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Chad Landis Named Fellow of Society of Engineering Science

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Written by: Kendra Harris
January 10, 2023

Chad Landis has been named a Fellow of the Society of Engineering Science for his contributions to the SES and the technical community.

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Willcox, Jah Join Air Force Scientific Advisory Board

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January 5, 2023

Karen Willcox and Moriba Jah have been named to the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, one of the most influential Federal Advisory Committees in science and technology.

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Alumna Hailey Nichols Named to Austin Inno's 25 Under 25 List

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January 2, 2023

Alumna and UT founder of LocusLock, has been named to the Austin Business Journal's Austin Inno 25 Under 25 List.

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December 2022 Newsletter

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December 12, 2022

Read the latest issue of the Texas ASE/EM Newsletter.

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New Launch Texas Program Unveiled at Space Tech Event

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December 6, 2022

On Nov. 4, the Cockrell School of Engineering, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics and the Texas Innovation Center officially kicked off our new space tech entrepreneurial program, Launch Texas.

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Palm E-tattoo Can Tell When You’re Stressed Out

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December 2, 2022

Our palms tell us a lot about our emotional state, tending to get wet when people are excited or nervous. This reaction is used to measure emotional stress and help people with mental health issues, but the devices to do it now are bulky, unreliable and can perpetuate social stigma by sticking very visible sensors on prominent parts of the body.

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Space to Explore: Featuring ASE Student Catherine Dominic

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November 7, 2022

Prepare for impact: Aerospace engineering student Catherine Dominic is on course to be a change-maker.

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Jin Yang Receives Haythornthwaite Initiation Grant

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Written by: Kendra Harris
November 2, 2022

Jin Yang is one of five recipients of the 2022 Haythornthwaite Initiation Grant from the Applied Mechanics Division (AMD) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

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Nanshu Lu Elected Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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Written by: Kendra Harris
October 31, 2022

Nanhsu Lu has been elected a fellow member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for “inventing wearable e-tattoos for biometric sensing and soft e-skins for soft robots to gain human-like sensations.”

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Go for Launch: A special event to unveil Launch Texas

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October 24, 2022

Join us on Friday, Nov. 4th for an unveiling of our new entrepreneurial space tech program, Launch Texas with special guest Bob Smith, CEO of Blue Origin and more.

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Can Robots and Humans Co-exist in Public? UT Campus Study Will Offer Answers

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October 17, 2022

Autonomous robots will soon rove the buildings and streets of The University of Texas at Austin campus. But unlike other commercial delivery services, this fleet of robots will help researchers understand and improve the experience of pedestrians who encounter them.

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Moriba Jah Awarded ‘Genius Grant’ by MacArthur Foundation

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October 12, 2022

Moriba Jah, an astrodynamicist, space environmentalist and aerospace engineer at The University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, often referred to as the “genius grant.” The award recognizes Jah’s work to track and monitor the more than 30,000 human-made objects orbiting the earth.

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CMAME Honors J. Tinsley Oden with Special Issue of Journal

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October 12, 2022

In September the journal, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (CMAME), published a special issue in honor of J. Tinsley Oden.

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ASE Students Place Second in AIAA Design Challenge to Fly Humans to Moons of Mars

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Written by: Kendra Harris
October 10, 2022

For the third year running, a team of aerospace engineering seniors at UT Austin has continued a winning tradition, taking second place in the annual Undergraduate Space Systems design competition sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Foundation.

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Moriba Jah Selected for NASA-funded Research Project to Study Orbital Debris

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October 6, 2022

Moriba Jah and a team of researchers from MIT are one of three university-based teams selected by NASA to study orbital debris.

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