Texas ECE has inducted alumni Eric Feng and Charles 'Charlie' M. Lundquist III into the 2021 class of the Texas ECE Academy of Distinguished Alumni.
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering established the Academy of Distinguished Alumni to recognize distinguished alumni who are dedicated engineering professionals, leaders of industries, and avid supporters of higher education.
Eric Feng (BSEE, 1999)
Eric Feng is a software engineer, business executive, and financier. After graduating from UT Austin in 1999 with a BSEE he worked for Microsoft China and later became the founding CTO of Hulu. He is a former general partner at the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, where he was focused on leading early stage consumer investments before leaving in 2018. Today, Eric leads Commerce Incubation at Facebook and continues to be involved with innovative companies across America.
Charles 'Charlie' M. Lundquist III (BSEE, 1984)
Charles 'Charlie' M. Lundquist III was inducted posthumously to the Class of 2021 Texas ECE Academy of Distinguished Alumni. As a 1984 BSEE of Texas ECE Charlie then served for more than thirty years with NASA and McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Co. conducting engineering leadership and management on space flight projects ranging from missions with STS-37 and Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1990 to becoming Deputy Program Manager for the Orion Program in 2015. On behalf of Charlie, Mrs. Lisa Lundquist accepted in his memory.
