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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