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Sep. 4, 2026

UNLV computer scientists Chuck Tessler and John Businge earned prestigious CAREER awards from the National Science Foundation. Tessler and Businge each received grants totaling more than $550,000 to bolster their research programs in areas of dynamic memory usage in safety-critical systems, and the clone-and-own phenomenon in software development, respectively. The awards are among the most selective research-based honors for early-career faculty members with strong potential to become leaders in their field. and reflect the College of Engineering's growing reputation for high-impact research and innovation.