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Texas Engineers Part of Huge NSF Semiconductor Program
Texas Engineers will develop next-generation semiconductor technologies as part of a collaboration of the National Science Foundation and leading industry companies.
NSF and partners Ericsson, Intel Corporation, Micron Technology and Samsung awarded $42.4 million for its Future of Semiconductors (NSF FuSe2) competition. Four of the 23 projects

Alumni Profile: Madeline Vega
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, we sat down with Madeline Vega to find out more about her, her time in Texas ECE, and what she is doing now.
Ruochen Lu Receives IEEE Ultrasonics Early Career Investigator Award
Assistant professor Ruochen Lu has been selected to receive the 2024 IEEE Ultrasonics Early Career Investigator Award.
Student Profile: Alejandro Ontiveros
Alejandro Ontiveros is a junior in Texas ECE. He serves as the Community Outreach Director for the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE). He is pursuing the Embedded Systems and Computer Architecture technical core. We sat down with Alejandro to learn more about his student experience in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.
Yaoyao Jia and Nanshu Lu Receive NIH Grant To Create New Kind of Wireless Wearable Blood Pressure Monitor
Yaoyao Jia and Nanshu Lu of Texas ECE are heading a research team that received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to create paradigm-shifting ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) device based on biomechanics-guided wireless ultrasound sensors.
Undergraduate Advising Office Named 2024 NACADA Outstanding Advising Program
The undergraduate advising office of the Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has been named the 2024 Outstanding Advising Program by NACADA.
Lillian Chin and Kaushik Chowdhury Join Texas ECE Faculty
Texas ECE is proud to announce the arrival of professor Kaushik Chowdhury and assistant professor Lillian Chin to the faculty of the Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Two Texas ECE Faculty Receive FuSe2 Awards
Texas ECE professors Jean Anne Incorvia and Lizy John have each received a Future of Semiconductors (FuSe2) grant. The FuSe2 program Supports collaborative research and education in partnership with industry on domain-specific computing, heterogenous integration, and new materials for energy-efficient, enhanced-performance and sustainable semiconductor-based systems.
UT Launches Nation’s First Robotics Program for Freshman Applicants
The University of Texas at Austin has introduced what is believed to be the first undergraduate robotics program in the country that allows high school students to apply directly as part of their freshman admissions application. The honors program will integrate students as soon as they arrive on campus into the immersive and interdisciplinary