Analysis Method
Chien-Hsin An, Yu-Feng Chen, Chao-Ting Zheng, and Bo-Hong Lin (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)
10:20 A-12 Frequency
Ge Zhao, Zi-Yu Pang, and Xiao-Yu Ma  (Shenzhen University, China)
Tuesday, January 26, 10:40 - 11:00 (Asia/Tokyo)
Break
Tuesday, January 26, 11:00 - 12:40 (Asia/Tokyo)
Category A. Antenna Design (II)
11:00 A-04 Southeast University Teletubbies
Xinyu Wu, Linlin Fan, Yuting Zhang, and Mengyuan Bie (Southeast University, China)
11:20 A-05 Love and Peace
Yi Gong, Yang Cao, Yang Cao, and Zichun Zheng (Southeast University, China)
11:40 A-01 B112 Team
Manxin Peng, Weiyang Kong, and Qian Wu  (Southeast University, China)
12:00 A-25 LIFE Antenna
Kazuki Misaki  (National Institute of Technology, Fukui College, Japan)
12:20 A-15 Team-BearBook
Hibiki Shiiba and Kosuke Tsushima  (Kumamoto University, Japan)
Tuesday, January 26, 12:40 - 14:20 (Asia/Tokyo)
Lunch
Tuesday, January 26, 14:20 - 16:00 (Asia/Tokyo)
Category A. Antenna Design (III)
14:20 A-17 BOHDAI-NISHI
Takumi Nishime (National Defense Academy, Japan)
14:40 A-10 GAIN-Shaped Antenna with High Gain
Donghyun Kim, Chan Yeong Park, and Dong Wook Lee (Yonsei University, Korea)
15:00 A-02 Hard Stones
Ke-Xin Li, Jian-Nan Wang, Hao-Yu Yin, and Jia-Ming Lv (Southeast University, China)
15:20 A-20 Physical IoT Antenna
Koki Miwatashi, Mizuki Kataoka, and Mizuki Mase (Kyoto University, Japan)
15:40 A-21 Team KNS
Shota Miyamoto, Tomoya Kinameri, Shoya Tanaka, and Miyu Miyagishi (Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan)
Wednesday, January 27, 9:00 - 10:00 (Asia/Tokyo)
Category B. Localization of RF Sources
9:00 B-01 Team Aoba
Changyu Zhou and Tomohiro Kondo (Tohoku University, Japan)
9:20 B-02 The Future is Just an Image of an Original
Takuma Akada, Yusuke Maruyama, Kensuke Kobayashi, and Yuta Kawabuchi (Okayama University, Japan)
9:40 B-03 Team “Radio Catcher Challengers”
Seiryu Okamoto, Takato Akiyama, Ryo Goto, and Yuki Kawai (Doshisha University, Japan)
Wednesday, January 27, 10:00 - 11:00 (Asia/Tokyo)
Break
Wednesday, January 27, 11:00 - 12:20 (Asia/Tokyo)
Category C. Inverse Problem
11:00 C-02 No Inverse Problem No Life
Kazuto Mochiki (Tohoku University, Japan)
11:20 C-03 A Diagnostic Method for Defective Elements in Array Antennas Based on the Radiation Characteristics of an Infinitesimal Dipole
Hiroshi SATAKE (Tohoku University, Japan)
11:40 C-04 Near field Hayashi Kusunose
Yuzo Hayashi and Kyosuke Kusunose (Yokohama National University, Japan)
12:00 C-05 THU EMMA for ISAP2020 SDC
You Wu, Songlin Zhou, and Zhichao Lin (Tsinghua University, China)

ISAP2020 Student Design Contest Guidelines

On-line competitions of the ISAP2020 Student Design Contest (SDC) will be held from January 26 (Tuesday) through 27 (Wednesday), 2021.

ISAP2020 Student Design Contest (SDC) will be held for the first time in the history of ISAPs during the 2020 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP2020), Osaka, Japan, from October 26 (Monday) through 30 (Friday), 2020. from January 25 (Monday) through 28 (Thursday), 2021. The aim of ISAP SDC is to promote student innovation and creative activities in antennas, propagation, and the related research fields. Excellent designs will be awarded at the buffet party of the ISAP2020 and the 1st winners will receive cash awards!
The ISAP2020 SDC has three contest categories of A. Antenna Design, B. Localization of RF Sources, and C. Inverse Problem. Guidelines to apply for the ISAP2020 SDC are as follows.
As the ISAP2020 Steering Committee has decided to hold the ISAP2020 virtually from January 25-28, 2021, the ISAP2020 SDC will be held virtually and the deadline for SDC Application is extended again as follows.

Cash Awards for the 1st winners!

Category First Award
A. Antenna Design 200,000JPY
B. Localization of RF Sources 200,000JPY
C. Inverse Problem 100,000JPY

Important Dates (Updated)

Event Date
Deadline for SDC Application March 27, 2020 May 31, 2020 August 31, 2020
September 30, 2020

Notification of Finalists May 29, 2020 July 21, 2020 October 27, 2020
Deadline for SDC Registration of Finalists July 31, 2020 August 31, 2020 November 30, 2020
Deadline for Final Design Submission September 30, 2020 December 25, 2020
On-line Competition October 27 - 29, 2020 January 25 - 27, 2021

Eligibility

  1. The team consists of 1 to 4 student(s).
  2. All members must be full-time students.
  3. Each team can be advised by a professional mentor such as a professor, researcher, or engineer in an industry.
  4. No member should be involved in more than one team for each category. (Members can join in more than one category.)

Application and Judgment Process (Updated)

  1. The team must submit an application form to the SDC secretariat via E-mail by August 31, 2020 September 30, 2020. The application form must include information of the team, a summary of a preliminary design or a proposal, and a confirmation letter from a mentor/supervisor. The supervisor must verify that all team members are full-time students at a university, college, or technical school, and also must agree that the team participates in the SDC. See the following detailed instructions of each category to make the application form. The application form must be submitted in A4-sized PDF format up to 3 pages (including the confirmation letter). Use the template that can be downloaded at the SDC web site http://www.isap2020.org/sdc.html. It is noted that the ISAP2020 will not offer any financial support for the teams to apply the SDC.
  2. The SDC committee will select finalists based on the above application form. The judgment result will be notified via an E-mail by May 29 July 21 October 27, 2020.
  3. The finalists must make a registration for the SDC by July 31 August 31 November 30, 2020. A registration form for the SDC can be downloaded at the SDC web site. The SDC registration for the finalists is free of charge.
    Note:
    If the participants would make a presentation in technical sessions during ISAP2020, they must additionally register with the conference and pay a separate registration fee.
  4. The finalists must submit their final design or solution via E-mail by September 30 December 25, 2020. The final design or solution must be submitted in A4-sized PDF format up to 4 pages (confirmation letter is not required). Use the same template file as the application form to submit the final design or solution. In addition, the finalists must participate in the on-line competition during the ISAP2020. See the following detailed instructions for the final design submission and online competition. The detailed time schedule for the on-line competitions is under consideration.
  5. Winners will be selected based on achieved performance of their design or solution and quality of written materials.
  6. The winners in each category will be awarded. The finalists will be expected to attend the award presentation ceremony. The 1st winner of each category will receive a certificate and the above cash award!

*Recommendation rules for awards (in Japanese)

Detailed Instructions for Final Design Submission and Online Competition (Updated)

A. Antenna Design

B. Localization of RF Sources

C. Inverse Problem (Inverse_Problem_Data.zip)

For reference, the previous instruction for the SDC is available here.

Template Files

Application_Form

Registration Form

Please fill in the Registration Form and send it to the SDC secretariat via E-mail by November 30, 2020 to join the ISAP2020 SDC online competition.

Registration Form

How to Submit Materials

The application form, the registration form for the SDC, the final design, and questions should be sent to the SDC secretariat (isap-sdc20(a)mail.ieice.org) by E-mail. (Please use the above e-mail address by replacing (a) with @.)

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