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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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- Written by: David McMichael, University Communications
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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- Written by: Kendra Harris
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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- Written by: Joanne Foote, Oden Institute
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.
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Two aerospace engineering juniors are recipients of the 2024 Brooke Owens Fellowship. Samantha Dolski and Wendy Rossi are among 47 women across the globe selected for the fellowship, which recognizes exceptional undergraduate women and other general minorities studying aerospace engineering.
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Texas Engineers are playing an important role in what could be the first U.S.-based lunar landing in more than 50 years.
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The National Academy of Engineering has elected Noel T. Clemens, a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin, to the academy for 2024.
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- Written by: Kendra Harris
David Fridovich-Keil was selected to receive a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award for 2024.
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For the last few decades, a series of satellites have used lasers to radically improve our understanding of Earth and how it is changing over time. This technology, satellite laser altimetry, has quantified data on critical climate issues such as melting ice, sea level changes, carbon levels in forests around the globe and the amount of aerosols in the sky.
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ASE Distinguished Alumna Jeannie Leavitt set a course for future generations of female fighter pilots, including members of the Marvel Universe.
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Aerospace engineering Ph.D. student Varanasi Sai Subhankar was presented with the Green Engineering Best Student Paper Award at the 2024 AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition.