Devon joined IDeA Labs in the Fall of 2009. In his time here, he modeled the complex symbiotic interactions within a leafcutter ant nest, developed a small population stochastic epidemiological model, and designed a control policy for an adaptive-rate video streaming client. In 2011, Devon received a baccalaureate from BYU in Computer Science with minors in Mathematics and Physics having been honored to receive the Brigham Young, Bicentennial, and Marigold N. Saunders scholarships. He went on to pursue a PhD in Electrical Engineering at the University of Maryland as a Distinguished Graduate Fellow.