Energy

Smoothing Over Rough Edges in Batteries

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:29:58 -0500

Texas Engineers have discovered a new phenomenon in modern batteries, one that could be used to improve their life cycles.

Nuclear Energy Is Having a Moment, Again

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:39:42 -0500

Texas Engineers are part of a team building reactors that would be very safe, small and therefore much more affordable to build, and modular, so individual users such as data centers or refineries might have their very own nuclear power plants yielding plentiful, steady electricity.

A Path to Safer, High-Energy Electric Vehicle Batteries

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:35:01 -0500

A new study dives deep into nickel-based cathodes, one of the two electrodes that facilitate energy storage in batteries, to improve electric vehicles.

Tales From the Tunnels

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 13:34:14 -0600

It’s harder than you’d think to access a network of forbidden tunnels on the Forty Acres that reside just beneath our feet. And it’s easier than you’d imagine to access one of the largest microgrids in the United States.

Big Texas Energy

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:15:10 -0600

Twenty-five years from now, nearly 10 billion humans will populate the Earth. Their houses, offices, factories, cars, trains, planes, and other modern-day infrastructure and transportation will require as much as 57% more energy than today...

UT Expertise to Reduce Emissions from Oil and Gas and Improve Measurement Accuracy

Sat, 18 Jan 2025 09:59:19 -0600

The University of Texas at Austin will play a leading role across multiple projects that collectively seek to drive down methane emissions across oil and natural gas value chains.

Carbon Reduction Gets a Spark in New Research

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 15:40:38 -0600

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have made a significant breakthrough that could accelerate electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide, a technology that uses electricity to transform CO₂ into valuable fuels and chemicals.

Michael Webber Receives Energy Thought Leader Award

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:52:42 -0600

Michael Webber, who holds a dual appointment in the Cockrell School of Engineering’s Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering and the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, was selected as the Energy Thought Leader: Higher Education for The American Energy Society’s 2024 Energy Awards.

New Thermal Interface Material Could Cool Down Energy-Hungry Data Centers

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:52:47 -0500

A team led by scientists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin created a new “thermal interface material” that could organically remove heat from high-powered electronic devices, reducing or even eliminating the need for extensive cooling of data centers and other electronic devices.

UT Part of Critical Nuclear Energy Milestone

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 14:25:38 -0500

The University of Texas at Austin is playing a pivotal role in developing the first new nuclear reactor in Texas in decades based on a novel technology that promises safer, more efficient nuclear energy.

Study Reveals Best Way to Encourage Environmental Gains in Oil and Gas

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:23:56 -0500

A new study shows that external pressure can lead to enhanced environmental performance in the energy industry, and the nature and type of pressure have a major impact on the outcomes.

Could Hydrogen, Ammonia Blends Become the Key to Clean Electricity?

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 11:19:05 -0500

Texas Engineers are combining hydrogen and ammonia, which are in many ways natural complements, as a potential source for generating carbon-free electricity

How Did Life Begin? A Shocking New Twist

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 08:45:34 -0500

New research zeroes in on how lightning strikes may have served as a vital spark, transforming the atmosphere of early Earth into a hotbed of chemical activity.

How Plasmas Could Help Reduce Methane Emissions

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:25:24 -0500

Texas Engineers have developed the most efficient method yet to convert methane to methanol over the distributed scales where it is produced.

New Carbon Storage Technology Is Fastest of Its Kind

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 15:03:20 -0500

A new way to store carbon captured from the atmosphere developed by researchers from The University of Texas at Austin works much faster than current methods without the harmful chemical accelerants they require.

Self-Propelling Satellites and Reentry Shields Among New Projects for Aerospace Engineer

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 09:44:25 -0500

Aerospace engineer Thomas Underwood is studying many applications of plasmas, which involve the infusion of electrical energy into gases.

How Wastewater and Gas Flares Could Supercharge Green Hydrogen Production

Tue, 28 May 2024 09:10:32 -0500

Texas Engineer Vaibhav Bahadur is researching how oil and gas byproducts could be repurposed to serve as key elements in creating “green” hydrogen.

First-of-its-Kind Hydrogen Proto-Hub Galvanizes Production of Low-Carbon Hydrogen

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:57:36 -0500

The University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Electromechanics, Frontier Energy and GTI Energy today hosted the grand opening of a new hydrogen research and demonstration facility.

How Potatoes, Corn and Beans Led to Smart Windows Breakthrough

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 14:08:02 -0500

A study from researchers at The University of Texas at Austin aims to reduce the costs of smart windows by creating a new type of electrochromic device and materials.

Cooler Transformers Could Help the Electrical Grid

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 22:43:51 -0500

Following the 2021 winter storm, UT Austin researchers looked inside grid transformers to see if they could make them better.