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UT Mech Engineering @utmechengr

J. Mike Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering @UTAustin

Joined September 2009
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UT Austin researchers including assistant professor @AEMarras create nanoscale Longhorn using DNA origami kxan.com/news/science/ut-aus…

UT Austin researchers create nanoscale Longhorn using DNA origami

UT Austin researchers folded DNA into a nanoscale Longhorn, demonstrating a breakthrough that could help deliver cancer drugs more precisely and speed up the production of advanced materials.

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Glad to share two recent works on atmospheric water harvesting technologies, from stationary AWH to field-portable, solar-powered, litre-scale gel-fabric system @NatureWaterJnl ; to hierarchical textile fibers based wearable system @ScienceAdvances. @CockrellSchool @utmechengr
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What if the solution to water shortages is already in the air?💧 UT Austin researchers with the @CockrellSchool developed a solar-powered device that pulled record amounts of drinking water from the atmosphere in a range of climates, from the dry New Mexico desert to humid Austin. Read more about the technology here - utex.as/4w3ABYT
A person in a black jacket holds a clear petri dish with both hands. Inside the dish is a rectangular piece of light-beige, coarsely woven fabric, heavily frayed on one side, and submerged in a small amount of liquid.

ALT A person in a black jacket holds a clear petri dish with both hands. Inside the dish is a rectangular piece of light-beige, coarsely woven fabric, heavily frayed on one side, and submerged in a small amount of liquid.

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Check out this new tech from professor @guihuayu ⬇️
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What if the solution to water shortages is already in the air?💧 UT Austin researchers with the @CockrellSchool developed a solar-powered device that pulled record amounts of drinking water from the atmosphere in a range of climates, from the dry New Mexico desert to humid Austin. Read more about the technology here - utex.as/4w3ABYT
A person in a black jacket holds a clear petri dish with both hands. Inside the dish is a rectangular piece of light-beige, coarsely woven fabric, heavily frayed on one side, and submerged in a small amount of liquid.

ALT A person in a black jacket holds a clear petri dish with both hands. Inside the dish is a rectangular piece of light-beige, coarsely woven fabric, heavily frayed on one side, and submerged in a small amount of liquid.
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Congratulations to Arumugam Manthiram who has received the 2027 Gold Medal Award from ASM International! @ASMInternatnl
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Assistant prof. Maryam Tilton has been selected for the 2026 Butler-Williams Scholars Program sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)!
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Turns out the next big aerospace innovation might be oatmeal 🥣 Making large airplane parts is a slow and energy-intensive process b/c it requires heating large sections of material in giant industrial ovens. A @UTAustin engineer is solving this issue: cockrell.utexas.edu/news/a-s…

A Smarter Recipe for Composite Manufacturing

OATMEAL could reshape how large structures like airplane wings are built.

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A team of researchers including professor Chih-Hao Chang have developed a new way to print 3D nanostructures to be published in Nano Letters. cockrell.utexas.edu/news/min…

Minutes Instead of Days: New 3D Printing Device and Technique Could Speed Up Semiconductor Research

Researchers developed a way to print 3D nanostructures that could be used in medicine, quantum computing and novel materials.

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Congratulations to Mojan Esmaeillou, an MechE graduate research assistant who won the Health Innovations Award from the McCombs School of Business Texas Venture Labs Pitch Competition. She wins for RealCooL technology in collaboration with Chris Rylander and Nichole Rylander!
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Congratulations to Alexander Marras, the 2026 recipient of the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Engineering Teaching by an Assistant Professor from the @CockrellSchool!
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ME undergrads: You’re invited to a summer networking social on Wed., July 29 in Houston with ChE students, ChE alumni & @Phillips66Co recruiters. Free food and drinks will be provided from 5-7pm at The General Public. RSVP at: bit.ly/HOUSocial_July29
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Professor Junmin Wang has been elected as an IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Distinguished Lecturer and was appointed to the Board of Directors of the American Automatic Control Council!
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Join us on April 27th to support our Capstone Project Showcase! Student teams will present their final projects in both a poster competition and oral presentation.
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Congratulations to professor Matthew Hall, who has been selected as a member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers at The University of Texas at Austin!
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Savannah Smith, a @CockrellSchool mechanical engineering junior, serves as the interim combustion team lead for @longhornracing, where she helps design and build Formula-style cars. Smith built a following on social media by sharing her experiences at @F1 and motocross events. thedailytexan.com/2026/04/13…
The photo is a portrait of junior mechanical engineering student Savannah Smith in a green sweater. Photo by Makenna Morgan.

ALT The photo is a portrait of junior mechanical engineering student Savannah Smith in a green sweater. Photo by Makenna Morgan.

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Congratulations to professor Matthew Hall, who has been selected as a member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers at The University of Texas at Austin!
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It's our last Byron Short Seminar of the semester this Friday featuring professor Joseph Katz from @jhumeche. Don't miss it!
Byron Short Seminar Series: Turbulent Boundary Layers Over Complex Surfaces. Joseph Katz, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. On April 10th at 12pm in ETC 2.136

ALT Byron Short Seminar Series: Turbulent Boundary Layers Over Complex Surfaces. Joseph Katz, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. On April 10th at 12pm in ETC 2.136
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@UTAustin
Apr 6
What starts here was never meant to stay here. Longhorn research and innovation reach far beyond the Forty Acres and are making an impact across Texas and beyond. 🤘 Learn more about the innovations happening across campus: utex.as/4vjVWOa
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Horns Up on rankings day 🤘 The U.S. News & World Report ranks our graduate mechanical engineering program No. 16, our industrial engineering program No. 22 and our nuclear engineering program No. 17 in the nation.
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Energy Week: What if the future of clean energy came from a reactor the size of a shipping container? From powering data centers to producing medical isotopes, this work could shape how we fuel the future: utex.as/4sTFsKN
Nuclear energy is having a moment, again.\n\nIt's safe, says UT's Derek Haas, and getting even safer and cheaper as UT helps develop a new kind of reactor.

ALT Nuclear energy is having a moment, again.\n\nIt's safe, says UT's Derek Haas, and getting even safer and cheaper as UT helps develop a new kind of reactor.

A consortium led by Natura Resources hopes to prove small molten salt reactors the size of a flatbed trailer can be mass-produced relatively cheaply and can supply energy first to large independent users such data centers and refineries, then to whole communities.

ALT A consortium led by Natura Resources hopes to prove small molten salt reactors the size of a flatbed trailer can be mass-produced relatively cheaply and can supply energy first to large independent users such data centers and refineries, then to whole communities.

And as more leaders endorse an \"all-of-the-above\" approach to energy generation, they're looking anew at once-vaunted nuclear fission as a source of plentiful, steady power.\n\nUT has been teaching nuclear engineering since 1957.

ALT And as more leaders endorse an \"all-of-the-above\" approach to energy generation, they're looking anew at once-vaunted nuclear fission as a source of plentiful, steady power.\n\nUT has been teaching nuclear engineering since 1957.

What starts here changes the world.

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Apr 3
Experience a live, thought-provoking lecture and Q&A with Dr. Michael E. Webber as he explores “The Future of AI in the Lone Star State,” and how artificial intelligence is transforming energy, water, and sustainability across Texas. Join us April 17th, doors open at 4:30pm.
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