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Alumnus Elected to National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced today that James Barnard, alumnus of the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, has been elected to the prestigious academy.
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2021 Lymon C. Reese Distinguished Lecture
Professor Lymon C. Reese had a 33-year career at UT Austin, conducting pioneering work in performing field studies with instrumented piles and drilled shafts. Elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1975, he developed analytical methods now widely used in the design of deep foundations.
Krishna Kumar
Area(s) of Expertise:
Geotechnical Engineering
Sustainable Systems Engineering
Educational Qualifications:
Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 2015
M.S., Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2010
B.E., Anna University, 2008
Technical Interests:
Multi-scale modeling of natural hazards, landslides, earthquakes, debris flows, material point method, discrete element, and lattice Boltzmann, high-performance computing in geomechanics; large-scale big data frameworks for modeling infrastructure systems.
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2022 Student T-Shirt Contest
Entry now open to our t-shirt design contest!
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CAEE Students Win 1st Place in Texas Water Conference Design Competition
The University of Texas CAEE Student Team took home the first place trophy in the Texas Water Conference’s Student Design Competition this year. The team was composed of three environmental engineering grad students, Himanshu Sail, Shivani Katkar, and Jake Goodman, and mentored by Associate Professor Manish Kumar.
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Dr. Todd Helwig wins the AISI Steel Bridge Task Force 2022 Richard S. Fountain Award
Dr. Todd Helwig, professor and director of the Ferguson Structural Engineering Laboratory, has won the 2022 Richard S. Fountain Award for his innovation and leadership within the steel industry.
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Dr. Mary Jo Kirisits earns the 2022 Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family K-16 Teaching Innovation Award
Dr. Mary Jo Kirisits, environmental engineering professor for CAEE, has won the 2022 Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family K-16 Teaching Innovation Award. The award is reserved for faculty members in the Cockrell School of Engineering who has most impacted students in K-12 and beyond, encouraging enrollment into STEM education and empirically improving the educational experience across all grade levels.
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