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The Structural Stability Research Council (SSRC) has recently announced that UT Professor Dr. Todd Helwig was selected as the 2025 Lynn S. Beedle Award Recipient. Dr. Helwig holds the Jewel McAlister Smith Professorship in Engineering. His primary area of interest is the design and behavior of steel structures with an emphasis in full-scale testing, field monitoring, structural stability, fatigue, and stability bracing requirements.

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Anca Ferche has received the NSF CAREER Award for her project "Advancing the Assessment of Existing Reinforced Concrete Structures: From the Material to the Structural Level."

Dr. Lance Manuel has been advancing research in offshore wind energy generation through a collaborative effort between the University of Texas and the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto or FEUP). 

A global artificial intelligence challenge led by Texas Engineers Zoltan Nagy and Javad Mohammadi has been recognized by the Climate Change AI Innovation (CCAI) Grants program.

The Frank Erwin Center is coming down to make way for a new UT Austin-MD Anderson Cancer Center joint medical campus, but even in its demise, the former home of Longhorn basketball and many memorable moments in Austin's musical history is serving an important purpose.

Raissa Ferron and Salvatore Salamone have been promoted to full professor beginning in Fall 2024.

Our power grids face more challenges than ever before, with significant weather events on the rise and cyberattacks threatening critical infrastructure.

Dr. Krishna Kumar is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for his project "HayaRupu: Accelerating Natural Hazard Engineering with AI-Driven Discovery Loops."

Two new faculty members joined Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering for the spring 2024 academic semester.

Texas Engineers are creating a new community to unite civil engineers, cyberinfrastructure professionals and experts in artificial intelligence to better understand and protect our virtual and physical infrastructure.