Texas Engineering

From Texas Engineers, to all future engineers 🧡

UT Austin’s FLARE-X team is advancing in the $5M @xprize Wildfire competition! Led by @CockrellSchool & @txgeosciences, the team is using AI-powered drones to autonomously detect & suppress wildfires—within minutes. Innovation that could change the world. Read more:…

How we're showing up to watch "Jurassic World: Rebirth" this week 🦖 Somehow, life, uh, finds a way on Forty Acres when all the students are gone. In 2018, @UTAustin students took on the ultimate challenge of building life-sized animatronic velociraptors for the play Enron.

Have you had any water today? No, no, no. Don't scroll past this 👀 Luckily, Texas Engineers (@UTAerospace) have designed a new non-invasive wearable sensor that measures your hydration levels.

Texas Engineers 🤝 Portugal Coming together for nearly two decades to solve significant challenges. Learn how the @UTPortugal program is tackling the world's most challenging problems, such as sustainable energy, discovering critical materials and more: bit.ly/463KbRG

What if your heart scan results were ready in minutes—not days? 🫀 @CockrellSchool engineers built an AI tool that interprets echocardiograms faster than ever before. Read more: utex.as/4nRMhdW

Congrats to the new 2025–26 Research Leaders Academy cohort 🎉 Fifteen fellows from 10 UT Austin colleges and schools will work with the Office of the Vice President for Research to develop large-scale research visions, secure external support and lead interdisciplinary teams.…

Congratulations to @CockrellSchool's Dr. Guihua Yu, awarded @SuqiaUAE's @mbrwateraward for his solar-powered water innovations! 🌞💧 🔗 Learn More: utx.global/4l6usFC. @UTexasResearch @UTAustinProvost @utmechengr @UT_YuGroup

Nicholas Peppas receives the Kabiller Prize for groundbreaking work in biomaterials and drug delivery. His research at @CockrellSchool has transformed targeted therapies and made oral treatments possible for millions.

Instead of painstakingly fixing a painting, @UTAustin engineer Alex Kachkine has developed a new way to digitally repair and reconstruct damaged paintings using deep learning algorithms.

With a little bit of electricity and a whole lot of thinking, you, too, could one day control a robotic arm with just your thoughts 🦾

Allow us to introduce Gabriela Nomura in the words of her professors: 👩‍🔬 the best undergraduate researcher they've ever seen 🙋‍♀️ a natural leader 🫶 someone who cares deeply about others And this year's Outstanding Scholar-Leader!

Any day spent on the 40 Acres is a good day (but today is especially beautiful) 😎

Imaging tiny, moving objects, like live cells or flowing fluids, has always been challenging in science and medicine... until now 🤘 To solve this challenge, Texas Engineers (@utexasece) created a method for simultaneously determining what an object looks like and how it moves.

What does it mean to use AI responsibly in higher ed? At our Responsible AI for Education event with @UTAustinProvost, we explored ethical use, workforce readiness, and how instructors apply AI tools with care and creativity. 🎥 Watch the recordings: bit.ly/4mwxQLF

Melanie Saenzpardo's world-changing journey began in high school, where she helped save her city's recycling program and started a tutoring service. Now she’s a @CockrellSchool grad ready to continue changing the world. 🤘🎓🌎 #UTGrad25

Your passwords could move from your notes app to a molecule one day 🔬 Why? Because molecules don't need a lot of power to keep the data safe for centuries, unlike current storage devices. And we have Texas researchers to thank for this new development.

Curious about health care commercialization? Texas Health Catalyst's Associate Program gives @UTAustin students a front row seat to innovation. Hear from @CockrellSchool student Iris Rafferty about her associate experience: bit.ly/3EX8xBk

Join @UTAustin & @austintexasgov for Exploring Digital Twins — a showcase of how digital twin tech is being used or could be applied to solve city challenges. 📍 Texas Union | 🗓️ June 4 | ⏰ 8 AM–1 PM 🔗 RSVP: bit.ly/3FdigDN #TexasResearch #WhatStartsHere…

As engineers, we love reading the latest scientific journals and research, but nothing beats a good book and great vibes. So, this #WorldBookDay, we asked our Texas Engineers to recommend a few books that they enjoyed or that impacted their lives.