Faculty
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Seed Boost
Five faculty members from TCE are leading teams that have been awarded funding by ORIED for multidisciplinary energy and environment…
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Six New Faculty Members Join MAE Department in 2026
Four new faculty members have joined MAE starting in the fall 2026 semester, bringing with them a range of expertise in various areas.
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Capolungo Brings Structural Mechanics Expertise to TCE
Laurent Capolungo, an award-winning researcher with a focus on structural mechanics modeling for extreme environments, is joining the Department of…
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Baccarella Wins $750,000 NASA Early Career Faculty Award
Assistant Professor Damiano Baccarella has received a $750,000 NASA Early Career Faculty Award to further his research on the extreme…
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Faculty, Staff, and Students Honored at MAE Awards Banquet
On April 30, the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering hosted its annual awards banquet to celebrate the achievements of…
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UT Selected for EcoCAR Innovation Challenge
UT has been selected to participate in the EcoCAR Innovation Challenge, a four-year collegiate competition aimed at developing next-generation, energy-efficient and intelligent mobility solutions.
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Trinh, Zhang Awarded Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Awards
Professors Cong Trinh and Feng-Yuan Zhang have received Chancellor’s Innovation Fund awards for projects involving the biomanufacturing of natural butyl…
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Biomimetics Progress Gains International Attention
Sarles Speaks in Switzerland Three years ago, Andy Sarles embarked on a $4 million grant from the United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research to…
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Advancing Hydrogen Generation and Energy Storage Through Next-Generation Electrolyzers
MAE Professor Feng-Yuan Zhang and Research Assistant Professor Weitian Wang are re-engineering the proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer to its electrode core.
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TerMaath, Martinez Awarded AIAA ICME Prize for Groundbreaking Research
Associate Professor Stephanie TerMaath and B.H. Goethert Professor Marcias Martinez were part of a multi-disciplinary project that received the 2026 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Prize for groundbreaking…