This Year So Far
2025 was another incredible year at the Cockrell School, chock-full of big milestones, bold innovations and Texas Engineering moments that moved the world forward. 🎉 The Autry C. Stephens Engineering Discovery Building, opening in 2026, will be the…
Ballad of an Engineer
Sharing her ideas with a room full of students is not unusual for professor Alexandra Clarà Saracho. However, the civil engineering professor is doing something she’s never done before—she’s writing a song. And she’s not in the classroom; she’s on…
Siddharth’s Spark
May 31, 2013, was the deadliest day in the history of the Houston Fire Department. On this day, four firefighters died in a hotel structure fire. It was a tragedy across the firefighting community, and it broke the heart of 10-year-old Siddharth…
Life Hacks
Every day, hacks are all around us, just waiting to be taken advantage of. Our Texas Engineers use their skills to change the world, but it turns out engineering principles come in handy in daily life as well. Every day, hacks are all around us,…
Engineering Entrepreneurs
At the Cockrell School, our engineers tackle the world’s most pressing challenges, and that means turning research into real-world products and building companies to disrupt industries. The Cockrell School has graduated thousands of students who…
Making a Moon Mission
For the first time in over 50 years, an American spacecraft has landed on the Moon. Overnight, the lunar lander Odysseus—called Odie for short—became a household name. Just hours away from landing on the moon, Odie experienced a cabling issue on one…
Edith Clarke, a Woman of Many Firsts
By the time Edith Clarke joined The University of Texas, becoming the first female electrical engineering professor in the U.S., she had already achieved legendary status among her peers: a master’s degree from MIT, the first female electrical…
Top 5 Research Breakthroughs
It’s been a busy year of research innovation in our Texas Engineering community. In the Cockrell School, researchers identify the biggest problems facing our society and take unique approaches to solve them. A common theme among innovations so far…
2023 This Year So Far
Another year is off and running and the Cockrell School is buzzing. Faculty and student researchers have been hard at work confronting big problems, alumni are making a difference and the world is taking notice. Read on for just some of the many…
Day in the Life
The activity never stops at the Cockrell School of Engineering from dawn to dusk – and beyond. Here’s a slice of what an average day looks like on the engineering campus on the Forty Acres.