Wang Nominated for 2025 CSU Faculty Research and Scholarship Award

TSYS School associate professor of computer science Lixin Wang has been nominated by the Turner College's Awards & Scholarships Committee for the 2025 CSU Faculty Research and Scholarship Award. This award recognizes outstanding efforts by faculty members in research and scholarship. The award is meant to celebrate the value of these activities, particularly for their role in contributing to the faculty's intellectual growth. It implicitly recognizes the role of research and scholarship in the enhancement of a faculty member's teaching and service capabilities. Since joining the TSYS School in August of 2016, Wang has produced 22 journal publications. Among these are papers appearing in Tsinghua Science and Technology and IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, both rated among the A-level journals on the Turner College's publication lists. In addition to these, Wang has published twice in both Electronics and Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, both B-rated journal outlets. Other B-level journals publishing Wang's work include Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications & Networking, Internet of Things and Wireless Networks. Wang has also been awarded eight federal grants (as the PI or a Co-PI) since coming to CSU. These were funded by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. Army Reserve, with the total awarded amount being $828,338. Lastly, Wang has supervised or mentored the research and/or independent study conducted by 34 TSYS School students, including 26 undergraduate students. Several of the co-authored projects emerging from these efforts have been published in some of the journals listed above. Turner Business wishes Wang the best of luck in April 2025, when the winner of the award will be named.

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Four Turner College Faculty Recognized for Outstanding Teaching

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Hammer joins Turner College Finance Faculty

The Turner College's Department of Accounting and Finance welcomes Melissa Ingle Hammer , who joins the group as an adjunct faculty in finance. Hammer graduated from the Turner College in 2005, after earning a BBA in finance. She later went on to earn an MBA from Auburn University, a Specialist Certificate in Conduct Risk from the University of Manchester, a Certificate in Team Culture from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Certificate in Executive Presence from Cornell University. Hammer is the SVP of Fair Lending Product Management with RiskExec at Asurity. She previously worked as Compliance Manager of Fair Lending at Synovus, a senior regulatory consultant with Wolters Kluwer, and as VP of Compliance at TD. This semester Hammer will be teaching FINC 3135, Financial Institutions and Technologies. Turner Business welcomes Melissa and wishes her a great first semester in the Turner College.

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