Prize winning Thesis for Electrical Engineering PhD Student

Fangjing Hu from the Optical and Semiconductor Devices group has been awarded the 2014-15 Eryl Cadwaladr Davies Prize for his thesis.

Fangjing has been awarded the Prize for his thesis ‘THz Torch technology: secure thermal infrared wireless communications using engineered blackbody radiation'. The Eryl Cadwaladr Davies Prize is awarded annually to the best doctoral thesis in the Department.

Fangjing pioneered low-cost communications link based on modulating and detecting heat, using infrared filtered light bulb sources and motion sensors. The thesis has consequently inspired a number of invited international conference papers, a book chapter and three journal papers.

Fangjing says: ‘I am extremely honoured and grateful to receive the prestigious Eryl Cadwaladr Davies Prize. It is not just a reflection of my own achievements, but also my supervisor, Dr Stepan Lucyszyn. It is great to receive recognition for the work we have done at Imperial College, and it will encourage me to work hard in my future career.” Fangjing has returned to China after a year as a research associate in the Department, and hopes to stay in academia. 

Congratulations to Fangjing.  This and other Prizes for the 2014-15 cohort will be presented at the College’s Postgraduate Awards Ceremony on Wednesday 4^th May at the Royal Albert Hall.

Full list of winners:

Ruibo Shi: Outstanding Achievement 
(Communications and Signal Processing MSc 2014/15)

Zihang Dong: Outstanding Achievement
(Control Systems MSc 2014/15)

Guénolé Lallement: The Hertha Ayrton Prize 2015 
Best MSc project with significant original contribution to the topic area

Valentine Copin: The Ivor Tupper Prize 2015 
For Excellence in Signal Processing, Broadcast
And Video Technology

Fangjing Hu: Eryl Cadwaladr Davies Prize 2015:
Best Doctoral Thesis in EE during the academic year