URSI UK Symposium 2025

Durham University's Department of Engineering was delighted to host the International Union of Radio Science, UK panel (URSI UK) Symposium 2025, with Professor Sana Salous as Conference Chair.

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The event is an opportunity for early-career radio scientists/engineers to present their work, receive feedback from the URSI UK Panel, 
network with their radio science peers across all URSI commissions, and obtain a valuable overview of the broader radio science scene. It was a well-attended event with oral and poster presentation sessions with prizes awarded for best presentation in each category. 

Prize-giving

Congratulations to the prize winners of the day: 

Best poster paper prize awarded to: 

Zahra Rahimian Omam, Amirmasood Bagheri, Shadi Danesh, Seyed Ehsan Hosseininejad, and Mohsen Khalily (University of Surrey)

for their paper:

STAR-RIS for Integrated Communication, Computing, and Sensing

Best oral paper prize awarded to two recipients: 

Lucy Downes (Durham University)

for her paper:

THz Sensing and Imaging Using Atomic Vapour

AND

Hamidreza Taghvaee, Ali Araghi, Amirmasood Bagheri, Seyed Ehsan Hosseininejad, and Mohsen Khalily (University of Surrey)

For their paper: 

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for 5G coverage Enhancement