Awards - SKP Research

Awards

Scholarships and Fellowships Best Paper Awards Others Awards and Travel Grants

Scholarships and Fellowships

H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Research Fellowship	2017 - 2020	H2020 Research Fellowship to support research.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship	January 2014	Government of Canada (Two Year) Fellowship, following completion of the PhD program, to support postdoctoral research.
IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) Graduate Fellowship	February 2013	*IEEE Research Award to acknowledge outstanding research and contributions to New Surface Wave Power Routing Guides.*
Ontario Graduate Scholarship	September 2012	Government of Ontario Fellowship to support PhD Research at Queen's University in Kingston.
Ontario Graduate Scholarship	September 2011	Government of Ontario Fellowship to support PhD Research at Queen's University in Kingston.
IEEE Antennas and Propagation Doctoral Scholarship	November 2010	IEEE Research Award to acknowledge outstanding research at the PhD level.
Ontario Graduate Scholarship	September 2010	Government of Ontario Fellowship to support PhD Research at Queen's University in Kingston.
Ontario Graduate Fellowship in Science & Technology	September 2009	Government of Ontario Fellowship to support PhD Research at Queen's University in Kingston.
Queen’s University Graduate Award	2008 - 2012 (inclusive)	Scholarship for student funding and research. Award provided by Queen's University.

Best Paper Awards

European Microwave Prize	October 2016	Selected by the European Microwave Association for Dr. Podilchak’s PhD research presented at the 2016 European Microwave Conference. Paper: New Planar Microwave Devices and Antennas by Practical Surface-Wave Launching.
URSI Young Scientist Award	May 2015	Travel grant and paper award to recognize outstanding research potential. Selected by the Organizing Committee for the Atlantic Radio Science Conference (AT-RASC) in Canary Islands, Spain.
AP-S Student Paper Competition	July 2013	For the Paper “Analysis and Design of Planar Metallic Surface Lenses for Controlled Wave Guidance.” Selected by the AP-S 2013 Organizing Committee.
UWB 2012 Best Student Paper Nominee	September 2012	Student Paper Finalist for the “Ultrawideband Double-Sided Printed Dipole Arrays.” Selected by the ICUWB 2012 Organizing Committee.
EuCAP 2012 Best Antenna Design Award	March 2012	Selected for the paper: "Compact Antenna for Microsatellite Using Folded Shorted Patches and an Integrated Feeding Network."
AP-S Student Competition Paper Award	July 2011	Third place in the AP-S Student Paper Competition. Travel grant stipend to attend the conference symposium. Selected in a double-blind review process for his paper "A New Leaky-Wave Antenna Design using Simple Surface-Wave Power Routing Techniques."
Young Scientist Award	October 2010	Travel grant and paper award to recognize outstanding research potential. Selected by the Organizing Committee for the Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference (AP-RASC) in Toyama, Japan.
Young Scientist Award	August 2010	Travel grant and paper award to attend the 20th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory in Berlin Germany (EMTS 2010).
Student Paper Competition Finalist	March 2010	Finalist for the Paper “Segmented Circular Strip Planar Leaky-Wave Antenna Designs for Broadside Radiation and One-Sided Beam Scanning.” Selected by the iWAT 2010 Organizing Committee.
Best Student Paper Award	October 2009	Award at the Annual CMC Symposium for the Paper “High Speed Metamaterial-Inspired Negative Group Delay Circuits in CMOS for Delay Equalization.”
Student Paper Competition Finalist (4th Place)	May 2009	Student Paper Award at the IEEE Radar Conference for the Paper "Radar Cross-Section Modeling of Marine Vessels in Practical Oceanic Environments for High-Frequency Surface-Wave Radar.” Selected by the Conference Organizing Committee.
ANTEM Best Student Paper Award	February 2009	Student Award at an IEEE conference for the Paper “Planar Antennas for Far-Field Beam Steering at End-Fire Using Directive Surface-Wave Launchers.” Selected by the Organizing Committee.
AMTA Best Student Paper Award	November 2008	Student Award at a conference for the Paper “A Technique to Observe the Aperture Field Distribution on Planar Leaky-Wave Antenna Designs by Taking the Inverse Fourier Transform of Measured 2D Far-Field Beam Patterns.” Selected by the Organizing Committee.
Young Scientist Award	August 2008	Travel grant and paper award to recognize outstanding research potential. Selected and provided by URSI/CNC to attend the URSI General Assembly in Chicago.

Other Awards and Travel Grants

Visiting Professor Award	2017	2017 Visiting Professor Award to conduct research at Sapienza University, Roma, Italy.
IEEE Outstanding Volunteer Award	2015	Recipient of the 2015 IEEE Outstanding Volunteer Award by the IEEE Kingston Section for contributing to the positive establishment of the IEEE AP-S and MTT-S joint chapter in Kingston.

Golden Reviewer Award for the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society	July 2014	For recognition and appreciation for exceptional performance as a Reviewer of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.
Author of the Outstanding Thesis within the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Queen's University at Kingston	2014	Award for the PhD Dissertation Planar Leaky Wave Antennas and Microwave Circuits by Practical Surface-Wave Launching.
Queen's University Faculty Travel Award	2014	Subsidies to Support Travel Expenses.
Research grant award - Queen's University.	2014	Fund for Scholarly Research and Professional Development.
Queen’s University Travel Grant Award	2008 - 2012	Subsidies to Support Travel Expenses.
URSI/CNC General Assembly Travel Grant Award	July 2011	Travel grant award for the 2011 URS General Assembly in Istanbul, Turkey.
IEEE Graduate Student Award	2010 & 2009	Research Award provided by the IEEE Kingston Section to acknowledge outstanding research. Granted for both Masters and PhD work.
European Microwave Week Travel Grant	October 2008 & 2009	Travel grant award to attend the 2008 & 2009 European Microwave Week Conferences. Selected and provided by European Microwave Association.
International Microwave Symposium (IMS) Conference Travel Grant	June 2009	Travel grant award to attend the 2009 IMS Conference. Selected and provided by Conference Organizing Committee.
Top 15 Paper	November 2008	Paper selected within top fifteen at the Antenna Measurement Techniques Annual Symposium.
Canadian Microelectronics Corporation (CMC) Travel Grant	October 2008 & 2009	Travel grant award to attend the 2009 and 2008 Annual CMC Symposium Conferences.
Engineering Athlete of the Year	2004	Voted engineering athlete of the year by the Engineering Society at The University of Toronto.
Most Valuable Player for Ice Hockey and Rugby	2004	Voted most valuable player (MVP) by teammates at The University of Toronto.
1st Place Ranking in the Sir Isaac Newton Physics Competition	May 2001	Annual Physics Competition hosted by University of Waterloo for Ontario High School Students.

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