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Student Spotlight: 5 Questions with Brookie Fellow Heavyn Porter
Aerospace engineering major Heavyn Porter is among 44 women across the globe selected for a 2025 Brooke Owens Fellowship, which recognizes exceptional undergraduate women and other gender minorities studying aerospace engineering.

Hurricane Simulations in High Gear
Scientists and supercomputers generate fast storm surge forecasts in 2024 to help protect lives and property.

UT Leads Defense Research in Robotics
Since 2019, Army Futures Command’s collaboration with TEXAS Robotics has led to a novel method for rapid adaptation and integration of robotics and AI systems research.

Manuel Rausch Part of Collaborative Team to Advance Women’s Health Research
Manuel Rausch is part of an interdisciplinary research team that has received a grant to advance women’s health research.
Space Tech Entrepreneurship
Introducing the new Space Tech Graduate Specialization for M.S. and Ph.D. students, which is open to all technical areas and comprised of topics in aerospace tech, with a solid foundation in business and entrepreneurship.
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Research Areas
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Aerothermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics
This area involves research in hypersonics, aerodynamics, turbulence, plasma science and...
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Computational Engineering
This area involves study and research on theoretical and implementational aspects of numerical...
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Controls, Autonomy and Robotics
This area involves research in system theory, controls, networks, autonomy, and robotics with...
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Orbital Mechanics
This area involves study and research in orbital mechanics, space geodesy, and remote sensing in...
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Solids, Structures and Materials
This area involves study and research in mechanics of composite materials, fracture mechanics,...
$25.5M
In Research Expenditures
#9
Graduate Aerospace Engineering Program in the Nation
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#10
Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering Program in the Nation
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