Statoil expands fellowship program in Cockrell School of Engineering

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December 14, 2016

The Cockrell School of Engineering and Jackson School of Geosciences has signed a $2.5 million renewal agreement with Norwegian energy company Statoil to expand research addressing a range of environmental and energy issues, said Prof. Jon Olson, Chair of the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering. During the past five years, Statoil has supported more than 30 UT Austin graduate students through its Fellowship program. The new funding will support 11 continuing graduate student research projects and five new Statoil fellows. Read more.