Students are the foundation of any technical organization, and this is particularly true in the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society. Student members are a source of refreshed and renewed enthusiasm for our field. Student members supply new, transformative ideas that shape technical breakthroughs and discourse. Student members will eventually lead the society and continue its efforts to bring together researchers and practitioners throughout the world. For these reasons, UFFC-S is committed to attracting and fostering new student members and helping them to become new technical leaders in the fields of ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control.

This past fall, UFFC-S hosted the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium in Chicago, IL, that brought together students, researchers, and practitioners from around the world. The symposium was an opportunity for students to present their new ideas, meet with other students, and network with professionals in their fields. To help foster these opportunities for students, UFFC-S held several events, competitions, and awards.

Student Travel Awards. The UFFC-S provided travel grants to many student researchers from around the world to attend IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium. These grants enabled students in need to present their innovative work to the UFFC community and network with researchers and practitioners within their field.

Best Student Paper Awards. At the symposium, 20 student finalists were nominated to compete for the best student paper awards. Of the 20 students, 7 were selected to receive best student papers awards in their respective groups. Congratulations to the winners: Hajin Choi (“Application of Air - Coupled Ultrasound to Full - Scale Concrete Columns Using Tomography”), Keith Johnston (“Non-Linear Cavitation Cloud Oscillations in High Intensity Focused Ultrasound”), Toby Xu (“Improved Performance CMUT-on-CMOS Devices Using ALD Hafnium Oxide Insulation Layer”), Shiying Wang (“Ultrasound Quantification of Molecular Marker Concentration in Large Blood Vessels”), Charlie Demene (“Comparison of Tumor Microvasculature Assessment via Ultrafast Doppler Tomography and Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound“), and Jason Hoople (“Chip Scale Reconfigurable Phased-Array Sonic Communication”). The winners were presented with their awards at the Conference Banquet. They also each received from Dr Tom Szabo a copy of his excellent book, “Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging: Inside Out”, with grateful thanks to Elsevier Science, the publishers, who made this possible.

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