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Alumnus Tyler Summers, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas, was selected to receive an NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award to support his research to develop control systems and networks for autonomous vehicles.
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Noel Clemens has been selected to receive the 2022 AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Award.
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Nanshu Lu has been selected to receive the 2022 Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award by the Applied Mechanics Division of the ASME.
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Maruthi Akella has been elevated to the grade of fellow for the class of 2022 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
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A special issue of the Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications (JOTA) was dedicated this year in honor of Professor Emeritus David Hull for his pioneering research in optimization theory and its applications toward the field of aerospace engineering.
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Launch Texas, a comprehensive program that will combine world-class technical and entrepreneurial education, fundamental and applied space research and outreach in a collaborative initiative, has received its first seed funding gift thanks to a donation from Texas Engineering alumnus Thomas (Tom) McKnight (B.S. ASE 1970) and his wife, Mimi.
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Meet graduate student Hailey Nichols, who recently won first place in UT Austin’s inaugural Female Founder Pitch Competition, hosted by the Kendra Scott Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute (KS WELI) and the Texas Innovation Center at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Professor Karen Willcox is helping to lead a collaborative effort between the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (Oden Institute), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MD Anderson) and the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), to fund a cooperative research and educational program in Oncological Data and Computational Sciences.
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- Written by: John Holden, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak launches new enterprise to address space traffic sustainability and appoints UT Austin’s Moriba Jah as his chief scientific advisor.
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Locus Lock, a startup founded by aerospace engineering graduate student Hailey Nichols, won first place in the UT Graduate/Postdoc category in UT's inaugural Female Founder Pitch Competition. Eyes on the Sky (Moriba Jah), founded by professor of practice Erin Reilly, won second place in the UT Faculty/Staff category.
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Professor Emeritus Ivo Babuška celebrated his 95th birthday in style in downtown Albuquerque this month where leading computational scientists gathered to participate in a one-day workshop in his honor.
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Earlier this year, Blue Origin — the spaceflight company formed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2000 — successfully launched its first-ever crewed mission, taking another major step forward in its mission to lower the cost of access to space through reusable spacecraft and rocket engines. For UT alumnus and Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith, the company’s mission represents a full-circle opportunity to provide a new generation with the same inspiration he received from earlier aerospace accomplishments.
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A group of Longhorns led by aerospace engineering alumnus Arthur Erickson (B.S. ASE 2017) is working to transform agricultural crop care across the globe with their “AgroDrones.”
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Medical sensing technology has taken great strides in recent years, with the development of wearable devices that can track pulse, brain function, biomarkers in sweat and more.
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NASA is gearing up for a mission to land on Jupiter's moon Europa, which houses a deep ocean beneath an icy shell. This mission, which could seek evidence of life on an icy world, is one of a kind, and it's also created a unique opportunity for aerospace and computational engineering undergraduate students.
