The award “honors the contributions of one individual, within the first 5-10 years of an independent research career, who has made major impacts on the field of photonics.”

A research team led by Mechanical Engineering assistant professor Yuebing Zheng and including Texas ECE associate professor Deji Akinwande has invented a way to handle these small particles and lock them into position without damaging them.

Prof. John Pearce has been selected as a recipient of an Editor's Choice award for 2015 by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Journal of Biomechanical Engineering.

Sarfraz and his co-author Darko Marinov received the award for their paper entitled "TestEra: A novel framework for automated testing of Java programs" published at the 16th IEEE International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE) 2001.

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.