By Charles Hall<img width="1024" height="684" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/EC200945-1024x684.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/EC200945-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/EC200945-452x302.jpg 452w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/EC200945-768x513.jpg 768w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/EC200945-1080x721.jpg 1080w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/EC200945.jpg 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px">Dr. Huaiyu Dai and Dr. Paul Franzon have been awarded 2019 Qualcomm Faculty Awards for research that is inspirational to graduate students and serves to spark new approaches in key technology areas.