IEEESTEC 17th Student projects conference (2024)
Danijel Danković
The sixteenth student conference, "IEESTEC 17th Student projects conference", was held on November 28, 2024. The conference was organized by the student branch of IEEE SB Niš, EESTEC LC Niš, and the Faculty of Electronics in Niš, in cooperation with IEEE Serbia&Montenegro Section, IEEE Electron Devices/Solid-State Circuits Chapter, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Chapter, IEEE WIE Affinity Group and IEEE Computational Intelligence Chapter, with the support of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts (SASA) Branch in Niš, as well as the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia.
At the IEEE SB Niš meeting held in February 2024, the initiative to organize the conference "IEEESTEC 17th Student projects conference" was supported. IEEE Section Serbia and Montenegro supported this initiative.
We sent an invitation for the conference to the authors of papers from previous conferences, to all student organizations in Serbia, student branches of IEEE, members of IEEE Section Serbia and Montenegro. The total number of papers received is 101 (from the fields: electronics, microelectronics, telecommunications, automation, energy, computing and informatics, physics, student mobility...). All papers have passed the peer review stage, with a minimum of three peer reviews provided for each paper. 55 professors and associates of the Faculty of Electronics in Niš helped in the review process.
Based on the received reviews, the awards were awarded:
1st award
Paper: Netrunners „Vision One“
Authors: Nikola Ranđelović, Luka Rakić
Institution: Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš
2nd award
a) Paper: PIN diode as an X-ray radiation sensor
Authors: Dunja Đorđević
Institution: Faculty of Electronic Egineering, Niš
b) Paper: Optimizing the rendering performance of 3D Gaussian stacking scenes by pre-decreasing the level of detail based on distance
Authors: Luka Skenderija
Institution: Petnica Research station
3rd award
Paper: Designing a traffic intersection controller for an FPGA chip
Authors: Nevena Veselinović, Veljko Stošić, Nikola Stefanović
Institution: Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš
In the category Paper with the best practical realization, and based on the Decision of the Organizational Committee of the Conference, the following prizes were awarded:
1st award
Paper: Aid for blind people
Authors: Uroš Smadulović
Institution: Zaječar Technical School
2nd award
Paper: Improvement of the design of a short-wave amateur radio station for the transmission of voice and digital signals
Authors: Mihajlo Petković
Institution: Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš
3rd award
a) Paper: Interactive hourglass - innovative interpretation of time through Arduino technology
Authors: Una Manesku, Jakov Ljiljić
Institution: Nikola Tesla School Center, Vršac
b) Paper: Practical Realization of Adjustable Signal Generator Using Analog Devices
Authors: Petar Nikolić
Institution: Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš
Based on the submitted papers, the Faculty of Electronics in Niš published the Proceedings of the IEEESTEC 17th Student projects conference, ISBN: 978-86-6125-281-5. The editors of the Proceedings are: Prof. Dr. Vera Marković, Prof. Dr. Danijel Danković, Prof. Dr. Zlatica Marinković, Prof. Dr. Biljana Stošić, Prof. Dr. Emilija Živanović and Dr. Miloš Marjanović. The conference was organized by the Organizing Committee, which consisted of: prof. Dr. Danijel Danković, president of the conference and Dr. Miloš Marjanović, vice-president of the conference. The secretariat of the conference consisted of Jana Vračar, Aleksandra Stojković, Nikola Mitrović, Milan Stojanović, Sandra Veljković, Neda Stanojević, Anđela Kocić, Stefan Nikolić, Nemanja Nedeljković, Anastasija Avramović, Nikola Stojiljković, Strahinja Dimitrijević, Mikica Radenković, Teodora Popović i Sandra Miljković.
All participants had the opportunity to present their papers through the poster section, and the award-winning authors presented their papers live.
Award in the IEEE Woman in Engineering category. Based on the decision of the Organizing Committee of the Conference, the following was awarded:
1st award
Paper: Testing the reliability of a low-impedance electrolytic capacitor in controlled climate conditions
Authors: Lana Tasić
Institution: Faculty of Electronics, Niš
The award in the IEEE MTT Special Award category was awarded to:
1st award
Paper: Smart garden keeper
Authors: Filip Goldberger
Institution: Electrotechnical School “Mija Stanimirović”, Niš
The award in the category Paper with the greatest innovation potential was awarded to:
1st award
Paper: TerraTrack - field locator and informant
Authors: Uroš Rodić, Srđan Tutuš
Institution: Electrotechnical School “Mihajlo Pupin”, Novi Sad
Within the Best STEM Project category, the following were awarded:
1st award
Paper: Design and practical implementation of a rotating stand for 3D scanning
Authors: Konstantin Lukić, Lana Jovanović, Petra Živković, Mateja Grujić, Dušan Marjanović, Jelena Rajković
Institution: Electrotechnical School “Mija Stanimirović”, Niš
This year, the company DMV Niš awarded the following awards:
1st award
For several completed projects: Traffic light model, Room lighting control system, Temperature and humidity measurement
Authors: Ivan Janković
Institution: Mechanical and Electrical Engineering School, Paraćin
2nd award
Paper: Designing a system of parking ramps
Authors: Milica Danković
Institution: Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš
3rd award
Paper: Smart system for air quality monitoring and environmental control
Authors: Valentina Stojanović, Boris Jevtić
Institution: Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš
By decision of the Conference Organizing Committee for the best paper of the IEEESTEC conference, proposed for the IEEE Region 8 Student Paper Contest 2025 (Academician Ninoslav Stojadinović award) (http://www.ieeer8.org/category/student-activities/awards-and-contests/student- paper-contest) was selected:
1st award
Paper: Netrunners „Vision One“
Authors: Nikola Ranđelović, Luka Rakić
Institution: Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš
In hall 2, within the session of awarded papers, a short presentation of the project "Twinning for Excellence in Adaptive Edge AI" (AIDA4Edge) was held. The project is implemented by the Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Nis, Serbia, IHP from Germany, University of Ferrara, Italy, and the University of Manchester, UK, and is financed by the Research Executive Agency, under the auspices of the European Commission. Prof. Dr. Jelena Nikolić and Dr. Miloš Marjanović presented the project.
All authors received as promotional material for the IEEESTEC conference: a collection of papers, a ballpoint pen, a notebook, and a certificate of participation in the conference. The authors of the best papers were awarded diplomas and special prizes. Conference participants were from the following institutions: the University of Niš, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Toplička Academy of Vocational Studies, Prokuplje, "Mija Stanimirović" Electrotechnical School, Niš, Electrotechnical School "Nikola Tesla", Niš, Electrotechnical School, "Mihajlo Pupin", Novi Sad, "Nikola Tesla" School Center, Vršac, Knjaževac Gymnasium, Technical school, Zaječar, Research Station Petnica, Valjevo, Technical School, "Rade Metalac", Leskovac, Gymnasium "Bora Stanković", Niš, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering School, Paraćin.
We hope this conference will be even better organized and even more massive next year.
The sixteenth student conference, "IEESTEC 17th Student projects conference", was held on November 28, 2024. The conference was organized by the student branch of IEEE SB Niš, EESTEC LC Niš, and the Faculty of Electronics in Niš, in cooperation with IEEE Serbia&Montenegro Section, IEEE Electron Devices/Solid-State Circuits Chapter, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Chapter, IEEE WIE Affinity Group and IEEE Computational Intelligence Chapter, with the support of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts (SASA) Branch in Niš, as well as the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia.
At the IEEE SB Niš meeting held in February 2024, the initiative to organize the conference "IEEESTEC 17th Student projects conference" was supported. IEEE Section Serbia and Montenegro supported this initiative.
We sent an invitation for the conference to the authors of papers from previous conferences, to all student organizations in Serbia, student branches of IEEE, members of IEEE Section Serbia and Montenegro. The total number of papers received is 101 (from the fields: electronics, microelectronics, telecommunications, automation, energy, computing and informatics, physics, student mobility...). All papers have passed the peer review stage, with a minimum of three peer reviews provided for each paper. 55 professors and associates of the Faculty of Electronics in Niš helped in the review process.
Based on the received reviews, the awards were awarded:
1st award
Paper: Netrunners „Vision One“
Authors: Nikola Ranđelović, Luka Rakić
Institution: Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš
2nd award
a) Paper: PIN diode as an X-ray radiation sensor
Authors: Dunja Đorđević
Institution: Faculty of Electronic Egineering, Niš
b) Paper: Optimizing the rendering performance of 3D Gaussian stacking scenes by pre-decreasing the level of detail based on distance
Authors: Luka Skenderija
Institution: Petnica Research station
3rd award
Paper: Designing a traffic intersection controller for an FPGA chip
Authors: Nevena Veselinović, Veljko Stošić, Nikola Stefanović
Institution: Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš
In the category Paper with the best practical realization, and based on the Decision of the Organizational Committee of the Conference, the following prizes were awarded:
1st award
Paper: Aid for blind people
Authors: Uroš Smadulović
Institution: Zaječar Technical School
2nd award
Paper: Improvement of the design of a short-wave amateur radio station for the transmission of voice and digital signals
Authors: Mihajlo Petković
Institution: Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš
3rd award
a) Paper: Interactive hourglass - innovative interpretation of time through Arduino technology
Authors: Una Manesku, Jakov Ljiljić
Institution: Nikola Tesla School Center, Vršac
b) Paper: Practical Realization of Adjustable Signal Generator Using Analog Devices
Authors: Petar Nikolić
Institution: Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš
Based on the submitted papers, the Faculty of Electronics in Niš published the Proceedings of the IEEESTEC 17th Student projects conference, ISBN: 978-86-6125-281-5. The editors of the Proceedings are: Prof. Dr. Vera Marković, Prof. Dr. Danijel Danković, Prof. Dr. Zlatica Marinković, Prof. Dr. Biljana Stošić, Prof. Dr. Emilija Živanović and Dr. Miloš Marjanović. The conference was organized by the Organizing Committee, which consisted of: prof. Dr. Danijel Danković, president of the conference and Dr. Miloš Marjanović, vice-president of the conference. The secretariat of the conference consisted of Jana Vračar, Aleksandra Stojković, Nikola Mitrović, Milan Stojanović, Sandra Veljković, Neda Stanojević, Anđela Kocić, Stefan Nikolić, Nemanja Nedeljković, Anastasija Avramović, Nikola Stojiljković, Strahinja Dimitrijević, Mikica Radenković, Teodora Popović i Sandra Miljković.
All participants had the opportunity to present their papers through the poster section, and the award-winning authors presented their papers live.
Award in the IEEE Woman in Engineering category. Based on the decision of the Organizing Committee of the Conference, the following was awarded:
1st award
Paper: Testing the reliability of a low-impedance electrolytic capacitor in controlled climate conditions
Authors: Lana Tasić
Institution: Faculty of Electronics, Niš
The award in the IEEE MTT Special Award category was awarded to:
1st award
Paper: Smart garden keeper
Authors: Filip Goldberger
Institution: Electrotechnical School “Mija Stanimirović”, Niš
The award in the category Paper with the greatest innovation potential was awarded to:
1st award
Paper: TerraTrack - field locator and informant
Authors: Uroš Rodić, Srđan Tutuš
Institution: Electrotechnical School “Mihajlo Pupin”, Novi Sad
Within the Best STEM Project category, the following were awarded:
1st award
Paper: Design and practical implementation of a rotating stand for 3D scanning
Authors: Konstantin Lukić, Lana Jovanović, Petra Živković, Mateja Grujić, Dušan Marjanović, Jelena Rajković
Institution: Electrotechnical School “Mija Stanimirović”, Niš
This year, the company DMV Niš awarded the following awards:
1st award
For several completed projects: Traffic light model, Room lighting control system, Temperature and humidity measurement
Authors: Ivan Janković
Institution: Mechanical and Electrical Engineering School, Paraćin
2nd award
Paper: Designing a system of parking ramps
Authors: Milica Danković
Institution: Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš
3rd award
Paper: Smart system for air quality monitoring and environmental control
Authors: Valentina Stojanović, Boris Jevtić
Institution: Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš
By decision of the Conference Organizing Committee for the best paper of the IEEESTEC conference, proposed for the IEEE Region 8 Student Paper Contest 2025 (Academician Ninoslav Stojadinović award) (http://www.ieeer8.org/category/student-activities/awards-and-contests/student- paper-contest) was selected:
1st award
Paper: Netrunners „Vision One“
Authors: Nikola Ranđelović, Luka Rakić
Institution: Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš
In hall 2, within the session of awarded papers, a short presentation of the project "Twinning for Excellence in Adaptive Edge AI" (AIDA4Edge) was held. The project is implemented by the Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Nis, Serbia, IHP from Germany, University of Ferrara, Italy, and the University of Manchester, UK, and is financed by the Research Executive Agency, under the auspices of the European Commission. Prof. Dr. Jelena Nikolić and Dr. Miloš Marjanović presented the project.
All authors received as promotional material for the IEEESTEC conference: a collection of papers, a ballpoint pen, a notebook, and a certificate of participation in the conference. The authors of the best papers were awarded diplomas and special prizes. Conference participants were from the following institutions: the University of Niš, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Toplička Academy of Vocational Studies, Prokuplje, "Mija Stanimirović" Electrotechnical School, Niš, Electrotechnical School "Nikola Tesla", Niš, Electrotechnical School, "Mihajlo Pupin", Novi Sad, "Nikola Tesla" School Center, Vršac, Knjaževac Gymnasium, Technical school, Zaječar, Research Station Petnica, Valjevo, Technical School, "Rade Metalac", Leskovac, Gymnasium "Bora Stanković", Niš, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering School, Paraćin.
We hope this conference will be even better organized and even more massive next year.