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 (sometimes up to five) students are then selected by the Commission Chairs based on their presentations at the SPC session. In some years there are ties for a given place, as indicated by the same place number for more than one name.
1996
1. Luis Trintinalla,
University of Texas at Austin
2. Kathleen Virga,
University of California Los Angeles
3. Todd Valentic,
University of Colorado Boulder
1997
1. William P. Faust
2. Nikolai G. Lehtinen,
Stanford University
3. Dionisios Margetis,
Harvard University
1998
1. Steven C. Reising,
Stanford University
2. Charles A. Moses,
University of Pennsylvania
3. Robert A. Hoferer,
University of California Los Angeles
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
2005
1. Reyhan Baktur,
Clemson University
2. DaHan Liao,
University of Michigan
3. Heng Yang,
Pennsylvania State University
2006
1. Brian Edwards,
University of Pennsylvania
2. Zhenggang Cheng,
Duke University
3. DaHan Liao,
University of Michigan
2007
1. Francesco Andriulli,
University of Michigan
2. Robert Marshall,
Stanford University
3. Titipong Lertwiriyaprapa,
The Ohio State University
2008
1. Harish Rajagopalan,
University of California Los Angeles
2. Gokhan Mumcu,
The Ohio State University
3. Songnan Yang,
University of Tennessee
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
2015
1. Luz Maria Neira,
University of Wisconsin Madison
2. Jeffrey S. Jensen,
Texas A&M University
3. Jonathan Pozderac,
The Ohio State University
3. Seyed Mohamad Amin Momeni Hasan Abadi,
University of Wisconsin Madison
5. Matthew S. Lucaks,
Air Force Institute of Technology
2016
1. Ushemadzoro Chipengo,
The Ohio State University
2. Mohammad A. Salem,
Florida Institute of Technology
2. Ersin Yetisir,
The Ohio State University
2017
1. Andrew Nuttall,
Stanford University
1. Ashanti S. Maxworth,
University of Colorado Denver
1. Lingnan Song,
University of California Los Angeles
Note: the 2017 SPC session was cancelled due to weather, so all finalists were awarded first place
2018
1. Yahya Mohtashami,
University of Wisconsin Madison
2. Diasong Zhang,
University of California Los Angeles
3. Wenyang Li,
Brown University
2019
1. Jordan Budhu,
University of California Los Angeles
2. William J. Longley,
Boston University
3. Poorya Hosseini,
University of Colorado Denver
2020
1. Navid Barani,
University of Michigan
2. Ruyu Ma,
University of Wisconsin Madison
2. Shashwat Sharma,
University of Toronto
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
2024
1. Trevor Hedges,
Stanford University
2. Duncan Madden,
University of Michigan
3. Sedigheh Esfahani,
City University of New York
