Graduate Student Xingshu Sun has received the Best in Session Award in the Modeling and Simulation session at the TECHCON 2015 Conference in Austin, Texas. His presentation was titled "Channel Transmission Characteristics of Silicon Nanotransistors".

His research topics are compact modelling for nano-scale transistors and thin film solar cells, and system-level simulation for large-scale solar panels. He is advised by Professors Muhammad A. Alam and Mark Lundstrom.

TECHCON is the primary event for Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) to showcase the best of research sponsored by the membership and students performing the research. It is also the venue for recognizing industry and university participants who make SRC a world-class research management organization.