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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 453

	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to 
recognize the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 
at The University of Texas at Austin on the occasion of its 
centennial celebration; and

	WHEREAS, In 1903, the School of Electrical Engineering 
was organized at The University of Texas at Austin with the 
curriculum focusing on electrical power systems; the university 
and what became the Department of Electrical Engineering in 
1910 trained many of the people responsible for creating the 
infrastructure that made a diverse economy possible; and

	WHEREAS, The department began to include classes on 
electronics, communication by radio and television, and 
microwave propagation in the 1940s, and the Electrical 
Engineering Research Laboratory was established; and

	WHEREAS, The researchers at the laboratory focused on 
microwave transmission of radio signals and applications of 
radar, and their research produced radio telescopes, deemed by 
many as one of the most significant American accomplishments of 
the 20th century; and

	WHEREAS, By the 1960s, the department's curriculum had 
expanded to include a wider array of courses on electronics, 
power systems and energy conversion, and computer systems; two 
older labs merged to create the Applied Research Laboratory, 
which has contributed to the development of geodetic positioning 
systems, the underwater acoustics used in modern oceanography, 
and improved methods of data management, data analysis, and 
signal processing; and

	WHEREAS, Contributions from individuals, the government, 
and industry in the 1970s and 1980s allowed the department to 
hire some of the most prestigious names in academia; the faculty 
now includes 10 National Academy of Engineering members and 
internationally recognized researchers and educators; and

	WHEREAS, The department was instrumental in attracting 
major technology industries to Austin, and by the 1990s, Texas 
had become one of the nation's foremost high technology centers 
due in large part to the Electrical and Computer Engineering 
Department at The University of Texas at Austin; and

	WHEREAS, Over the past 100 years, the department has 
produced thousands of graduates that have made a dramatic impact 
on the state, the nation, and the world, and it is one in which 
all Texans can take great pride; now, therefore, be it

	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 
78th Legislature, hereby congratulate the Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin for 
100 years of extraordinary success and extend best wishes to the 
department for even greater success in the coming century as a 
premier educational and research institution in this state and 
nation; and, be it further

	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared as an 
expression of high regard from the Texas Senate.
                                                                      Barrientos




________________________________ 
    President of the Senate
 
    I hereby certify that the 
above Resolution was adopted by 
the Senate on March 26, 2003.



________________________________ 
    Secretary of the Senate



________________________________ 
     Member, Texas Senate