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Prof. Deji Akinwande Named Recipient of Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Deji was nominated for the honor by the Department of Defense for his ground breaking research on nanomaterials, sensors, devices, and flexible technology.


Prof. Milos Gligoric Receives Google Faculty Research Award

Prof. Milos Gligoric has been named the recipient of a Google Faculty Research Award. He was selected for his proposal  "Multi-Language Regression Test Selection."


Prof. Andrea Alù Named Recipient of ACS Photonics Young Investigator Award and Lectureship

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.”


Engineers invent a bubble-pen to write with nanoparticles

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. Pearce Work Selected as ASME Biomechanical Engineering Editor's Choice Paper for 2015

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.


Prof. Sarfraz Khurshid Receives ASE Most Influential Paper Award

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 Receives 2015 Civitatis Award

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. Akinwande's Silicene Transistor Named Discover Top 100 Story of 2015

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. Mikhail Belkin Awarded Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award

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


Prof. Andrea Alù Receives 2016 TAMEST Award

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.