Philip Wu was awarded the 2008-2009 Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship by The Graduate School at the University of Maryland.

This prestigious fellowship is awarded to students who are in the final stages of writing their dissertations, whose primary source of support is unrelated to their dissertations, and who expect to receive their degrees in December 2008, May 2009, or August 2009. 

Students are evaluated on the likelihood of the student completing the dissertation during the 2008-2009 academic year, the quality of work, and the potential contribution of the dissertation to the student's field of research. The proposal title of Philip's dissertation is Community Emergency response Using Information and Communication Technology: A Motivational Study.