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Health care workers treating COVID-19 patients are facing a shortage of face masks and other personal protective equipment that could shield them when exposed to the virus. A group of researchers in the Cockrell School’s Texas Inventionworks innovation hub ...

Takashi Tanaka has been selected to receive a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award for 2020.

Near-earth space is becoming more crowded. UT Associate Professor of Aerospace Moriba Jah talks the importance of long-term sustainability and policy reform.

Nanshu Lu is part of a UT Austin research team that was selected by the journal Micromachines for the best paper award in 2019. The team was selected for its paper entitled "Stretchable Tattoo-Like Heater with On-Site Temperature Feedback Control."

Alumnus Dan Deans (B.S. ASE 1990) recalls having a crisis in college.

“I ended my freshman year as a pre-med biology major on scholastic probation, which is when my dad suggested I try engineering. You know, another easy major,” he said jokingly as he reminisced on his early years at UT Austin. “I always loved airplanes, and my dad was a pilot. So, I decided to switch to aerospace engineering. He did me a huge favor that day.”

Learn more about computational engineering major Jennifer Zvonek's internship experience at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences where she worked with a team of experts in autonomous systems under the supervision of Ufuk Topcu.

Moriba Jah is one of two faculty members in the Cockrell School of Engineering selected for UT Austin's 2020 Public Voices Fellowship which was established to increase the range of voices and quality of ideas heard around the world.

The Cockrell School of Engineering has named distinguished professor and computational engineer Clint Dawson as the new chair of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. He will begin his appointment on Sept. 1, 2020, succeeding the department’s current chair, Noel Clemens.

When aerospace engineering alumna Jill Meyers opens her laptop, an image of a Pilatus PC-12 in flight lights up the screen, serving as a daily reminder of the inspiration for her career in aerospace engineering.

Todd Humphreys has been elected a Fellow member of the Institute of Navigation (ION) for his important contributions PNT security and for bringing precise GNSS positioning to the mass market,