Category Archives: Research

Napper Shares Research on Better Building Materials in Posters at the Capitol Event
Caleb Napper, a senior in civil engineering, recently presented his poster along with 10 other UT students at the Posters at the Capitol event.

CEE Students, Brakewood Earn William Millar Award for Paper
UT’s Candace Brakewood led a team that won the Transportation Research Board’s William Millar Award, the second year in a row a team from her group has done so.

Street Smarts: UT Engineers Celebrate Six Years at the Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety
Asad Khattak and three other UT engineers celebrate six years of impactful transportation safety research at the Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety.

Cherry Helps Answer Questions About Lifespan of E-Scooters
While e-scooters have been around long enough to become a common sight in cities around the world, some questions remain […]
Breathing Easy
UT Professor Qiang He leads efforts to mitigate contamination and exposure to hazardous microbes for patients who use nebulizers to receive medical treatment.

Paving with a Plus
UT faculty members Baoshan Huang, Qiang He, and Nick Zhou see an opportunity to reduce plastic waste and tire rubber by incorporating the material into asphalt.

Making the Grade
by Élan Lloyd. Photography by Shawn Poynter. Part of the task of improving the water quality of urban streams in […]

From Shakes to Stability
Associate Professor Nicholas Wierschem is using a shake table to study the effect of earthquakes.

Smoke and Stroke: Investigating the Long-term Effects on Wildfires on Heart Health
Professor Joshua Fu is starting a $3.7M, five-year project with Emory University researching the long-term effects of wildfire smoke on cardiovascular health.

Transit Solutions
Associate Professor Candace Brakewood explores the future of public transportation use after the COVID-19 pandemic.