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Devleena Samanta, an assistant professor in Chemistry and TMI faculty affiliate, was selected by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement's 2026 Cottrell Scholar. The Cottrell Scholar program "honors and helps to develop oustanding teacher-scholars" who are see as leaders in their field for the "quality and innovation of their research programs and their potential for academic leadership."
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Bahadur Research Group, run by Vaibhav Bahadur, a professor in Mechanical Engineering and faculty affiliate of TMI, collaborated with the Bureau of Economic Geology to produce a whitepaper analyzing water requirements for data centers in Texas. The paper looked at evolving demands of water use in data center infrastructure in Texas, as well as possible solutions to meeting future needs.
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TMI affiliated faculty members Zachariah Page and Michael Cullinan, along with Jonathan Sessler, recently founded Supra Elemental Recovery. Using an investment from Discovery to Impact's UT Seed Fund, Supra uses proprietary technology to recovery critical minerals from waste sources.
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A researcher at the Cockrell School of Engineering is continuing a legacy of battery science that began right here at The University of Texas at Austin.
Published by the Cockrell School of Engineering.
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La Luce Cristallina has been featured in a recent article published in Laser Focus World. In this article, the author highlights several notable advances across the photonics industry, including the work carried out by the La Luce team.
Deji Akinwande Receives U.S. Patent for Non-Volatile Resistance Switching in Monolayer Atomic Sheets
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Deji Akinwande, alongside Materials Science Ph.D. alumnus Ruijing Ge, has received a U.S. patent for a key discovery achieved at UT Austin.
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Discovery to Impact, on office at the University of Texas, serves as the "bridge between campus innovators, industry, and the investment community" and help to foster "commercial collaborations that transition academic research into products, services, and solutions" for faculty research and discoveries. TMI facilites and Core and Affiliated faculty can be found throughout the pages of their 2025 Annual Report.
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Professor Bahadur’s research group has published two papers, both posted on ScienceDirect, addressing important challenges in carbon management and electrical materials.
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Allan H. MacDonald, a University of Texas at Austin physicist, has won the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in basic sciences for his work that has enabled scientists to transform and control extraordinary phenomena linked to new materials.
Published by UT News
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Professor Arumugam Manthiram has recently received several prestigious recognitions highlighting his impact at the intersection of materials science and artificial intelligence.
