The action never stops at the Cockrell School of Engineering. In 2024, our courageous engineers made important discoveries across many subject areas, started groundbreaking initiatives and transformed industries. Beyond these major accomplishments, our researchers were showered with awards and spotlighted by local, national and international media. 

Read on for just a few of our top stories of the year. We can't wait to see what happens next year.

Texas Engineering students with a robot

A Robotics Education First

From the moment they step foot on the Forty Acres, students in this first-ever robotics honors program will get hands-on experience and research opportunities.

Texas Engineer Iman Salafian gives a presentation

Infant Innovation

Iman Salafian is on a mission to improve care for newborns.

Supercharged Carbon Storage

Texas Engineers discovered new carbon capture storage that works faster and cleaner.

The new hydrogen hub at The University of Texas at Austin

Zero-carbon Hydrogen Hub

The first-of-its-kind facility makes clean hydrogen in multiple ways and uses it to power vehicles, data centers, and more.

New Antibody Neutralizes COVID Variants

Researchers discovered and isolated the antibody from a single patient.

Students in Texas Engineer Jose del R Millan's lab, using a brain-computer interface

Mind Control

This new brain-computer interface tech allows users to control a racing game and robot with their mind.

Texas Engineers Alex Dimakis and Adam Klivans with AI servers

An Emerging AI Superpower

UT Austin is becoming one of the most powerful AI hubs in the academic world.

 Equipment from a molten salt reactor like the one Texas Engineers are working on.

A Major Nuclear Energy Milestone

The molten salt reactor is the first new nuclear facility in Texas in decades, and it is far from the power plants of the past.

Texas Engineers to the Moon

Texas Engineers guided the first U.S. Moon landing in 50 years.

$1.4 Billion for Semiconductors

UT will shape the future of the U.S. semiconductor industry.