EurAAP Awards
EurAAP Award
The EurAAP Award was established in 2011. Starting in 2015, two Awards are given each year: one in the Antenna field and one in the Propagation field.
The aim of the awards is to recognise the contribution of an individual person to technical & scientific advances, education and coordination of research & networking activities in the fields of Antennas & Propagation in Europe or in relationship to Europe.
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EurAAP Antenna Award 2020: Hisamatsu Nakano For contribution to the field of antennas through innovative antenna designs, realizations for modern communication systems in collaboration with European actors and for training new generations of researchers. |
EurAAP Propagation Award 2020: Reiner S. Thomä For pioneering the multi-dimensional description of the mobile radio channel by advanced signal-processing methods. |
Aim
To recognise the contribution of an individual person to:
- Advances in Antennas or Propagation
- Education in the fields of Antennas or Propagation
- Coordination of research & networking activities in the fields of Antennas or Propagation
in Europe or in relation with European actors
The awards consists of:
- a plaque
- a free EuCAP conference registration
- a free EuCAP Conference Dinner ticket
Eligibility
The Award, by nomination only, will be presented annually.
Members of the EurAAP Board of Directors or any other official position within EurAAP are not eligible during their term or in the 2 years following the end of the same.
Nomination/endorsement by members of the Awards Committee is not allowed. If a member of the Committee wishes to nominate/endorse a candidate, he/she will be replaced in the committee for two years.
Procedure
The Awards are granted every year, during the European Conference on Antennas & Propagation event. Starting in 2015, 2 Awards are established: the EurAAP Antenna Award and the EurAAP Propagation Award.
All EurAAP members can nominate candidates. They must provide a biography of the nominee, which highlights the reasons why he/she should be considered for the prize. The candidate can also get endorsements from other EurAAP members.
The recipients of the Awards will be selected by the EurAAP Award Committee, chaired by the leader of the EurAAP WG Societal Issues. The members of the committee are appointed for a three-year term by the EurAAP BoD on behalf of the EurAAP Delegates Assembly. Their deliberations will be confidential, and their decision final.
The awards will be presented during the European Conference on Antennas & Propagation Conference Dinner.
Nominations
Nomination forms must be submitted by January 31, 2020. All documents and endorsements have to be provided with the nomination form available here. The Awards Committee will inform the BoD of the final decision before February 28, 2020.
All the documents should be sent via email to the Chair of the Awards Committee EurAAPAwards@euraap.org.
Dr. Marta Martínez Vázquez
Chair of the EurAAP Awards Committee
Dr. Cyril Mangenot
EurAAP Chair
