Two Faculty of Engineering and Design graduate students have been named winners in the 2014-2015 Graduate Student Open Access Awards. PhD Candidate Aizaz Chaudhry and PhD Wenjun Zhou of the Electrical and Computer Engineering program received awards for their published research in open access journals:
Aizaz Chaudhry, PhD Candidate, Electrical and Computer Engineering
“On the number of channels required for interference-free wireless mesh networks” from EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking 2013, 2013:229.
Aizaz Chaudhry received his MASc degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carleton University in August 2010, and his BSc degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, in November 1998. Currently, he is a PhD candidate in the Electrical and Computer Engineering program of the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University. He conducts research in the area of wireless mesh networks with focus on interference modeling, topology control, channel assignment and optimization of multi-radio multi-channel wireless mesh networks. His research has been published in refereed conferences and journals, and has received several citations.
Wenjun Zhou, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering
“Anisotropic effective permittivity of an ultrathin gold coating on optical fiber in air, water and saline solutions” from Optics Express, vol. 22, no. 26 (2014) (co-authored with David Mandia, PhD Candidate, Chemistry).
Wenjun Zhou completed his PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carleton University in April 2015. He received his B.Sc. degree in Science and Technology of Optical Information in 2008 and his M.Sc. degree in Optical Engineering in 2011, both from China Jiliang University (CJLU). During his PhD studying, he worked under the supervision of Prof. Jacques Albert in the Advanced Photonic Components Group, Department of Electronics, Carleton University. His main research interests include optical fiber sensors and plasmonics of ultrathin gold films. He has published 17 papers in peer-reviewed journals (10 as first author). He was awarded the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad in 2014, the 7th China Youth Science and Technology Innovation Awards in 2011, and the Top Grade Prize of China Instrument and Control Society Scholarships in 2010.
Open Access Awards are sponsored by Carleton Library, the Graduate Student Association (GSA) and the Office of the Vice President (Research & International) (OVPRI). These monetary awards of $1,000 have been established to support Carleton University graduate students in publishing research in open access journals, which expands online availability and increases research visibility with the goal of advancing knowledge and improving the global community.
