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Jon Tamir and Atlas Wang Receive Google Research Scholar Awards

June 8, 2023
Prof. Jon Tamir and Atlas Wang have received Google Research Scholar Awards for 2023. The Research Scholar Program aims to support early-career professors who are pursuing research in fields relevant to Google. Jon Tamir received his award for his work on: Generative Physical Modeling for Blind Imaging Inverse Problems
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Prof. Andrea Alù  and Prof. Ray Chen Among Three UT Austin MURI Recipients

July 18, 2016
AUSTIN, Texas — Three researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have been selected by the Department of Defense to lead Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) projects, receiving grants totaling $22.7 million to help advance innovative technologies in energy, computing and nanoelectronics.
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Prof. Andrea Alù Selected for DoD Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Award

April 13, 2016
Prof. Andrea Alù has been awarded a Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) award on Attojoule Nanooptoelectronics, funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Prof. Alù and his team, formed by researchers from Stanford University, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, and international collaborators from Belgium and the Netherlands, were selected to work on the project "Ultralow Power, Ultrafast, Integrated Nano-optoelectronics".