FEKO Student Competition

The annual FEKO student competition.

Apply by completing the application form.
Write a short report (*.pdf or *.PPT presentation)
Submit the report on or before the closing date.
If your institute does not have a FEKO Licence you can still enter the Student Competition, please send an email to student_comp2008@emss.co.za for more details.

Student Prize: State of the art Laptop Computer or an all travel expenses paid trip to an international Antenna, Microwave, EMC or related conference of your choice.
Educational Institute Prize: Free Maintenance and Support for one year on all licences held by the institution at the time of entering the competition.

Clear definition of the EM problem.
Quality of the FEKO model(s) (e.g. good use of available options).
Presentation of the results.
Verification of results (i.e. comparison with measurements or other CEM codes or techniques).
Interpretation of results.
Overall quality of the report.
NB: The complexity of the actual problem solved will not be a major consideration.

2007: Brad Kramer from Ohio State University. Special mention awards were made to Kichul Kim (University of Colorado, Boulder), Gideon Wiid (University of Stellenbosch) and Taeyoung Yang (Virginia Tech).
2006: Michael Buck from Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder is awarded the Student Prize for his for his work on Two Arm Sinuous Antennas. The Educational Institute Prize has been awarded to the Prof Jim Breakall (Antenna & Radio Engineering Lab), Pennsylvania State University.
2005: S. J. Marais from The University of Stellenbosch .
2004: Laura Ollino and Luca Manetta from Politecnico di Torino.
2003: Lester Low from Kent University.