Two Electrical Engineering professors named fellows of international association
December 15, 2006
Electrical Engineering Professors Ari Arapostathis and Ross Baldick were elected fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Scientific American selects engineering alum among 2006 leading scientists
December 15, 2006
Bill Wagner, 42, who earned his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from UT Austin in 1991, was named a 2006 Scientific American 50.
Aerospace Engineering Chair awarded AIAA fellowship
December 15, 2006
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Chair Robert H. Bishop has been elected a 2007 fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Chemical engineering graduate student receives national research award
December 14, 2006
Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Megha Surve won the Computational Molecular Science and Engineering Forum's inaugural Award for Outstanding Research Performance at the national American Institute of Chemical Engineers convention in San Francisco.
Folliard receives student organization outstanding faculty award
December 14, 2006
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor Kevin Folliard received the Texas Blazers' Outstanding Faculty Award at the Texas Blazers Faculty Appreciation Breakfast on Dec. 8.
NASA outlines recent changes in Earth's freshwater distribution
December 13, 2006
Recent space observations of freshwater storage by the GravityRecovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) are providing a new picture of how Earth's most precious natural resource is distributed globally and how it is changing.
College honors faculty for teaching, research, professional service
December 11, 2006
The College of Engineering announced the 2006 Faculty Excellence Awards during its annual November banquet.
University's College of Engineering announces 2006 Distinguished Graduates
December 11, 2006
Five alumni were elected Distinguished Engineering Graduates of The University of Texas at Austin and were honored at fall commencement ceremonies on Dec. 9.
Biomedical engineering student receives NSBE research award
December 11, 2006
Shanique Roberson, a biomedical engineering junior, recently won first place in the Undergraduate Students in Technical Research competition at the National Society of Black Engineers' fall regional conference.
Students win national nuclear design award
December 11, 2006
Mechanical Engineering graduate students Emilio Alvarez, Derek Haas, Kevin Jackman, Scott Whitney and Stephen Wilson (who has since graduated) recently won the national American Nuclear Society Student Design Competition.
Civil engineer receives international award
December 11, 2006
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor Kara Kockelman recently received the 2006 Geoffrey J.D. Hewings Award from the Regional Science Association International (RSAI).
Fall graduates to be honored during convocation on Dec. 9
December 8, 2006
The fall semester's convocation ceremonies will celebrate engineering graduates' achievements with individualized honors and traditions Dec. 9 at 9 a.m. in the Frank Erwin Center.
Biomedical engineer receives national young investigator award
December 8, 2006
Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor Krishnendu Roy will receive the 2007 Young Investigator Award from the Society for Biomaterials.
Civil engineering student awarded indoor environmental quality fellowship
December 8, 2006
Civil Engineering graduate student Chi Phuong Hoang won the 2006 Ken Dillon Fellowship for Indoor Environmental Quality Design from the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute.
Innovation experts present interdisciplinary workshop on developing and implementing new ideas
December 7, 2006
A two-day workshop for The University of Texas at Austin community will focus on developing tools for innovation.
Researchers help predict easiest Rocky Mountain reservoirs to tap for natural gas
December 7, 2006
A researcher from the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering and colleagues at the university's Jackson School of Geosciences have received $750,000 to help the petroleum industry understand which deep reservoirs below the Rockies and elsewhere are most economic to drill into.
Air quality of Austin bars, fire houses among symposium topics tonight
December 5, 2006
Austin's smoking ban and other topics researched by graduate students studying the quality of indoor environments at The University of Texas at Austin will be discussed in 15-minute presentations.
