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Incoming assistant professor Thomas Underwood has received an Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Program award to develop a novel type of electromagnetic propulsion.
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- Written by: John Holden, Oden Institute of Computational Engineering and Sciences
Ufuk Topcu led a yearlong effort involving more than 100 autonomy experts nationwide in the completion of a report titled “Assured Autonomy: Path Toward Living With Autonomous Systems We Can Trust.”
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Thomas Hughes and Nanshu Lu have been named Highly Cited Researchers for 2020 according to the Highly Cited Researchers 2020 list from the Web of Science Group and Clarivate.
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Ann Chen, an assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, was selected as the winner of the 2020 ASE/EM LUNAR Council Teaching Award.
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Learn about Texas ASE/EM alumnus and Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith's passion to make traveling to space more affordable and accessible by building scalable, reusable launch vehicles.
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Todd Humphreys, an expert in the study of Global Navigation Satellite Systems, is leading UT Austin's efforts on a new Department of Transportation Center.
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Two Texas ASE/EM faculty members have been elected to the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) for 2020. Moriba Jah was elected a full member of the IAA and Maruthi Akella was elected a corresponding member.
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Alumnus Alan Stern is the first researcher to be selected to fly aboard a commercial space aircraft where he will conduct research to test imaging for future astronomical observations on the future flight.
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A historic collaboration between the U.S. Army, the State of Texas and The University of Texas at Austin has taken a major step forward with the newly finished Army Futures Command robotics laboratory in the renovated Anna Hiss Gymnasium on campus, and a Texas ASE/EM robot led the way to the unveiling.
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Texas ASE/EM professor Tinsley Oden and alumnus David Fuentes are collaborating to advance cancer research with a new mechanistic model of tumor growth.
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Aerospace engineering senior Grace Calkins discusses her inspiration for pursuing a career in aerospace engineering, how being involved with student groups has made a difference, and how she’s coping with the transition to virtual learning during the global pandemic.
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Learn how UT's newest supercomputer, Frontera, is enabling researchers like Clint Dawson to make continuous improvements to storm surge forecast models during a record hurricane season.
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Thomas J.R. Hughes has been awarded the 2020 A.C. Eringen Medal from the Society of Engineering Science.
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K. Ravi-Chandar has been awarded the 2020 William Prager Medal from the Society of Engineering Science.
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Five Texas ASE/EM faculty are working on a multidisciplinary predictive science research project funded by the Department of Energy to simulate a plasma torch.