Student Competition
The FEKO Student Competition is organised annually by the FEKO team in support of engineering education.
The competition aims to promote innovative academic use of FEKO. Any original FEKO simulation work may be submitted for the competition.
Queries may be addressed to the FEKO team at feko_student_competition@emss.co.za.
Eligibility
Any under-graduate or post-graduate student at a recognized educational institution, working on a project in EM engineering and making use of FEKO, may enter. Students who would like to start using FEKO in order to enter, are welcome to contact us.
Prizes
Student Prize:The winning student will have a choice between the following prizes up to the value of US$2000:
- A laptop computer of the winner's choice (specifications dependent on availability at the end of the competition).
OR
- Travel expenses to attend an international EM engineering conference of the winner's choice.
Supervisor Prize:
The winning student's supervisor will receive an online gift voucher to the value of US$400.
The winning student's supervisor will receive an online gift voucher to the value of US$400.
Application Procedure
- Please complete the online entry form to enter.
- Compile an entry that documents your work (for example write a short report, put together an article or create a presentation).
- Submit the report before or on 28 September 2012, either as attachment to your entry form, or, if you have already applied online, by sending the report to feko_student_competition@emss.co.za.
Evaluation Criteria
The complexity of the EM problem studied will not be the major consideration for judgement. Reports are evaluated with respect to the following criteria:
- Clear definition of the EM problem
- Quality of FEKO models and proper usage of solution options
- Presentation of the results
- Verification of results (i.e. comparison with measurements and/or results from other numerical tools)
- Interpretation of results
- Overall quality of the report
Winner 2011
- 2011: Joan Gemio Valero from the Antenna and Microwave Systems Group at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. Honourable mention was made of Miguel Sossouhounto from the Royal Military Academy in Brussels, Belgium.
Previous Winners
- 2010: Christopher Thajudeen from the Center for Advanced Communications, College of Engineering, Villanova University in Pennsylvania, USA. Honourable mention was made of Jacob Adams from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Illinois, USA.
- 2009: Simone Ledda from the Electronic and Telecommunications Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Florence, Italy. Honourable mention was made of Markus Lehner (Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Ravensburg and EADS Military Air Systems [training company], Germany), Bennie Jacobs (University of Pretoria, South Africa) and Gideon Wiid (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa).
- 2008: Markus Birk, Stephan Werker and Jens Holzapfel from the High Frequency Laboratory at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences. Special mention awards were made to Shaun Walker (University of Kansas-Missouri City, USA) and Yijun Zhou (Ohio State University, USA).
- 2007: Brad Kramer from Ohio State University, USA. Special mention awards were presented to Kichul Kim (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA), Gideon Wiid (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa) and Taeyoung Yang (Virginia Tech, USA).
- 2006: Michael Buck from Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.The Educational Institute Prize has been awarded to Prof Jim Breakall (Antenna & Radio Engineering Lab), Pennsylvania State University, USA.
- 2005: S. J. Marais from The University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
- 2004: Laura Ollino and Luca Manetta from Politecnico di Torino, Italy.
- 2003: Lester Low from Kent University, England.
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