IMS highlights student ingenuity

Students from across the globe gathered at the 2009 International Microwave Symposium (IMS) in Boston June 7 through 12 to demonstrate their innovative approaches to the microwave industry. This year, the IEEE MTT-S (Microwave Theory and Techniques Society), which sponsors the IMS, challenged students to participate in three design competitions, as well as the symposium's traditional student-paper competition. Each of the events pushed students to work beyond their fundamental training with the technology to create designs that function successfully at a professional level.