Student Paper Competition
For many years, USNC-URSI has sponsored the Ernest K. Smith Student Paper Competition (SPC) at the NRSM or NARSM. Each entrant must submit a full (journal-length) paper along with their abstract or summary for the NRSM. The full papers are reviewed by the relevant Commission Chairs and the papers with the highest scores are selected for a final SPC session during the NRSM or NARSM. The top three students are then selected by the Commission Chairs based on their presentations at the SPC session.
Our records are incomplete, but a partial list of past prize winners is shown below.
1996
1. Luis Trintinalla,
University of Texas at Austin
2. Kathleen Virga,
University of California Los Angeles
3. Todd Valentic,
University of Colorado Boulder
1999
1. Nikolai G. Lehtinen,
Stanford University
2. David C. Wittwer,
University of Arizona
3. Fernando L. Teixeira,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2000
1. Michael J. Starks,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2. Danai Torrungrueng,
The Ohio State University
3. You Chung Chung,
University of Nevada
2001
1. James P. Hoffman,
Georgia Institute of Technology
2. Mark Curry,
University of Washington
3. Yaser A. Khalaf,
Virginia Tech
2002
1. Sigrid Close,
Boston University
2. Sang-il Lee,
University of Washington
3. Sermsak Jaruwatanadilok,
University of Washington
2003
1. Melissa G. Meyer,
University of Washington
2. Hosung Choo,
University of Texas at Austin
3. Vijaya Chandran Ramasami,
University of Kansas
2004
1. Fernanda Sao Sabbas,
University of Alaska
2. Nader Behdad,
University of Michigan
3. Aycan Erentok,
University of Arizona
2009
1. Praphun Naenna,
The Ohio State University
2. Jeremy Riousset,
Pennsylvania State University
3. Yijun Zhou,
The Ohio State University
2010
1. Morris Cohen,
Stanford University
2. Adel Elsherbini,
University of Michigan
3. Yang Li,
University of Texas at Austin
2011
1. Jacquelyn Vitaz,
University of Michigan
2. Shuji Fujimaru,
University of Florida
3. Srikumar Sandeep,
University of Colorado Boulder
2012
1. Matthew Burfeindt,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
2. Timothy Brockett,
University of California Los Angeles
3. Pai-Yen Chen,
University of Texas at Austin
2013
1. Nicolas Lee,
Stanford University
2. Jeffrey Chalas,
The Ohio State University
3. Sotirios Mallios,
Pennsylvania State University
2014
1. Alexander Fletcher,
Stanford University
2. Elias Alwan,
The Ohio State University
3. Padmashri Suresh,
Utah State University
2021
1. Junbo Wang,
University of California Los Angeles
2. Tianlin Wang,
University of Michigan
3. Diego Farfan,
University of Texas
2022
1. C.J. Bauder,
University of Tennessee
2. Yiran Cui,
Arizona State University
3. Gaeron Friedrichs,
University of Colorado Boulder
2023
1. Donglia Ma,
University of California Los Angeles
2. Connor Jenkins,
The Ohio State University
3. Shixiong Yin,
City University of New York
