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Spring Commencement Honors Impressive Class of Graduates

Across all departments, the Cockrell School’s 2013 graduates exude strong leadership, creative thinking and academic excellence. Use #CockrellGrad13 to share your ceremony highlights.

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.

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).

Countdown to Launch

Mechanical engineering alumna and astronaut Karen Nyberg shares her experiences in preparation for her return to the International Space Station.

WIALD Designs, Builds and Launches BalloonSat

The Women in Aerospace for Leadership and Development student group successfully launched and retrieved payloads from a weather balloon on a windy Texas morning.

UTinSV Connects UT & Silicon Valley Innovators

The distance between Silicon Valley and The University of Texas at Austin seems closer than ever, with UTinSV connecting industry leadership with faculty and research expertise.

Photo of The Day

Explore the Cockrell School in photos

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. Women in Aerospace for Leadership and Development (WIALD) president Ciara Waldron and vice president Nicole Pinto presented their April 6 "Balloon Launch to the Edge of Space" experience to the Engineering Advisory Board.