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Congratulations, Zihan!
Zihan Wang received the Poster Presentation Awards in the Faculty of Engineering Graduate Research Symposium (FEGRS) at the University of Alberta in August 2025. Congratulations, Zihan!
Congratulations, Dr. Jiang!
Tianxiang Jiang successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Intedigitated electrode-based microfluidic biosensing platforms for biomedical applications" in August 2025. Congratulations, Dr. Jiang!
Congratulations, Dr. Wu!
Yuqi Wu successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Data augmentation, explainable AI, and conversational diagnosis via large language models: a path towards a real automated clinical mental disorder diagnosis" in June 2025. Congratulations, Dr. Wu!
Congratulations, Josiah!
Josiah Liu received the Outstanding Research Performance award at the Winter 2025 DRA event at the University of Alberta. Congratulations, Josiah!
Congratulations, Daniel!
Daniel To successfully defended his MSc thesis entitled "Development of a portable laser-induced fluorescence biosensor platform for improved immunoassay diagnostics" in April 2025. Congratulations, Daniel!
Congratulations, Dr. Wang!
Shuren Wang successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "A highly integrated field ready RF energy harvesting system for wearable & IoT devices" in March 2025. Congratulations, Dr. Wang!
Congratulations, Zihan!
Zihan Wang successfully defended her MSc thesis entitled "Machine learning enabled performance predication and inverse design of gate-grounded N-channel MOSFET for electrostatic discharge protection" in January 2025. Congratulations, Zihan!
Congratulations, Dr. Tian!
Zuyuan Tian successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Dielectrophoretic microfluidic platform enables efficient cell manipulation for high-throughput single-cell analysis" in January 2025. Congratulations, Dr. Tian!
Congratulations, Bingxuan!
Bingxuan Li received the 2024 Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship. Congratulations, Bingxuan!
Congratulations, Dr. Mao!
Kaining Mao successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "On the automated diagnosis of depresion: using bidirectional LSTM and time distributed CNN, building Chinese corpus, and a survey of existing approaches" in May 2024. Congratulations, Dr. Mao!
Congratulations, Dr. Xu!
Dr. Qiwei Xu received the 2024 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad. Congratulations, Dr. Xu!
Congratulations, Dr. Xu!
Dr. Qiwei Xu received the ECE PhD thesis award (George Walker Award) in September 2023. Congratulations, Dr. Xu!
Congratulations, Yuqi!
Yuqi Wu received the 2023 Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship. Congratulations, Yuqi!
Congratulations, Ian!
Ian Then successfully defended his MSc thesis entitled "GGNMOS for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection: study on device structure and circuit model" in May 2023. Congratulations, Ian!
Congratulations, Dr. Xu!
Qiwei Xu successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Colloidal quantum dots and integration with silicon for near-infrared light detection" in April 2023. Congratulations, Dr. Xu!
Congratulations, Gangyi!
Gangyi Li successfully defended his MSc thesis entitled "Nanocrystal-based optical diffusers for white LED lighting: inverse design achieved by machine learning technologies" in January 2023. Congratulations, Gangyi!
Congratulations, Qiwei!
Qiwei Xu received the 2022 Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize, which is is awarded in direct recognition of excellence in research at the doctoral level at the University of Alberta. Congratulations, Qiwei!
Congratulations, Dr. Chowdhury!
Farsad Chowdhury successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Wood-derived biopolymers for photonics" in May 2021. Congratulations, Dr. Chowdhury!
Congratulations, Qiwei!
Qiwei Xu received the 2021 Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship, one of most prestigious endowments for scholarly activities at the University of Alberta. Congratulations, Qiwei!
Congratulations, Dr. Meng!
Dr. Lingju Meng received the 2020 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad. Congratulations, Dr. Meng!
Congratulations, Carson!
Carson Dick successfully defended his MSc thesis entitled "Microstructure-based direct digital capacitive pressure sensor" in September 2020. Congratulations, Carson!
Congratulations, Kaustubh!
Kaustubh Sinha successfully defended his MSc thesis entitled "Laser induced graphene on lignin upgraded stretchable polymer films" in April 2020. Congratulations, Kaustubh!
Congratulations, Qiwei!
Qiwei Xu received the 2019 Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship. Congratulations, Qiwei!
Congratulations, Dr. Meng!
Lingju Meng successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Flexible electronics: novel substrates and transducers" in November 2019. Congratulations, Dr. Meng!