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Our Materials Science and Engineering program is one of the best in the nation, and our graduates go on to be leaders in their fields.
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Smart Soil Can Water and Feed Itself
A newly engineered type of soil can capture water out of thin air to keep plants hydrated and manage controlled release of fertilizer for a constant supply of nutrients.
How Lasers and 2D Materials Could Solve the World's Plastic Problem
A global research team led by Texas Engineers has developed a way to blast the molecules in plastics and other materials with a laser to break them down into their smallest parts for future reuse.
Stretchable E-Skin Could Give Robots Human-Level Touch Sensitivity
A first-ever stretchy electronic skin could equip robots and other devices with the same softness and touch sensitivity as human skin, opening up new possibilities to perform tasks that require a great deal of precision and control of force.
Maria Juenger, Cements 2024 Della Roy Lecturer
Dr. Maria Juenger will deliver the 2024 Della Roy Lecture, titled "The Road to Sustainable Cement," highlighting the critical role of sustainability in modern construction.
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Goodenough Materials Innovation Lectures
In honor of Nobel Laureate Goodenough, this lecture series aims to bring leading experimentalists and theorists engaged in the broad field of materials to illustrate the past and present of materials research, and thereby create a vision for future innovation in this space.
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News
Predicting Electron Transport Under Surface Scattering
Surface is a common scatterer to electron transport. The surface scattering is critical to many applications such as interconnects and sensors. For example, as the demands of microelectronics push for increasingly smaller interconnects, the need for higher electrical conductivity becomes more pronounced.
TMI Scientist Joins DOE’s Energy Innovation Hub to Advance Aqueous Battery Technology
The Yijin Liu group at The University of Texas at Austin is joining a landmark research effort aimed at revolutionizing energy storage technology as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) newly announced Energy Innovation Hub.
Professor Manthiram Delivers Plenary Talk at the Italian Chemical Society National Congress
At the prestigious Societa Chimica Italiana (SCI) National Congress, held during August 26-30, 2024, in Italy, Professor Manthiram from the University of Texas at Austin took center stage to deliver a plenary talk on "Elements of Future for Sustainable Energy Storage."
UT Austin Researchers Explore Ethanol Metabolism in the Brain in a Brand-new Study Published in Alcohol
Dr. Tanya Hutter and her team of researchers from UT Austin, with funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), have made a significant contribution to the field of alcohol research.
Guihua Yu Wins Falling Walls Breakthrough Award of The Year in Engineering and Technology
Texas Engineer Guihua Yu has been honored for his work to generate clean, drinkable water using solar energy.
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