Abstract :
The 2011 International Microwave Symposium (IMS2011) Student Design Competitions were a wonderful experience for students from all over the world to exercise their design skills and compete with one another. The competitions held at IMS2011 in Baltimore consisted of six different hardware designs, each sponsored by one of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Technique Society´s (MTT-Ss) technical committees. In addition, multiple companies were instrumental in supporting the competitions by providing measurement equipment as well as components and software for the student teams.