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Wennie Wang Awarded 2025 Maria Goeppert Mayer Award
The American Physical Society (APS) has awarded Wennie Wang of the University of Texas at Austin the prestigious 2025 Maria Goeppert Mayer Award.
Samanta Receives Packard Fellowship
Devleena Samanta is the first faculty member from the University of Texas at Austin to receive the early-career award in the chemistry category.
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.
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."
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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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News
Dr. Huiliang Wang Publishes in Nature Communications
Dr. Wang’s research group has made a significant contribution to the field of wearable neurotechnology with the publication of a research article in Nature Communications, one of the top journals in the field.
Stressed or Bored at Work? New Electronic Tattoo Can Help
In stressful jobs like air traffic control and medicine, a small miscalculation can have serious consequences. It’s critical to make sure these essential personnel are in the position to perform their best, and new research may make a big impact in that pursuit.
Dr. Manthiram Receives the 2025 Olin Palladium Award
Professor Arumugam Manthiram has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Olin Palladium Award, one of the highest honors awarded by The Electrochemical Society. He will be formally recognized and deliver the award lecture at the 248th ECS Meeting this fall in Chicago, Illinois.
Prince Alvin Fofanah Recognized in the 2025 Cockrell School of Engineering Student Leadership Awards
The Texas Materials Institute is proud to announce that Prince Alvin Fofanah has been named one of eight undergraduate recipients of the prestigious 2025 Cockrell School of Engineering Student Leadership Award.
Cockrell Ranks Among Top Graduate Programs Yet Again
The Cockrell School of Engineering is once again among the top 10 engineering programs in the nation, finishing No. 7 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 graduate engineering program rankings, released today. In addition, two programs are ranked in the top five, seven in the top 10 and all programs finished in the top 20.
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