Rachel Selina Rajarathnam Receives Cadence Women in Technology Scholarship
PhD student Rachel Selina Rajarathnam has been selected to receive the Cadence Women in Technology Scholarship.
Lizy John Named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Lizy K. John is the latest member of The University of Texas at Austin community to be selected as fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, a prestigious distinction that has been awarded to a select group of 175 academic innovators around the world for 2020.
Students Compete in Capstone Design Contest
Over the course of the past two semesters, 55 Texas ECE students worked on their Capstone Design projects and this week they competed in the Fall 2020 Capstone Design Contest. Winners were announced during the Texas ECE Honors Virtual Celebration on Tuesday, December 8, 2020.
Texas ECE Honors 2020 Graduates
Texas ECE held a Virtual Honors event on Tuesday, December 8 to honor students in the graduating class of Fall 2020.
"We celebrate your accomplishments and thank everyone who has made your journey possible, your family and friends, everyone who’s been a source of inspiration and support during this successful, yet not always easy, journey," Said department chair and professor Diana Marculescu. "Congratulations on this wonderful achievement – you’ve made it!"
Shwetadwip Chowdhury Receives Frontiers of Imaging Grant to Develop Computational Microscopy for Deep Tissue Imaging
Their project intends to develop new computational microscopy techniques for reconstructing a sample’s 3D light scattering potential, in order to completely characterize the multiple-scattering behavior of light that passes through a sample and use it to digitally correct scattering effects.
Prof. Deji Akinwande Elevated to IEEE Fellow
Prof. Deji Akinwande of Texas ECE has been elevated to a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for 2021 for "contributions to wafer-scale graphene synthesis and application to flexible devices."
Prof. Joydeep Ghosh Receives 2020 IEEE ICDM Research Contributions Award
The award is the highest recognition for research achievements in Data Mining, and is annually given to one individual or one group who has made influential research contributions to the field of Data Mining.
PhD Student Jiaqi Gu Wins Gold Medal at ACM/SIGDA Student Research Competition
His research competition title is "Light in Artificial Intelligence: Efficient Neuromorphic Computing with Optical Neural Networks”.
Weather-Proof Chip Aims to Take Self-Driving Tech, Wireless Communications to Next Level
A new device created by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin can overcome challenges like bad weather to deliver more secure, reliable communications.
World’s Smallest Atom-Memory Unit Created
Akinwande’s device falls under the category of memristors, a popular area of memory research, centered around electrical components with the ability to modify resistance between its two terminals without a need for a third terminal in the middle known as the gate.
