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Shahrzad Mirkhani

WHM: Alumni Profile - Shahrzad Mirkhani

Shahrzad Mirkhani received her PhD in Computer Engineering from Texas ECE in 2014. After serving as a VP of Engineering in the startup Bigstream, she recently joined Meta as a software engineer. We sat down with Shahrzad to learn more about her career in engineering and her time at UT Austin.
Quantum Sensing

Quantum Sensing in Outer Space: New NASA-funded Research Will Build Next-Gen Tech to Better Measure Climate

The new Quantum Pathways Institute includes researchers from UT Austin, University of Colorado Boulder, University of California Santa Barbara, California Institute of Technology and the U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology. The researchers will receive up to $15 million in funding from NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate over five years for the institute. 
Siobhan Madden

WHM: Student Profile - Siobhan Madden

Siobhan Madden is an undergraduate student from Sugar Land, TX focusing on Electronics and Integrated Circuits. She started at UT in Fall 2019. She has served as the power systems lead in Longhorn Racing solar’s team and a member of Student Engineers Educating Kids (SEEK).She also serves as a mentor in the Texas ECE TALENT program. 
Yifan Jiang

Yifan Jiang Receives 2023 Apple Scholars in AI/ML PhD Fellowship

Yifan Jiang, a PhD student in the Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, has been named a recipient of a 2023 Apple Scholars in AI/ML PhD fellowship.
Hannah Amitrano

WHM: Student Profile - Hannah Amitrano

Hannah Amitrano is an undergraduate student from San Antonio focusing on Computer Architecture and Embedded Systems. She started at UT in Fall 2019.
Sriram Vishwanath

Sriram Vishwanath Named National Academy Of Inventor's Senior Member for 2023

NAI Senior Members are active faculty, scientists and administrators from NAI Member Institutions who have demonstrated remarkable innovation producing technologies that have brought, or aspire to bring, real impact on the welfare of society.
Daniel Wasserman

Wasserman Receives NASA Advanced Component Technology Award

Daniel Wasserman, professor in the Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received one of 13 grants awarded to proposals for the Advanced Component Technology Program (ACT-22), a technology development program managed by the Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO). 
Metric Mate

TxEEE Software Engineer and Entrepreneur Ecleamus Ricks, Jr. Shares Story – from Morehouse College to Shark Tank – and Many Steps In-Between

Cockrell School alumnus, software engineer and Shark Tank finalist Ecleamus Ricks, Jr. has always considered himself a creator. Fascinated with his grandfather’s skills as a carpenter, Ricks knew he wanted to build things using science and numbers.
Christopher Rudolph

BHM: Student Profile - Christopher Rodolph

Christopher Rodolph is a third-year student from Atlanta by way of Dallas focusing on Integrated Circuits and Electronics. We spoke with Christopher about his time in Texas ECE as well as his future goals.
Diana Marculescu

Diana Marculescu Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Diana Marculescu, professor and chair of the Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society.