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Donglei 'Emma' Fan Selected as Ilene Busch-Vishniac Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University
Donglei ‘Emma’ Fan, associate professor in the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been selected as the 2022 Ilene Busch-Vishniac Lecturer at the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering.
Jamie Warner Named Director of the Texas Materials Institute
Jamie Warner, the Hayden Head Centennial Professor in Mechanical Engineering, has been appointed as the new director of the Texas Materials Institute, effective July 1, 2022.
John Goodenough Turns 100
John Goodenough has been a part of rarified air for decades now. And this week he joined another exclusive club.The lithium-ion battery pioneer and Nobel Prize winner turned 100.
Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program Ranked #10 in the Nation for 2023
The mechanical engineering graduate program in the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin has been ranked No. 10 according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 graduate school rankings.
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Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program Ranked #10 in the Nation for 2023
The mechanical engineering graduate program in the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin has been ranked No. 10 according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 graduate school rankings.
Keep readingJamie Warner Named Director of the Texas Materials Institute
Jamie Warner, the Hayden Head Centennial Professor in Mechanical Engineering, has been appointed as the new director of the Texas Materials Institute, effective July 1, 2022.
Keep readingDonglei 'Emma' Fan Selected as Ilene Busch-Vishniac Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University
Donglei ‘Emma’ Fan, associate professor in the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been selected as the 2022 Ilene Busch-Vishniac Lecturer at the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering.
Keep readingJohn Goodenough Turns 100
John Goodenough has been a part of rarified air for decades now. And this week he joined another exclusive club.The lithium-ion battery pioneer and Nobel Prize winner turned 100.
Keep readingCentenarian of Energy Innovation
Happy 100th Birthday to John B. Goodenough, professor and Nobel Laureate. On July 22nd, a group of students, colleagues, and friends gathered at UT Austin to celebrate his life and world-changing work.
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Acoustics
Acoustics engineers perform research on problems of both a basic and applied nature in physical...
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Advanced Manufacturing and Design
Advanced Manufacturing and Design uses technological advances to create products and systems that...
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Advanced Materials Science and Engineering
The Advanced Materials Science and Engineering research area in the Walker Department of...
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Analytics and Probabilistic Modeling
Decisions are often difficult because the outcome is uncertain. Researchers focused on Analytics...
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Biomechanical and Biomedicine
Biomechanics is the application of fundamental mechanical engineering principles to biological...
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Clean Energy Technology
Clean energy technology research focuses on advancing clean energy technology at every stage, from...
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Complex Systems
Complex Systems includes the science, mathematics and engineering of systems with simple...
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Computational Engineering
Computational engineers develop and apply the computational models, data assimilation techniques,...
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Engineering Education
Engineering Education research focuses on understanding how best to recruit, retain and prepare a...
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Nano and Micro-scale Engineering
As materials, mechanisms, and machines are scaled down to the micro- and nano-scales, new physical...
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Nuclear and Radiation Engineering
Encompasses health physics, radiation engineering, research reactor beam port experiments,...
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Robotics and Intelligent Mechanical Systems
Robotics and intelligent machines are emerging as prime technologies that can provide a wide range of...
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