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The Women in Aerospace for Leadership and Development student organization is one of eighteen teams selected to participate in NASA's 2014 Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program.

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NASA has put together a highly skilled team of industry and academic partners, including Charles Tinney's research group, to test the new RS-25 — the first reusable rocket engine in history.

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The Texas Spacecraft Laboratory, directed by Professor Glenn Lightsey, has partnered with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to create the Radiometer Atmospheric Cubesat Experiment (RACE) mission.

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The University of Texas at Austin's aerospace engineering graduate program has been ranked No. 8 by the U.S. News & World Report.

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Todd Humphreys and the UT Radionavigation Lab are featured in this BBC news story: "Are drones the next target for hackers?" 

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Bob Schutz has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional distinctions bestowed upon an engineer.

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Professor Clint Dawson discusses the many reasons hurricane research is so critical in this op-ed piece published in the Houston Chronicle.

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When Dr. Hans Mark teaches UT's introduction to Aerospace Engineering course, he shares the inside story on every major aerospace project for the last half century. That is because he was always in the room championing the people and innovations that have given our country the edge in technology superiority to win the Cold War and lead the digital age. Whether you connected with Dr. Mark at Berkeley, MIT, Livermore, NASA, the Air Force, the Department of Defense or at UT, he no doubt made a mark on your life. Read a feature story on Dr. Mark's life here.

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 Maruthi Akella has been elected fellow of the American Astronautical Society (AAS). Fellowship is conferred in recognition of "significant and unique contributions to astronautics, space science, space engineering, space education and outreach, and service to AAS."

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Professor Clint Dawson wrote an op-ed for the Houston Chronicle discussing the many reasons hurricane research is so critical.

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Aerospace engineering major Bryce Ewalt was selected to receive the Cockrell School's Outstanding Scholar/Leader Award.

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Texas Monthly has listed Todd Humphreys' work on spoofing a superyacht as one of the five most interesting scientific discoveries to come out of Texas in 2013. 

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In UT’s Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, we are working hard to ensure we don’t miss out on the talent of half the population.

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The LRA is a student-run amateur rocketry group dedicated to giving students a chance to develop their high-power rocketry and composite fabrication skills while developing lasting friendships.

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ASE/EM professor and ICES director J. Tinsley Oden has been a major player in the development and global acceptance of computational mechanics.