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Two new faculty members, Jesse Chan and Luke Peterson, are joining the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics this fall.
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Planet Texas 2050 researchers, including Clint Dawson, are merging AI, local storytelling and community partnerships to create real-time tools that help protect people and property before, during and after disasters.
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We are seeking nominations for the 2026 Class of the ASE/EM Academy of Distinguished Alumni. Learn more about the nomination process and the academy.
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Todd Humphreys received the prestigious Harold Spencer-Jones Gold Medal at the Royal Institute of Navigation’s 2025 annual general meeting.
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The FLARE-X team by Luis Sentis and supported by senior aircraft design students is one of 15 semifinalists to move on to the next stage of XPRIZE Wildfire’s $5 million Autonomous Wildfire Response Track.
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Alumna Katie Mulry is leading a team of international students to learn more about conditions in outer space through Asclepios, a student-led space mission held each summer in Switzerland.
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Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin invented a new non-invasive, wearable sensor designed to measure a user's hydration levels continuously, in real time.
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Developing methods that turn three days of super‑computer crunching into mere seconds, a University of Texas at Austin led team has created reduced-order models that slash rocket‑engine simulation time by an astonishing 90,000x, opening the door to faster, smarter design of next‑generation propulsion systems.
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Karen Willcox, aerospace engineering professor and director of the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, has been awarded the 2024 Grand Prize by the Japan Society for Computational Engineering and Science (JSCES).
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Despite all the technological evolution in navigation, waters just off coastal shores around the globe have remained a black box. That is, until researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and Oregon State University developed a new technology that uses satellites in space to map out these tricky areas.
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A new study introduces a wireless forehead e-tattoo that decodes brainwaves to measure mental strain without bulky headgear. This technology may help track the mental workload of workers like air traffic controllers, surgeons, truck drivers and more.
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The University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Space Research Education and Outreach Department has received funding as a sub-awardee through The Aldrin Foundation to support its LiftOff Summer Institute.
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Sam Morgan has received the Best Student Paper Award at this year’s IEEE/ION PLANS Symposium.
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Congratulations to our Class of 2025 students who will be leaving the Forty Acres soon to continue their engineering journeys in the real world.
