Dr. Nina Telang is a Professor of Instruction in the Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She completed her undergraduate degree in Engineering Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, her master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. After completing her doctorate, she worked in the semiconductor industry for 7 years before starting a faculty position in the ECE department at UT Austin in 2002. She has taught a variety of courses at freshman, sophomore, and junior levels, and mentored several capstone design teams. Her repertoire of courses is from a range of areas such as circuit theory, digital logic design, solid state devices, computing systems, and embedded systems.
She is passionate about using Instructional strategies that aid the learning process for all students, strengthen student-faculty interaction, and improve student engagement. She has partnered with the Sanger Learning Center since 2015 to help implement Supplemental Instruction in a variety of ECE courses, and now Peer Based Team Learning in first year ECE courses.
Dr. Telang is the recipient of several teaching and service awards. Most recently she was awarded the Blunk Memorial Professorship for outstanding teaching and mentoring efforts, and the Provost’s Distinguished Leadership Service Award.