A team of three PolyU undergraduate students, under the guidance of Dr ZHOU Xinyu, a member of the Photonics Research Institute (PRI) and Head of the RF Microelectronics Circuit (RFMC) Laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of PolyU, has won First Place in the High-Efficiency Power Amplifier Student Design Competition at the 2024 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium held in Washington, D.C., USA. The three team members are WANG Yanze, BI Jingyu, and YUAN Ye, all of whom are studying for the Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Degree in Internet-of-Things with a secondary major in Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics.
The competition aims to seek innovative topologies for high-efficiency power amplifiers for the next generation of wireless communications. This year, 42 teams of doctoral students from around the world (including the United States, Germany, Canada, Italy, Ireland, South Korea, and Mexico) participated in the event. The PolyU team won the honour for the first time in this international competition, and it was the only team composed of undergraduate students to stand out successfully.
