Top Stories of 2012

POSTED |
January 22nd, 2013

Cockrell School’s Top Stories of 2012 Related to Chemical Engineering
 Graphic with picture of a Cockrell School graduate student working in a clean room of the new Center for Nanomanufacturing Systems for Mobile Computing established with a $18.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Click the image to read the full story.
 Picture of Chemical Engineering Professor Brian Korgel in his lab where his research helps solar energy gain ground on fossil fuels. Click the image to read the full story.
 Robert Hebner, director of the university's Center for Electromechanics (CEM), conducts research in a large algae growth demonstration facility for biofuels. Clcik the image for the full story.
(Read a related story quoting chemical engineering senior Morela Montoya about
her involvement with the university’s algae research and highlighting other ChE
faculty and students developing technology to recover 90 percent of oil inside
algae to produce alternative fuels). 
 Graphic linking to the Cockrell School of Engineering's story featuring new engineering faculty. Click the image to read the full story.

 Other Cockrell School Top Stories of 2012
 Race car graphic linking to a story about UT Austin's engineering involvement in the first Forumla 1 race in Austin. Click the image to read the full story.
 Graphic linking to an article about researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering creating an invisible 3-D cloak. Click image to read the full story.
 Graphic linking to story about Cockrell School researchers demonstrating the first successful spoofing of UAVs. Click the image to read the full story.
 Graphic linking to an article about Cockrell School faculty member working on the Mars Curiosity mission that landed a rover on Mars. Click the image for the full story.
 Graphic linking to a story about Cockrell School of Engineering students bringing life-changing water and energy innovations to villagers in Ghana. The group installed sustainable solutions for cooking stoves and a water pump. Click the image to read the full story.
 Graphic linking to a story about the Cockrell School completing an in-depth study examining the effects of conventional and alternative roofing materials on harvested rainwater. Click the image to read the full story.