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PRESENTED BY

CREATE TRANSFORM INNOVATE CHANGE THE WORLD

DR. JONATHAN VALVANO

Professor, Faculty Advisor

Chandra Family Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

The University of Texas at Austin

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Andreas Gerstlauer

Associate Chair for Academic Affairs

Gustavo de Veciana

Associate Chair for Faculty Affairs

Diana Marculescu

Department Chair

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Jack Lee

Graduate Studies Committee Chair

Frank Register

Graduate Faculty Advisor

Veronica Vasquez

Director for Academic and Administrative Services

Melanie Gulick

Graduate Coordinator

Denise Furman

Senior Administrative Associate

Barry Levitch

Graduate Coordinator

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Established

1903

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TODAY

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Our students create, transform, and innovate…

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Electrical & Computer Engineering

Cockrell School of Engineering

Chandra Family Department of

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Computer Science

College of Natural Science

Computational Engineering

Cockrell School of Engineering

Department of Aerospace and Engineering Mechanics

Electrical Engineering = Hardware building

Computer Engineering = Software coding

“Bottom up” pedagogy

Software coding only

“Top down” pedagogy

Utilizing supercomputers to solve engineering problems

Software coding and advanced math

Computer related degrees at UT Austin

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Students by Undergraduate Technical Core

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…and also have fun!

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Electrical & Computer Engineering�First Year Interest Groups (FIGs)

Most of our First Year students participate in ECE First-year Interest Groups (FIGs).

A FIG is a cluster of courses a group of 20-25 students take together (such as a math class and our 2 intro ECE courses) in the fall semester. They additionally have a 1 hour seminar that is led by an upperclassmen ECE mentor. These groups learn about the ECE community, play games, visit important places on campus, and build community all throughout the first semester and beyond!

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Electrical & Computer Engineering�Honors Program

The Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Honors Program is an honors program for outstanding and highly motivated ECE undergraduate students. The ECE Honors Program provides a rigorous, challenging and faster-pace curriculum and environment to a cohort of students who have the background, ability and the desire and motivation to pursue a more demanding track.

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Electrical & Computer Engineering and Business Honors Program

The Texas Honors Electrical and Computer Engineering and Business program offers a dual degree that provides hands-on, project-based learning within two of the most in-demand fields in today’s marketplace.

Challenging coursework will provide a solid understanding of both business and electrical and computer engineering (ECE), while simultaneously enabling students to earn bachelor's degrees in ECE honors and business honors more quickly than studying each discipline independently. 

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TEXAS ECE: A COMMUNITY

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You are joining a vibrant and broad ECE community

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You are joining an increasingly diverse community

Faculty

Undergraduate

Students

Graduate

Students

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You are joining an increasingly diverse community

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You are joining an increasingly diverse community

Undergraduate

Students

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Our commitment to the Texas ECE experience

Grow and nurture ECE trailblazers�and leaders

  • ECE as a unified discipline in service of solving fundamental challenges
  • Educate with ethics responsibility and social awareness in mind
  • Grow a varied student body, representative of society and local community

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Our commitment to the Texas ECE experience

Moving Forward

  • Aim to grow existing ties with industry
  • Thoughtful curriculum refinement and assessment
  • Enable more students to choose and stay in ECE
  • Intentionally include and improve ECE student experience

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