2016 Winners

Best Paper Award Presented to Timothy Brothers, Georgia Tech Research Institute by Erik Perrins, ITC 2016 Technical Program Chair and Les Bordelon, IFT Board President. Co-Author; Enkuang Wang not pictured.

“OFDM and SOQPSK Transceiver Hardware Implementation with Preliminary Results”

The Myron Nichols Award for Telemetry Spectrum is presented to Kip Temple, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB by Mikel Ryan, Chairman, International Consortium for Telemetry Spectrum.

“An Initial Look at Adjacent Band Interference Between Aeronautical Mobile Telemetry and Long-Term
Evolution Wireless Service”

The First Place Graduate Student Paper Award is presented to Ryan Christopher, New Mexico State University by Clifford Aggen, Student Paper Chair. Deva Borah was Faculty Advisor. New Mexico State University.

“Optimization of Symbol Distance Metrics in Directional Modulation Systems”

The Second Place Graduate Student Paper Award is presented to Christopher Nash and Christopher Hogstrom, Brigham Young University by Clifford Aggen, Student Paper Chair. MIchael Rice was Faculty Advisor. Brigham Young University.

“Locating and Removing Preamble Sequence in Aeronautical Telemetry”

The First Place Undergraduate Student Paper Award is presented to John Maruska and Judah Schad, Missouri University of Science and Technology by Clifford Aggen, Student Paper Chair. Kurt Kosbar was Faculty Advisor. Missouri University of Science and Technology.

“Mars-Colonization Sensor System for Soil Analysis”

The Second Place Undergraduate Student Paper Award is presented to Laura Brubaker, Kyle Boyer, Richard Herrimand and Kyle Everly, University of Arizona by Clifford Aggen, Student Paper Chair. Michael Marcellin was Faculty Advisor. Co-Authors Mark Sackett and Huy Tran are not pictured. University of Arizona.

“Telemetry System for Real-Time Monitoring of an Offroad Racecar”