Naser Chowdhury and Purushothaman Srinivasan, both doctoral students of Durgamadhab Misra, PhD, in the department of electrical and computer engineering, were awarded first prize in the PhD category earlier this month for their poster presentation at the Einstein Expo, a student research conference at The City College of New York. The posters were evaluated by four Nobel laureates and eminent professors working in various research areas.