{"id":2047,"date":"2025-06-13T21:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T21:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/?p=2047"},"modified":"2025-06-13T21:03:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T21:03:53","slug":"jason-cong-receives-the-uiuc-grainger-college-of-engineering-alumni-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/?p=2047","title":{"rendered":"Jason Cong\u00a0Receives the\u00a0UIUC\u00a0Grainger College of Engineering Alumni Award!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2047\" class=\"elementor elementor-2047\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e9885a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e9885a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e2721f0\" data-id=\"e2721f0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-495901c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"495901c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-opt-id=674685163  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/mlhg4gntrt4y.i.optimole.com\/w:250\/h:262\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jason-Cong-ORG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1559\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f07cd66\" data-id=\"f07cd66\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25f545a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25f545a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div dir=\"ltr\">Jason Cong\u00a0<span>received the\u00a0<\/span><span>UIUC\u00a0<\/span><span>Grainger College of Engineering Alumni Award for Distinguished Service \u201cfor impactful\u00a0<\/span><span>research and entrepreneurial work on electronic design automation, quantum and customized computing,\u00a0FPGA, and highly scalable\u00a0algorithms.\u201d \u00a0The other six awardees include a university president, an US Air Force Major General, and highly successful industry leaders and entrepreneurs with significant contributions to clean energy, networking, security, and semiconductor technologies. 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