UT Tyler Electrical Engineering Professor Recognized

TYLER – An assistant professor of electrical engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler, Dr. Hector A. Ochoa, has received the “Best Faculty Paper Award” at the 2012 American Society of Engineering Education Gulf South West Annual Conference. The award recognizes outstanding professional development in “Bridging Theory and Practice in Engineering and Technology Education” for his work with linear circuits instruction. In the peer-reviewed paper, “An Online Course in Linear Circuits Analysis for Electrical Engineers,” Ochoa discusses his development and implementation of an online course in linear circuit analysis. The course was launched at UT Tyler last summer.