Alumni

At the Cockrell School, our engineers tackle the world’s most pressing challenges, and that means turning research into real-world products and building companies to disrupt industries.

We asked our Texas Engineering student and alumni communities how they met their bestie or significant other during their time at the Cockrell School. Grab some snacks, a bottle of wine and maybe even a few tissues as you read these stories.

Two faculty members and three alumni from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest honors in the engineering field.

Trailblazing fighter pilot Jeannie Leavitt and leader of the first U.S. moon mission in 50 years Tim Crain tell future generations what they learned on their journeys.

Texas Engineering alumnus Andy Chang has a job title any kid would dream of: vice president of play engineering at LEGO Group.

Gabriel Cossio's startup Nanoscale Labs aims to lower the cost of nanotechnology, making it more accessible for protecting and maintaining the environment. 

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.

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.

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.

As the principal investigator on NASA’s New Horizons mission, UT alumnus Alan Stern led a team of more than 2,500 scientists and engineers in a history-making effort to explore the Pluto system and the Kuiper Belt.

For UT alumnus and Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith, the company’s mission represents a full-circle opportunity to provide a new generation with the same inspiration he received from earlier aerospace accomplishments.

Alumnus takes on sustainable non-dairy dessert one pint at a time

Fariborz Maseeh’s transformational investment sets the stage for Texas Engineers to confront the world’s most critical problems.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

ASE Distinguished Alumna Jeannie Leavitt set a course for future generations of female fighter pilots, including members of the Marvel Universe.

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.”

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.