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Texas Engineer Guihua Yu poses in his lab

Yu Wins UAE’s Global Water Award

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June 13, 2025

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.

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  FromTexas Engineers Satyam Kumar and Hussein Alawieh and professor José del R. Millán operate a robotic arm using a brain-computer interface.

A Jolt of Innovation for Brain-Computer Interfaces

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June 11, 2025

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. 

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A rendering of ICESat-2 and its laser technology that Texas Engineers used to map nearshore waters.

Space Laser Tech Maps Mysterious Nearshore Terrain

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June 05, 2025

Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and Oregon State University developed a new technology that uses satellites in space to map the tricky waters just off coastal shores.

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Texas Engineer Gabriela Nomura at Cockrell commencement receiving the Outstanding Scholar-Leader award

Gabriela Nomura Is Outstanding

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June 04, 2025

Gabriela Nomura, this year's Cockrell Outstanding Scholar-Leader, is on her way to becoming a physician/engineer, with a goal of designing medical devices while also working with patients. 

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Forehead e-tattoo created by Texas Engineers applied to a test subject

Stressed or Bored at Work? New Electronic Tattoo Can Help

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May 29, 2025

A new wireless forehead e-tattoo created by Texas Engineers decodes brainwaves to measure mental strain without bulky headgear.

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Texas Engineers Song Hang Chai Hyunsu Chae David Pan and Sensen Li in a lab.

Can AI Make Critical Communications Chips Easier to Design?

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May 28, 2025

A multi-university team with heavy involvement from industry leaders plans to infuse artificial intelligence into the design process for radio frequency integrated circuits to reduce the difficulty of making these important chips.

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  • Electrical and Computer Engineering,
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A graphic of molecules like the ones Texas Engineers used to encode a password

Unlock Your Computer with a Password-encoded Molecule

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May 16, 2025

Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have developed an alternative method to encode information in synthetic molecules, which they used to encode and then decode an 11-character password to unlock a computer.

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Texas Engineer Shwetadwip Chowdhury

3D Imaging is Moving on Up with Newly Developed Method

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May 15, 2025

Texas Engineers developed an innovative new technique that allows accurate space and time reconstruction of optically scattering samples, even when they're moving.

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Texas Engineering alumnus Chuck Corley doing hook 'em horns hand sign in a lab

From the Air Force to industry to UT, 78-Year old Chuck Corley earned his Ph.D.

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May 09, 2025

It's never too late to go back to school, just ask Chuck Corley. 11 years after joining Texas ECE, after a career that took him from the Air Force to industry, Charles J. (“Chuck”) Corley earned his Ph.D. in ECE in December 2024.

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Promo image of a sunset and powerlines for Texas Engineer Michael Webber's PBS documentary Thirst for Power.

'Thirst for Power' Documentary Explores Interconnection of Water and Energy

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May 05, 2025

A new documentary film, “Thirst for Power”, explores our dependence on water for energy and the hidden vulnerabilities in our modern, water-dependent energy systems.

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  • Mechanical Engineering,

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