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    Welcome to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso! We are located in the beautiful, sunny, and warm city of El Paso, Texas. The picture above is a team of ECE students, mentored by Dr. Scott Starks, who participated in the NASA Design Challenge. You can read more about them and other exciting activities in the section labeled "In the News."

As you browse through this website, you will realize that we are a highly dynamic group of people that believe in access and excellence, which is helping us to diversify the future workforce of America. We believe that access to and excellence in Higher Education are compatible ideas and welcome students and faculty of all ethnic and social backgrounds. We offer a high quality B.S. program in Electrical Engineering, strong M.S. programs in Electrical Engineering, and Computer Engineering, and an excellent Ph.D. program. We are proud of our talented faculty and students, whose latest accomplishments are highlighted in the section below, entitled "In the News." Every year our research portfolio keeps growing and getting stronger! We are also proud to be a part of the College of Engineering, which is consistently ranked as the top producer of Hispanic engineers in the continental United States. Our highly qualified graduates are sought by many companies in the US and Latin America and are good, productive citizens of the world.

Enjoy your visit.

Patricia Nava, Chair

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering


   

ECE Students present at the 2007 Border Security Conference
The Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) group presented a poster and a technology demo at the 2007 
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ECE grad student wins Engineering Division Award
Ernesto Ceron, ECE graduate student mentored by Dr. Joseph Pierluissi, won the Engineering Division Award  
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3 PhD students present at IEEE Conference
Ben Betancourt,Chad MacDonald and Huiying Yu, mentored by Dr. Sarkodie-Gyan, presented 
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Dr. Sarkodie-Gyan organizes session at IEEE-ICORR
Dr. Sarkodie-Gyan, ECE professor, organized and chaired a session on "Human Motion 
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Grant for Wireless Network Research
Drs. Gerardo Rosiles, Sergio Cabrera, and Virgilio Gonzalez have been awarded a 4-Year $852,823 grant 
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UTEP's first million-transistor chip
Dr. Eric MacDonald, in collaboration with XL-Synergy, has created a 1-Million transistor chip the size of a pencil eraser. 
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Dr. David Zubia featured on PBS program
Dr. Zubia, ECE professor, and his students were interviewed in an episode of State of Tomorrow series which was  
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Dr. Ben Flores, ECE professor, receives $1.96M grant for STEM Education
Texas’ senior Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) today announced that the  
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UTEP to Host 24th Southern Biomedical Engineering Annual Conference in 2008
Dr.s Nazeran, Goldman, and Schoephoerster are hosting the NSF-sponsored conference, which will be held at UTEP  
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Dr. Eric MacDonald receives a Faculty Fellowship from the Office of Naval Research
Dr. Eric MacDonald, ECE professor, received a Faculty Fellowship from the Office of  
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ECE grad student wins National Award for Excellence in Policy Analysis and Research
Mario Caire, mentored by Dr. David Williams, and two IPED researchers, Carlos Olmedo and Mathew McElroy won  
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Dr. Scott Starks elected to the Board of Directors of the Texas Space Grant Consortium (TSGC)
Dr. Scott Starks, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was elected to the Board of Directors  
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Three EE students named Xerox Foundation’s 2007 Hispanic College Liaison Program (HCLP) Scholarship
Brandon Aguirre, Vianney Alonso, and Karla C. Enriquez have been selected 
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The Inhumans, mentored by Dr. Scott Starks, take the NASA Design Challenge
A group of ECE undergraduates who go by the team name "The Inhumans" are participating in the NASA Design Challenge under the auspices of the Texas Space Grant Consortium 
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