PIERS Awards - BSPA 2018 Toyama

SC1: Electromagnetic Theory, CEM, EMC, Quantum Physics, Multiphysics, and Scattering

1st, Manuja Gunawardana, University of Manitoba, Canada
Paper Title: An Enhanced Model for the Analysis of Non-uniform Multiconductor Transmission Lines Based on Scattering Theory
2nd, Khanh Nam Nguyen, Chuo University, Japan
Paper Title: H-polarized Plane Wave Diffraction by Thick Conducting Slits
2nd, Hieu Ngoc Quang, Chuo University, Japan
Paper Title: High Frequency Scattering from Conducting Rectangular Cylinder via Surface Equivalence Theorem
Honorable Mention: Chandan Bhat (India)

1st, Kirill L. Koshelev, ITMO University, Russia
Paper Title: Giant Nonlinear Response of Subwavelength Dielectric Resonators Enhanced by Bound States in the Continuum
2nd, Alena V. Shchelokova, ITMO University, Russia
Paper Title: Metasurfaces for Improvement Magnetic Resonance Imaging Characteristics: Novel Designs and In Vivo Studies
3rd, Menglin L. N. Chen, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Paper Title: Orbital Angular Momentum Generation Using Composite Quasi-continuous Metasurfaces with Perfect Efficiency
Honorable Mentions: Dejun Liu (Japan), He-Xiu Xu (China)

1st, Xiongbin Yu, Osaka University, Japan
Paper Title: Integrated Circuits Using Photonic-crystal Slab Waveguides and Resonant Tunneling Diodes for Terahertz Communication
2nd, Stella Civelli, TeCIP Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy
Paper Title: Improved Detection Strategies for Nonlinear Frequency-division Multiplexing
3rd, Yuxiang Huang, University of Huddersfield, UK
Paper Title: Open Area Concealed Weapon Detection Sensor System Development
Honorable Mention: Chi-Fu Hong

1st, Sanaz Haddadian, University of Paderborn, Germany
Paper Title: Wireless Energy Harvesting in RFID Applications at 5.8 GHz ISM Band, a System Analysis
2nd, Souma Jinno, Osaka University, Japan
Paper Title: Study of Simultaneous Switching Noise in Two-dimensional Transport Theory including Radiation Effect
3rd, Abdelrahman Sabri, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, Egypt
Paper Title: A Novel Microwave Applicator for Sandy Soil Disinfection
Honorable Mention: Jiajia Duan (China)

1st, Yuta Otsuka, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Paper Title: Analysis of Singular-point Generating Mechanisms Based on the Correlations among the Parameters in Coherency Matrix and Those in the Optimized Scattering-mechanism Vector in PolInSAR
1st, Tingting Li, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Paper Title: Imaging Performance of Backward and Forward Bistatic SAR
3rd, Soshi Shimomura, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Paper Title: Adaptive Subsurface Visualization System Using Phase Retrieval Method and Complex-valued Self-organizing Map
Honorable Mentions: Chao Wang (China), Tan Qin (China)