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Durgin\u2019s research group at the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), while Christopher Peterson (who performed the research as an undergraduate student in Durgin\u0027s group) began graduate studies at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign this fall.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECoincidentally, the conference\u2019s Best Overall Paper Award went to Azhar Hasan for his paper entitled, \u201cTowards Pervasive Soil Moisture Sensing using RFID Tag Antenna-Based Sensors.\u201d Hasan recently started working as an assistant professor in Pakistan, having received his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech ECE, where he was advised by Professor Andrew F. 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