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Karen Willcox, a professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics and the director of the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin, has won the 2024 Theodore von Kármán Prize from the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).
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Retired Maj. Gen. Jeannie M. Leavitt, the U.S. Air Force’s first female fighter pilot and a 1990 aerospace engineering graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, will deliver the keynote address at UT’s 141st Spring Commencement on May 11.
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Ten Texas Engineering alumni of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin have been elected to the 2024 class of the ASE/EM Academy of Distinguished Alumni.
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Department chair Clint Dawson has been honored with the 2024 President's Research Impact Award.
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The University of Texas at Austin is welcoming visitors to campus for the solar eclipse on April 8. In addition to the distribution of free eclipse glasses, live music and events around campus, a unique comprehensive visual installation at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences will be on display. The installation, "From COASTLINE to INLINE," integrates arts and technology at the intersection of climate change, flood and disease modeling.
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Akhilesh Mulgund, a Ph.D. aerospace engineering graduate student, is the recipient of the highly competitive National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship for 2024.
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Learn everything you need to know about solar eclipses in this UT/PBS Be Smart video featuring Moriba Jah and aerospace engieering spacecraft mission and design seniors.
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As we prepare for the total solar eclipse, we can’t help but have a school-kid crush on the cosmos. It’s the perfect time to explore UT’s connections to NASA, space exploration and discovery. Read this UTNews story for some of our favorite burnt orange highlights.
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A new 5-year integrated bachelor’s degree in computational engineering and master’s degree in computational science, engineering, and mathematics will be launched in Fall 2024, adding to the already popular undergraduate computational engineering degree.
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Nanshu Lu has been inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) College of Fellows.
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An event as rare as a total eclipse warrants eyes from every angle. On April 8, the Forty Acres will be a prime ground-level observation point. The Texas Eclipse Ballooning Project aims to add the stratosphere to angles observed from a Longhorn’s point of view.
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Renee Babcock, the academic advising coordinator for the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin, is a recipient of the 2024 Texas Exes James W. Vick Award for Academic Advising.
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Maruthi Akella, a professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering's Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, and his students supported the development of an onboard guidance algorithm that helped Intuitive Machines precisely target and point its lander toward its destination near the Moon’s south pole.
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National Public Radio’s TED Radio Hour features Karen Willcox in a discussion on digital twins.
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Alumnus Nahum Alem, B.S. ASE 2018, was presented with the Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) Modern-Day Technology Leader Award at the 2024 BEYA DTX Conference on Feb. 16. The awards, presented annually at the BEYA STEM conference, are granted to individuals in the workforce for their outstanding work in the field of STEM.
