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Two REU alumni listed as co-authors on ACS publication

April 14, 2023
Anna Lynch & Gabriel Pohlman, 2021 Summer REUs, listed as co-authors on a paper published with ACS Publications. Their mentor, Sanket Kadulkar, is first author on this publication.
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Deji Akinwande Named 2023 MRS Fellow

April 3, 2023
Deji Akinwande has been named a 2023 Fellow of the Materials Research Society for “contributions to the development of wafer-scale monolayer graphene, and the realization of flexible nanosystems.”

Four Texas ECE Students Win Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

April 3, 2023
Four ECE students chosen, as Fellows of the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). Previous REU, Vivian Rogers, received Honorable Mention.
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CREATE Program Brings Research Opportunities to Community College Students

March 30, 2023
Chemists Sean Roberts and Shawn Amorde collaborate to help prepare students for later scientific careers.
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Is it COVID-19 or the flu? New sensor could tell you in 10 seconds

March 28, 2023
Dr. Deji Akinwande & research group, including postdoc Dmitry Kireev, constructed the COVID-19 and flu sensor.
From left: Jennifer Maynard, Jason McLellan, Delia Milliron and Sriram Vishwanath

4 Professors Among National Academy of Inventors’ Top Members

Feb. 24, 2023
Dr. Delia Milliron is one of four professors at UT Austin named National Academy of Intervenors' Top Members
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Wasserman Receives NASA Advanced Component Technology Award

Feb. 14, 2023
Daniel Wasserman, professor in the Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received one of 13 grants awarded to proposals for the Advanced Component Technology Program (ACT-22), a technology development program managed by the Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO).

Seven technologies to watch in 2023

Jan. 23, 2023
Nature picks Dr. Edward Marcotte's research as one the techniques that are poised to have an outsized impact on science in the coming year.
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https://news.utexas.edu/2022/12/14/energy-titans-collaborate-with-ut-to-solve-most-pressing-global-energy-challenges/

Dec. 12, 2022
The Energy Institute at The University of Texas at Austin and four of the globe’s largest energy companies have launched a new membership program that will advance science and create opportunities for energy community members and students.
The leaders of the new Center for Equity in Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin.

New center at UT Austin strives for equity in engineering

Nov. 21, 2022
The new Center for Equity in Engineering aims to change the culture in the Cockrell School of Engineering by making diversity, equity and inclusion work a collective charge at all levels, from students to faculty to staff and leadership. This work will become a regular part of everyone's job duties, and the new center, funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, will serve as the infrastructure to support that. The center brings together members of the Cockrell School’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Texas Engineering Diversity and Engagement and includes participation of faculty and staff from across the Cockrell School.
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Seth Bank Named 2023 Optica Fellow

Nov. 8, 2022
Dr. Seth Bank has been elected to the 2023 class of OpticaFellows "for pioneering work on the growth of optoelectronic materials by molecular beam epitaxy." Bank becomes the 7th current Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty member to be named an Optica Fellow.
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UT Austin Ranks Among World’s Best for Producing Entrepreneurs

Nov. 3, 2022
The University of Texas at Austin is one of the leading universities for producing future entrepreneurs, ranking No. 9 in the world for undergraduates and No. 18 for graduate students. The rankings by PitchBook Data, a research and technology organization that tracks venture capital, private equity and merger and acquisition transactions, underscore the university’s commitment to producing entrepreneurial leaders of tomorrow.
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Emanuel Tutuc Receives James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials

Oct. 20, 2022
Emanuel Tutuc of the Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded the James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials by the American Physical Society (APS).
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‘Smart Plastic’ Material is Step Forward Toward Soft, Flexible Robotics and Electronics

Oct. 13, 2022
A new plastic-like material developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin can be manipulated to be soft and stretchy or hard and rigid with only the application of a catalyst and visible light.
chandra family ece department naming celebration

Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Established

Sept. 30, 2022
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering named after Alumnus Sanjay Chandra and his family.

Previous Publications

2021 - 2022 Publications

IRG 1

Primary MRSEC support acknowledged:

  1. Lee, DH; Valenzuela, SA; Dominguez, MN; Otsuka, M; Milliron, DJ, Anslyn, EV. A Self-Degradable Hydrogel Sensor for a Nerve Agent Tabun Surrogate Through a Self-Propagating Cascade. Cell Reports Physical Science, 2021, 2,100552. DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100552.

Partial MRSEC support acknowledged:

  1. Fang, J; Wang, M; Yao, K; Zhang, T; Krasnok, A; Jiang, T; Choi, J; Kahn, E; Korgel, BA; Terrones, M; Li, X; Alù, A; Zheng, Y. Directional Modulation of Exciton Emission Using Single

    Dielectric Nanospheres. Adv. Mater. 2021, 2007236. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202007236.

IRG 2

Primary MRSEC support acknowledged:

  1. Ma, X.; Zhang, F.; Chu, Z; Hao, Ji; Chen, X; Quan, J; Huang, Z; Wang, X; Li, X; Yan, Y; Zhu, K; Lai, K. Superior Photo-Carrier Diffusion Dynamics in Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Perovskites Revealed by Spatiotemporal Conductivity Imaging. Nat Commun 12, 2021, 5009. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25311-1.
  2. Otitoaleke, A; Chakraborty, I; Hugo, C; Akinwande, D; Incorvia, JAC. Synthesis and characterization of Cr2C MXenes. J Mat Res 36, 2021, 1980–1989. DOI: 10.1557/s43578-021-00258-7.
  3. Karki, S; Rogers, R; Jadaun, P; Marshall, DS; Incorvia, JAC. Large Magnetoresistance in Scandium Nitride Magnetic Tunnel Junctions Using First Principles. Adv. Theory Simul. 2021, 2100309. DOI: 10.1002/adts.202100309.

Partial MRSEC support acknowledged:

  1. Lee, D; Liu, Q; Zheng, L; Ma, X; Li, H; Li, M; Lai, K. Direct Visualization of Gigahertz Acoustic Wave Propagation in Suspended Phononic Circuits. Phys. Rev. Applied 2021, 16, 034047.  DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.16.034047.
  2. Choi, J; Florian, M; Steinhoff, A; Erben, D; Tran, K; Kim, DS; Sun, LY; Quan, JM; Claassen, R; Majumder, S; Hollingsworth, JA; Taniguchi, T; Watanabe, K; Ueno, K; Singh, A; Moody, G; Jahnke, F; Li, XQ. Twist Angle-Dependent Interlayer Exciton Lifetimes in van der Waals Heterostructures. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2021, 126(4), 47401-. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.047401. *

Seeds/Initiatives

Partial MRSEC support acknowledged:

  1. Lu, P; Chung, K-Y; Stafford, A; Kiker, M; Kafle, K; Page, ZA. Boron Dipyrromethene (BODIPY) in Polymer. Polym. Chem. 2021, 12, 327. DOI: 10.1039/D0PY01513J.

  2. Prasad, N; Burg, GW; Watanabe, K; Taniguchi, T; Register, L F; Tutuc, E. Quantum Lifetime Spectroscopy and Magnetotunneling in Double Bilayer Graphene Heterostructures. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2021, 127, 117701. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.117701.

Shared Facilities

The publication listed immediately below acknowledge both use of CDCM MRSEC shared facilities and CDCM MRSEC research support. This publication is also listed under the IRG2 publication listings above and indicated there by an asteric.

  1. Choi, J; Florian, M; Steinhoff, A; Erben, D; Tran, K; Kim, DS; Sun, LY; Quan, JM; Claassen, R; Majumder, S; Hollingsworth, JA; Taniguchi, T; Watanabe, K; Ueno, K; Singh, A; Moody, G; Jahnke, F; Li, XQ. Twist Angle-Dependent Interlayer Exciton Lifetimes in van der Waals Heterostructures. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2021, 126(4), 47401-. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.047401.