UT ECE PhD student Francesco Monticone has been named the recipient of the Homer Lindsey Bruce Graduate Fellowship from The University of Texas at Austin Graduate School. The Bruce Endowed Graduate Fellowships were established by The University of Texas System Board of Regents for the benefit of The University of Texas at Austin in March 2000. Awards are based on major accomplishments since entering Graduate School, a well-defined program of research, strong personal statement, and letters of recommendation.

Francesco is supervised by Prof. Andrea Alù and won the Best Student paper award at the Metamaterials 2013 conference as well as an IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Doctoral Research Award.