Cockrell School engineering programs ranked ninth among 364 engineering schools
August 21, 2007
In the annual rankings of undergraduate program quality by U.S. News & World Report, the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin ranked ninth in the nation among 364 accredited engineering schools, and fifth among the public institutions.
Chemical Engineering doctoral student recognized by AIChE
August 15, 2007
Roy Raharjo, a chemical engineering doctoral student, received the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Separations Division Graduate Student Award, which annually recognizes six outstanding graduate students from around the country.
Wireless researchers team with Nortel to improve mobile broadband networks
August 15, 2007
Nortel is teaming with The Cockrell School of Engineering and other leading university engineers across the globe to develop new innovations that will help meet exploding demand for 4G mobile broadband applications like video, mobile TV and other multimedia services.
Bubble-based technology to test, treat eyes being developed with $1.6 million
August 14, 2007
By bouncing sound waves off tiny bubbles generated inside eye tissue, a biomedical engineer at The University of Texas at Austin is developing a new tool that could improve the outcome of laser eye surgery and address common eye conditions.
Biomedical engineering undergraduate receives national research and design award
August 9, 2007
Isis Trenchard, a senior in biomedical engineering, received the 2007 Undergraduate Research and Design Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society for her work on "Doping of Polyaniline for Use in Recognitive Hydrogels."
Computer engineer receives U.S. Army grant to improve wireless networks
August 8, 2007
Dr. Sriram Vishwanath, computer engineering assistant professor, received a $300,000 U.S. Army Research Office Young Investigator Award to design transmission strategies of wireless networks that are both optimal in performance and simple in complexity and structure.
Biomedical engineering professor wins national James E. Bailey Award
August 7, 2007
Dr. George Georgiou, a biomedical engineering professor and chemical engineering professor, was awarded the James E. Bailey Award from the Society for Biological Engineering of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) for his contributions to protein engineering, specifically the development of therapeutics to biological warfare agents, protein manufacturing technologies, and combinatorial library screening methodologies.
Robotic Research Group directors win outstanding paper award
August 6, 2007
Drs. Delbert Tesar and Chetan Kapoor, the Department of Mechanical Engineering Robotics Research Group's director and associate director respectively, received the 2007 Outstanding Paper Award from the Emerald Literati Network for a paper published in the Industrial Robot Journal.
