Prof. Sanjay Shakkottai and Prof. Mohit Tiwari Receive 2018 Qualcomm Faculty Awards
This is the second consecutive year to be awarded the honor for both professors.
Prof. Jeff Andrews and Prof. Robert Heath Receive 2019 IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award
The IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award was established in 2001 to recognize "outstanding contributions to technologies holding the promise of innovative applications."
NASCENT and MRSEC host Research Experiences Poster Symposium
Work was presented from participants in three programs: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), Research Experiences for Teachers (RET), and the CISTAR Young Scholars Program.
Prof. Al Bovik Receives Prestigious IEEE Fourier Award
Prof. Bovik was selected "for seminal contributions and high-impact innovations to the theory and application of perception-based image and video processing."
Texas ECE Graduate Student Meng Li Receives First Place in ACM Student Research Competition
The Grand Finals showcases winners from each of the ACM special interest groups (SIGs) in competition and included more than 381 student participants.
Prof. Robert Heath Receives IEEE Communication Theory Technical Committee (CTTC) Service Award
The award recognizes members of the Communication Theory Technical Committee (CTTC) of the IEEE Communications Society who have "a distinguished record of service to the CTTC community, including CTTC symposia and workshop organization, leadership roles within the CTTC, and promoting CTTC activities and interests in the broader research community."
Prof. Alex Dimakis Receives 2018 IEEE Information Theory Society James L. Massey Award
The award recognizes outstanding achievement in research and teaching by young scholars in the Information Theory community based on the impact of their research in the field of Information Theory as well as their teaching contributions.
Solar Energy Storage Problem May be Solved in New Single-System Technology
Teaxs ECE Prof. Alex Huang, who directs the Semiconductor Power Electronics Center in the Cockrell School and works with the UT Center for Electromechanics, is the lead principal investigator for this DOE-funded project. He believes the M4 Inverter will create efficiencies in a variety of ways.
Prof. Christine Julien Receives 2018 Lockheed Martin Excellence in Engineering Teaching Award
Lockheed Martin has sponsored the Lockheed Martin Award for Excellence in Engineering Teaching to honor a faculty member for their exceptional teaching since 1956.
New Teacher-Training Program Brings Experiential Engineering Education to K-5 Students
“When you think about it, every kindergartener is an engineer and a scientist,” said Edward Yu, electrical and computer engineering professor, director of the MRSEC, and one of three UT professors who will welcome a teacher into his lab during RET. “They are constantly asking why, digging around and wanting to know more about the world around them.
