Awards Received by Mauro Ettorre
Listed by the news magazine Le Point (one of the three major French news magazines) among the 100 researchers who have made the most significant impact on society, 2025.
2024-2027 IEEE AP-S and MTT-S Inter-Society Distinguished Lecturer, 2024.
IEEE Fellow for contributions to large antenna arrays based on quasi-optical beam formers, 2023.
Best Paper Award, International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT), Denmark, 2023.
Distinguished Lecturer of EurAAP (European Association on Antennas and Propagation), Ambassador Program, 2020, 2021.
Outstanding Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2019-2021.
TOR scholarship by the French Institute in Sweden, Sweden, 2017.
CNRS Award for Scientific Excellence, France, 2016, 2020.
Invited professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, 2015.
Invited antenna expert at Thales Alenia Space, France, 2015.
Young Investigator Award from the French National Research Agency (ANR ), France, 2014.
Scholarship by Comité Français des Unions Scientifiques Internationales (COFUSI) and URSI-France for attending the 2013 IEEE AP-S/USNC-URSI Symposium, Orlando, FL, USA. 7-13 July 2013, France.
Starting grant for young researchers by the city of Rennes, France, 2012.
French Ministry of Research award for the most innovative project in all natural sciences, France, 2009.
Best Young Antenna Engineer Prize at 30th ESA Antenna Workshop, Noordwijk, Netherlands, 2008.
Italian graduate fellowship; 7 students chosen at the university level, 1st classified, Siena, Italy, 2004 – 2007.
Erasmus fellowship for studies abroad, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2002.
University of Siena fellowship for studies abroad, Rutgers University, New Jersey; 5 students chosen at the university level; 1st classified, Siena, Italy, 2001, 2002.
Italian Laura fellowship, awarded to fewer than 1% of students, Siena, Italy, 1998–2004.
Awards Received by Group Members
Michael Dittman, NDSEG fellowship, 2025.
Veronika Kienle, Young Engineers Prize at 2024 European Microwave Conference (EuMC), Paris, France, 2024.
Christos Monochristou, COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) mobility award for a six-month exchange period at Michigan State University, USA, 2023.
Christos Monochristou, University of Rennes mobility award for a six-month exchange period at Michigan State University, USA, 2023.
Michele Del Mastro, Best Ph.D. thesis award by the French Directorate General of Armament (DGA), 2022.
Oscar Senlis, CNES (French Space Agency) Ph.D. fellowship, 2022.
Giuseppe Dell’Aere, European Space Agency (ESA) Ph.D. fellowship, 2022.
Michele Del Mastro, Best Ph.D. thesis award by the University of Rennes Foundation, 2021.
Michele Del Mastro, Best Antennas Paper Award at the 2021 European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Düsseldorf, Germany, 2021.
Mattia Maggi, CNES (French Space Agency) Ph.D. fellowship, 2020.
Michele Del Mastro, TICRA Foundation Travel Grant at the 2019 European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Krakow, Poland, 2019.
Michele Del Mastro, University of Rennes mobility award for a six-month exchange period at the University of Michigan, USA, 2019.
M. Smierzchalski, Innovation Award at 39th ESA Antenna Workshop, Noordwijk, Netherlands, 2018.
Michele Del Mastro, DGA Ph.D. fellowship, 2018.
Walter Fuscaldo, Best Paper Award in Electromagnetics and Antenna Theory at the 2018 EuCAP, London, UK, 2018.
Walter Fuscaldo, IEEE AP-S Student Award, Chapter Center-Southern Italy, 2018.
Francesco Foglia Manzillo, University of Rennes mobility award for a six-month exchange period at the University of Michigan, USA, 2016.
Ioannis Iliopoulos, University of Rennes mobility award for a six-month exchange period at the University of Pavia, Italy, 2016.
Ioannis Iliopoulos, DGA Ph.D. fellowship, 2014.
Walter Fuscaldo, Italian Ph.D. fellowship, 2013.
Francesco Scattone, European Space Agency (ESA) Ph.D. fellowship, 2012.
Erio Gandini, Honorable mention at the student paper competition 2012 IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Montreal, Canada, 2012.
Erio Gandini, COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) mobility award for a six-month exchange period at the University of Michigan, USA, 2011.