Mechanical Engineering

Scientists and researchers around the globe are investigating a series of mysteries about what happens to our bones over time. In a new study, a team led by The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with Mayo Clinic and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center just made a major break in the case.

If you’ve used Wi-Fi over the last 20 years, whether it be at home, at the office or on the go, then Texas Engineering alumnus and Cockrell commencement speaker Edgar Figueroa has had an impact on your life.

Donglei “Emma” Fan was one of seven scholars elected to American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) board of directors.

Rausch and his students have partnered with the Science Mill for the past three years to provide workshops for kids in the Hill Country. This year’s workshop earlier this month focused on the most vital and complex organ: the heart.

A new study dives deep into nickel-based cathodes, one of the two electrodes that facilitate energy storage in batteries, to improve electric vehicles.

Pike Robotics, led by Texas Engineering alumnus Connor Crawford, makes robots that inspect critical infrastructure, including oil and gas storage tanks, ship hulls, distillation columns and other confined and hazardous environments. 

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered techniques to bestow superpowers upon sapphire, a material that most of us think of as just a pretty jewel.

Discarded food scraps, stray branches, seashells and many other natural materials are key ingredients in a new system that can pull drinkable water out of thin air developed by researchers from The University of Texas at Austin.

Texas Engineers took on the well-known battery challenge of degradation in a real-world technology that many of us use daily: wireless earbuds.

Senior design courses are common across the Cockrell School, but the students in mechanical engineering 366J this past spring got the chance to create something for a unique customer: dogs.

Michael Webber, who holds a dual appointment in the Cockrell School of Engineering’s Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering and the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, was selected as the Energy Thought Leader: Higher Education for The American Energy Society’s 2024 Energy Awards.

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

A team led by scientists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin created a new “thermal interface material” that could organically remove heat from high-powered electronic devices, reducing or even eliminating the need for extensive cooling of data centers and other electronic devices.

UT researchers across disciplines have come together in hopes of drastically improving the ability to detect adenomas and other colorectal diseases through the use of artificial intelligence.

The University of Texas at Austin is playing a pivotal role in developing the first new nuclear reactor in Texas in decades based on a novel technology that promises safer, more efficient nuclear energy.

Texas Engineers will develop next-generation semiconductor technologies as part of a collaboration of the National Science Foundation and leading industry companies.

Texas Engineer Guihua Yu has been honored for his work to generate clean, drinkable water using solar energy.

A newly engineered type of soil can capture water out of thin air to keep plants hydrated and manage controlled release of fertilizer for a constant supply of nutrients.

Iman Salafian is driven to improve care for newborn babies, leading two collaborative startups that emerged from a medical devices course. 

A new way to store carbon captured from the atmosphere developed by researchers from The University of Texas at Austin works much faster than current methods without the harmful chemical accelerants they require.