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19 – 24 April, 2026

Dublin, Ireland

Best Paper Awards

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Theory and Design Antenna

Applied Technology Antenna

Propagation

Measurements

Student

Among all the papers applied for an award or reported by the reviewers, the TPC together with the Award Co-Chairs will compile a shortlist of papers for each category. As soon as these lists are available, the Award Co-Chairs will nominate, for each thematic domain, an Award Committee of four distinguished professionals in the field, who will assess the shortlisted papers and select 5 finalist papers. Following the procedure described below, the panels will then select the winner paper in each category.

Awards Selection Procedure

The panels will select five finalists in each thematic domain of the EuCAP 2026 Best Paper Awards and five finalists for the EuCAP 2026 Best Student Paper Award based on two criteria:

  • The reviewers score and their recommendations for the initially submitted paper.
  • The quality of the final paper.
In addition to their presentation in their regular (oral or poster) sessions, the authors of the selected papers will be invited to compete for the Best Paper Awards in two special Award poster sessions held on 
Wednesday afternoon, April 22, 2026 (best student paper) andThursday afternoon, April 23, 2026.The selection of the Best Paper Awards will result from the evaluation of the paper and the special poster/oral presentation by a committee of experts different for each domain.

In this selection, the main criterion will be technical excellence. Other evaluation criteria are originality and innovation, significance to the antennas and propagation community, potential impact, and clarity of presentation.

All awards will be distributed during the closing ceremony on Friday, April 24, 2026.

Rules

  • The chairs of the awards committee and the members of their research teams are not eligible for nomination for any award category, including the Best Student Paper Award.
  • A student can choose applying for either a thematic award or a Best Student Paper Award or both. However, the latter choice is not recommended unless the student obtained exceptionally quality results. In any case, a candidate cannot receive more than one award.

Electromagnetics



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Best Electromagnetics Paper Award

Recognises outstanding work in the field of electromagnetics, including fundamental research, analytical and numerical methods, and novel developments in electromagnetic theory and applications​.

Committee:

  • Chair: Enrica Martini
  • Prof. Guy Vandenbosch (KU Leuven, Belgium)
  • Prof. Okan Yurduseven (Queen’s University Belfast, UK)
  • Prof. Balasubramaniam Shanker (Michigan State University, USA)

Short list:

  • (1571214827) Martin Petek and Jorge A. Tobon Vasquez (Politecnico di Torino, Italy); Guido Valerio (Sorbonne Université, France); Francisco Mesa (University of Seville, Spain); Oscar Quevedo-Teruel (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Francesca Vipiana (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) — "The Brillouin Zone of Glide-Symmetric Structures: A New Definition and Its Implications"
  • (1571210731) Thomas F. Eibert (Technical University of Munich (TUM) & Chair of High-Frequency Engineering (HFT)) — "Electromagnetic Modeling with Hybrid Multilevel Fast Multipole Inhomogeneous Plane Wave Algorithms for Planar Multilayered Media"
  • (1571214521) Samuel J Coogle, Connor B. Jenkins and Asimina Kiourti (The Ohio State University, USA) — "The Mode-Specific Nature of Transducer Design and Impedance Matching for Diatomic Magnetoinductive Waveguides"
  • (1571215342) Lukas Warkentin and Dirk Manteuffel (Leibniz University Hannover, Germany) — "Symmetry Based Characteristic Mode Tracking in Periodic Structures"
  • (1571213612) Erik Speksnijder (TU Delft, The Netherlands); Riccardo Ozzola and Andrea Neto (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands) — "Multi-Scale Analysis of Integrated Lens Antennas with a PPW-Based Decoupling Technique"

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Best Antenna Theory and Design Paper Award​

Awarded to the paper that presents the most significant contribution in the field of antenna theory, modelling, and innovative design concepts with a strong emphasis on theoretical rigour and originality.

Committee:

  • Chair: Max Ammann
  • Prof Miguel Ferrando Bataller (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain)
  • Prof Anja Skrivervik (EPFL, Switzerland)
  • Prof Dirk Manteuffel (Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany)

Short list:

  • (1571214553) Afsh in Abbaszadeh and Jordan Budhu (Virginia Tech, USA); Kelvin J Nicholson (Defence Science and Technology, Australia) — "A Fully Analytic Approach for the Design and Voronoi Realization of Arbitrarily-Shaped Quasi-Periodic Leaky Wave Antennas"
  • (1571210954) Ming-Chun Tang (Chongqing University, China); Richard W Ziolkowski (University of Arizona, USA) — "Small Antennas with High Efficiency and Superdirective Performance"
  • (1571215272) Xuezhi Zheng (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium); Guy Vandenbosch (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium) — "On a Volume Integral Equation Approach Modeling the Electron Beam Spectroscopy of Metallic Nanospheres"
  • (1571216540) Jeonghyo Lee (POSTECH, Korea (South)); Wonbin Hong (Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea (South)) — "Dual-Directional Beam Steering and Fan-Beam Radiation Management Using a Unified Identical Aperture Phased Array"
  • (1571215079) Sebastian Diaz-Beiza (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain); Raha Roosefid (Chalmers University of Technology & Satcube AB, Sweden); Jose-Luis Vazquez-Roy (University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain); Ashraf Uz Zaman (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden); Eva Rajo-Iglesias (University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain) — "Sequential Rotation Feed Network Implemented in Gap Waveguide MLW (GMLW) Coaxial Line Technology for Circularly Polarized Ka-Band Arrays"

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Best Applied Antenna Technology Paper Award

Given to the paper that best demonstrates practical advancements in antenna technology, including real-world applications, system integration and performance validation in applied settings. 

Committee:

  • Chair: Suramate Chalermwisutkul
  • Prof. Qammer Abbasi (University of Glasgow, UK)
  • Prof. Buon Kiong Lau (Lund University, Sweden)
  • Marta Martínez-Vázquez (IMST, Germany)

Short list:

  • (1571215395) Aritra Roy (IMT Atlantique, Brest); Tanguy Lopez and Julien Sarrazin (Sorbonne Université, France) — "2D Direction-of-Arrival Estimation with a Fast-Scanning Single-Port Leaky Wave Antenna"
  • (1571214825) Jiayi Chen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany); Reza Aliabadi (Offenburg University, Germany); Xueyun Long, Áron Szabó and Jiyeon Choi (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany); Benjamin Nuss (Technical University of Munich, Germany); Thomas Zwick (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany) — "Dual-Array Large-Scale MIMO Architecture for Automotive TDMA-DDMA Radar"
  • (1571206025) Vincent Laquerbe (CNES, France) — "Dual Pattern S-Band Antenna for Adaptive Links Within Satellite Swarms"
  • (1571215433) Jan H. S. Bergman, Mohamed Räsänen and Juha Ala-Laurinaho (Aalto University, Finland); Ville Viikari (Aalto University & School of Electrical Engineering, Finland) — "Differential Aperture-Coupled PCB-to-Waveguide Transition for Antenna-IC Integration at 100 GHz"
  • (1571216026) Mohammad Ameen (National University of Singapore, Singapore); Yiyang Bai (Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, USA); Peizhuo Yang (National University of Singapore, Singapore); Koen Mouthaan (NUS, Singapore) — "Dual-Polarized Conformal Active Phased Array Antenna with TRM Integration and RFSoC-Based Digital Beamforming for UAV Platforms" 



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Best Propagation Paper Award

Recognises the paper with the most impactful contribution to the study of radio wave propagation, including modelling, experimental validation, and applications across various environments and frequency bands.

Committee:

  • Chair: Raffaele D'Errico
  • Prof. Wout Joseph (Ghent University, Belgium)
  • Prof. Wei Fan (Southeast University, China)
  • Dr. Thomas Zemen (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria)

Short list:

  • (1571215126) Jérome Eertmans (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium); Sophie Lequeu and Benoît Legat (UCLouvain, Belgium); Laurent Jacques (University of Louvain, Belgium); Claude Oestges (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium) — "Fast, Differentiable, GPU-Accelerated Ray Tracing for Multiple Diffraction and Reflection Paths"
  • (1571215171) Zaher M Kassas, Paul El-Kouba and Sharbel Kozhaya (The Ohio State University, USA) — "Performance Assessment of DOA and Doppler Positioning Under Erroneous Starlink and OneWeb LEO Satellites Ephemerides"
  • (1571214084) Kentaro Saito and Tatsuki Sakata (Tottori University, Japan) — "Analysis of the 5 GHz Band Air to Ground Propagation Channel Using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based Virtual Array System"
  • (1571214258) Altug Kaya, Alper Schultze and Melih Ciftci (Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Germany); Aline Friedrich and Indra Ghosh (IMST GmbH, Germany); Mathis Schmieder (Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, Germany); Ramez Askar (Fraunhofer HHI, Germany); Sven Wittig (Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, Germany); Michael Peter (Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute, Germany) — "Monostatic mmWave 6G ICAS: Comparing Sensing Capabilities of Cylindrical Phased Arrays and Virtual Uniform Circular Arrays"
  • (1571215579) Niklas Vaara and Lafir Naveeth Mohamed (University of Oulu, Finland); Peize Zhang (Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Tuomas Maatta (CubiCasa, Finland); Lam Huynh, Pekka Sangi and Miguel Bordallo Lopez (University of Oulu, Finland); Pekka Kyösti (Keysight Technologies & University of Oulu, Finland); Janne Heikkilä (University of Oulu, Finland) — "Differentiable Ray Tracing for THz Radio Channel Characterization with Point Clouds"


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Best Measurements Paper Award

Awarded for excellence in measurement techniques, methodologies, or systems related to antennas, propagation, electromagnetic fields and materials with particular attention to accuracy, repeatability and innovation. 

 



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Best Measurements Paper Award

Recognises outstanding work that advances the science and practice of antenna and electromagnetic measurements, with contributions to measurement techniques, instrumentation, near-field and far-field methods, calibration, and experimental validation.

Committee:

  • Chair: Tian Hong Loh
  • Dr Christopher Holloway (NIST, USA)
  • Dr Jae-Yong Kwon (KRISS, Korea)
  • Emrah Tas (METAS, Switzerland)

Short list:

  • (1571214962) Carsten Andrich, Isabella B. Varga, Tobias Nowack, Alexander Ihlow, Sebastian Giehl, Michael Schubert, Reiner S. Thomä and Matthias Hein (Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany) — "Wideband Antenna Deconvolution for Bistatic Millimeter Wave Radar Reflectivity Measurements"
  • (1571215450) Olav Breinbjerg (ElMaReCo, Denmark); Florindo Bevilacqua, Amedeo Capozzoli, Claudio Curcio and Angelo Liseno (Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy) — "Derivative Sampling with Derivative Probes for Planar near-Field Antenna Measurements"
  • (1571215485) Rasmus Himmelstrup Andersen, Aske Barnaby Rasborg Best, Malthe Raschke Nielsen, Troels Pedersen and Anders Malthe Westerkam (Aalborg University, Denmark) — "Experimental Testing of the Multiple Radar Bayesian Localisation and Tracking Algorithm"
  • (1571215780) Marianna Ivashina, Oleg Iupikov and Pavlo Krasov (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden); Aidin Razavi (Ericsson Research, Sweden); Rob Maaskant (CHALMERS, Sweden); Jonas Fridén (Ericsson AB, Sweden) — "A Single-Chamber Solution Unifying Anechoic and Reverberation Chamber-like OTA Testing via Electronic Test Zone Synthesis and Mode Stirring"
  • (1571215899) Wataru Kumazawa, Hokuto Isogai and Shintaro Hisatake (Gifu University, Japan) — "Polarization-Resolved Electro-Optic near-Field Measurement and Far-Field Evaluation of a 300 GHz Antenna"


Best Measurements Paper Award

Awarded for excellence in measurement techniques, methodologies, or systems related to antennas, propagation, electromagnetic fields and materials with particular attention to accuracy, repeatability and innovation. 

 



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Best Student Paper Award

The EuCAP 2026 Award Committee will assign an award specifically devoted to Students, the Best Student Paper Award. This award is not related to a specific thematic domain.

The Award Committee for the Best Student Paper Award is constituted by the five EuCAP 2026 Award Co-Chairs.

Eligibility for a Best Student Paper Award

The candidate must fulfill the following conditions:

  1. Be a Bachelor, Master, or PhD student at the paper submission deadline (October 17, 2025).
  2. Be the first author of the competing paper and have the major contribution to the work.
  3. The paper must not have more than 5 authors.
  4. Be registered at EuCAP 2026.
  5. Present the paper at the conference in person.
  6. Be present at the closing ceremony.

Condition 1 must be certified by the supervisor in the form of a signed letter (PDF format). Condition 2 must be certified by the candidate author. Both certifications will be required only upon request from the Awards Co-Chairs (after the paper acceptance notification and subject to the reviewing score).

EuCAP 2026 Best Student Paper Awards are sponsored by the European School of Antennas (ESoA) and are rewarded with a free ESoA course at the awardee's choice.


Committee:

  • Assoc. Prof. Enrica Martini (University of Siena, Italy)
  • Prof. Max Ammann (Technological University Dublin, Ireland)
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Suramate Chalermwisutkul (King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand)
  • Dr. Raffaele D'Errico (CEA-LETI, France)
  • Dr. Tian Hong Loh (National Physical Laboratory, UK)

Short list:

  • (1571213581) Yupeng Wang, Keita Nishi and Minseok Kim (Niigata University, Japan) — "Multi-Link Micro-Doppler Signature Measurements for ISAC Human Activity Recognition"
  • (1571212288) Xinyi Y. I. Xu (Zhejiang University, China); Yang Yan and Jinpeng Yuan (Shanxi University, China); Wei E. I. Sha (Zhejiang University, China) — "Rydberg-Atom Superheterodyne 3×3 Receiver Array for Two-Dimensional Direction-of-Arrival Estimation"
  • (1571215896) Qinghao Zhang, Yongzhong Li and Piero Triverio (University of Toronto, Canada) — "Adaptive Mesh Refinement for a Multiscale Electromagnetic Solver Accelerated with MultiAIM"
  • (1571215132) Jacob Linden (University of Chicago, USA); Felipe Vico (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain); Jeremy Hoskins (University of Chicago, USA); Manas Rachh (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India) — "Efficient BIE-Based Shape Optimization for the Design of mm-Wave Lenses" 
  • (1571215578) Viktor Chernikov (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden); Goran Granstrom (GOTMIC, Sweden); Marcus Gavell (Gotmic AB, Sweden); Marianna Ivashina (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden) — "Characterization of Variable Phase Resolution and Cross-Channel Amplitude Imbalance Effects in 100GHz Active Beam-Steering Phased Array"


Best Measurements Paper Award

Awarded for excellence in measurement techniques, methodologies, or systems related to antennas, propagation, electromagnetic fields and materials with particular attention to accuracy, repeatability and innovation.