Prof. Dean Neikirk has been named the recipient of a 2015 Civitatis award by The University of Texas at Austin.

The Civitatis Award was established in 1997 to recognize outstanding faculty citizenship. The Civitatis Award is conferred upon a member of the faculty in recognition of dedicated and meritorious service to the University above and beyond the regular expectations of teaching, research, and writing. The award is made by the President upon the recommendation of the Faculty Council Executive Committee.

Prof. Deji Akinwande's work on creating the first silicene transistor has been named one of the Top 100 Science Stories of 2015 by Discover magazine.

Prof. Belkin was honored for his research achievements in the field of mid-infrared and terahertz photonics.

Texas ECE associate professor Andrea Alù has been named a recipient of the The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST) 2016 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award. 

Prof. Ananth Dodabalapur and Prof. L. Frank Register were recently named as newly elevated 2016 IEEE Fellows in recognition of the contributions to their respective areas.

Texas ECE held the Fall 2015 Senior Design Open House on Monday, November 23, 2015. First-place winners were selected in both the Honors and Non-Honors categories, as well as a second and third-place overall winner picked from all of the projects.

ACS spoke to Prof. Akinwande on his development of electronic devices that rely on atom-thin sheets known as two-dimensional (2-D) materials.

Texas ECE junior Sanjai Bashyam took first place in the Texas Student Research Showdown organized by the Texas Office of Undergraduate Studies. 

Texas ECE professor Ananath Dodabalapur is a part of a team that recently was awarded a grant of $2 million over the next four years from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to research and develop thin, flexible semiconductors that might eventually lead to bendable computer screens and wearable electronics.

Yale Patt has been honored by The Franklin Institute with the 2016 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science. He is receiving the medal for his “pioneering contributions to the design of modern microprocessors that achieve higher performance by automatically identifying computer instructions that can be performed simultaneously.”