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NASCENT, a National Science Foundation-funded Nanosystems Engineering Research Center headquartered in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, has added Emerson and Renwick to the center’s Industrial Partnership Program.

The University of Texas at Austin is introducing a new Bachelor of Science degree in environmental engineering. The program, which will be offered by the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering in the Cockrell School of Engineering, includes a multidisciplinary curriculum focused on creating solutions to environmental challenges facing the planet and protecting human health and quality of life.

The University of Texas at Austin is introducing a new Bachelor of Science degree in computational engineering — a new field that focuses on modeling and simulation to develop solutions for society — with the first freshman class set to start in fall 2017. UT Austin is the first university in the United States to offer this as a major at the undergraduate level.

The Wireless Network and Communications Group at The University of Texas at Austin, a cutting-edge wireless research group made up of engineering faculty members from various disciplines, will bring together researchers from the Cockrell School of Engineering, industry technologists and transportation leaders for its 14^th annual Texas Wireless Summit on Oct. 18, 2016.

Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have developed the first large-scale in vivo drug discovery platform using a whole animal model that could speed up scientific research and more accurately assess the effectiveness of new drugs in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.