Engineering school ranks third nationally in graduating diverse engineers

The Cockrell School of Engineering ranks third nationally in graduating minority groups, according to the Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine. →

2008 Distinguished Engineering Graduates

Bridging engineering and energy policy

$500,000 award to fight clandestine nuclear activity

Press Coverage

Traffic fatalities decrease 10 percent this year (USA Today)

Rocket scientist's laser scalpel targets individual cells (Wired Magazine)

Briny mix could stop carbon dioxide leaks (Nature)

News Awards

Departments

Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics

Department Chair: Robert H. Bishop
Main office: (512) 471-7593
Web: www.ae.utexas.edu

Biomedical Engineering

Department Chair: Kenneth R. Diller
Main office: (512) 471-3604
Web: www.bme.utexas.edu

Chemical Engineering

Department Chair: Roger T. Bonnecaze
Main office: (512) 471-5238
Web: www.che.utexas.edu

Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering

Department Chair: Sharon Wood
Main office: (512) 471-4921
Web: www.caee.utexas.edu

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Department Chair: Tony Ambler
Main office: (512) 471-6179
Web: www.ece.utexas.edu

Professor emeritus in electrical engineering passes away

Mechanical Engineering

Department Chair: Joseph J. Beaman, Jr.
Main office: (512) 471-0796
Web: www.me.utexas.edu

Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering

Department Chair: Tad Patzek
Main office: (512) 471-3161
Web: www.pge.utexas.edu

Events Upcoming Deadlines

Business Context and Legal Consideration of Software Projects
Center for Lifelong Engineering Education January 12 - February 1, 2009

Managing the Testing Process
Center for Lifelong Engineering Education January 20 - 22, 2009

Software Requirements Elicitation and Specification
Center for Lifelong Engineering Education January 29 - 30, 2009

Engineering Scholarship Application for current students due February 1, 2009

November 27–29

Thanksgiving holidays

December 5

Last class day

Video Features

Welcome from Dean Fenves

Dean Fenves welcomes everyone to the Cockrell School.

Engineers Without Borders

Students bring potable water to Coahuila desert community.

The Wireless Revolution

Professor Sriram Vishwanath discusses wireless systems.

Transportation Engineering

Professor Kara Kockelman discusses possible solutions to our traffic problems.