Undergraduate students from Kookmin University's School of Electronic Engineering and their advisor, Prof. Byung-Jun Jang, won the first prize (President's Award of the Korea Association for the Promotion of Radio Communication) and a cash prize of 1 million won at the 2024 National University Student UAM Olympiad.

Jang Hae-chan (20), Baek Myung-hyun (20), and Han Joo-sung (20) of Kookmin University's College of Creative and Engineering, Department of Electronic Engineering, won the “2024 National University Student UAM Olympiad” in the propagation environment analysis category on October 30-31, hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport and Korea Transportation Safety Authority, The KUFA (Kookmin UAM Frequency Analysis) team, composed of Hae-chan Jang, Myung-hyun Baek, Myung-hyun Baek, 20, Ju-sung Han, 20, and Eun-soo Kim, 22, won the third prize (Presidential Award of the Korea Radio Promotion Association) for their research on “Airborne Radio Environment Analysis System Using Smartphone Application” under the guidance of Prof. Byung-joon Jang (School of Electronics Engineering, Kookmin University).

The KUFA team built a mobile communication network LTE and 5G analysis system using smartphone applications, and conducted research on acquiring and analyzing radio wave data in the air environment using drones. The system proposed by KUFA was well received by the judges for its inexpensive and flexible radio environment analysis capabilities by replacing the existing expensive spectrum analyzers with smartphones. It was also expected to contribute to the development of the UAM industry in the future and continue to achieve good results in subsequent years.