Charlie Sander’s Quest to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Schools

Growing up, alumnus Charlie Sander (B.S. ECE 1978) was fascinated with electronic devices. After spending much of his adolescence taking apart radios and televisions, it seemed only fitting he would go on to pursue a degree in electrical engineering…

How COVID-19 Helped Put UT Therapeutics on the World Map

In early 2020, the world’s spotlight shined on The University of Texas at Austin. Researchers at UT Austin became the first to decode and map the structure of the spike protein of the novel coronavirus, the part that allows SARS-CoV-2 to enter human…

New D.E.A.L.

When the Washington State Legislature banned affirmative action in 1997, I saw first-hand a shared outrage among students and faculty at the University of Washington, where I was a graduate student at the time. I was angry too, but I wanted to…

This Year So Far

The Cockrell School of Engineering has yet again had an incredible year, pushing forward in the midst of the continued COVID-19 pandemic. From breakthrough research, awards and honors, student innovations and much more, 2021 is another one for the…

A Lifelong Love of Nature Drives This Texas Engineer

Carlos Torres-Verdín forged a bond with nature at an early age. As an avid hiker and climber, he grew up traversing the trails and scaling the mountain peaks near Mexico City, developing a fascination with rocks along the way. Years later, this…

Texas Engineering + the Longhorn Band

Both are deep-rooted institutions of The University of Texas at Austin, storied entities that have been around almost as long as the university itself. Both require extraordinary dedication and commitment and the use of both the creative and…

Bob Metcalfe’s Next Big Thing

Metcalfe is preparing to wind down his fifth — yes, fifth — career, and he is already starting to think about number six. You may remember Metcalfe from such achievements as co-inventing Ethernet, co-founding pioneering technology company 3Com and…

Surgineering

Some engineers and clinicians freely use the term; others say it's not a thing yet. But it's clear that collaborations between surgeons and engineers are on the rise. These alliances will result in a more robust technical toolkit in the operating…

6G Explained

6G is coming, and The University of Texas at Austin is on the forefront of this telecommunications evolution. Earlier this year, a new 6G research center formed at UT Austin. And the effort has some big names in the technology scene behind it.…

Sights + Sounds

The buzz of machines in project labs and the steady hum of conversation in study spaces returned along with our Texas Engineering community, as Longhorns came back to campus for the first time in a year and a half. Check out the sights and sounds of…