Texas ECE Welcomes Kun Woo Cho and Guandao Yang to Faculty
Texas ECE is welcoming two new faculty to the department this Fall. Kun Woo Cho and Guandao Yang are joining the department as assistant professors.
Putting Together a Puzzle of Light
Researchers advanced a promising yet challenging light-based method for imaging large, complex tissue samples.
Texas ECE Alumnus Sanmi Koyejo named one of the TIME Magazine Top 100 People in AI
Texas ECE alumnus Sanmi Koyejo has been named one of the TIME Magazine Top 100 People in AI. Sanmi received his Ph.D. under Prof. Joydeep Ghosh in 2013. He is the co-founder of Virtue AI.
Could This Memory Tech Reduce AI’s Energy Demands?
Texas Engineers teamed up with the world’s largest semiconductor foundry to fabricate and test an emerging memory technology that could help deal with the increasing energy demand of artificial intelligence.
Together with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), researchers tested SOT-MRAM, a type of memory that can retain information even when power is off. It uses magnetic properties, making it faster while also consuming less energy than other memory technologies.
Are AI Models Working Harder Than They Need to?
John, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, has spent the past five years working on a class of models called weightless neural networks.
Ian Anderson and Team Win Outstanding Poster Award at the 2026 Hilton Head Workshop
Texas ECE PhD student Ian Anderson led a team that won the Outstanding Poster Award at the 2026 Hilton Head Workshop (Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop), held May 31–June 4 on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, for their paper on "Enabling Lithium Niobate Phononic Frequency Combs via Thermal Engineering and Design." Ian is part of Prof. Ruochen Lu's research group.
Pan and Li Receive 2026 MARC Academia-Industry Collaboration Excellent Research Award
Prof David Z. Pan and Prof. Sensen Li received the 2026 MediaTek Advanced Research Center (MARC) Academia-Industry Collaboration Excellent Research Award at its MARC Annual Workshop.
Atlas Wang Wins 2026 J.K. Aggarwal Prize from IAPR
Texas ECE associate professor Atlas Wang has been named the winner of the 2026 J.K. Aggarwal Prize from the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR).
Six Inducted into Texas ECE Academy of Distinguished Alumni
The Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is proud to welcome the six newest members of the Academy of Distinguished Alumni. The inductees will be honored at an Academy dinner on October 16, 2026 in Austin, Texas.
John Sheputis
John Sheputis is a prominent data center executive, entrepreneur, and real estate investor with over 20 years of experience in digital infrastructure. His commercial and technical contributions include helping establish several major U.S. data center markets, advancing sustainable construction and operations, and driving early adoption of renewable energy and environmental accountability.
