UA Engineering Student Awarded Research Grant

A member of UA's antenna team was recently awarded a grant from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Katelyn Isbell, an electrical and computer engineering senior from Chesapeake, Virginia, received the Eugene F. Knott Memorial Pre-Doctoral Research Grant worth $1,500 from the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society.

"Winning this grant means that I can begin working on my research proposal 'Archimedean Spiral Antenna Array with Backing Cavity for Deep Space CubeSats,'" she said. "I will be developing a high gain antenna for small satellites with lunar or planetary destinations."

Grant selection is based on a proposal submitted by applicants and chosen by a committee. Funds are given to enable students to continue their electromagnetics education.

Recipients of the grant are also given a free year of membership in IEEE and in AP-S. The grant is named for an IEEE Life Fellow and distinguished member of the IEEE AP-S who was well known for his contributions to the theory, reduction and measurement of radar cross section.

Isbell is a member of the UA student team selected for two consecutive years to the Student Antenna Design Contest held by the IEEE AP-S.

The goal of the international contest is to design an antenna system to sound wireless channels and locate radio signals. The UA team won the contest a year ago and came in second this summer.

"Under the direction of my mentor, Dr. Yang-Ki Hong, I have been researching antennas for CubeSats since my sophomore year, and I plan to continue the research in my senior year and as a graduate student at UA," Isbell said.

IEEE AP-S is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology.

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