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Sept. 19, 2026
Best and Brightest Young Engineers Descend on Forty Acres
UT Austin is hosting the National Academy of Engineering's 31st Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, Sept. 21-24, held at the Oden Institite. More than 70 top early-career engineers from academia, government, and industry will be in attendance, including three Oden affiliated faculty.
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Sept. 7, 2026
Fusion Energy Seed Grants Launch New Interdisciplinary Collaborations at UT Austin
Faculty at UT Austin have been awarded seed grants to unite fusion physicists, engineers and computational scientists while training graduate students for careers in fusion energy. The projects will develop faster, AI-assisted tools for plasma control, liquid-metal reactor materials, magnetic confinement and plasma-edge simulations.
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Aug. 20, 2026
The Quest to Make Climate Models Faster, Smarter and More Accurate
In a recent paper a team of researchers, including Professor Patrick Heimbach and Ph.D. student Joseph Kump, introduced a new framework for simulating components of the Earth. To demonstrate the framework’s versatility, the team tested it on four different Earth component models including an idealized ocean model of the Drake Passage.
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Mathematical Preconditions for Predictive Meshfree Solutions in Extreme Event Simulation
Dr. Mike Hillman, Principal Scientist, Karagozian & Case, Inc.
3:30 p.m.– 5 p.m.
Sept. 24, 2026
POB 6.304 and Zoom
Media Coverage
Sept. 18, 2026
AI Digital Twins Get Better and Better: Cancer in Crosshairs
In medscape
Profile
Sept. 17, 2026
Finding Structure in the Noise - Profile Paul Beckman
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Sept. 9, 2026
The Brain's Hidden Plumbing and the Math Behind It - Profile Derya Bakiler
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Sept. 2, 2026
From the 911 Line to the Front Line of Research - Profile Katheryn Wisely
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May 5, 2026
A Match Made in the Cosmos
The NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (CosmicAI) cultivates the symbiotic relationship between Astronomy and AI. Astronomy gets shiny new tools to process its mountains of data, and AI gets a safe playground filled with exciting toys to improve its methods.
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April 14, 2026
Ufuk Topcu on the Future of Trustworthy Autonomy
Ufuk Topcu leads the Center for Autonomy, which focuses on human interaction with AI and robotics, expanding community outreach and pioneering new concepts in safety, trustworthiness and accountability as autonomous systems evolve.
Feature
Feb. 27, 2026
After a Decade of Pioneering Digital Twin Research, UT Emerges as a Global Leader in AI for Science
After more than a decade of advances in AI, mathematics and supercomputing, UT is shaping the future of digital twins — bringing together researchers across campus to deploy physics‑informed, AI‑powered models for energy, healthcare, national security and natural hazard mitigation.
News
Aug. 20, 2026
Meet Your Oden Institute 2026-27 CSEM Student Representatives
The Oden Institute's 2026-27 CSEM Student Representatives are stepping into roles built around strengthening the CSEM community through events, mentorship, student advocacy, and outreach.
Media Coverage
Nov. 20, 2025
ACM Gordon Bell Prize Honors Breakthrough in Real-Time Tsunami Modeling
In hpcwire
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Aug. 12, 2026
Finding the Space Between Medicine and Math - Profile Tarini Thiagarajan
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June 24, 2026
