McKinney named to California Bay-Delta Authority Independent Science Board
June 28, 2006
Dr. Daene C. McKinney, George and Dawn L. Coleman Centennial Fellow in Engineering and professor of environmental engineering, has been named by the California Bay-Delta Authority to its Independent Science Board.
Women In Engineering honored with National Engineers Week "Girl Day" award
June 28, 2006
Women in Engineering Program has been selected to receive the Engineers Week Award for its significant contributions to Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.
Professors to receive research awards from American Institute of Chemical Engineers
June 26, 2006
Professors Nicholas A. Peppas and Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo will receive national awards from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers at their annual meeting in November. Research professor Lisa Brannon-Peppas will deliver a plenary lecture for the institute’s Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Division meeting.
Stice receives lifetime achievement awards from his alma maters
June 23, 2006
Dr. James Stice, the Bob R. Dorsey Professor Emeritus in Engineering, received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Arkansas’ College of Engineering and a Professional Achievement Award from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
Engineering alumna Stephanie Wilson launching in July
June 23, 2006
Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson will make her first trip to space on July 1 with the crew of STS-121. Wilson graduated from UT Austin with a master’s in engineering in 1992.
The University of Texas at Austin and College of Engineering ranked fifth-best producers of minority undergraduate degrees
June 21, 2006
The University of Texas at Austin ranks fifth in the nation in producing undergraduate degrees for minority groups, according to the June 1 edition of Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine. In addition, the university ranks seventh nationally among the magazine's Top 100 producers of undergraduates for Hispanics, ninth for Asian Americans and 65th for American Indians. For individual colleges, such as Engineering, individual rankings were sometimes higher.
Biomedical engineering students chart careers through dual medical, research internship
June 20, 2006
Fifteen biomedical engineering students from The University of Texas at Austin recently traveled to Houston to experience moments like these as part of a summer internship program at the Texas Medical Center.
Torres elected to AISD board of trustees
June 19, 2006
Vincent Torres, associate director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Resources at The University of Texas at Austin, was elected to the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees.
Incoming engineering grad students, recent grads awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
June 13, 2006
Six students who will attend engineering graduate school at The University of Texas at Austin and five recent graduates of the College of Engineering have won fellowships from the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship program.
With advanced computing models and new technologies, university helps Gulf Coast predict and prepare for major hurricanes
June 12, 2006
For Gordon Wells and his group at the Center for Space Research, hurricane season means making sure those residents—and officials responsible for public safety—know what’s coming, when it’s coming and when they should leave.
News media, researchers to drive and learn about new fuel-saving vehicles during showcase sponsored by the Center for Transportation Research and GM
June 12, 2006
Vehicles incorporating new fuel-saving technologies will be displayed and available to drive when the Transportation Research and General Motors host the Austin stop of a national tour showcasing the industry’s newest solutions to rising fuel prices.
