April 29, 2023 – Aijun Song

Student researchers from myNet lab recognized during Honors week

Publication date April 29, 2023
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Brodie Alexander won two awards for the 2022-2023 academic year:
a) Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award at the University of Alabama for his contribution to mobile underwater network research.
b) Outstanding undergraduate research award at the Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alabama.
Anika Cho won Fred R. Maxwell Jr. award for her academic, research, and outreach achievements. She is also the recipient of the 2022-2024 NOAA Hollings Scholarship.

Dr. Aijun Song is an experienced researcher in subsea communications, intelligent signal processing, and marine robotics. He has published more than thirty journal papers on underwater technologies. Active in the professional societies, Dr. Song served as the General Co-Chair of the 2018 NSF Workshops on Underwater Wireless Communications and Networking. He was the General Co-Chair of the 14th International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems. Dr. Song is a recent recipient of the NSF CAREER Award (2021).

Dr. Song is also a passionate advocate for STEM education in K-12. He has been leading the local MATHCOUNTS competitions since 2018. His MATHCOUNTS initiative was recognized as the Outstanding Faculty/Staff-Initiated Engagement Effort by the University of Alabama in 2019. He recently launched an underwater robotics initiative at the local high school.