Awards

Bovik Wins Fritz Medal for Streaming Innovations

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:03:04 -0600

Streaming video pioneer Al Bovik has been awarded the John Fritz Medal, one of the most storied and esteemed honors in engineering.

Srinivas Bettadpur Wins Whitten Medal for Earth Dynamics Research

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 09:15:18 -0500

Srinivas Bettadpur, a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin, is the recipient of the 2024 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Charles A. Whitten Medal.

Guihua Yu Wins Falling Walls Engineering and Technology Award

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 13:26:32 -0500

Texas Engineer Guihua Yu has been honored for his work to generate clean, drinkable water using solar energy.

Nina Telang Helps Students Find Their Engineering Community

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 07:29:05 -0500

Nina Telang has impacted thousands of electrical and computer engineering undergraduate students over the last two decades, at the most important time of their academic careers.

Alper Elected to IAMBE

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 13:23:22 -0500

Hal Alper has been elected to the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering, a select group of innovators recognized for their outstanding contributions to the medical and biological engineering professions.

CityLearn Challenge Gets a Boost from Climate Change AI Program

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 14:39:22 -0500

A global artificial intelligence challenge led by Texas Engineers Zoltan Nagy and Javad Mohammadi has been recognized by the Climate Change AI Innovation (CCAI) Grants program.

3 Cockrell Faculty Members Elected as AAAS Fellows

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:17:07 -0500

A trio of Texas Engineers have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society.

Karen Willcox Wins 2024 Theodore von Kármán Prize

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:38:04 -0500

Karen Willcox, professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics and the director of the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, won the 2024 Theodore von Kármán Prize from the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).

Clint Dawson Honored With President’s Research Impact Award

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:52:04 -0500

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.

Texas Engineers Inducted into AIMBE

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:03:08 -0500

A pair of Texas Engineering faculty members have been inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) College of Fellows.

How AI Can Bolster Power Grid's Resistance to Weather, Cyberattacks

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 15:26:10 -0600

Texas Engineer Javad Mohammadi has dedicated his research to strengthening power grids, using artificial intelligence to make them more resistant to evolving threats.

Professor, Alumna Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:13:24 -0600

The National Academy of Engineering has elected Noel T. Clemens, a professor in the ラーメンベット禁止ゲーム 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.

Bob Metcalfe Honored by Franklin Institute for Invention of Ethernet

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 16:03:46 -0600

ラーメンベット禁止ゲーム of Engineering professor Bob Metcalfe has been honored by The Franklin Institute with the 2024 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering for his “pioneering role in the design, development, and commercialization of Ethernet, an interface for networking and file sharing between computers.”

Texas Engineers Win NSF CAREER Awards

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 13:03:31 -0600

Four faculty members from the ラーメンベット禁止ゲーム of Engineering have earned the National Science Foundation's prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards. The CAREER award provides up to five years of funding to junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through cutting-edge research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of their organizations’ missions.

Texas Engineer Brian Belardi Awarded Packard Science and Engineering Fellowship

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 08:37:18 -0500

Brian Belardi has been awarded the prestigious David and Lucile Packard Foundation Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, a high honor that recognizes the nation’s top young scientists and engineers and spurs them to take on risky, impactful projects.

Todd Humphreys Honored for GPS Work

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 14:47:19 -0500

Todd Humphreys, 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.

Guihua Yu Recognized as Blavatnik National Awards Honoree

Fri, 28 Jul 2023 09:46:33 -0500

Guihua Yu was one of 28 U.S. researchers under the age of 42 to be named as finalist honorees for the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists, announced by New York Academy of Sciences.

Amazon Awards 1st Research Prizes Through Science Hub

Wed, 12 Jul 2023 11:55:57 -0500

The newly formed UT Austin-Amazon Science Hub has awarded its first round of research gifts and fellowships to scientists and engineers across three schools and colleges at the Forty Acres.

Al Bovik Elected to Academia Europaea

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 15:18:53 -0500

Al Bovik, professor in the Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has been elected to the Academia Europaea for 2023 for his contributions to video engineering. The object of Academia Europaea is the advancement and propagation of excellence in scholarship in the humanities, law, the economic, social, and political sciences, mathematics, medicine, and all branches of natural and technological sciences anywhere in the world for the public benefit and for the advancement of the education of the public of all ages. The aim of the Academy is to promote European research, advise governments and international organizations in scientific matters, and further interdisciplinary and international research.

Song Wins EAGE Arie van Weelden Award

Thu, 22 Jun 2023 09:58:23 -0500

Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering assistant professor Wen Song received the 2023 Arie van Weelden Award from the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) in June. Given annually, the award recognizes a young professional who has made a highly significant contribution to one or more of the association’s disciplines.