GENERAL COMPETITION RULES

1. The Team should include a mentor (i.e., academic advisor, industry professional, etc.). Entries are limited to one team per mentor. Student groups are expected to complete the work on their own. 

2. The student(s) should use the corresponding institutional email address rather than their personal emails for all correspondence. 

3. The Top 3 finalists will do the second round of the Hardware demonstration on site at the symposium venue.
• First Place: $2,000 USD
• Second Place: $1,000 USD
• Third Place: $500 USD

4. Award recipients will need to complete the appropriate US Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service forms as required by the IEEE.

5. The winning team should submit a brief article to the IEEE EMC Magazine to share their design experience with the greater EMC and SIPI Community.

COMPETITION INSTRUCTIONS

Submit your PowerPoint file to the Online Application at the bottom of this page.

The submitter will receive a confirmation email after a successful submission.

Submissions should include the following contents:

1. The submission should include the names of all team members and their institutional email addresses, along with the mentor’s name, title, and email address. The title, team members, mentor name, and institution name should be on the title slide of the PowerPoint with the institutional background or logo.
2. A mentor letter is mandatory, stating that the project is the original work of the students.

Evaluation Criteria: All submittals will be judged by a team comprised of several EMC Society EdCom members based on technical design (35%), creativity (35%), and practical application (30%) both at the first round of submittal and at the symposium venue.