Global technology competition showcases new student technologies competing for $52,500 in prizes and venture capital interest
October 28, 2009
Fifteen invited university teams, representing four continents and eight countries, will present their breakthrough technology commercialization plans and compete for over $52,500 in cash prizes that may be used to advance their innovations.
Biomedical engineers receive $11.6 million from National Cancer Institute to offer non-traditional cancer research approaches
October 27, 2009
The University of Texas at Austin Department of Biomedical Engineering is among a consortium of leading research entities from across the United States selected to receive up to $11.6 million from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to establish a center to conduct innovative cancer research.
Two Electrical Engineering Professors Receive Awards from U.S. Airforce Totaling $1.1 Million
October 23, 2009
UT Austin Leads Nation in Total Number of Young Investigator Awards
Battery innovator recognized as "Unsung Hero of Science"
October 22, 2009
In the 1970s, John Goodenough initiated a chain of creative ideas that have impacted the electronics industry and battery usage in unprecedented ways.
Chemical engineer selected for National Academy's first educational frontiers symposium
October 19, 2009
Jennifer Maynard, assistant professor of chemical engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, has been selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering's first U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium.
Four petroleum engineering students receive first place in national contest
October 16, 2009
A team of four petroleum engineering students at The University of Texas at Austin received first place at the 2009 Society for Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Petrobowl competition.
Tiny Test Tube Experiment Shows Reaction Of Melting Materials at the Nano Scale
October 14, 2009
AUSTIN, Texas–Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have conducted a basic chemistry experiment in what is perhaps the world's smallest test tube, measuring a thousandth the diameter of a human hair.
Scientists use mathematical modeling to correctly predict previously unknown biological mechanism of regulation
October 13, 2009
AUSTIN, Texas – A team of scientists, led by a biomedical engineer at The University of Texas at Austin, have demonstrated – for the first time – that mathematical models created from data obtained by a recently developed technology called DNA microarrays, can be used to correctly predict previously unknown cellular mechanisms.
ExxonMobil Gives $190,000 Grant to The University of Texas at Austin
October 8, 2009
AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin has received $190,000 from the Exxon Mobil Corporation to support its business, engineering, geosciences, law, natural sciences and LBJ School programs.
Electrical and computer engineering doctoral student receives Intel Fellowship
October 5, 2009
Muhammad Aater Suleman, electrical and computer engineering doctoral student at The University of Texas at Austin, is one of 26 graduate students nationwide to be awarded an Intel Ph.D. Fellowship by the Intel Foundation.
