July, 2003
The College of Engineering is pleased to release Engineering @ Texas, an e-newsletter intended to keep alumni and friends of the UT College of Engineering informed about programs, students, faculty, research and alumni at the College.
IN THE NEWS
Engineering professor invited to join President Bush's Nanotechnology Technical Advisory Group
Dr. Nicholas Peppas, professor of chemical engineering, biomedical engineering and pharmaceutics at The University of Texas at Austin, has been invited to join President Bush's Nanotechnology Technical Advisory Group, which will assist the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in its review of federal nanotechnology research and development programs.
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Center for Space Research honored in Texas Senate Resolution
The Texas Senate officially commended the Center for Space Research, part of the College of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, for its tireless and swift work to help recover debris after February's tragic shuttle accident.
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Environmental engineers receive $1 million to study procedures and effects of post-bioterrorism building decontamination
University of Texas at Austin Environmental Engineering Professor Richard Corsi has received a $1 million contract from a federal sponsor to study the physical and chemical interactions that occur between three airborne decontaminants and the surfaces they encounter in buildings.
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Engineers create promising nanotechnology for oral delivery of cancer drugs
Polymer nanospheres just 1/100 a hair's width in diameter and loaded with potent anti-cancer drugs could one day become a powerful weapon in the chemotherapy arsenal, two University of Texas at Austin biomedical engineers reported today at the Controlled Release Society's 30th Annual Meeting and Exhibition in Glasgow, Scotland.
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UT Austin/NASA Gravity Model provides extraordinary new accuracy to oceanographers
Improved weather and climate change predictions now result from a model of earth's gravity field 10 to 50 times more accurate than previous models, thanks to engineers at The University of Texas Center for Space Research. The aerospace engineers used information from the twin Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites they launched slightly over a year ago as a joint project between NASA and the German Aerospace Center.
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ECE Professor appointed to Federal Communications Commission council
Dr. Ted Rappaport, professor of electrical and computer engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, was invited to serve on the Technological Advisory Council of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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New ASE/EM Department Chair announced
Dr. Robert H. Bishop, P.E., professor and holder of the Myron L. Begeman Fellowship in Engineering, has been named the chair-designate of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Mark your calendars - UT Engineering has a busy schedule that we want you to be part of!
Distinguished ECE Alumni Discusses Managing Cutting Edge Product Development
July 31, 2003
Contact: Stephanie Peco, 512-232-4298, speco@mail.utexas.edu
4th Annual UT/IEEE Engineering Management Workshop: Management of Product Liability
August 14-15, 2003
Contact: Aaron Bandy, 512-232-7354, aaronbandy@mail.utexas.edu
ME Back to School Bash
August 26, 2003
Contact: Danielle Fournier, 512-471-5971, d.fournier@mail.utexas.edu
"Ben's Bash" - An Engineering Tailgate Party (UT vs. Kansas State)
October 4, 2003
Contact: Alumni Relations, 512-471-2784, lschooley@mail.utexas.edu
Introduce your High School Student to ECE: for Alumni-Only
October 17, 2003
Contact: Stephanie Peco, 512-232-4298, speco@mail.utexas.edu
UT Engineering Hispanic Alumni Reunion (in conjunction with HENAAC)
October 18, 2003
Contact: Alumni Relations, 512-471-2784, lschooley@mail.utexas.edu
WNCG First Annual Wireless Networking Symposium
October 22-24, 2003
Contact: Katherine M. White, 512-471-2602, kmwhite@mail.utexas.edu
CE Centennial Celebration Weekend - All CE Alumni
November 7-9, 2003
Contact: Margaret Chapman, 512-471-1279, mpchapman@mail.utexas.edu
College of Engineering Alumni Homecoming Weekend
November 13-15, 2003
Contact: Alumni Relations, 512-471-2784, lschooley@mail.utexas.edu
Order of the Engineer Alumni Ring Ceremony
November 13, 2003
Contact: Alumni Relations, 512-471-2784, lschooley@mail.utexas.edu
ASE/EM Centennial of Flight Celebration
November 14, 2003
Contact: Kendra Harris, 512-471-4234, kendra.harris@mail.utexas.edu
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