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GRACE Mission Grows Up at the Cockrell School

More than 15 years ago, Byron Tapley, director of the Center for Space Research, set out to look at the earth in a different way. Now, the next phase of the GRACE mission begins.

The Peppas Factor: Educating Future Leaders

Nicholas Peppas’ teaching style is a true combination of old-fashioned elements and modern concepts. In the past 30 years, he has created a constellation of leaders across multiple engineering fields.

Engineering Faculty Enter the Entrepreneur Scene

Longhorn Startup Studio gives faculty members an opportunity to share their patents and startups with Austin's business and entrepreneurial community.

Microgrids: Big Power, Small Grids

Researchers are exploring how to leverage microgrids to strengthen the nation’s power grid, work that could help homes and regions maintain power independence and become more efficient day-to-day.

Launch Successful: Alum's Second Space Mission Begins

Mechanical engineering alumna and astronaut Karen Nyberg shared her experiences before her May 28 return to the International Space Station.

Midland Community Rallies to Support the Vision of the EERC

Midland is known for its philanthropy. And it is now home to the largest number of donors for the Cockrell School’s Engineering Education and Research Center (EERC).

Photo of The Day

Explore the Cockrell School in photos

Look what we found! This sign in the mechanical engineering building explains the basics of lab safety.
The Cockrell School honored 405 graduate and 831 undergraduate students at the 2013 Spring Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 17. President Obama stands in front of a 450-mm wafer designed by Cockrell School mechanical engineering professor S.V. Sreenivasan’s company, Molecular Imprints, in partnership with Intel. (Photo provided by Molecular Imprints.) These Cockrell School faculty members were honored this week at a reception hosted by UT Austin President Bill Powers for being elected to the National Academies in 2012 and 2013.

Left to right: UT President Bill Powers; Keith Johnston, National Academy of Engineering; George Georgiou, Institute of Medicine; Joe Beaman and Sharon Wood, National Academy of Engineering; and John Goodenough, National Academy of Sciences. Engineering students took a break from studying to hold, pet and interact with baby bunnies, lizards, hedgehogs and chickens at a petting zoo in the engineering plaza.