News Archives - Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

November
20	Peppas receives international award
19	40 years ago today… a Longhorn Landed on the Moon
18	Petroleum engineering student named to national All Tournament Water Polo Team
13	Walton receives Texas transportation award
13	Pan receives UCLA alumnus award
10	Engineers' vaccine wins Grand Challenge Award from Gates Foundation
9	Biomedical engineering student receives $33,000 Larry Temple scholarship
9	Electrical engineering undergraduate receives Radio Club of America scholarship
9	Petroleum engineering professor receives international award
9	Petroleum engineering professor receives national honor
9	Civil engineering professor receives national award
9	Aerospace engineering professor receives honorary membership to Czech Society for Mechanics
9	Electrical engineers team with physician to improve reading of heart's signals
8	Chemical engineer receives national service award
4	Engineers Receive $7 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
October
28	Global technology competition showcases new student technologies competing for $52,500 in prizes and venture capital interest
27	Biomedical engineers receive $11.6 million from National Cancer Institute to offer non-traditional cancer research approaches
23	Two Electrical Engineering Professors Receive Awards from U.S. Airforce Totaling $1.1 Million
22	Battery innovator recognized as "Unsung Hero of Science"
19	Chemical engineer selected for National Academy's first educational frontiers symposium
16	Four petroleum engineering students receive first place in national contest
14	Tiny Test Tube Experiment Shows Reaction Of Melting Materials at the Nano Scale
13	Scientists use mathematical modeling to correctly predict previously unknown biological mechanism of regulation
8	ExxonMobil Gives $190,000 Grant to The University of Texas at Austin
5	Electrical and computer engineering doctoral student receives Intel Fellowship
September
17	White House presents 2009 Enrico Fermi Award to John Goodenough for lifetime achievements
16	Professors receive $2.5 million to better convert water into clean hydrogen fuel using sunlight
14	Iraq War veteran's next tour of duty: Battling pancreatic cancer
11	$105 million award to lead national earthquake engineering network
9	$1 million grant to build carbon capture and storage workforce
9	Electrical engineering graduate student selected as 2009 Marconi Society Young Scholar
1	Faculty win three more NSF CAREER awards, boosting school's total to 11 for 2009
August
24	Tyler Dube successfully balances work, school and band to become the 12th drum major from Engineering
21	Engineering undergraduate programs rank among nation's elite
10	Lower-cost solar cells to be printed like newspaper, painted on rooftops
July
29	Nicholas Peppas appointed chair of Biomedical Engineering
14	Director of new Energy Institute named at The University of Texas at Austin
13	The University of Texas at Austin licenses method that speeds electronics manufacturing to Versatilis
10	White House awards electrical engineering assistant professor $1 million Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
9	Two chemical engineering professors elected inaugural fellows of American Chemical Society
9	Paper co-authored by aerospace engineering professor, graduate student selected as journal highlight
9	Mechanical engineering professor's paper selected as journal highlight
June
24	Tricia Berry to serve on Corporate Advisory Council for Women in Engineering ProActive Network
23	Three aerospace engineering professors earn SIAM fellowships
18	Computational mechanics association honors aerospace engineering professor
18	Philip Varghese named chair of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
18	Civil engineering professor receives ASCE award
16	Aerospace engineering professor receives international medal
15	Three engineering professors win Grand Challenge Faculty Awards
9	University of Texas at Austin 'picosatellite' to be launched from Space Shuttle to begin milestone small-satellite mission
4	Biomedical engineer to attend National Academy of Engineering's 'Frontiers’ program
3	NSF Graduate Research Fellowships awarded to 10 current, former Cockrell School students
May
27	Schmidt to receive Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching Award for 2009
21	Cockrell School receives $220,000-plus to recruit, retain engineering students
19	2009 graduate John Bridgman copes with dyslexia, inspires others
14	Electrical and computer engineering staffer receives advising award
14	ConocoPhillips gives $1 million in departmental grants to The University of Texas at Austin
14	Chemical engineering and chemistry professor wins Electrochemical Society medal
12	Mechanical engineering student receives academic achievement award
12	Aerospace engineering professor receives American Society of Mechanical Engineers medal
12	Aerospace engineering undergraduate selected as Fulbright scholar
12	Aerospace engineering professor honored in special issue of Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
12	Mechanical engineering professor receives ASEE Best Paper Award
12	Aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics professor awarded two SIAM prizes
12	Bonnecaze reappointed chair of Department of Chemical Engineering
7	Faster computers, electronic devices possible after scientists create large-area graphene on copper
6	Biomedical engineering student receives national SPIE scholarship
6	Aerospace engineering professor receives SIAM Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession
5	University of Texas at Austin biologists, engineers in $25 million project to develop jet fuel from algal oil
April
29	Professor in Computational Mechanics Elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences
29	Solar Cells, Batteries and Geological Storage Research Receive $30.5 Million at The University of Texas at Austin
28	Cockrell School names 2009 Staff Excellence Award winners
23	Black engineers student group wins regional award
23	Civil engineering professor to appear on public television documentary
23	Cockrell School graduate program ranks in the top 10 nationally
22	Chemical Engineer Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
22	Professor Janet Ellzey Appointed Vice Provost
20	Four Cockrell School staff members receive university's Outstanding Staff awards
17	One-story masonry building survives strong jolts during seismic tests
16	Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Program to receive $25,000
14	Graduate student receives $250,000 Hertz Fellowship
9	Undergraduates receive first, second places in AIChE regional conference
9	Associate professor elected fellow of International Society for Optics and Photonics
8	Women in Engineering Program director selected to join the Leadership Texas Class
8	Aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics professor receives 2009 Theodore von Karman Medal
3	Engineers collapse 120-foot bridge to study behavior, safety
2	Chemical engineering professor recognized as "Most Cited Author" and "Most Prolific Author"
1	University of Texas at Austin, IBM collaboration helps develop water purification technology
March
31	Engineers develop method to disperse chemically modified graphene in organic solvents
24	Biomedical engineering doctoral student receives research dissertation fellowship
23	Engineering students, Goodwill to hold electronic recycling drive
20	Chemical engineering professor receives Malcolm E. Pruitt Award
20	Graduate student receives East Asia and Pacific summer internship
19	Professor receives Excellence In Engineering Teaching award
13	Chemical engineering professor elected as Materials Research Society Fellow
13	Engineering professors honored by AIMBE
12	Engineers to conduct collapse-load test on 120-foot bridge with fractured girder
11	Aerospace engineering special projects coordinator receives department Staff Excellence Award
10	Professors receive Women in Engineering Advocate Award
9	Aerospace engineering professor receives 'Most Cited Author' award
February
27	Aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics professor receives Humboldt Research Award
23	NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson to discuss Space Shuttle journeys
20	Chemical engineering associate professor to give 2009 Dudley A. Saville Lecture at Princeton
20	Professor emeritus receives Geerhard Haaijer Award
19	Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day offers interactive fun for Central Texas girls
18	Shell Oil Company gives $313,500 in grants to The University of Texas at Austin
16	Engineers receive $3.2 million in National Science Foundation CAREER awards
16	Assistant professor receives Cockrell School Outstanding Teaching award
13	Electrical & computer engineering professor receives Billy & Claude R. Hocott research award
12	Graduate students receive national grants
6	'Accidental' discovery of polymer could have new applications in food, drug packaging
6	Student Engineering Council seeking teams for first Alternative Energy Challenge; up to $4,000 in prize money
4	Engineers try to 'bring down the house' during simulated earthquake tests
3	Fort Worth philanthropist gives $18 million for endowment in engineering sciences
2	University of Texas at Austin licenses technology for skin cancer detection
January
27	Nuclear fusion-fission hybrid could destroy nuclear waste, contribute to carbon-free energy future
26	Interdisciplinary team at The University of Texas at Austin receives $500,000 grant to tackle urban sustainability issues
26	Civil engineering professor appointed chair of committee
23	More accurate FEMA flood maps could help avoid significant damages, losses
15	Aerospace chairman appointed to serve in space consortium
15	Engineers embark on $6.8 million research project to develop accurate, wireless monitoring of highway bridges
13	Former engineering student receives dissertation honor
8	University of Texas at Austin engineer awarded statewide honor for young investigators
7	FIG facilitators, mentors receive recognition
6	Engineering professor receives chemistry award
5	Professor emeritus in electrical engineering passes away
5	Environmental engineering professor named fellow of national science organization
5	Civil engineering professor awarded visiting professorship in Denmark

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