Tier Xiaolin Lu, currently the smart grid R&D manager, has made history twice: she’s both the first woman co-chair and first TI employee to be appointed to the University of Texas at Dallas’ Jonsson School Industrial Advisory Board.
The IAB is a council of more than 60 representatives of close to 40 companies and organizations. Their purpose is to provide an industrial perspective on the direction and strategy for the school’s curricula, as well as to promote the school among local industry, school districts, and North Texas overall. With 17 years of experience at TI and over 22 U.S. patents under her belt, Lu is in a prime position to guide students looking to break into her industry.
"Being an IAB co-chair gives me the opportunity to serve the community by helping to build a state-of-the-art, high-tech engineering and education facility for Texas," Lu said. "In this board role, I will also be able to strengthen the relationship and impact that companies like TI have with UT Dallas and help to further develop the students' critical innovative skills by influencing the direction of the school's science, technology, engineering and math programs."
TI’s founders, Erik Jonsson, Eugene McDermott, and Cecil Green were responsible for the establishment of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science with the goal of providing TI’s engineers and scientists with the best, most advanced training. Fostering the next generation of engineers is and has always been a top priority for TI. Lu’s involvement with the IAB is yet another example of TI’s longstanding partnership with UT Dallas.