Courageous Engineers
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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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Infant Innovation: Iman Salafian's Collaborative Approach to Medical Devices for Newborns
Iman Salafian is driven to improve care for newborn babies, leading two collaborative startups that emerged from a medical devices course.
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Getting the Scoop
Alumnus takes on sustainable non-dairy dessert one pint at a time
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5 Questions with Outstanding Scholar-Leader Matthew Nattier
Matthew Nattier just completed his aerospace engineering degree with a special honor – he was named the Cockrell School’s Outstanding Scholar-Leader for the class of 2024.
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Sights and Sounds of 2024 Cockrell Commencement
Another academic year is over, and more than 1,700 newly minted Cockrell School graduates are moving on to their next adventure.
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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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Global Graduate
Ph.D. student Siva Saket Sripada persevered through the pandemic to find friendship and research collaboration on the Forty Acres.
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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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Texas Engineering Startups Named Finalists for SXSW Pitch
As South by Southwest (SXSW) Pitch returns for its 16th iteration, this year’s finalists include a pair of Texas Engineering-led startups.
MACH Transit and Paradigm Robotics have each come up with innovative solutions to address some unique needs within different technology sectors.
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Texas Engineers Among Most Cited Researchers
Eleven Texas Engineers were among the most cited researchers in the world in 2023.
Clarivate's annual list of Highly Cited Researchers recognizes influential researchers at universities, research institutes and commercial organizations around the world who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their fields of research
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5 Questions with Sustainable Catalysis Expert Joaquin Resasco
Joaquin Resasco is gathering momentum.
In the last month, he has won the Young Investigator Award from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and was recognized as part of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ 35 Under 35 group (AIChE).
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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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Michael Webber's PBS Energy Show Gets a 2nd Season
The journey through the past, present and future of energy continues as “Power Trip: The Story of Energy” returns for a second season airing on PBS nationwide.
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UT Mourns Pioneer of Computational Mechanics and Founder of Oden Institute
J. Tinsley Oden, who is widely known as the founder of computational mechanics and the first director of what is now known as the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin, died on Sunday, Aug. 27. He was 86.
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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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Computational Sciences Visionary J. Tinsley Oden Celebrates 50 years at UT Austin
J. Tinsley Oden was firmly planted at The University of Texas at Austin long before the What Starts Here Changes the World branding existed. There is no doubt, however, that he may be the one of the reasons this statement is so relevant.
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UT Mourns Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor and Nobel Prize Recipient John Goodenough
John B. Goodenough, professor at The University of Texas at Austin who is known around the world for the development of the lithium-ion battery, died Sunday at the age of 100. Goodenough was a dedicated public servant, a sought-after mentor and a brilliant yet humble inventor.
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Nepalese Graduate Shines in Civil Engineering Program
The University of Texas at Austin was Abhigya Paudyal’s dream university for graduate school in the United States from the moment he earned his bachelor’s degree at home in Nepal.
Globally renowned and consistently ranked among the top programs in the U.S., it was UT Austin’s commitment to its graduate program in the Cockrell School of Engineering's Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (CAEE) that caught his attention.
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From TACC Coding Camp to Cockrell Commencement
For all Texas Engineering graduates, earning their degrees is an experience years in the making. But for Jan Carlos Rubio, it's a journey that started well before he became a student at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Texas Engineers Named 2023 Knight-Hennessy Scholars
2023 Cockrell School of Engineering graduates Hannah Lee and Aditi Merchant are recipients of this year’s Knight-Hennessy Scholarship. Among the most prestigious student awards in higher education, the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship funds graduate studies at Stanford University and provides leadership training, workshops, projects and travel opportunities for its recipients.