Award Type: Palais Outstanding Doctoral Student Award

Ashwin Chandwani’s doctoral research in power electronics converters led to 12 journal and 18 conference publications and two patents pending or issued.

Kristen Jaskie’s research to advance machine learning and deep learning applications is contributing to boosting the potential for these evolving fields to benefit medical, scientific and commercial pursuits.

Hong Chen’s depth of knowledge in the field of photonics along with his pure brilliance as a researcher earned him the Palais Doctoral Student Award.

A standout researcher who excelled in the classroom, Junjie Jiang is this year’s Palais Outstanding Doctoral Student awardee.

Electrical engineering doctoral graduate Houqiang Fu’s work on gallium nitride power electronics has earned him the 2019 Palais Outstanding Doctoral Student Award for research and academic excellence.