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Willcox Wins Japan Computational Engineering Award

Texas Engineer Karen Willcox has been awarded the 2024 Grand Prize by the Japan Society for Computational Engineering and Sciences (JSCES). becoming the first woman to win the award in its 30-year history. 

Published by the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Science.

AI Can Diagnose Your Heart in Just a Few Minutes

Texas Engineers worked with researchers from Yale School of Medicine to develop an artificial intelligence-enabled tool that can quickly and accurately interpret echocardiograms.

Restoring Damaged Paintings With AI 'Masks'

Texas Engineering alumnus Alex Kachkine developed a new method to physically apply a digital restoration directly onto a damaged painting. 

Texas Engineer Awarded Northwestern’s Kabiller Prize

Drug delivery luminary and Texas Engineer Nicholas Peppas has won the Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine from Northwestern University’s International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN).

Yu Wins UAE’s Global Water Award

Texas Engineer Guihua Yu won the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award from the United Arab Emirates for his breakthrough work to provide clean, drinkable water using renewable solar energy.

A Jolt of Innovation for Brain-Computer Interfaces

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin discovered a novel way to accelerate the learning curve of brain-computer interfaces. These devices allow users to control things using only their thoughts.