A top 10 school and No. 1 in Texas, the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin develops courageous engineers who change the world. /news/ase-em 2024-09-15T05:34:18-05:00 UT Cockrell School of Engineering Joomla! - Open Source Content Management 2024-08-14T08:45:34-05:00 2024-08-14T08:45:34-05:00 /news/archive/10046-how-did-life-begin-a-shocking-new-twist Nat Levy

<p>New research zeroes in on how lightning strikes may have served as a vital spark, transforming the atmosphere of early Earth into a hotbed of chemical activity.</p>

<p>New research zeroes in on how lightning strikes may have served as a vital spark, transforming the atmosphere of early Earth into a hotbed of chemical activity.</p> 2024-07-25T14:25:24-05:00 2024-07-25T14:25:24-05:00 /news/archive/10031-how-plasmas-could-help-reduce-methane-emissions Nat Levy

<p>Texas Engineers have developed the most efficient method yet to convert methane to methanol over the distributed scales where it is produced.</p>

<p>Texas Engineers have developed the most efficient method yet to convert methane to methanol over the distributed scales where it is produced.</p> 2024-07-05T13:21:46-05:00 2024-07-05T13:21:46-05:00 /news/archive/10026-texas-engineers-join-space-force-operation-bringing-robots-to-space Nat Levy

<p>Texas Engineers are participating in a groundbreaking U.S. Space Force operation that will propel innovative technologies for in-space operations.</p>

<p>Texas Engineers are participating in a groundbreaking U.S. Space Force operation that will propel innovative technologies for in-space operations.</p> 2024-06-12T09:44:25-05:00 2024-06-12T09:44:25-05:00 /news/archive/10007-self-propelling-satellites-and-adaptive-reentry-shields-among-new-projects-for-aerospace-engineer Nat Levy

<p>Aerospace engineer Thomas Underwood is studying many applications of plasmas, which involve the infusion of electrical energy into gases.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Aerospace engineer Thomas Underwood is studying many applications of plasmas, which involve the infusion of electrical energy into gases.&nbsp;</p> 2024-05-21T09:40:43-05:00 2024-05-21T09:40:43-05:00 /news/archive/10003-5-questions-with-outstanding-scholar-leader-matthew-nattier Nat Levy

<p>Matthew&nbsp;Nattier just completed his aerospace engineering degree with a special honor – he was named the Cockrell School’s Outstanding Scholar-Leader for the class of 2024.</p>

<p>Matthew&nbsp;Nattier just completed his aerospace engineering degree with a special honor – he was named the Cockrell School’s Outstanding Scholar-Leader for the class of 2024.</p> 2024-05-01T10:58:35-05:00 2024-05-01T10:58:35-05:00 /news/archive/9981-stretchable-e-skin-could-give-robots-human-level-touch-sensitivity Nat Levy

<p>A first-ever stretchy electronic skin could equip robots and other devices with the same softness and touch sensitivity as human skin, opening up new possibilities to perform tasks that require a great deal of precision and control of force.</p>

<p>A first-ever stretchy electronic skin could equip robots and other devices with the same softness and touch sensitivity as human skin, opening up new possibilities to perform tasks that require a great deal of precision and control of force.</p> 2024-04-16T15:38:04-05:00 2024-04-16T15:38:04-05:00 /news/archive/9976-karen-willcox-wins-2024-theodore-von-karman-prize Nat Levy

<p>Karen Willcox, professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics and the director of the&nbsp;<a href="https://oden.utexas.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences</a>,&nbsp;won the 2024 Theodore von&nbsp;Kármán&nbsp;Prize from the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).</p>

<p>Karen Willcox, professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics and the director of the&nbsp;<a href="https://oden.utexas.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences</a>,&nbsp;won the 2024 Theodore von&nbsp;Kármán&nbsp;Prize from the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).</p> 2024-04-10T13:52:04-05:00 2024-04-10T13:52:04-05:00 /news/archive/9960-clint-dawson-honored-with-presidents-research-impact-award Nat Levy

<p>The creator of a code to predict hurricane storm surges and an expert on the federal courts and constitutional law have been named the 2024 recipients of The University of Texas at Austin President’s Research Impact Award.</p>

<p>The creator of a code to predict hurricane storm surges and an expert on the federal courts and constitutional law have been named the 2024 recipients of The University of Texas at Austin President’s Research Impact Award.</p> 2024-03-27T10:30:58-05:00 2024-03-27T10:30:58-05:00 /news/archive/9837-integrated-computational-engineering-program-coming-fall-2024 Nat Levy

<p>A new five-year integrated bachelor’s degree in computational Billionaire casino slots 777engineering and master’s degree in computational science, engineering, and mathematics will launch this fall, adding to the already popular undergraduate computational engineering degree.</p>

<p>A new five-year integrated bachelor’s degree in computational Billionaire casino slots 777engineering and master’s degree in computational science, engineering, and mathematics will launch this fall, adding to the already popular undergraduate computational engineering degree.</p> 2024-03-04T14:11:03-06:00 2024-03-04T14:11:03-06:00 /news/archive/9810-how-texas-engineers-helped-complete-the-first-u-s-moon-landing-in-50-years Persephonie Cole

<p>Just after 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 22, a new era of space travel began just after 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 22, when uncrewed lunar lander Odysseus, or Odie for short, touched down on the Moon's surface.</p>

<p>Just after 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 22, a new era of space travel began just after 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 22, when uncrewed lunar lander Odysseus, or Odie for short, touched down on the Moon's surface.</p> 2024-02-06T16:13:24-06:00 2024-02-06T16:13:24-06:00 /news/archive/9796-professor-alumna-elected-to-national-academy-of-engineering Nat Levy

<p>The National Academy of Engineering has elected Noel T. Clemens, a professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering’s Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin, to the academy for 2024. Christine Schmidt, who received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from UT and later served on the University’s faculty from 1996 to 2012, has also been elected.</p>

<p>The National Academy of Engineering has elected Noel T. Clemens, a professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering’s Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin, to the academy for 2024. Christine Schmidt, who received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from UT and later served on the University’s faculty from 1996 to 2012, has also been elected.</p> 2024-01-30T10:26:53-06:00 2024-01-30T10:26:53-06:00 /news/archive/9793-how-space-lasers-have-unearthed-new-information-about-our-world Nat Levy

<p>In new research, an all-woman group of authors from five different institutions published an anthology of all the important data unearthed by laser altimetry over the last two decades.</p>

<p>In new research, an all-woman group of authors from five different institutions published an anthology of all the important data unearthed by laser altimetry over the last two decades.</p> 2024-01-18T13:55:33-06:00 2024-01-18T13:55:33-06:00 /news/archive/9791-lori-magruder-named-director-of-center-for-space-research Nat Levy

<p><a href="https://www.ae.utexas.edu/people/faculty/faculty-directory/magruder">Lori Magruder</a>, an associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics (ASE/EM), has been named director of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.csr.utexas.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Center for Space Research</a>&nbsp;(CSR), effective Jan. 1. Prior to becoming director, she served as associate director of research and communications from 2020 – 2022, then as the center’s interim director throughout 2023.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ae.utexas.edu/news/s-bettadpur-csr-director">Srinivas Bettadpur</a>&nbsp;served as previous director from 2018 – 2023.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.ae.utexas.edu/people/faculty/faculty-directory/magruder">Lori Magruder</a>, an associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics (ASE/EM), has been named director of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.csr.utexas.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Center for Space Research</a>&nbsp;(CSR), effective Jan. 1. Prior to becoming director, she served as associate director of research and communications from 2020 – 2022, then as the center’s interim director throughout 2023.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ae.utexas.edu/news/s-bettadpur-csr-director">Srinivas Bettadpur</a>&nbsp;served as previous director from 2018 – 2023.</p> 2024-01-10T15:18:53-06:00 2024-01-10T15:18:53-06:00 /news/archive/9779-ut-aerospace-engineer-joins-ai-advisory-group Nat Levy

<p>Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming embedded in many industries, and aerospace is no exception.</p>

<p>Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming embedded in many industries, and aerospace is no exception.</p> 2023-12-08T09:34:27-06:00 2023-12-08T09:34:27-06:00 /news/archive/9775-space-lighthouses-small-satellites-will-someday-help-navigate-spacecraft-to-the-moon Persephonie Cole

<p>A new agreement with NASA paves the wave for researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and the&nbsp;<a href="https://sites.utexas.edu/tsl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas Spacecraft Laboratory</a>&nbsp;to build and launch a small satellite network with embedded machine learning technology to help spacecraft figure out their location in billionaire casino apprelationship to the Earth and, eventually, the moon. That will ultimately help ensure more accurate navigation and landing.</p>

<p>A new agreement with NASA paves the wave for researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and the&nbsp;<a href="https://sites.utexas.edu/tsl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas Spacecraft Laboratory</a>&nbsp;to build and launch a small satellite network with embedded machine learning technology to help spacecraft figure out their location in billionaire casino apprelationship to the Earth and, eventually, the moon. That will ultimately help ensure more accurate navigation and landing.</p> 2023-10-27T10:36:38-05:00 2023-10-27T10:36:38-05:00 /news/archive/9765-curtailing-unhealthy-impacts-of-steel-production-doe-earthshot-program Persephonie Cole

<p>Steel is one of the world’s most useful and valuable materials, but its production is among the most carbon-intensive manufacturing processes. Steel accounts for roughly 7% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, part of a broader industrial sector that accounted for about 30% of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks#:~:text=In%202021%2C%20U.S.%20greenhouse%20gas,sequestration%20from%20the%20land%20sector." target="_blank" rel="noopener">greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. in 2021</a>, according to the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.epa.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Environmental Protection Agency</a>.</p>

<p>Steel is one of the world’s most useful and valuable materials, but its production is among the most carbon-intensive manufacturing processes. Steel accounts for roughly 7% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, part of a broader industrial sector that accounted for about 30% of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks#:~:text=In%202021%2C%20U.S.%20greenhouse%20gas,sequestration%20from%20the%20land%20sector." target="_blank" rel="noopener">greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. in 2021</a>, according to the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.epa.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Environmental Protection Agency</a>.</p> 2023-10-17T10:23:58-05:00 2023-10-17T10:23:58-05:00 /news/archive/9764-changes-to-texas-ship-channel-depth-would-have-minimal-storm-surge-effect-research-shows Persephonie Cole

<p>A new case study using computational modeling predicts minimal effects on increasing hurricane storm surge in surrounding Texas Gulf Coast communities as a byproduct of proposed depth increase of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel near Aransas Pass.</p>

<p>A new case study using computational modeling predicts minimal effects on increasing hurricane storm surge in surrounding Texas Gulf Coast communities as a byproduct of proposed depth increase of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel near Aransas Pass.</p> 2023-10-04T12:06:37-05:00 2023-10-04T12:06:37-05:00 /news/archive/9755-texas-institute-for-electronics-and-infleqtion-launch-quantum-manufacturing-center-of-excellence Persephonie Cole

<p>The University of Texas at Austin and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.infleqtion.com/">Infleqtion</a>, a global quantum technologies company, have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a new center of excellence for quantum manufacturing. With the recent opening of its flagship corporate office in Austin, Infleqtion will work with UT’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.txie.org/">Texas Institute for Electronics</a>&nbsp;(TIE), collaborate with the University’s faculty experts in photonics and quantum technologies, and draw upon its world-class facilities to scale domestic manufacturing capacity for quantum-enabled products in areas such as energy, navigation, defense, and health care.</p>

<p>The University of Texas at Austin and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.infleqtion.com/">Infleqtion</a>, a global quantum technologies company, have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a new center of excellence for quantum manufacturing. With the recent opening of its flagship corporate office in Austin, Infleqtion will work with UT’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.txie.org/">Texas Institute for Electronics</a>&nbsp;(TIE), collaborate with the University’s faculty experts in photonics and quantum technologies, and draw upon its world-class facilities to scale domestic manufacturing capacity for quantum-enabled products in areas such as energy, navigation, defense, and health care.</p> 2023-09-22T14:47:19-05:00 2023-09-22T14:47:19-05:00 /news/archive/9751-todd-humphreys-honored-for-gps-work Persephonie Cole

<p><a href="https://www.ae.utexas.edu/people/faculty/faculty-directory/humphreys">Todd Humphreys</a>, a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin, is the recipient of the 2023 Johannes Kepler Award from the Institute of Navigation.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.ae.utexas.edu/people/faculty/faculty-directory/humphreys">Todd Humphreys</a>, a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin, is the recipient of the 2023 Johannes Kepler Award from the Institute of Navigation.</p> 2023-09-20T08:59:01-05:00 2023-09-20T08:59:01-05:00 /news/archive/9748-to-the-moon-new-research-aims-to-establish-safe-and-reliable-mission-operations-through-cislunar-space Persephonie Cole

<p>The University of Texas at Austin is collaborating with three other institutions to build the foundation for space operations to, from and throughout the Earth and moon neighborhood. This area, called the Billionaire casinocislunar region, is an enormous, three-dimensional volume of space with many complex factors to be incorporated by mission planners and spacecraft designers.</p>

<p>The University of Texas at Austin is collaborating with three other institutions to build the foundation for space operations to, from and throughout the Earth and moon neighborhood. This area, called the Billionaire casinocislunar region, is an enormous, three-dimensional volume of space with many complex factors to be incorporated by mission planners and spacecraft designers.</p>