Student Design Contest

The EuCAP 2027 edition is happy to announce its antenna system design competition. Targeting the frequency range between 7.1 and 8.5 GHz, you have to design a dielectric resonator antenna that can be manufactured by 3D printing using specific RF materials.

Please note, that for EuCAP 2027 we have foreseen a Student Design Contest organized in two tracks.

    Track 1: Antenna Design (dielectric resonator antenna array)

    Track 2: Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) Algorithm

The call published below is for Track 1 only.  A call for Track 2 is foreseen in a separate call, further information will follow soon.

The competition consists of two phases. A qualification phase is taking place before the EuCAP 2027 and will take place until mid December 2026. After this phase, the best teams will be chosen to participate in the final competition. These teams will compete on site in Düsseldorf during EuCAP 2027 to select a winner. Here, samples of the antennas will be manufactured and measured, which will conclude the contest. Winners will be recognized at the closing ceremony. Relevant supporting material for the DRA antenna design can be found following the links below.

General Rules and Eglibility

The competition consists of two phases. A qualification phase is taking place before the EuCAP 2027 and will last until mid December 2026. After this phase, the best teams will be chosen to participate in the final competition. These teams will compete on site in Düsseldorf during EuCAP 2027 to select a winner. Here, samples of the antennas will be manufactured and measured, which will conclude the contest. The winning teams will be recognized at the closing ceremony and will receive attractive prizes in the form of cash awards  . Relevant supporting material for the DRA antenna design can be found following the links below.

• A teams can consist of 1 to 5 people.
• All team members must be full-time PhD, Master, or Bachelor students during the whole duration of the competition. This condition must be certified.
• At least one team member of the qualified teams must register for EuCAP 2027 and attend the student competitions in person.

Important Dates

Submission deadline for the qualification Phase: December 15, 2026

Notification of the selection process results: January 15, 2027

Conference Registration of at least one member of the selected team: January 30, 2027

Final Competition during EuCAP 2027: 19 – 23 April 2027 

Links

Reference Design in Empire Format (demo version can be found at  https://empire.de/free-demo.html)

Reference Design in STL format (for use in EM software other than EMpire)

Description of Reference Design

In case you have any question or request, please get in touch with studentcontest@eucap2027.org.