SMU student selected for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers fellowship

Dallas, Texas – June 5, 2008 – Daniel Camacho Montejo, a graduate student in the Electrical Engineering Department at the SMU School of Engineering, has been selected as the as a recipient of the 2008 IEEE Electron Devices Society Ph.D. Student Fellowship.

The fellowship program was established to promote, recognize, and support master’s level study and research within the Electron Devices Society’s field of interest. The field of interest for EDS is all aspects of engineering, physics, theory, experiment and simulation of electron and ion devices involving insulators, metals, organic materials, plasmas, semiconductors, quantum-effect materials, vacuum, and emerging materials. Specific applications of these devices include bioelectronics, biomedical, computation, communications, displays, electro and micro mechanics, imaging, micro actuators, optical, photovoltaic’s, power, sensors and signal processing.

The IEEE Electron Devices Society awards five fellowships will each year to one student in five geographic regions: Americas, Europe/Middle East/Africa, and Asia & Pacific. 

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SMU’s School of Engineering, founded in 1925, is one of the oldest engineering schools in the Southwest. The school offers 20 undergraduate and 29 graduate programs, including both masters and doctorate levels.

A private university located in the heart of Dallas, SMU is building on the vision of its founders, who imagined a distinguished center for learning emerging from the spirit of the city. Today, 11,000 students benefit from the national opportunities and international reach afforded by the quality of SMU’s seven degree-granting schools.