Prof. John Goodenough awarded Welch Award in Chemistry

Sept. 27, 2017
Renowned UT Engineering Prof. Dr. John B. Goodenough has another prestigious honor to add to his mantle: the 2017 Robert A. Welch Award in Chemistry. Goodenough first received wide acclaim...

UT Austin to co-lead NSF research center aimed at converting natural gas into transportation fuels

Sept. 27, 2017
UT Austin's Cockrell School of Engineering will help lead a five-year, $20 million National Science Foundation engineering research center...

UT Energy Symposium Kicks off New Semester of Guest Lectures

Sept. 13, 2017
Gene Preston, CEO of Transmission Adequacy Consulting, delivered the opening lecture in this fall’s UT Energy Symposium (UTES), the popular guest lecture series sponsored by the Energy Institute.

West Texas Talk: Dr Todd Davidson & Dr Joshua Rhodes Of UT Austin’s Energy Institute

Sept. 8, 2017
On this segment of NPR's West Texas Talk, Lorne Matalon speaks with Dr Todd Davidson and Dr Joshua Rhodes, energy scientists based at the University of Texas at Austin's Energy Institute...

Energy Institute cited in DOE grid reliability study

Aug. 30, 2017
Energy Institute Deputy Director Dr. Michael Webber and Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Joshua Rhodes were both cited in a new study on electric grid reliability prepared by the U.S. Department of Energy...

UT Austin Leads Hyper-Local Air Pollution Mapping Study

Aug. 30, 2017
Engineering researchers at UT Austin, led by Prof. Joshua Apte in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, have developed the most detailed and extensive...

Science reporter Maria Gallucci to study de-carbonization of global shipping industry as new UT Energy Journalism Fellow

Aug. 30, 2017
Maria Gallucci, a science reporter with Mashable, will begin a yearlong sabbatical from daily news reporting as the 2017-18 UT Energy Journalism Fellow...

Bureau of Economic Geology study finds Bakken shale play will remain major contributor to U.S. oil production for decades

Aug. 30, 2017
UT Austin’s Bureau of Economic Geology has concluded a comprehensive study of the Bakken unconventional resource in North Dakota and Montana...

Delusions of grandeur in building a low-carbon future

Aug. 30, 2017
Economic models used to inform decision-makers about such policies as the Paris Agreement on climate change are fundamentally flawed, writes Dr. Carey King...

Center for Energy Economics releases report on current and future demand for natural gas in China and India

Aug. 30, 2017
The continuation of low domestic gas and LNG prices could result in short-term demand increases in both China and India, but current price levels are not likely to endure over the longer-term, report economists...