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Todd Humphreys' Work on GPS Vulnerabilities Featured in New Yorker
Todd Humphreys' work on proving the vulnerability of GPS is featured in this New Yorker piece, in which he also weighs in on the future of the robust GPS system that is currently being used worldwide.
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Committed to Building a More Diverse, Equitable and Inclusive Environment
The Cockrell School and Texas ASE/EM are committed to building an inclusive environment, free from all forms of hate, racism and injustice, where students, faculty and staff feel safe and supported. Every member of our school community — whoever you are, wherever you are from and whatever you believe — is valued. Never forget that you belong here.
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New Research Aims to Explore the Relationship Between Coronavirus and Blood Clots
Blood clots have emerged as one of an increasing number of deadly side effects of the novel coronavirus in some patients. Manuel Rausch and a team of researchers are embarking on a project to learn more about the onset of thromboembolism as a result of COVID-19.
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5 Questions with Alumna Rebekah Siegfriedt on the Mars Perseverance Mission
A systems engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Rebekah Sosland Siegfriedt tells us what it’s like working on the Mars Perseverance rover and how her education at UT Austin helped her prepare for this important mission.
Keep readingFirst Computational Engineering Undergraduate Program Offered by a U.S. University
Computational engineering is a new and rapidly growing multidisciplinary field that applies advanced computational methods and analysis to engineering practice.
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Research Areas
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Aerothermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics
This area involves study and research in hypersonics, aerodynamics, gas dynamics, turbulence,...
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Computational Mechanics / Computational Engineering
This area involves study and research on theoretical and implementational aspects of numerical...
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Controls, Autonomy and Robotics
This area involves research in system theory, controls, networks, autonomy, and robotics with...
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Orbital Mechanics
This area involves study and research in the applications of orbital mechanics and remote sensing...
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Solids, Structures and Materials
This area involves study and research in mechanics of composite materials, fracture mechanics,...
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