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Bovik Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Feb. 11, 2022
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced today that Alan Bovik, professor and Cockrell Family Regents Endowed Chair in Engineering #3 in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, has been elected to the prestigious academy this year. Prof. Bovik was elected "for contributions to the development of tools for image and video quality assessment."
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WNCG Celebrates Five Faculty on Highly Cited Researchers 2021 List

Nov. 16, 2021
WNCG is proud to announce that five of our faculty have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers™ 2021 list from Clarivate:
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Five WNCG Faculty Named Highly Cited Researchers

Dec. 3, 2020
Andrea Alù, Jeffrey G. Andrews, Alan Bovik, Robert Heath, and Nanshu Lu have been named Highly Cited Researchers for 2020. The annual list from Clarivate recognizes influential researchers from around the world.
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Three Texas ECE Faculty Named Highly Cited Researchers

Dec. 11, 2019
Jeff Andrews, Alan Bovik, and Robert Heath, professors at Texas ECE, have been recognized as Highly Cited Researchers for 2019. The Highly Cited Researchers from the Institute for Scientific Information is a list released annually to identify global research scientists and social scientists who have demonstrated exceptional influence – reflected through their publication of multiple papers frequently cited by their peers during the last decade.
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Four Texas ECE Faculty Named Highly Cited Researchers

Nov. 27, 2018
Jeff Andrews, François Baccelli, Alan Bovik, and Robert Heath, professors at Texas ECE, have been recognized as Highly Cited Researchers for 2018.
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Three Texas ECE Faculty Named 2015 Highly Cited Researchers

Nov. 28, 2016
Robert Heath, Jeff Andrews, and Alan C. Bovik, professors at Texas ECE, have been recognized as Highly Cited Researchers.
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Three Texas ECE Faculty Named 2016 Highly Cited Researchers

Nov. 28, 2016
Robert Heath, Jeff Andrews, and Alan C. Bovik, professors at Texas ECE, have been recognized as Highly Cited Researchers.
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Four Texas ECE Faculty Named 2015 Highly Cited Researchers

Sept. 11, 2015
Four Texas ECE faculty were recognized in Thomson Reuters’ list of Highly Cited Researchers in 2015 for exceptional impact in their fields. They are Prof. Jeffrey Andrews, Prof. Al Bovik, Prof. Robert Heath, and Prof. Sriram Vishwanath. This is the second consecutive year on the list for all four researchers.
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Prof. Andrea Alù selected for U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

Aug. 14, 2014
Prof. Andrea Alù was selected to participate in the 2014 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium by the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. Participation in the symposium is based on a rigorous application and selection process determined by the organizing committee. Each year, 100 engineers under the age of 45 meet for an intensive multi-day symposium to discuss cutting-edge developments in the areas of next generation robotics, materials for batteries, impacts of shale gas and oil on the economy, environment, energy sustainability and technologies for the heart.