Awards

DEPS Research Grant

• Wolfgang VonGetzie, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D Graduate Student 2025.

DEPS Research Grant

• Connor Haney, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D Graduate Student 2025.

DEPS Research Grant

• Tyler Burns, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D Graduate Student 2025.

DoD SMART Scholarship

• Micah Haack, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D Graduate Student 2025.

DEPS Research Grant

• Ryan Beneck, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D Graduate Student 2024.

DEPS Research Grant

• Micah Haack, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D Graduate Student 2024.

Best Poster Award, Penn State industryXchange 2023

• Yuhao Wu, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D Graduate Student 2023.

Melvin P. Bloom Memorial Outstanding Doctoral Research Award in Electrical Engineering

• Yuhao Wu, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D Graduate Student 2023.

A. J. Ferraro Graduate Research Award

• Ryan Chaky, Electrical Engineering Ph. D. Graduate Student 2023.

Melvin P. Bloom Memorial Outstanding Doctoral Research Award in Electrical Engineering

• Eric Whiting, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student 2022.

A. J. Ferraro Graduate Research Award

• Ronald Jenkins, Electrical Engineering Ph. D. Graduate Student 2022.

IEEE AP-S Student Paper Competition, Finalist

• Colin Mussman, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student 2022.

IEEE AP-S Student Paper Competition, Honorable Mention

• Ronald Jenkins, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student 2022.

IEEE AP-S Student Paper Competition, Honorable Mention

• Yuhao Wu, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student 2022.

Received an AT&T Fellowship

• Colin Mussman, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student 2022-2023.

Anthony J. Ferraro Outstanding Research Award

• Daniel Binion, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student April 2019.

Anthony J. Ferraro Outstanding Research Award

• Danny Zhu, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student April 2018.

Melvin P. Bloom Memorial Outstanding Research Award in Electrical Engineering

• Jogender Nagar, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student April 2018.

Anthony J. Ferraro Outstanding Research Award

• John Easum, Electrical Engineering, M. S. Graduate Student April 2016.

Winner of the 2014 IEEE Antenna and Propagation Harold A. Wheeler Applications Prize Paper Award

• Q. Wu, C. P. Scarborough, B. G. Martin, R. K. Shaw, D. H. Werner, E. Lier, and X. Wang.

• Title of Paper: A Ku-Band Dual Polarization Hybrid-Mode Horn Antenna Enabled by Printed-Circuit-Board Metasurfaces.

Anthony J. Ferraro Outstanding Research Award

• Jeremy Turpin, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student April 2014.

Melvin P. Bloom Memorial Outstanding Doctoral Research Award in Electrical Engineering

• Jeremy Turpin, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student April 2014.

University Graduate Fellowship

• Kenneth Morgan, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student September 2013.

Honorable Mention and Travel Grant, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Student Paper Contest Award

• Zhihao Jiang, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. July 2013.

Thomas and June Beaver Fund Award

• Jeremy Turpin, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student April 2013.

Dr. Nirmal K. Bose Dissertation Excellence Award

• Micah Gregory, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student April 2013.

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Doctoral Research Award

• Jeremy Turpin, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student November 2012.

Joseph R. and Janice M. Monkowski Graduate Fellowship in Electrical Engineering

• Frank Namin, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student May 2012.

Fred C. and M. Joan Thompson Graduate Fellowship in Electrical Engineering

• Jeremy Turpin, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student May 2012.

Anthony J. Ferraro Outstanding Research Award

• Zhi Hao Jiang, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student April 2012.

Dr. Nirmal K. Bose Dissertation Excellence Award

• Frank Namin, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student 2012.

Anthony J. Ferraro Outstanding Research Award

• Clinton Scarborough, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student April 2011.

Finalist in the MRS Poster Competition: Boston MA, Nov. 29- Dec. 3, 2010

• S. Yun, Z. Jiang, Q. Xu, D. H. Werner, Z. Liu, and T. S. Meyer

• Title of Paper: Near Infrared Metallo-Dielectric ZIMs with Matched Impedance

Leopold B. Felsen Award for Excellence in Electrodynamics from the Dogus University and L. B. Felsen Fund

• Zikri Bayraktar, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student November 2010.

Pennsylvania State University Office of Postdoctoral Affairs Travel Award 

• Qi Wu, Electrical Engineering, Post-Doc May 2010.

Anthony J. Ferraro Outstanding Research Award

• Zikri Bayraktar, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student April 2010.

Melvin P. Bloom Memorial Outstanding Doctoral Research Award in Electrical Engineering

• Zikri Bayraktar, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student April 2010.

Bess L. and Mylan R. Watkins Graduate Fellowship in Electrical Engineering

• Micah Gregory, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student April 2010.

James R. and Barbara R. Palmer Fellowship in Electrical Engineering

• Micah Gregory, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student April 2010.

Society of Penn State Electrical Engineers SPSEE Graduate Fellowship

• Frank Namin, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student April 2010.

Paul F. Anderson Graduate Fellowship in Electrical Engineering

• Jeremy Turpin, Electrical Engineering, M. S. Graduate Student April 2010.

Paul F. Anderson Graduate Fellowship in Electrical Engineering

• Clinton Scarborough, Electrical Engineering, M. S. Graduate Student April 2010.

Winner of the 2009 Central Pennsylvania IEEE Chapter Student Paper Competition

• Zikri Bayraktar, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student 2009.

• Title of Paper: Composite Planar Double-Sided AMC Surfaces for MIMO Applications

Anthony J. Ferraro Outstanding Research Award

• Micah Gregory, Electrical Engineering, M. S. Graduate Student May 2009.

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Student Research Award

• Zikri Bayraktar, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student 2008.

Winner of the 2008 Central Pennsylvania IEEE Chapter Student Paper Competition

• Micah Gregory, Electrical Engineering, M. S. Graduate Student.

• Title of Paper: Design Validation of Prototype Ultra-Wideband Linear Polyfractal Antenna Arrays

Winner of the 2007 Central Pennsylvania IEEE Chapter Student Paper Competition

• Jeremy Bossard, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student.

• Title of Paper: Terahertz Applications of Frequency Selective Surfaces: Analysis, Design, Fabrication, and Testing.

Anthony J. Ferraro Outstanding Research Award

• Thomas Spence, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student April 2007.

Received Second Place Award in the 2007 Penn State University CERS Graduate Research Competition

• Jeremy Bossard, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student 2007.

• Title of Paper: Genetic Algorithm Synthesis of Planar Zero Index Metamaterials with Application to Electromagnetic Cloaking

R.W.P. King Award of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society

• Daniel W. Boeringer, Notrthrop Grumman Corporation Ph. D. 2006.

• Title of Paper: Efficiency-Constrained Particle Swarm Optimization of a Modified Bernstein Polynomial for Conformal Array Excitation Amplitude Synthesis

Winner of the 2006 Central Pennsylvania IEEE Chapter Student Paper Competition

• Thomas Spence, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student 2006.

• Title of Paper: Thinning of Aperiodic Antenna Arrays for Low Side-Lobe Levels and Broadband Operation Using Genetic Algorithms

Anthony J. Ferraro Outstanding Research Award

• Jeremy Bossard, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student April 2006.

Selected as a Finalist in the 2005 IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation Student Paper Competition

• Joshua Petko, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student 2005.

• Title of Paper: Theoretical Formulation for an Electrically Small Microstrip Patch Antenna Loaded with Negative Index Materials

Winner of the 2005 Central Pennsylvania IEEE Chapter Student Paper Competition

• Joshua Petko, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student 2005.

• Title of Paper: Theoretical Formulation for an Electrically Small Microstrip Patch Antenna Loaded with Negative Index Materials

Anthony J. Ferraro Outstanding Research Award

• Joshua Petko, Electrical Engineering, M. S. Graduate Student April 2005.

Winner of the 2004 Central Pennsylvania IEEE Chapter Student Paper Competition

• Matthew Bray, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student 2004.

• Title of Paper: A Broadband Open-Sleeve Dipole Antenna Mounted Above a Tunable EBG AMC Ground Plane

Received Arthur Glenn Summer Undergraduate Research Scholarship

• Zikri Bayraktar, Electrical Engineering, Undergraduate Honors Student, Summer 2004.

Selected as a Finalist in the 2004 IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation Student Paper Competition

• Matthew Bray, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student 2004.

• Title of Paper: A Broadband Open-Sleeve Dipole Antenna Mounted Above a Tunable EBG AMC Ground Plane

Received First Place Award in the 2004 Penn State University MINDBEND Graduate Research Competition

• Josh Petko, Electrical Engineering, M. S. Graduate Student 2004.

• Title of Paper: Genetic Algorithm Optimization of Fractal-Random Arrays

Anthony J. Ferraro Outstanding Research Award

• Douglas Kern, Electrical Engineering, M. S. Graduate Student April 2003.

Anthony J. Ferraro Outstanding Research Award

• Matthew Bray, Electrical Engineering, M. S. Graduate Student April 2003.

James M. Barnak Outstanding Senior Award, Penn State Chapter for the Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society

• Josh Petko, Electrical Engineering, Undergraduate Student 2002.

Honorable Mention in the 2002 Alton B. Zerby and Carl T. Koener National Outstanding Electrical Engineering Student Award

• Josh Petko, Electrical Engineering, Undergraduate Student 2002.

Received 2nd Place in the 2002 IEEE Region 2 SAC Student Paper Competition

• Josh Petko, Electrical Engineering, Undergraduate Student 2002.

• Title of Paper: Dense 3-D Fractal Tree Structures as Miniature End-Loaded Dipole Antennas

Received 2nd Place in the 2002 Penn State Undergraduate Poster Exhibition

• Josh Petko, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Undergraduate Student 2002.

• Title of Poster: Fractal Trees and Spiral Antennas: How Structures in Nature Can Improve the Performance of Modern Communication Systems

Selected as a Finalist in the 2002 IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation Student Paper Competition

• Alkim Akyurtlu, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student 2002.

• Title of Paper: A Novel FDTD Technique for Modeling Chiral Media

Anthony J. Ferraro Outstanding Research Award

• Alkim Akyurtlu, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student April 2001.

Prize Winner of the Student Paper Competition in the 2000 Applied Computational Electromagnetic Society International Conference

• Alkim Akyurtlu, Electrical Engineering, Ph. D. Graduate Student 2000.

• Title of Paper: A New FDTD Scheme to Model Chiral Media

Prize Winner in the 1998 Undergraduate Research Fair

• Brian Barbisch, Computer Science and Mathematics Honors Program, 1998.

• Title of Entry: Evolution Unleashed on Antennas