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Will Doyle and Ian Anderson

Two Texas ECE Students Awarded NASA Graduate Fellowships

Ian Anderson and Will Doyle of the Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have been selected as recipients of 2024 NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities (NSTGRO).
Linran Fan and Aryan Mokhtari

Two Texas ECE Faculty Receive Google Research Scholar Awards

Profs. Linran Fan and Aryan Mokhtari have been named recipients of 2024 Google Research Scholar Program Awards.
Joshua Campbell

Joshua Campbell Receives NDSEG Fellowship

Texas ECE PhD student Joshua Campbell has been selected to receive a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG) from the Department of Defense.
Lizy John

Lizy John Elected as AAAS Fellow

Prof. Lizy John has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society.
From left to right: Satyam Kumar, Hussein Alawieh and José del R. Millán.

Universal Brain-Computer Interface Lets People Play Games With Just Their Thoughts

This is not a video game fantasy, but a real program that engineers at The University of Texas at Austin have created as part of research into brain-computer interfaces to help improve the lives of people with motor disabilities. More importantly, the researchers incorporated machine learning capabilities with their brain-computer interface, making it a one-size-fits-all solution.
Yipeng Wang

Yipeng Wang Receives IEEE SSCS Predoctoral Achievement Award

Yipeng Wang, a PhD student in Texas ECE, has been honored with the 2023-2024 Predoctoral Achievement Award by the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (IEEE SSCS) during the ISSCC 2024 conference.
Iris Mok

Women's History Month: Alumni Profile - Iris Mok

Iris Mok graduated from Texas ECE in 2003 with an MS in Electrical Engineering.  In celebration of Women's History Month, we sat down with Iris to learn more about what she is doing now and how Texas ECE helped lead to her success.  


TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING NOW.

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Semiconductor

New Semiconductor Master’s Program Will Offer Hands-on Experience in Rapidly Growing Industry

A new master’s degree program at The University of Texas at Austin will help fill the demand for semiconductor scientists and engineers and give students a chance to lead the next wave of innovation in the booming semiconductor industry.
Eating

Scientists to Study Real-World Eating Behaviors Using Wearable Sensors and AI

The four-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, supports the researchers’ plan to develop a system to detect detailed information on eating motions, potentially every bite and chew.
Firebot

Texas ECE Student and Alum Startup Named Finalist for SXSW Pitch

Texas ECE alum Jimmy Mahon and Texas ECE student Siddharth Thakur developed FireBot, an unmanned ground vehicle that can be deployed into burning buildings, in place of firefighters, for rescue operations.