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Lane Professor Receives NSF CAREER Award

Daryl Reynolds

Daryl Reynolds, assistant professor in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at West Virginia University, recently received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation for his research in multi-modal network optimization.

Reynolds received the NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award for more than $400,000 over a five-year period.

The CAREER Program is the NSF’s most prestigious award in support of the early career development activities of junior faculty who most effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their organization.

Multi-modal network optimization involves optimizing wired and wireless networks jointly, said Reynolds.

"Currently, wired and wireless networks are optimized separately from the start," he said. "Optimizing them together will improve network performance. An example of where this would be useful is in the power industry," said Reynolds. "Networks are mostly wired, but the industry wants to add some wireless ones. The goal is to make these networks work better together."

The award will help Reynolds support two graduate students to assist with his work, buy software, equipment and computers, travel to conferences and cover other expenses of his research.

"The CAREER Award is unique in supporting both research and teaching in an integrated way," he said. "It will enable me to better serve the university in both areas."

A native of Houston, Texas, Reynolds received his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and his master’s and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University. He has been on the WVU faculty since 2002.

04/18/2008