CLEMSON – Outstanding graduate students were recognized at this spring’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Student Achievement Award Ceremony. Graduate students Gregory Stephens and Lei Yuan received Harris Awards, two department-wide awards which have been given each year for the past 31 years in recognition of outstanding accomplishment in the preceding year by a current Clemson graduate student in each of two areas: laboratory teaching and research.
Gregory Stephens received the Harris Award for the Outstanding Graduate Laboratory Teaching Assistant in 2015 based on evaluations by undergraduates enrolled in ECE laboratory courses and assessment by the faculty supervisors of the laboratories. Mr. Stephens completed the B.S. degree in electrical engineering at Clemson in 2014, and he is currently pursuing the PhD degree in electrical engineering with an emphasis in communications systems and networking under the direction of Prof. Ian Walker.
Lei Yuan received the Harris Award for the Outstanding Graduate Researcher in 2015 based on the recommendation of a faculty member and evaluation by a committee of ECE faculty, which found his record of research productivity and scholarship outstanding. He completed his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering at the Beihang University in 2008, and went on to receive his PhD in mechanical engineering from the Beijing Institute of Technology before joining Clemson. He is currently pursuing the PhD degree in electrical engineering with an emphasis in communications systems and networking under the direction of Prof. Hai Xiao.
Since their inception, the Harris Awards have been accompanied by a monetary stipend, which is provided by the generosity of Harris Corp. The Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering appreciates the support and encouragement that Harris and its employees provide to our department and our students.
