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UT Austin Engineers Advance Respiratory Health Tech via NSF's National Innovation Corps Program
The University of Texas at Austin's Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering proudly announces the participation of Dr. Tanya Hutter, Assistant Professor, along with her graduate student, Nirmalay Barua, and TEXVMS mentor Rolly Willis, in the esteemed National Science Foundation's National I-CorpsTM program. Together, they form the RespireCoach team, a pioneering force dedicated to transforming respiratory health through cutting-edge technology.
With New Grant, Physicist Explores Using Sound to Transmit Data in Quantum Computers
UT Austin’s Keji Lai has received a Moore Foundation award reserved for the country’s top experimental physicists.
Dr. Deji Akinwande: New Cockrell Family Regents Chair
Recognized for his groundbreaking contributions to nanomaterial science, nanoelectronics, and biosensors; Professor Deji Akinwande has been appointed by the University leadership as the 'Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering #8'. This appointment is in recognition of his outstanding research, teaching, and service sustained over a decade at the University.
Hypothermal Opto-Thermophoretic Tweezers by Zheng Lab
In their new Nature Communications paper entitled “Hypothermal Opto-Thermophoretic Tweezers” (HOTTs), Professor Yuebing Zheng and his students (Pavana Siddhartha Kollipara – leading author, Jingang Li, Zhihan Chen, Hongru Ding, Youngsun Kim, Suichu Huang) along with collaborators (Xiuying Li and Professor Zhenpeng Qi) have achieved low-power trapping of diverse colloids and biological cells in their native fluids.Page 23 of 26
Texas Materials Seminar Series
The Texas Materials Seminar Series features MSE 397 Seminars, TMI Distinguished Lectureships, and TMI Special Seminars, where leading faculty and professionals from around the world share cutting-edge innovations and advancements in materials engineering with our students.
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Alex Demkov Presents on Quantum Materials at Rice University
Alexander Demkov delivered a lecture titled "Ferroelectrics for Emergent Silicon-Integrated Optical Computing."
Dr. Jin Yang Awarded the Pilot Seed Grant from the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)
Dr. Jin Yang, an Assistant Professor, has recently been awarded a prestigious $25,000 pilot seed grant from the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) to support cutting-edge research in semiconductor packaging.
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2024
Congratulations to the 11 faculty affiliated with the Texas Materials Institute that were acknowledge by Clarivate as Highly Cited Researchers for 2024.
AI Faculty Cluster Hire (APPLY HERE)
The Cockrell School of Engineering and College of Natural Sciences at UT Austin are hiring four tenure-track Assistant Professors in the "AI for Materials" cluster initiative, starting Fall 2025.
$12M+
In Grant Funding
20+
Research Patents
10K+
