Undergraduate students from our university's Department of Electronic Engineering achieved the remarkable feat of winning the Best Innovation Award (President's Award from the Radio Promotion Association) and a prize of 1 million won at the 2025 National University Student UAM Olympiad competition hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Korea Transportation Safety Authority on Wednesday, 29 October.

The 2025 National University Student UAM Olympiad is an annual nationwide competition held to discover creative and outstanding ideas from university (graduate) students related to UAM (Urban Air Mobility), foster next-generation talent, and broaden the technological base. The KULA (Kookmin UAM Localisation Analyzers) team, comprising Kim Eun Su (22), Lee Ha Jeong (21), Park Min Gyu (22), Park Hyo Jun (20), and Bae Yun Su (20), under the guidance of Professor Jang Byung Jun (Department of Electronical Engineering, College of Creative Engineering), won the Best Innovation Award (President's Award from the Korea Radio Promotion Association) for their research proposal “Precision Monitoring System for UAM Vertiports”.

The KULA team proposed a vertiport surveillance system based on UWB (Ultra-Wideband) technology and demonstrated its accuracy through validation. This demonstrated that the high error rate of the MLAT systems used in existing airports can be mitigated using low-cost UWB modules, earning high praise from the judges. Furthermore, it is expected to contribute to the future development of the UAM industry and yield positive results in subsequent years.