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E-Week: Weeklong Celebration for Students

Dance offs, pie-eating contests, dodgeball tournaments, even lip syncing. Starting Feb. 17, students will participate in an array of quirky activities in celebration of National Engineers Week.

Regrowing Blood Vessels for Treatment of Heart Disease

One professor is working toward a new, more effective method for regrowing blood vessels in the heart and limbs — an advancement that could change how we treat heart disease.

Solutions in Energy Storage All About Cost

Energy storage is still not considered where it needs to be, and for Mechanical Engineering Professor Ram Manthiram, it's all about the cost.

Keeping Sight

For earlier and more reliable diagnosis of glaucoma, engineers are developing a detection device that bridges advanced research and practical applications.

2011: Engineering the Foundation for the Future

Enjoy a brief video featuring a few of the people at the Cockrell School who were behind the incredible teaching and research that helped transform our lives in 2011.

Measuring Energy Efficiency at Home

Associate Professor Jeff Siegel uses the UTest House to show how small energy-saving changes can have a big impact on your energy bill.

Transforming Engineering Education

Photo of The Day

Explore the Cockrell School in photos

Students participate in the Roughneck Relay during E-Week 2012.
Students participate in Water an Officer during E-Week 2012. Students participate in the Eggstreme Sports challenge during E-Week 2012. Cockrell School of Engineering students participate in an array of activities during E-Week. Desmond Lawler, a professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, stands with a water desalination system developed at the Cockrell School of Engineering. The desalination process aims to increase the recovery rate of fresh water from saltwater from its current 80 percent to 95 percent.