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SIAM conference attendees

Hundreds Gather for Annual SIAM TX-LA Section Meeting

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October 31, 2025

Spearheaded by Prof. Tan Bui-Thanh, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, in partnership with the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, hosted the 8th annual SIAM Texas-Louisiana Sectional Meeting this fall.

Published by the Oden Institute

Hum Mandell

Mission Ready: Time, Talent and Purpose

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October 30, 2025

Distinguished alumnus Humboldt “Hum” Mandell is featured in this UT News story that highlights his work in NASA's mission control when astronauts walked on the Moon, the great loves of his life and UT Austin where it all began, and where his philanthropy continues to make an impact. 

Published by The University of Texas at Austin

Pilot flying new VR flight simulator

New Virtual Reality Training Experiences Take Flight

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October 29, 2025

New virtual reality flight simulators give aerospace engineering students hands-on flight experience.

Published by the Cockrell School of Engineering

Varanasi Sai Subhankar with space backgrouond

Sai Subhankar Wins Student Excellence Award for Plasma Research

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October 23, 2025

Varanasi Sai Subhankar, an aerospace engineering Ph.D. student advised by Thomas Underwood, received the Student Excellence Award at the 2025 American Physical Society Gaseous Electronics Conference.

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UT Faculty Awarded TRC4 Grants to Advance Groundbreaking Trauma Research

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October 20, 2025

Nanshu Lu is partnering with the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research to advance a next-generation e-tattoo sensor that can noninvasively monitor early signs of internal bleeding. 

Published by Texas Research

John-Paul Clarke

John-Paul Clarke Named Fellow of International Airline Operations Society

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October 17, 2025

John-Paul Clarke is one of three distinguished individuals named a fellow of the Airline Group of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies.

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Space Research at UT: Microbes, Satellites and Deep Space Discoveries

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October 10, 2025

The University of Texas at Austin has long been a leader in space research and exploration, making groundbreaking contributions that continue to shape the future of the final frontier. In honor of World Space Week, here are some of UT’s greatest space science discoveries and achievements during the past few years.

Published by The University of Texas at Austin

Lori Magruder

Lori Magruder Elected Associate Fellow of AIAA

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October 1, 2025

Lori Magruder has been elected to the grade of associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) for the 2026 class.

surface of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus

Out-of-this-World Ice Geysers

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September 30, 2025

Simulations show Saturn’s moon Enceladus shoots less ice into space than previous estimates.

Published by the Texas Advanced Computing Center 

Stelios Kyriakides receives honorary doctorate from Cyprus University

Stelios Kyriakides Receives Honorary Doctorate from the University of Cyprus

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September 29, 2025

Stelios Kyriakides has been awarded the title of Honorary Doctor of the Faculty of Engineering from the University of Cyprus.

Published by the University of Cyprus

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Aerospace Engineering Program Ranks No. 8 in Nation

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September 23, 2025

The aerospace engineering undergraduate program in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin has risen to No. 8 in the nation.

Anand Agrawal receiving small satellite award

Ph.D. Student Anand Agrawal Wins Award for Satellite Navigation Research

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September 9, 2025

Ph.D. student Anand Agrawal is helping develop an onboard autonomous spacecraft navigation system that uses landmarks to estimate the spacecraft’s position and timing.

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Thomas Underwood Wins NASA Early Career Faculty Award

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September 4, 2025

Thomas Underwood has received a NASA Early Career Faculty award to develop an electromagnetic propulsion mechanism that is designed for interplanetary travel.

NASA NISAR satellite above Earth

Texas Engineer Joins NISAR Satellite Science Team

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September 3, 2025

A first-of-its-kind satellite just launched into space to map our planet at an unrivaled level of detail, and Jingyi “Ann” Chen will play a key role in the direction of this ambitious mission.

Published by the Cockrell School of Engineering

Kevin Sagis in McKnight Student Center

5 Questions with Kevin Sagis: A New Chapter for TREL

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August 28, 2025

Kevis Sagis joins the department as the new program director of the Texas Rocket Engineering Lab and a professor of practice this fall.

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