2006 Best Paper

Best Conference Paper Award

Author Evan T. Grim accepting the award from IFT President, Norm Lantz.

Graduate Student Paper

Graduate Student Paper 1st Place

1st Place

Author: Adam Panagos; Dr. Kurt Kosbar, Advisor, University of Missouri-Rolla.

Paper Title: Analytic Solutions for Optimal Training on Fading Channels

Graduate Student Paper 2nd Place

2nd Place

Author: Tom Nelson; Dr. Michael Rice, Advisor, Brigham Young University.

Paper Title: Reduced Cplexity Trellis Detection of SOQPSK-TG

Undergraduate Student Paper

Undergraduate Student Paper

1st Place

Authors: Nicholas Clark and Fiona Dunne; Hua Lee and Maurice Chin, Advisors, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Paper Title: Integrated Cameras As a Replacement for Vehicular Mirrors.

Undergraduate Student Paper 2nd Place

2nd Place

Authors: Brian Kirkpatrick, Chris Prounh, Clarence Rowlan, Raymond Ryckman, and Elizabeth Winton; Dr. Erik Spjut, Advisor; Harvey Mudd College.

Paper Title: Design and Construction of an Optical Telemetry System.

Lawrence Rauch Award for Standards

Lawrence Rauch Award for Standards

Sponsored by TSCC

Recipients: Michael T. Lockhard, EMC Corporation

Award for: Chapter 10 Recording Standard Update

Lawrence Rauch Award for Standards

Sponsored by TSCC

Recipients: James A. Garling, EMC Corporation

Award for: Chapter 10 Recording Standard Update

IFT Pioneer Award

IFT Pioneer Dr. James Means is this years recipient of the Pioneer Award.

Groups

BYU Brigham Young University
NMSU New Mexico State University
University of Arizona
UOCSB University of California, Santa Barbara
UOMR University of Missouri-Rolla