University of Texas at Austin Licenses Technology for Nanoparticle Detection to Houston Company
September 29, 2008
Technology that can determine the concentration of nanomaterials in living tissue has been licensed by The University of Texas at Austin to Houston-based nanoTox Inc.
Di Suvero sculpture to be installed adjacent to engineering building
September 25, 2008
New graphene-based material clarifies graphite oxide chemistry
September 25, 2008
A new "graphene-based" material that helps solve the structure of graphite oxide and could lead to other potential discoveries of the one-atom thick substance called graphene, which has applications in nanoelectronics, energy storage and production, and transportation such as airplanes and cars has been created by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.
Chemical engineering professor to give 2008 Thiele Lecture
September 24, 2008
Thomas Truskett, chemical engineering professor at The University of Texas at Austin, has been invited to give the 2008 Theile Lecture in chemical and bimolecular engineering at Notre Dame.
$12.5 million National Science Foundation grant to fund UTeachEngineering program for educators
September 22, 2008
The University of Texas at Austin's Cockrell School of Engineering, College of Natural Sciences and College of Education have been awarded $12.5 million by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to prepare educators to teach engineering to Texas high-school students.
HENAAC awards scholarships to four engineering students
September 22, 2008
Four University of Texas at Austin engineering students will receive scholarships this year from the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation.
Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering to Induct 2008 Academy of Distinguished Alumni
September 22, 2008
Nine alumni from the Department of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin will be inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Alumni this fall.
$750,000 educational grant awarded for engineering diversity outreach
September 22, 2008
The Nuclear and Radiation Engineering and Thermal Fluids Systems programs in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have been awarded $750,000 to establish an outreach program with historically black colleges and universities to introduce students and faculty to nuclear science and engineering.
Engineer appointed to Environmental Protection Agency advisory board
September 17, 2008
Chemical Engineering Professor David Allen has been appointed a three-year term on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Science Advisory Board, the federal agency recently announced.
New carbon material shows promise of storing large quantities of renewable electrical energy
September 16, 2008
Engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have achieved a breakthrough in the use of a one-atom thick structure called "graphene" as a new carbon-based material for storing electrical charge in ultracapacitor devices, perhaps paving the way for the massive installation of renewable energies such as wind and solar power.
Petroleum engineer student named ESPN Academic All-American of the Year
September 10, 2008
Donovan Kilmartin, petroleum engineering graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin, has been named 2008 ESPN Academic All-American of the Year in Men's Track and Field.
Petroleum engineering professor receives highest honors
September 8, 2008
Gary Pope, petroleum engineering professor at The University of Texas at Austin, received an honorary membership to the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the highest honor that the society presents to an individual and is limited to less than one tenth of one percent of the society's membership.
Civil engineering professor and graduate students receive international recognition
September 8, 2008
Richard Corsi, environmental engineering professor at The University of Texas at Austin, was elected a fellow of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ).
Transportation engineering professor receives international award
September 8, 2008
Chandra R. Bhat, transportation engineering professor at The University of Texas at Austin, received the Wilbur Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award at the Institute of Transportation Engineers 2008 Annual Meeting and Exhibit.
