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Dejia Xu Receives Snap PhD Fellowship

Dec. 14, 2022
Texas ECE PhD student Dejia Xu has been selected to receive a Snap PhD Fellowship. The Snap Research Fellowship program is designed to foster a strong collaboration between Snap Research and the brightest, most driven graduate computer science students across the world. Snap Research recognized 12 PhD students with Fellowships for 2022.
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Student Wins Marconi Society Young Scholar Award

Aug. 7, 2015
WNCG student Ken Pesyna was selected as a 2015 Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar. The award recognizes Pesyna’s academic achievements and leadership in the field of communications and information science. Pesyna was selected because his outstanding work in centimeter-accurate and power-efficient smartphone positioning, his excellent academic record and his demonstrated entrepreneurial capabilities.