EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – July 23, 2013 – AWR Corporation, the innovation leader in high-frequency EDA software, announces that as part of its continuing commitment to fostering the careers of future RF/microwave engineers worldwide and specifically in Asia Pacific, the company is sponsoring the first-ever student design competition at Xidian University in Xi’an, China.
Xidian University is a Chinese national key university, which, under the Ministry of Education, has been approved to provide engineering education and training in the fields of information and electronics. Prizes for the competition winners will include both cash and in-kind software gifts. Papers must be submitted by September 30, 2013 and presentation of awards will take place in November. More information about the AWR Student Design Competition program and the Xidian University competition is available at www.awrcorp.com/student-design-competitions.
AWR sponsored a very successful student design competition in China at Nanjing Postal University and SouthEast University earlier this year, as well as the student design poster competition at the IEEE International Wireless Symposium 2013 held in Beijing in April 2013.
This is the first time Xidian University will hold a student design competition and AWR is proud to sponsor this effort to provide practical experience in RF and microwave design for engineering students,” said Francis Leong, Greater China regional manager at AWR. “Previous competitions have proved to be very popular and the quality of papers impressive. The future of these students looks extremely bright and AWR is excited to play a part in furthering their careers.”
About AWR’s University Program
The AWR University Program works with universities worldwide to give engineering students a career head start by providing on-going exposure and experience using AWR's high-frequency design software. The program was started in direct response to industry and academia alike expressing the need for students to have access to these tools prior to graduation and entering the industry. More information about the program is available at
www.awrcorp.com/contact-us/university-program
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