UT ECE professor Bob Metcalfe delivered the keynote address Spring 2012 Cockrell School of Engineering Commencement ceremony Friday, May 18. Prof. Metcalfe's address was entitled The Grand Challenges. Click the link below to read the transcript of his address.
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39 years ago today, UT ECE professor Bob Metcalfe was a part of the team at XEROX who helped develop Ethernet. Dr. Metcalfe recently sat down to discuss the formation of Ethernet and how it has evolved over the past 39 years.
UT ECE professor Seth Bank is part of a research team that recently was awarded funding through the Department of Defense's Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI). According to the Department of Defense, the highly competitive MURI program complements DoD basic research programs that support traditional, single-investigator university research. Multidisciplinary University Research Initiatives incentivize research by multidisciplinary teams through larger and longer awards. Prof.
Prof. Brian Evans won the 2012 Best Professor Award from the HKN/IEEE Chapters at The University of Texas at Austin. The award was presented at the UT ECE Graduation Banquet on May 15, 2012.
UT ECE professors Mikhail Belkin and Neal Hall have been named recipients of 2012 DARPA Young Faculty Awards. According to DARPA, "The objective of the DARPA Young Faculty Award (YFA) program is to identify and engage rising research stars in junior faculty positions at U.S. academic institutions and expose them to Department of Defense needs as well as DARPA’s program development process.
UT ECE professor Mattan Erez has been named a recipient of an Early Career Research Award from the Department of Energy for his work on programming and execution model support for resiliency. Dr. Erez is one of 68 scientists selected for the five years award out of 850 candidates.
Four student teams in the EE 382V Data Converter course were awarded Texas Instruments Outstanding Student Designer Awards on May 7th for their excellent performance in the final project. The winners were awarded by Texas Instruments experts Tom Vrotsos, Tim Fischer and Mark McClung. Congratulations to the following winners:
1st Prize:
Peijun Wang and Kathryn Loeffler
2nd Prize:
Stefan Mastovich
3rd Prize:
Ben Bright and Kyoungtae Lee
UT ECE professor John Goodenough has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. According to the NAS, membership is a widely accepted mark of excellence in science and is considered one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive.
UT ECE graduate student Michelle Saad has been named as a recipient of a 2012 US Corporate Intel PhD Fellowship. The Intel Corporation Ph.D. Fellowship Program awards fellowships to Ph.D. candidates pursuing leading-edge work in fields related to Intel's business and research interests. These students are also prioritized for internships and hiring within the company. This is a highly competitive program with a limited number of fellowships awarded annually. Michele is studying under the supervision of Dr. Al Bovik.
UT ECE graduate student Bei Yu has been named as a recipient of a 2012 IBM PhD Fellowship. The IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Awards Program is an intensely competitive worldwide program, which honors exceptional Ph.D. students who have an interest in solving problems that are important to IBM and fundamental to innovation in many academic disciplines and areas of study.
