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SPRING 2024

Noel Clemens Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Noel Clemens has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for laser-based measurements to understand and control high-speed reactive and nonreactive flows.

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ASE/EM Helps Guide First Moon Landing in 50 Years

Maruthi Akella supported the development of an onboard guidance algorithm that helped Intuitive Machines (co-founded by alumnus Tim Crain) precisely guide its lander to the Moon.

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New Director of UT Center for Space Research

To kick off Women’s History Month, learn about Lori Magruder who is making history as the first woman director of UT’s Center for Space Research.

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Shaping the Future of Artificial Intelligence

John-Paul Clarke is serving on the advisory board of AIAA's newly formed Aerospace Artificial Intelligence Advisory Group.

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Space Lasers Provide Critical Data About Earth

An all-woman research team led by Lori Magruder documented 20 years of laser altimetry missions that have unearthed important data about our world's climate.

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NSF CAREER Award

David Fridovich-Keil is developing game theory models that could be used in urban planning and regulation to help design new and improved transit systems.

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Modern-Day Technology Award

Alumnus Nahum Alem received a 2024 Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) Modern-Day Technology Leader Award for his outstanding work in the field of STEM.

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Imagining the Future of Digital Twins

National Public Radio’s TED Radio Hour features Karen Willcox in a discussion on digital twins.

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Captain Cockrell

Alumna Jeannie Leavitt sets a course for future generations of female fighter pilots, including members of the Marvel Universe.

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ASE/EM INDUSTRY OPEN HOUSE

Our inaugural ASE/EM Industry Open House held on Feb. 29 was a huge success. Thank you all to the companies that participated this year. Contact Carolyn Brunson for more information about Industry Open House and view more event photos here.

MORE NEWS

Ufuk Topcu has been named a fellow of the 2024 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Meet new faculty member Jan Fuhg, who joined ASE/EM as an assistant professor this spring.
The Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics has published Leszek Demkowicz’ 'Mathematical Theory of Finite Elements.’
John-Paul Clarke has been issued a new patent for an elevator design that was inspired by the way a spider crawls up the wall.
Jingyi "Ann" Chen will be promoted to associate professor and Moriba Jah promoted to full professor, effective Fall 2024.
Samantha Dolksi and Wendy Rossi are recipients of the 2024 Brooke Owens Fellowship.
Sai Subhankar won the Green Engineering Best Student Paper Award at the 2024 AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition.
Urvi Alamela is a recipient of the Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship.

VIDEO SPOTLIGHT

Texas Rocket Engineering Lab Successfully Hotfires its Engine a Second Time

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Maruthi Akella speaks with Fox 7 Austin on his team's work to guide the Intuitive Machines lunar lander to its destination on the Moon.
Moriba Jah was featured as a notable alumnus by Embry-Riddle during Black History Month.
Luis Sentis is leading a landmark study of how robots make us feel—and setting the standards for how autonomous machines will share our spaces. | Quartz

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