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Yuqiang (Ethan) Heng and Jeff Andrews Win Globecom Best Paper Award
PhD candidate Yuqiang (Ethan) Heng and Prof. Jeff Andrews have received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE Global Communications Conference 2022 (Globecom) for their paper "Grid-less mmWave Beam Alignment through Deep Learning."
Native American Heritage Month - Student Profile: Jessica Nelson
Jessica Nelson is a sophomore in the Cockrell School's Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, we spoke with Jessica to learn more about her time in Texas ECE and what her heritage means to her.
Brain-Powered Wheelchair Shows Real-World Promise
In one of the first studies of its kind, several patients with severe motor disabilities were able to operate a wheelchair that translates their thoughts into movement.
Veterans Day Student Profile: Nicholas Barry
Nicholas Barry joined Texas ECE in 2020 as a PhD candidate under the supervision of Dr. Surya Santoso. Prior to that he spent 16 years in the US Army. We sat down with Nicholas to more about how his service influences his academic career.
Seth Bank Named 2023 Optica Fellow
Seth Bank was one of 109 members from 24 countries to be elected as an Optica Fellow (formerly Optical Society of America OSA) for outstanding contributions to business, education, research, engineering, and service to Optica and our community.
PhD Student Kristi Nguyen Receives IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium Best Student Paper Award
Texas ECE PhD student Kristi Nguyen has received the Best Student Paper Award from the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) 2022 for her work on "Near-Spurious-Free Lithium Niobate Resonator for Piezoelectric Power Conversion with Q of 3500 and kt2 of 45%."
Emanuel Tutuc Receives James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials
The James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials recognizes outstanding achievement in the science and application of new materials and was awarded “for seminal contributions to the synthesis and assembly of high quality 2D materials and their heterostructures.”
Corey White Wins Best Student Presentation at NAMBE
Texas ECE PhD student Corey White was awarded the Best Student Presentation Award at the 36th North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy (NAMBE) Conference.
