Category: Alumni

Alumnus Gives in Support of National Society of Black Engineers During a pause from a busy workday, Niyi “John” Olajide BSTE’04 sits at a conference table overlooking the Dallas North Tollway to visit with four engineering students who want to know about his career journey. Olajide is young, successful and philanthropic: At 34 years old, he is […]

University Journey Took UT Dallas Computer Scientist Alumnus Beyond His Planned Path Stepping onto the UT Dallas campus for freshman orientation, I had a goal: to learn all of the things I didn’t know as quickly as possible, and move on to The Next Thing. In my mind The Next Thing was a clear, tangible […]

CS Alumnus Helps Deal Winning Hand to Customers with their Tech Company UrComped Craig Shacklett MS’13 and Cale Sherry BS’10 help make their customers feel like winners even when they lose. The former students co-founded UrComped, a tech company that acts as an independent casino broker, helping its players maximize their comps at casinos and […]

Dr. Ranran Feng tells her story at the Fall 2015 Grace Series Lectures The UT Dallas Computer Science Department’s Grace Series Lectures continued with Dr. Ranran Feng as the featured speaker at the beginning of November. The objective of the Grace Series is to present a program of lectures about the role of women in […]

Google University Outreach visits UT Dallas CS dept. for a Week Last October, Google paid a visit to the UT Dallas Computer Science department for a week of activities, luncheons, tech talks, and Q&A’s with the team as part of their Google University Outreach Program. Currently, the UT Dallas CS department has over sixty alumni working for Google. With the large number […]

CS Department Celebrates Graduation with Luncheon and Inaugural Presentation of the Kurt Holmes Award and Doctor Family Award Families and friends came together on Saturday, May 16th to congratulate and celebrate the accomplishments of the 2015 UT Dallas Computer Science and Software Engineering graduates. To honor the hard work and dedication of the graduating class, […]

UT Dallas CS Grad Alan Hamlett Revolutionizing Developer Productivity in Silicon Valley Alan Hamlett is a 2010 graduate of the Computer Science Department at UT Dallas and founder of WakaTime – a developer efficiency platform gaining popularity in Silicon Valley. Hamlett, an avid programmer since the age of fourteen, thinks his experiences in Silicon Valley […]

UTDesign Team Projects Ready to Soar for Spring Expo Competition The final results of the projects created by seniors in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science range from saving corporations money or employee time, to health applications such as a breast pump that allows a mother to assess the nutritional needs of her child, […]

The Good Life: Data Show Recent Grads Faring Well in the Workplace Andrew Seguin BS’09 packed 10 items into a backpack, straddled his blue Kawasaki motorcycle and embarked on a six-month cross-country journey to clear his head before pursuing a career. The University of Texas at Dallas computer science graduate spent his college years acing tests and […]

UT Dallas Ranks #21 on LinkedIn’s “Best Universities for Software Developers” The professional networking site, LinkedIn, recently published their rankings of universities based on how successful recent graduates have been at landing desirable jobs.  In the category of “desirable software development job,” UT Dallas was ranked 21st. Carnegie Mellon University topped the rankings.   Only two […]