2025-2026 Issue

Welcome to the newest edition of Texas Engineer magazine! It’s been another busy and exciting year of innovation at the Cockrell School. It’s also been a challenging year, both at Cockrell and for academia as a whole. However, we will continue to…

As the live music capital of the world, it’s fair to say we built this city (Austin) on rock and roll. But it’s also built on a foundation of innovation developed at the Cockrell School. When our Texas Engineers go into the world with their degrees…

If you’ve ever had a job interview, you’ve probably heard this question: “Tell us about a time you failed.” Admitting failure is a hard thing to do. This is true in every discipline, including engineering. However, it’s important to remember that…

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…

As one of the top engineering programs in the country, Cockrell is home to an impressive group of individuals, and that goes beyond our students and faculty. The staff at the Cockrell School is made up of close to 700 multifaceted humans who are…

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…

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…

About seven years ago, my wife and I took a cross-country road trip. We traveled almost 7,000 miles and passed through four of the country’s largest cities by population. We left New York before sunrise to avoid the city’s notorious traffic, spent…

There's no "I" in team, the saying goes, and Michele Meyer embodies that. Ask her a question about her personal success, and the first word of her response is always “we.” It's a small but important detail that reflects Meyer's personal mission and…

What is engineering if not solving a series of increasingly intricate puzzles? With that in mind, we wanted to give you, Texas Engineer magazine reader, a puzzle of our own for you to solve. Our first ever crossword will test your knowledge of…