Archive for: Cockrell School of Engineering

 

UT is Working With Google to Map Air Pollution in Real Time

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Scientists at UT, led by Cockrell School professor Josh Apte and in collaboration with Google, the Environmental Defense Fund, and Aclima, a company that builds...

 
 

Dreams into Movies

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Electrodes connected to a sleeping person’s head, lab-coated scientists monitoring a computer screen for subconscious activity—the ability to watch somebody’s...

 
 

Spinning Wheels

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In the northwestern corner of New Mexico, massive sheets of rock shoot out of the earth 7,000 feet high. It’s Shiprock—an iconic formation found among the 27,000...

 
 

Fungus, Thy Name is Bevo

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When Cockrell School of Engineering researchers uncovered a never-before-identified strain of fungi in their lab at the University of Texas, they made sure it would...

 
 

Breaking Ground

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It was a rare, frozen-breath kind of day on campus, but even the brisk weather couldn’t stop the inevitable: The Cockrell School of Engineering is getting...

 
 

The Demolition of the ENS Building [Watch]

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The Engineering-Science Building, which has been a stalwart piece of the engineering quad for the last 50 years, is no more. The aging building stood partially empty...

 
 
Up in the Air

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Up in the Air

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The drone revolution isn’t coming—it’s already here. Can UT expertise help us navigate the future? The stadium was buzzing. It was a balmy day in...

 
 

Latest U.S. News Rankings Put UT at 53rd Nationally, 17th Among Publics

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A college’s reputation is a tricky thing to quantify. Still, in the form of rankings, reputation is nevertheless a meaningful indicator for students and...

 
 

Texas Ex Leaves $35 Million to UT’s Engineering School

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A $35 million donation to UT’s engineering school has just made UT history as the largest scholarship endowment the Forty Acres has ever seen. T. W. “Tom”...

 
 

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‘Discovery is in our DNA’: Inside Hans Mark’s Incredible Career

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After fleeing Nazi Germany for a life in the U.S., UT engineering professor Hans Mark worked in Mission Control during the first moon landing, pushed President Reagan...

 
 
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