Center for Lifelong Engineering Education receives donation from Lockheed Martin
March 30, 2006
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, an aeronautics and technology systems engineering company, recently made a more than $12,000 donation to the Center for Lifelong Engineering Education to furnish the Center’s Executive Classroom.
University’s chapter of Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers wins national award
March 29, 2006
The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers recently recognized the society’s student chapter at The University of Texas at Austin as the chapter with the best Outreach and Community Service programs in the nation.
NSF-funded summer program will provide intensive training for undergraduates
March 27, 2006
Eight students will participate this summer in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Cellular and Molecular Imaging for Diagnostics and Therapeutics at The University of Texas at Austin. The National Science Foundation funds the program.
Two awards recognize Dr. Pope’s excellence in enhancing oil recovery
March 23, 2006
Dr. Gary A. Pope’s alma mater, Oklahoma State University, will honor him in late April with the Melvin R. Lohmann Medal. Also in late April, the Society of Petroleum Engineers will recognize Pope with the Improved Oil Recovery Pioneers Award.
University of Texas at Austin researcher gets $500,000 to study integrating nano into silicon semiconductors
March 9, 2006
A University of Texas at Austin microelectronics researcher has received $500,000 from the Department of Defense to research ways to use nanotechnology to overcome hurdles that might halt the march of the silicon-based integrated circuit.
College honors academic achievers and inducts engineers into ethics organization
March 9, 2006
The College of Engineering in late February honored the top 5 percent of engineering students and inducted graduating seniors into an organization devoted to the moral obligations of the engineering profession.
Two aerospace engineers release National Science Foundation report on simulation-based engineering
March 9, 2006
As members of a panel for the National Science Foundation, Professor J. Tinsley Oden and Professor Thomas J.R. Hughes recently helped release a report about the future of Simulation-Based Engineering Science (SBES), a field the report says is “fundamental to the security and welfare of the United States.”
Malina honored by environmental engineering association for lifetime achievement
March 8, 2006
Dr. Joseph F. Malina, Jr., a civil, architectural and environmental engineering professor, will be honored by the Water Environment Association of Texas (WEAT) with the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Siegel wins two awards to fund research on indoor air filtration systems
March 8, 2006
Dr. Jeffrey Siegel, assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, has received two research awards to fund studies on heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.
Two professors to serve as officers of national academy
March 7, 2006
Dr. Stelios Kyriakides will be the 2006 president for the American Academy of Mechanics, and Dr. Ken Liechti will serve as Secretary of the Fellows.
Engineer receives $400,150 to model thin film patterns
March 7, 2006
Aerospace engineer Rui Huang at The University of Texas at Austin has received a $400,150 Early Career Development (CAREER) award to investigate how patterns evolve in thin materials being considered for applications such as flexible video displays and nanoelectronic devices.
NASA mission detects significant Antarctic ice mass loss
March 3, 2006
Scientists were able to conduct the first-ever gravity survey of the entire Antarctic ice sheet using data from the joint NASA/German Aerospace Center Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE). This comprehensive study found the ice sheet's mass has decreased significantly from 2002 to 2005.
