Engineering graduate will join U.S. Air Force research institute
May 19, 2006
Donald W Peltier, a May aerospace engineering graduate, has been selected to enroll in the Aeronautical Engineering Scholar Program at the Air Force Institute of Technology.
Gore to receive national academic advising award
May 17, 2006
Tricia Gore, director of advising in the Engineering Office of Student Affairs, will receive an Outstanding Advising Certificate of Merit from the National Academic Advising Association.
Interinstitutional Biomedical Engineering Department created by University of Texas System components
May 16, 2006
To strengthen the state's biotechnology capabilities, three institutions of The University of Texas System are combining resources to form a new biomedical engineering department to operate in Houston and Austin.
College of Engineering honors young engineering graduates
May 15, 2006
The College of Engineering will honor four engineering alumni for distinguished contributions. Barbara Canales, Kip McClanahan, Keith Odom and John Weinzierl will receive The University of Texas at Austin Outstanding Young Engineering Graduate award.
University of Texas at Austin student tackles U.N. Summit on Climate Change
May 12, 2006
Sameer Kamal, chemical engineering senior, had a voice in a United Nations summit on sustainable development thanks to a volunteer-driven youth organization.
Demkowicz accepts visiting professorship at UC-Berkeley
May 11, 2006
Dr. Leszek Demkowicz, aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics professor, will serve a month of the 2006-2007 academic year as a visiting professor at the University of California at Berkeley.
ATDF and UT launch center to help bring nanoelectronics to the marketplace
May 11, 2006
ATDF, a wholly owned subsidiary of SEMATECH, and The University of Texas at Austin, have joined forces to create the Advanced Processing and Prototyping Center, a highly specialized R&D program designed to speed leading-edge nanoelectronic technology to the marketplace.
Wheeler appointed to help manage Argonne National Laboratory
May 9, 2006
Dr. Mary F. Wheeler has been appointed a member of the board of governors for Argonne National Laboratory, a federal research facility in Illinois.
Engineers discover predictor of mobility for fluids at nano-scale
May 5, 2006
Chemical engineers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered a new way to predict the mobility of confined fluids at nanometer scales.
President Bush nominates UT engineer to Nuclear Regulatory Commission
May 4, 2006
President Bush has nominated Mechanical Engineering Professor Dale Klein as a commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a federal agency that regulates nuclear reactors, materials and wastes.
Chenevert joins Hall of Fame for drilling engineers
May 3, 2006
Dr. Martin Chenevert, petroleum engineering senior lecturer, was recently inducted into the Drilling Fluids Hall of Fame of the American Association of Drilling Engineers.
Reible receives volunteer award from President Bush
May 3, 2006
Dr. Danny Reible has received a President's Volunteer Service Award for his work retraining former Soviet defense scientists in environmental science and engineering.
