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PhD student Lingchen Kong

Ph.D. Student Lingchen Kong Scores First Place at GSEA D.C. and 2023 New Venture Competition

April 25, 2023

Ph.D. student Lingchen Kong continues to make amazing progress on his start-up company, Ellexco! Read to learn how Kong has excelled in multiple competitions as he works towards his goal of making lithium extraction more cost-effective and environmentally friendly.

Dr. Xitong Liu and Lingchen Kong

Celebrating Entrepreneurial Excellence at 2023 New Venture Competition

April 17, 2023

The pair took home two top honors totaling $20,000 at the 2023 New Venture Competition awards ceremony at Jack Morton Auditorium. 

traffic modeling with pedestrians

Roadway User Behavior Modeling in a Smart City Environment

April 14, 2023

Professor Samer Hamder is taking an approach that bridges the gap between human decision-making and wireless communications to help reduce the number of roadway collisions each year.