Alumni
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Gabriel Cossio is Making Nanotechnology Accessible for All
Gabriel Cossio's startup Nanoscale Labs aims to lower the cost of nanotechnology, making it more accessible for protecting and maintaining the environment.
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Remembering Pioneer of the Permian Basin Autry Stephens
The late, legendary Midland oilman Autry Stephens led by example—in the boardroom, oil fields and his local community—showing the world that success grows from the ground up when nurtured with passion, courage and grit.
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Power Couples: Going Back to School is a Family Affair
In the last few years, The University of Texas at Austin Texas Engineering Executive Education (TxEEE) has had several couples graduate from the engineering management and software engineering weekend master’s degree programs.
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Texas Engineers Help Lead New Video AI Startup
Cockrell School of Engineering faculty and alumni are playing key roles in a new artificial intelligence video startup that creates narrative videos from existing footage libraries.
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Getting the Scoop
Alumnus takes on sustainable non-dairy dessert one pint at a time
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Air Force Trailblazer Jeannie Leavitt’s Gameplan for Success: Courage, Grit and a Force that Unites
Jeannie Leavitt emphasized the importance of courage in accomplishing her goals her commencement keynote address to more than 50,000 attendees, including more than 10,000 graduates.
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Personal Growth, Taking Risks and Giving Back: Advice for New Graduates from Commencement Speaker Michael Linford
Success, failure, giving back and education were central parts of Affirm CFO Michael Linford's address at the Cockrell School of Engineering Undergraduate Student Commencement Ceremony.
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Air Force Trailblazer Jeannie Leavitt to Deliver UT Commencement Address
Retired Maj. Gen. Jeannie M. Leavitt, the U.S. Air Force’s first female fighter pilot and a 1990 graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, will deliver the keynote address at UT’s 141st Spring Commencement on May 11.
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Meet Cockrell Commencement Speaker Michael Linford
Affirm CFO and mechanical engineering alumnus Michael Linford will give the keynote address at the 2024 Cockrell School of Engineering Undergraduate Student Commencement ceremony on May 10.
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Captain Cockrell
ASE Distinguished Alumna Jeannie Leavitt set a course for future generations of female fighter pilots, including members of the Marvel Universe.
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UT Establishes the Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin will reimagine its approach to training civil, architectural and environmental engineering students as society’s designers, with a renewed emphasis on leadership and service needed to solve global challenges. A transformational investment from a UT alumnus will galvanize this approach, which he calls “engineering the big.”
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Cockrell School Teams Up With KBH Energy Center
Energy security is getting a boost at The University of Texas at Austin. The Cockrell School of Engineering will now partner with the Kay Bailey Hutchison Energy Center.
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Aerospace Alumnus Makes His 2nd Trip to Space
Aerospace engineering alumnus Andreas Mogensen took to the stars today, flying his second trip to the International Space Station (ISS) where he is serving as the mission pilot and space station crew commander for the Huginn Mission.
The six-month mission includes astronauts from NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Russia’s Roscosmos. Mogensen will conduct more than 30 experiments for the ESA during the mission divided into three pillars: climate, health and space for Earth. He will also collaborate with team members on experiments for other space agencies.
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NASA Astronaut Stephanie Wilson's Skills for Success
When it comes to achieving career goals, Stephanie Wilson is a great example to follow.
She has taken part in three space missions as a NASA astronaut, spending a combined 42 days in space during that time.
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It's About Time: 99-year-old Veteran Finally Gets His Commencement Ceremony
Lew Griffith has three degrees, including a master's, but this year, at age 99, he is finally attending his first commencement ceremony.
A nearly 30-year career in the U.S. military as an engineer and pilot that spanned World War II, Korea and the Vietnam War interrupted this Texas Engineer's education and his ability to walk with fellow graduates. But at this year's Cockrell School Commencement Ceremony, Griffith is being honored for his military service and his commitment to education, despite all the obstacles that got in the way.
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NASA Astronaut Stephanie Wilson to Speak at Cockrell Commencement
Alumna and NASA Astronaut Stephanie Wilson will give the keynote address at the 2023 Cockrell School of Engineering Undergraduate Student Commencement Ceremony on May 5.
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The Achilles Heel That Could Lead to Universal Coronavirus Treatments
Researchers behind discoveries that led to vaccines for the virus that causes COVID-19 have identified a potential Achilles heel that exists in all coronaviruses. These findings, led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, could aid the development of improved treatments for COVID-19 and also protect against existing and emerging coronaviruses.
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'There Is Enough Success to Go Around': Black Alumni Share Career Journeys
A career is a long, winding road that includes, failures, successes and unexpected turns along the way.
This was the advice to the next generation of students from the panelists at the Cockrell School of Engineering's third annual Black Alumni Panel. The conversation, titled Celebrating Black Excellence, between chemical engineering and aerospace engineering alumni who both ended up in Information Technology shows how different careers can turn out from the plans they made as students.
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Entrepreneur Ecleamus Ricks, Jr. Shares His Story – From Morehouse College to Shark Tank – and Many Steps In-Between
Cockrell School alumnus, software engineer and Shark Tank finalist Ecleamus Ricks, Jr. has always considered himself a creator. Fascinated with his grandfather’s skills as a carpenter, Ricks knew he wanted to build things using science and numbers.
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Professor, Alumnus Elected to National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering has elected Benny Freeman, a professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, to the academy for 2023. Alumnus Fariborz Maseeh, who received a master’s degree in civil engineering from UT Austin, has also been elected.