Welcome to the Spring Semester of the 2024-25
Academic Year

Welcome back! I want to extend a hearty welcome to each of you as we continue the 2024-2025 academic year in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas.

For faculty, staff and students returning to campus after the winter break, I hope you had a restful, restorative time away. For those of you — faculty, staff or students — joining us for the first time this semester, I hope you’re ready to dive into all the Jonsson School and the UTD campus has to offer.

Indeed, UTD is seriously different — in a good way. I believe the Jonsson School is at the heart of what makes UTD different, from our dedicated faculty and staff to our ambitious students who “keep UTD nerdy.”

That “nerdiness” can take many varied and unexpected forms, which is why I chose the theme of CREATIVITY for the 2024-2025 academic year.

As the spring semester gets underway, let’s go get creative. Let’s have some fun. Let’s be innovative. Let’s keep in mind the words of Robert Riley, former U.S. Secretary of Education, when he stated: “We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist, using technologies that haven’t been invented, in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.”

Let’s harness that creativity as we work toward the conclusion of the 2024-2025 academic year in the Jonsson School this spring!

Whoosh!

Stephanie G. Adams, PhD, F.ASEE
Dean and Lars Magnus Ericsson Chair
Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science
The University of Texas at Dallas