Chevron gives more than $1 million in grants to The University of Texas at Austin
October 30, 2008
Chevron has contributed $1,149,600 in grants to support lab renovations, student scholarships and academic programs at The University of Texas at Austin, bringing the company's total university giving to more than $37 million.
Biomedical engineering professors named fellows of national society
October 23, 2008
Mauro Ferrari, Krish Roy and Christine Schmidt, biomedical engineering professors at The University of Texas at Austin, have been elected fellows of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering.
Engineering school ranks third nationally in graduating diverse engineers
October 20, 2008
The Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin ranks third nationally in graduating minority groups, according to the Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine.
Sharon L. Wood to chair Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
October 20, 2008
Sharon L. Wood has been appointed chair of the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering in the Cockrell School of Engineering.
Nuclear engineers selected to train NRC staff
October 16, 2008
Sean O'Kelly, associate director of the Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory at The University of Texas at Austin, has received a $41,000 contract to provide reactor operator training for U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff for the next five months.
Texas pilot project to verify plant energy-efficiency certification
October 13, 2008
The United States Department of Energy is partnering with The University of Texas at Austin to pilot an energy-efficiency certification program for manufacturing plants.
Mechanical engineering student recognized by international fellowship
October 8, 2008
Dinesh Rabindran, doctoral student in mechanical engineering, received an honorable mention for the 2008 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Robotics and Automation Society Fellowship.
RNA molecules, delivery system improve vaccine responses, effectiveness
October 7, 2008
A novel delivery system that could lead to more efficient and more disease-specific vaccines against infectious diseases has been developed by biomedical engineers at The University of Texas at Austin.
Chemical engineering professor wins national award
October 7, 2008
Venkat Ganesan, chemical engineering professor and the Frank A. Lidell Jr. Centennial Fellow at The University of Texas at Austin has been chosen as the recipient of the 2009 Dillon Medal Award for his contributions to innovative computer simulation approaches and analysis of equilibrium and dynamic properties of multicomponent polymetric materials and nanocomposites.
Team takes first atomic-scale compositional images of fuel-cell nanoparticles
October 6, 2008
In a step toward developing better fuel cells for electric cars and more, The University of Texas at Austin, together with MIT and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have taken the first images of individual atoms on and near the surface of nanoparticles key to the eco-friendly energy conversion devices.
New $5 million grant to fund research advances in solar and other renewable energy technologies
October 1, 2008
The Center for Electrochemistry (CEC) at The University of Texas at Austin has received a $5 million grant from the Houston-based Welch Foundation to start the Renewable Energy Initiative (REI), a multi-disciplinary, collaborative effort to promote advances in renewable energy technologies.
