Awards and Honors

Recognition

Research awards, competitive fellowships, academic distinctions, and student competition honors across navigation, engineering, and doctoral training.

15 awards and honors currently documented

ION GNSS+ 2024 Student Paper Award certificate awarded to Penggao Yan

Research recognition · 2024

ION GNSS+ Student Paper Award

The Institute of Navigation, USA

Awarded for “Jackknife Test for Faulty GNSS Measurements Detection under Non-Gaussian Noises.”

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Doctoral fellowship · 2021

PolyU Presidential PhD Fellowship

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

National competition · 2017

First Prize, National Undergraduate Electronics Design Contest

Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China

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2025

Research support

PolyU Postdoctoral Matching Fund Scheme

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Research support

Research Talent Hub (RTH) Scheme

Innovation and Technology Commission, Hong Kong

2024

Research recognition

ION GNSS+ Student Paper Award

The Institute of Navigation, USA

Awarded for “Jackknife Test for Faulty GNSS Measurements Detection under Non-Gaussian Noises.”

Scholarship

HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund — Reaching Out Award

Education Bureau, Hong Kong

Supported participation and presentation at the ION 2024 Pacific PNT Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.

2023

Research support

ION Student Registration Grant

The Institute of Navigation, USA

2021

Fellowship

PolyU Presidential PhD Fellowship

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

2019

Academic distinction

Outstanding Graduate Student

Wuhan University, China

2018

Academic distinction

Excellent Bachelor’s Thesis

Wuhan University, China

Scholarship

Outstanding Student Scholarship

Wuhan University, China

Academic distinction

Merit Student Award

Wuhan University, China

2017

Scholarship

National Encouragement Scholarship

Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China

Competition

First Prize, National Undergraduate Electronics Design Contest

Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China

Competition

Second Prize, National Undergraduate Intelligent Car Race

Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China

2016

Competition

First Prize, Hubei Province Undergraduate Electronics Design Contest

Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China

Competition

First Place, South China Division of the National Undergraduate Intelligent Car Race

Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China