IMS2011 will see a significant expansion in opportunities for students to actively participate through design and paper competitions. These competitions provide students an opportunity to exercise their design skills and see how they compare with other students from around the world. This year the competitions will take the form of six hardware design competitions and two paper-based design competitions listed below. One or more of the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society’s technical committees sponsors and judges each competition. The specific rules and associated deadlines for each competition can be under the corresponding links.

Competition	Title	TC	Contact
SDC1	Power Amplifier	MTT-5	Kiki Ikossi
SDC2	ASH Receiver	MTT-2/16	Stefan Zorn
SDC3	Low-Noise Amplifier	MTT-6/14/16/20	Roger Kaul
SDC4	Packaged Triplexer	MTT-12/8	Bob Jackson
SDC5	Wideband Balun	MTT-17	Robert Caverly
SDC6	Software Defined Radio	MTT-9	Jeffrey Pawlan
SDC7	Optical-to-Microwave Converter	MTT-3	Yifei Li

General Competition Rules:

• To enter a competition, the student(s) must have been a full-time student (enrolled for a minimum of nine hours per term as graduate students or twelve hours per term as undergraduates) during the time the work was performed.
• The student(s) must have a signed statement from their academic advisor that the work is principally the effort of the student(s).
• The student(s) must register for and attend the conference to present their design for evaluation at the specified time and location (TBD).