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UT Austin again ranked among top 10 graduate engineering programs

March 29, 2018
UT Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering ranks among the top 10 graduate programs in engineering (No. 6 among public universities) in U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 graduate program rankings...

Korgel recognized for nanomaterials research

March 29, 2018
UT Austin Chemical Engineering Prof. Brian Korgel has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his work in the synthesis and applications of nanocrystals, nanowires and their assemblies...

Milliron receives 2018 O’Donnell Award in Engineering

March 29, 2018
Prof. Delia Milliron has been awarded the 2018 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Engineering from The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST)...

Big Ideas: the Full Cost of Electricity

March 29, 2018
Big Ideas, a new online magazine produced by UT’s McCombs School of Business, revisited a recent Energy Institute study, the Full Cost of Electricity...

Expansion of tax credits for carbon capture & sequestration could spur development of coal-fired power plants

March 29, 2018
A little-known provision of the recently enacted federal budget bill extends and expands tax credits for capturing CO2, which could trigger investment in new coal-fired power plants...

Center for Electromechanics nears completion of prototype hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle for UPS

March 29, 2018
Researchers at UT’s Center for Electromechanics (CEM) are nearing completion of a conversion of a UPS delivery van into a prototype zero-emissions hydrogen fuel cell vehicle...

New Federal Budget Puts Price on Carbon

March 9, 2018
Republicans have agreed to put a price on carbon, at least temporarily...

Thousands attend 2018 UT Girl Day

Feb. 27, 2018
Thousands of girls from around the state attended UT Austin’s Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day,..

Sec. of State Rex Tillerson calls for modernizing NAFTA in UT Austin speech on eve of Latin American visits

Feb. 27, 2018
U.S. Secretary of State and UT alum Rex Tillerson discussed modernizing NAFTA during a Feb. 1 event on the UT Austin campus...

UT Austin, ExxonMobil team up for methane hydrate research

Feb. 27, 2018
UT Austin and scientists from ExxonMobil are collaborating on a special project aimed at learning more about methane hydrates...