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WNCG Receives Huawei Award for Best Collaboration

Sept. 6, 2016
WNCG Profs. Gustavo de Veciana and Jeff Andrews recently received an award for Best Collaboration with the wireless group at Huawei. This international award goes to a funded university collaboration the company deems most impactful from among their offices and partner institutions worldwide.   “We are very pleased to accept this award,” Prof. de Veciana states. “The experience of working with engineers at Huawei has been very rewarding and fun.”   The collaborative research project concerned the study of new scheduling policies for next generation wireless systems.
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Prof. Andrea Alù is a National Finalist for the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists 

June 1, 2016
Prof. Andrea Alù, Associate Professor at Texas ECE is one of the finalists for the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. He along with 31 national finalists will be competing for three spots as the 2016 National Laureates. Prof. Alù has been nominated under the Physical Sciences and Engineering category of the award. The other two disciplines include Life Sciences and Chemistry.