Despite the challenges imposed by the pandemic, Professor Leslie A. Rusch and her research team have achieved many successes in 2021-2022.
These successes have included both the advancement of research, the receipt of grants and awards.
As evidence, see the list below:
Research grant and teaching prize
- 2021: Une foresterie agile face au climat: De l’écosystème jusqu’aux marchés: CFI – total funding 3,432,151$; co-applicant
- 2021: A High Resolution Optical Spectrum Analyzer for Optical Communications; RTI; total funding 150,000$; principal applicant
- 2021: Prof. Leslie Rusch received the Teaching Prize at the AESGUL Student Merit Gala
- 2022: Reconfigurable broadband photonic characterization system; RTI; total funding 150,000$; co-applicant
Publications and talks
- “Silicon Photonics in Optical Access Networks for 5G Communications” by Xun Guan, Wei Shi, Jia Liu, Jim Slevinsky, and Leslie Rusch in IEEE Communications Magazine
- Zibo Zheng’s paper “Silicon IQ Modulator for 120 Gbaud QAM” was selected for the ECOC 2021 Best Student Paper Award (10 finalists)
- Leslie Rusch’s invited workshop presentation at OFC 2021 “Challenges and opportunities in scaling SiP to higher baud rates”
Students recognition
- 2021: MSc student Ariane Gouin received the scholarship of the AFDU Québec Danielle V. Gagnon
- 2021: PhD student Hamed Rabbani received the ESSOR scholarship from the Faculty of Science and Engineering of UL
- 2021: MSc student Arman Safarnejadian received the Citizens’ Scholarship of the World BCCM-FSG
- 2022: PhD student Arash Rabiepoor received the Citizens’ Scholarship of the World BCCM-FSG