ECS Adds Faculty, Outpacing School’s 2020 Goal

Students interested in engineering and computer science fields have been a major catalyst for University growth. Computer science and biomedical, mechanical, electrical and computer engineering have been among the top 10 declared majors for freshman the past two years.

At the master’s degree level, computer science and electrical engineering have been among the top 10 majors in recent years. Professors hired in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science are also integral in the Arts and Technology program, with majors that draw significant numbers of freshman and master’s students.

Responding to this demand, leaders of the Jonsson School have hired an average of 10 new tenured/tenure-track faculty members each year since 2009, outpacing the strategic goal set for the school to reach 175 faculty members by 2020.

“Faculty members pursue careers at UT Dallas for some of the same reasons our rapidly expanding student population attend — our recognized excellence in computer science and electrical and computer engineering and related fields, as well as our strategic expansion into areas important to society, such as biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science, analog electronics, cybersecurity, systems engineering, robotics and control systems, said Dr. Mark W. Spong, dean of the Jonsson School.

The school currently has 140 tenured/tenure-track faculty members, with an additional 33 full-time senior lecturers, who educate nearly 5,000 students.

“The Jonsson School is reputable enough to lure talent at the top of their game, yet still flexible enough to provide a base for younger faculty to shape the Jonsson School and University culture as they grow in impact on their fields,” said Spong, holder of the Lars Magnus Ericsson Chair in Electrical Engineering and the Excellence in Education Chair.

For a complete list of the new professors, go to the source:  http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2014/2/25-27991_ECS-Adds-Faculty-Outpacing-Schools-2020-Goal-_story-wide.html