Joseph Kakande, 2011

Young Scholar Award recipient

“One of the best parts about being a Young Scholar is being involved in mentoring undergraduate students through the Celestini program. It was a great experience and I emerged all the better for it.”
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Joseph Kakande, 2011

Current Young Scholars Role

Former Chair

Research Area

Scaling the capacity, reach, and power efficiency of fiber optic communications networks.

Current Position

Network Engineer, Facebook 

Education

  • Ph.D., Optoelectronics, University of Southampton
  • MEng, Electrical Engineering , University of Hull

Young Scholar Research

Ultra high speed, all-optical signal processing of coherent optical communications signals, based on nonlinear fiber optic devices.

Other Honors

  • 2008 – 2012 University of Southampton ORC PhD Research Scholarship
  • 2004 – 2008 University of Hull Lord Wilberforce Full tuition Scholarship
  • 2007 Institute of Engineering and Technology Prize, UK
  • 2007 Nuffield Science Bursary for Academic Scientific Research, UK

Fun Fact

Born in Uganda, which is the world’s most ethnically diverse country – we have more than 40 different languages!