Alumni Stories

Meet the Texas Engineer who leads XTO Energy Inc.

Service has become a common theme for alumnus Josh Aldred, who has dedicated his life to helping others.

Texas Engineering alumni lead industries, launch companies and help develop solutions that improve lives around the world.

Gabe Muoneke never lost sight of his dream to live and work in Nigeria, where he felt he could make the biggest difference.

Peyton Yates helped make the EERC spiral staircase a reality.

Texas Engineering alumni lead industries, launch companies and help develop solutions that improve lives around the world.

Two extraordinary Cockrell School alumni have made gifts in support of two engineering departments.

Self-quantification is making major strides in the consumer and commercial health care industries, and alumna Jackie Leverett Wasson has her finger on the pulse of this technological breakthrough.

Alumnus Gary Thomas has spent the past 40 years assembling one of the largest-known private collections of Ford automobiles.

Texas Engineering alumni lead industries, launch companies and help develop solutions that improve lives around the world.

After graduating from the Cockrell School in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, Adrianne Rosales knew that research was her passion.

Alumnus Sam Dawson began his career at Pape-Dawson Engineers.

As the inaugural speaker of the Cockrell School's new Distinguished Lecture Series, Rex W. Tillerson discussed the topic of leadership and ethics in a global society.

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.

How two ‘anti‑establishment’ alumni entrepreneurs are reshaping the probiotic beverage market

We sat down with Mark Papermaster to get his thoughts on leadership, taking risks and the importance of investing in future generations.

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.

A conversation with Chewy CEO Sumit Singh (M.S.E. 2003)

Alumnus Sanjay Chandra and his family’s generous gift comes at a time of change in computing.

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