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NASA and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research are backing a team of four universities, led by The University of Texas at Austin, in a project to re-define sensing and analysis of hypersonic vehicles.
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Alumna Stephanie Wilson is one of 18 astronauts selected by NASA for the Artemis Team that will help pave the way for astronauts to the return to the Moon as part of the Artemis program.
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- Written by: Kendra Harris
Incoming assistant professor Thomas Underwood has received an Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Program award to develop a novel type of electromagnetic propulsion.
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- Written by: John Holden, Oden Institute of Computational Engineering and Sciences
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.”
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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.
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- Written by: Kendra Harris
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.
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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.
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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.
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- Written by: Kendra Harris
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.
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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.
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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.
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Texas ASE/EM professor Tinsley Oden and alumnus David Fuentes are collaborating to advance cancer research with a new mechanistic model of tumor growth.
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Aerospace engineering senior Grace Calkins discusses her inspiration for pursuing a career in aerospace engineering, how being involved with student groups has made a difference, and how she’s coping with the transition to virtual learning during the global pandemic.
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Learn how UT's newest supercomputer, Frontera, is enabling researchers like Clint Dawson to make continuous improvements to storm surge forecast models during a record hurricane season.
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Thomas J.R. Hughes has been awarded the 2020 A.C. Eringen Medal from the Society of Engineering Science.
