The University of Texas at Austin student branch of IEEE has been named the 2012 Outstanding Large Student Branch in Region 5.

Founded in 1947, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Student Branch at The University of Texas at Austin is a student-run organization which promotes the interests of undergraduate and graduate electrical/computer engineering students on and off-campus.

The University of Texas at Austin Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (UT ECE), a top-ranked department, provides a unique opportunity and a supportive environment for academic/industry partnership through our Senior Design Projects. This capstone coursework provides academic excellence as well as key corporate benefits as teams focus on solving open-ended problems submitted by industrial collaborators.

UT ECE graduate student Geoffrey Luke has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Predoctoral Fellows. Geoff is working with Prof. Stas Emelianov on the detection of micrometastases in the sentinel lymph node in the BME track in ECE and awarded a recruiting TA position.

UT ECE graduate student Jason Soric recently won Best Presentation at the 2012 Mini-Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems held at Baylor University on March 23. Jason presented a paper on Microwave Applications of Epsilon-Near-Zero Metamaterials. Jason is supervised by Dr. Andrea Alù in the Metamaterials and Plasmonics Research Group.

UT ECE student Anjali Datta has been selected to receive a prestigious Hertz Fellowship. According to the Hertz foundation The highly competitive selection process includes a comprehensive written application, four references, and two rounds of technical interviews by recognized leaders in applied science and engineering. The foundation also notes that the Hertz Fellowship is valued at more than $250,000 per student, with support lasting up to five years. In addition to Anjali, Kelly Moynihan from our BME department also received a Hertz Fellowship. Anjali is working with Prof.

Six UT ECE students have been awarded National Science Foundation Graduate research Fellowships for 2012. The Cockrell School of Engineering was awarded 30 NSF Graduate Fellowships for 2012 overall, second most in the nation.

UT ECE senior Simeon Bochev has been selected as a recipient of the Cactus Yearbook's 2012 Outstanding Student Award. Cactus Yearbook Outstanding Students are selected by the Outstanding Student Selection Committee and are honored in the Cactus Yearbook. Students are selected based on outstanding contribution to the University, scholarship, leadership, awards and honors received, participation in campus organizations, activities and campus committee work.

UT Austin recently hosted the largest gathering of electrical and computer engineering department heads from the U.S. and Canada organized by the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association (ECEDHA). The 2012 ECEDHA Annual Conference and ECExpo represents the first time the association has partnered with a university to host the annual event, a model that the association hopes to continue.

UT ECE Professor of Innovation Robert Metcalfe recently reviewed New York Times Magazine writer Jon Gertner's history of Bell Labs, The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation, for The Wall Street Journal.

Read Dr. Metcalfe's review, Where the Future Came From, on The Wall Street Journal website.

Prof. Ramesh Yerraballi has been named the 2012 recipient of the Electrical Engineering Faculty Appreciation Award. The Student Engineering Council is hosting the award ceremony this Thursday, March 8th, 4-6pm in the SAC Ballroom.

If you can attend the ceremony to celebrate Ramesh’s award, please fill out the following form.