Honors
Rohit Bhusal, a graduate student in engineering, and Hongzhi Guo, assistant professor in the School of Computing, received the Best Paper Runner-Up Award at the 22nd IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems, held in Chicago Oct. 6-8. Bhusal received a student travel grant supported by the National Science Foundation to attend MASS 2025 in person and present the paper, “Edge-Assisted Generative AI-Driven Video Communication Using Topological Data Analysis.”
Veera Venkata Ram Murali Krishna Rao “Krishna” Muvva, a doctoral candidate in the School of Computing, has been named the recipient of the 2025 AIAA Orville and Wilbur Wright Graduate Award. Presented by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the award recognizes graduate students who have demonstrated excellence in research and leadership within aerospace-related fields. It is one of the institute's highest graduate honors. Muvva’s research focuses on enabling deep learning–based perception and control in uncrewed aerial vehicles.
Appointments
Nirupam Aich, associate professor in civil and environmental engineering, was named associate editor of the Journal of Hazardous Materials: Organics. The appointment recognizes Aich’s leadership in environmental engineering and his contributions to advancing safer, more sustainable water treatment solutions. Aich was also appointed to the board of directors of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors. Board members guide the organization’s programs that further research, education, professional development and community engagement in the sciences and technologies of environmental protection.
Publications
Jae Sung Park, Richard L. McNeel Associate Professor of Engineering, along with Senthil Kumar Raman of India’s Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education and Simon Song of South Korea’s Hanyang University, published a study that was chosen as an Editor’s Pick in the March 2025 edition of Physics of Fluids, one of the leading journals in that field. The paper found that the efficiency of a large gas-turbine engine more than doubled because of a slight increase in initial temperature and pressure, a finding with potential application in the design of engines for airplanes, ships and submarines.
