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Published on: 3/22/2001
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Adult Educator"Friday, October 12th: Dr. Mario Gonzalez
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BIO for Mario J. Gonzalez Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept The University of Texas at Austin
Mario J. Gonzalez was born and raised in Laredo, Texas.He received a BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin.In between undergraduate and graduate studies, he worked as an applications programmer for the Boeing Co. in Seattle, Washington and served on active duty for two years as an officer in the U. S. Army, including a one-year tour in Vietnam.
While conducting his graduate studies, he worked for Applied Research Laboratories in Austin, and upon completion of his graduate work, he served for two years as a Member of the Technical Staff in the Government Products Division of Texas Instruments.After working for TI he was a faculty member at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois for four years and then relocated to The University of Texas at San Antonio where he was a faculty member for nine years and the founding director of the Division of Engineering.
He has been at The University of Texas at Austin since 1986, serving as a faculty member, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering, chairman of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and as an executive officer of The University of Texas System where he assisted the chancellor in a number of areas, especially in South Texas/Border Area Development and Telecommunications and Information Technology.
From the beginning of his graduate studies, Dr. Gonzalez's research interests have focused on a number of issues related to multiple processor systems: scheduling, performance, and matching architectures to algorithms.These interests have been expanded to include computer and communication networks and the impact of information technology on education, teaching, and learning.
Dr. Gonzalez is a member of the IEEE Committee on Engineering Accreditation Activities, the External Advisory Committee of the Engineering Directorate at the National Science Foundation, and the Board of the Texas Department of Information Resources.He also serves as a trustee of the College Board.He has served on many review panels and advisory committees including the National Science Foundation, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Texas A&M University, and The University of Texas at El Paso.He has also been an external reviewer for undergraduate and graduate programs in electrical engineering and computer science in the United States and Mexico, and he continues to serve as an evaluator for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology as a member of the Engineering Accreditation Commission.
Dr. Gonzalez has served as a Distinguished Visitor of the IEEE Computer Society.He is a recipient of an AMOCO Teaching Award, the ASEE Centennial Medallion, the Outstanding University Professor Award presented at the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference, and several leadership and service awards at U. T. Austin.Dr. Gonzalez is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
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