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Autonomous systems are affecting virtually all aspects of society, so future designs must be guided by a broad range of societal stakeholders. 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.”

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.

Aerospace engineering senior Dillan McDonald was selected for an Honorable Mention as part of the 2020 Universities Space Research Association Distinguished Undergraduate Awards.

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.

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.

Kaylee Champion, an aerospace engineering senior and Cockrell School of Engineering honors student, has been selected to receive a UT Austin Undergraduate Research Fellowship.

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.

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.

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.

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.