Achievement

Written and oral communication to the professional community are important components of our IGERT program. Through the University of Texas' commitment to our IGERT program we continue to issue travel stipends for our IGERT trainees and affiliates to present their results at technical conferences. Such participation is one of the pillars of our professional development efforts and has benefited our students as public speakers and the professional connections made at such conferences, and also our program as our students are great ambassadors. During the past year 13 of our IGERT students (12 trainees and 1 affiliate) attended 19 different conferences and delivered 20 presentations, mostly at podium. Trainees and affiliates co-authored 32 refereed papers in conferences that have taken place or that will take place before June 15th, 2011. Trainees and affiliates also published 8 refereed journal and 1 non-refereed journal papers as well as one book chapter during the past year.