Awards and Honors

Chancellor Gary S. May will soon have a fourth degree to add to his curriculum vitae.

He will be awarded an honorary doctorate and deliver the keynote address at the undergraduate commencement of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta on Saturday, Dec. 18.

A beloved graduate of Georgia Tech, May served there for nearly three decades before becoming UC Davis’ seventh chancellor in 2017.

Please join us in celebrating Professor Zhi Ding as a 2020-2021 recipient of the Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Award by Graduate Studies!

Please join us in celebrating ECE Ph.D. student, Calum Shelden, as a recipient of a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines. The five-year fellowship includes three years of financial support including an annual stipend of $34,000 and a cost of education allowance of $12,000 to the institution.

ECE Ph.D. student, Xian Xiao, has been named a recipient of the Excellence in Graduate Student Research Award from the College of Engineering for his significant contributions to the field of photonics.

Prof. Putnam is developing high-speed optical detectors that could revolutionize infrared spectroscopy

William Putnam, an assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This CAREER award will support his proposal entitled, “Chip-Scale, Field-Resolved Detection of Mid-Infrared Light”.

Prof. Radulaski is developing quantum nanophotonic devices to enable the next generation of quantum hardware

Marina Radulaski, assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award for the project entitled Scalable Quantum Photonics based on Color Center Integration with Angle-etched Silicon Carbide Devices.

Dr. John Owens, Child Family Professor of Engineering and Entrepreneurship, has been named an IEEE Fellow in recognition of his contributions to heterogeneous parallel computing. The IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors upon a person with an outstanding record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. The total number selected in any one year cannot exceed 0.1% of the total voting membership.

Please join us in celebrating ECE Ph.D. student, Connie Duong, as the recipient of an Institute of International Education (IIE) Graduate International Research Experiences Program scholarship. Through a wide variety of educational programs sponsored by the U.S. government, corporations, foundations and foreign governments, the IIE annually works with thousands of U.S.

ECE Ph.D. student, Nguyen L.K. Nguyen, advised by Professor Anh-Vu Pham, was awarded the Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference 2020 (APMC 2020), Prize for the best regular paper under the Microwaves category. The paper titled, "A High Output Power 1 - 150 GHz Distributed Power Amplifier in InP HBT Technology,” co-authored by Nguyen L.K. Nguyen, Dr. Duy P. Nguyen, Dr. Alexander Stameroff, and Professor Anh-Vu Pham.

Please join us in celebrating ECE PhD student, Connie Duong as the recipient of a Richard and Joy Dorf Engineering Fellowship Award.