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Thermal images of model buildings Texas Engineer Yuebing Zheng made to demonstrate new cooling materials

AI-Created Materials Could Make Your Energy Bill Cheaper

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July 02, 2025

Texas Engineers developed new materials developed using machine learning and artificial intelligence to keep your house cooler and reduce energy bills.

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  • Research Advancements,
  • Mechanical Engineering,

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Texas Engineer Karen Willcox

Willcox Wins Japan Computational Engineering Award

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June 25, 2025

Texas Engineer Karen Willcox has been awarded the 2024 Grand Prize by the Japan Society for Computational Engineering and Sciences (JSCES). becoming the first woman to win the award in its 30-year history. 

Published by the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Science.

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  • Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics,
A clinician performing an echocardiogram of a patient's heart

AI Can Diagnose Your Heart in Just a Few Minutes

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June 24, 2025

Texas Engineers worked with researchers from Yale School of Medicine to develop an artificial intelligence-enabled tool that can quickly and accurately interpret echocardiograms.

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  • Research Advancements,
  • Students,
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering,

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A collage of digital restoration of damaged paintings developed by Texas Engineering alumnus Alex Kachkine

Restoring Damaged Paintings With AI 'Masks'

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June 23, 2025

Texas Engineering alumnus Alex Kachkine developed a new method to physically apply a digital restoration directly onto a damaged painting. 

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  • Research Advancements,
  • Alumni Stories,
  • Mechanical Engineering,

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Texas Engineer Nicholas Peppas in his office

Texas Engineer Awarded Northwestern’s Kabiller Prize

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June 17, 2025

Drug delivery luminary and Texas Engineer Nicholas Peppas has won the Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine from Northwestern University’s International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN).

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  • Biomedical Engineering,
  • Chemical Engineering,

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Texas Engineer Guihua Yu poses in his lab

Yu Wins UAE’s Global Water Award

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June 13, 2025

Texas Engineer Guihua Yu won the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award from the United Arab Emirates for his breakthrough work to provide clean, drinkable water using renewable solar energy.

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  • Faculty,
  • Mechanical Engineering,

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  FromTexas Engineers Satyam Kumar and Hussein Alawieh and professor José del R. Millán operate a robotic arm using a brain-computer interface.

A Jolt of Innovation for Brain-Computer Interfaces

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June 11, 2025

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin discovered a novel way to accelerate the learning curve of brain-computer interfaces. These devices allow users to control things using only their thoughts. 

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  • Research Advancements,
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering,

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A rendering of ICESat-2 and its laser technology that Texas Engineers used to map nearshore waters.

Space Laser Tech Maps Mysterious Nearshore Terrain

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June 05, 2025

Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and Oregon State University developed a new technology that uses satellites in space to map the tricky waters just off coastal shores.

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  • Faculty,
  • Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics,

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Texas Engineer Gabriela Nomura at Cockrell commencement receiving the Outstanding Scholar-Leader award

Gabriela Nomura Is Outstanding

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June 04, 2025

Gabriela Nomura, this year's Cockrell Outstanding Scholar-Leader, is on her way to becoming a physician/engineer, with a goal of designing medical devices while also working with patients. 

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  • Awards,
  • Students,
  • Biomedical Engineering,

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Forehead e-tattoo created by Texas Engineers applied to a test subject

Stressed or Bored at Work? New Electronic Tattoo Can Help

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May 29, 2025

A new wireless forehead e-tattoo created by Texas Engineers decodes brainwaves to measure mental strain without bulky headgear.

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  • Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics,

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