Texas Instruments Foundation:

The Texas Instruments Foundation donated $1,400,000 to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Texas at EL Paso (UTEP) in order to strengthen and expand its existing programs in the Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and related areas and to create a program in the general area of Analog and Mixed Signal Design (AMSD).

To embark on this aggressive effort, the Texas Instruments Foundation is supporting faculty, students, and laboratory developments for both areas. The approach to be followed involves creating and channeling students through two well-defined and supported technical tracks (in the DSP Communications area) covering both undergraduate and graduate students.

The track designed for undergraduate students will include basic and elective courses as well as the completion of Senior project in the chosen area. Equally important are the technical tracks for Masters level graduate students, which include course work and the completion of a research project and thesis that is supervised by a core faculty member in this program.

Lucent Incorporated:

Lucent donated $100,000 to the department to establish a communication simulation lab. The new laboratory will offer simulation of fiber optic, wireless, digital and analog Communication systems

Raytheon donated $5000 in the Fall of 2000 for undergraduate scholarships.

El Paso Electric donated $1500 to support Dr. Bill Diong's work on designing an electric power conversion interface with a fuel cell for a residential power generation unit..

Chevron gave a $1000 gift to the department.