News
2021
Congratulations to Oliver Uitz, Tyler Wiest, and Ademola Oridate for successfully defending their PhD dissertations and graduating in December!
Dr. Carolyn Seepersad is selected to join the SME Additive Manufacturing Advisory Board.
Congratulations to Oscar Martin Cardenez, Connor Gunsbury, and Felipe Quijano-Ortiz for successfully completing their MS theses.
2020
Dr. Carolyn Seepersad is the founding director of UT's new Center for Additive Manufacturing and Design Innovation (CAMDI). Check it out: (https://sites.utexas.edu/amcenter/)
Congratulations to Conner Sharpe and Jared Allison for successfully defending their PhD dissertations and graduating in August!
Dr. Carolyn Seepersad is selected for the UT System Academy of Distinguished Teachers.
Congratulations to Andrew Allan for successfully completing his MS Thesis.
2019
Dr. Carolyn Seepersad is named a Fellow of ASME.
Dr. Carolyn Conner Seepersad is named an Outstanding Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design.
Dr. Carolyn Seepersad is inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Alumni for the WVU Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department.
Congratulations to David Debeau for successfully defending his PhD dissertation and graduating in May.
2018
May: Amber Dressler earns her MS in Mechanical Engineering.
August: Clint Morris earns his PhD in Mechanical Engineering. Prashant Alok earns his MS in Mechanical Engineering.
September: Dr. Carolyn Conner Seepersad is promoted to Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering
2017
August: Conner Sharpe, Clint Morris, and Dr. Carolyn Conner Seepersad earn the best paper award from the 2017 ASME IDETC Design Automation Conference for their paper titled, "Bayesian Network Structure Optimization for Improved Design Space Mapping for Design Exploration with Materials Design Applications."
December: Julia O'Rourke earns her PhD in Mechanical Engineering.
2016
October: Dr. Carolyn Conner Seepersad's article on "How to Involve More Women and Girls in Engineering" is published in U.S. News and World Report, and The Christian Science Monitor.
February: Dr. Carolyn Conner Seepersad's article on "Why Kids are Key to Unlocking the Potential of 3D Printing" is published in the Conversation, and Smart Company.
2015
August: Trina Kershaw, Katja Holta-Otto, Carolyn Seepersad, and coauthors earn an ASME IDETC Design Education Conference best paper award for their paper entitled, "A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Examination of the Development of Innovation Capability in Undergraduate Engineering Students."
July: Dr. Carolyn Conner Seepersad delivers a keynote presentation at the 2015 International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED) in Milan, Italy. "Engineering Design: Unlocking the Potential of Additive Manufacturing"
July: Research on Negative Stiffness Honeycombs featured in Popular Science, Science Daily, IMechE (UK), Springer publisher's blog, and other sites.
2014
October: Dixon Correa and coauthors earn a Best Paper award from the 2014 Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium for their paper entitled, "Negative Stiffness Honeycombs for Recoverable Shock Isolation."
September: The PPMD Lab successfully launches the Innovation Station, a 3D printing vending machine [Texas Exes Video, Local News Video KVUE, Local News Video KXAN, Cockrell School News Story, Daily Texan, 3D Print online, Daily Dot]
2013
October: Dr. Carolyn Conner Seepersad delivers a TEDx talk on Additive Manufacturing and the Democratization of Design at TEDx Jamaica [Video].
June: Dr. Carolyn Conner Seepersad earns the ASEE New Mechanical Engineering Educator Award [News Item]
March: Dr. Carolyn Conner Seepersad delivers a talk on Additive Manufacturing and Design at the 2013 German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, hosted by the National Academy of Engineering.
2012
December: Peter Backlund successfully defends his PhD dissertation, entitled "A Classifer-Guided Sampling Method for Early Stage Design of Shipboard Energy Systems."
December: Cassandra Telenko successfully defends her PhD dissertation, entitled "Probabilistic Graphical Modeling as a Use Stage Inventory Method for Environmentally Conscious Design."
August: Dr. Carolyn Conner Seepersad is elected to the executive committee for the ASME IDETC Design Automation Conference.
August: Benjamin Gully successfully defends his PhD dissertation, entitled "Hybrid Powertrain Performance Analysis for Naval and Commercial Ocean-Going Vessels."
August: Nathan Putnam successfully defends his PhD dissertation, entitled "Computer Tools for Designing Self-Sufficient Military Base Camps."
July: Julia O'Rourke is selected to attend the 2013 PASI on Manufacturing Innovation through Sustainable Design.
January: Dr. Carolyn Conner Seepersad is an inaugural member of UT Austin's Society for Teaching Excellence.
2011
September: Dr. Carolyn Conner Seepersad organizes a special session on Additive Manufacturing for the 2011 Frontiers of Engineering Symposium hosted by the National Academy of Engineering.
February: Dr. Carolyn Conner Seepersad earns the UT Women in Engineering Program's Advocate Award for helping advance women in the field of engineering
January: Julia O'Rourke selected to attend the YESS Energy Symposium: Alternative Energies (College Station, TX) and the NSF CMMI Grantees' Conference (travel grant)
2010
September: Dr. Carolyn Conner Seepersad invited to participate in the National Academy of Engineering's 2010 Frontiers of Engineering Symposium [News Item]
August: Dr. Carolyn Conner Seepersad earns the 2010 ASME Design Automation Young Investigator Award for her contributions to design automation research.
August: Dr. Carolyn Conner Seepersad earns the University of Texas Regents' Award for Outstanding Teaching [News Item][News Item]
July: Cassandra Telenko invited to attend the week long UCSD Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy
July: Julia O'Rourke selected to attend the 9th International Summer School on Biocomplexity from Gene to System (Istanbul, Turkey) and the Young Leaders Dialogue with America (Prague, Czech Republic)
June: Dr. Carolyn Conner Seepersad and coauthors earn two Best Paper Awards at the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Best Paper in the Mechanical Design Division for "Extreme Experience Interviews for Innovative Designs: Classroom Assessment of a New Needs Gathering Method" by M. Green, C.C. Seepersad and K. Holtta-Otto. And Best Paper in the Design in Engineering Education Division and PIC II for "An Experimental Investigation of the Innovation Capabilities of Engineering Students" by N. Genco, K. Holtta-Otto, and C.C. Seepersad.
June: Pete Backlund selected to attend the PASI on Dynamics and Control of Manned and Unmanned Marine Vehicles in Colombia
May: Dr. Carolyn Conner Seepersad earns the Dean's Award for Outstanding Teaching by an Assistant Professor [News Item]
April: Julia O'Rourke awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship [News Item]
April: Cassandra Telenko awarded one of two Cockrell School of Engineering Graduate Student Leadership Awards [News Item]
March: Lia Kashdan awarded best research poster at the UT Austin Graduate And Industry Networking (GAIN) Conference
2009
Pete Backlund and Ray Ely placed as Finalists in the Student Manufacturing Design Competition at the 2009 International Manufacturing Science & Engineering Conference for their entry "Design and Construction of an Automated Gas Metal Arc Welding Test Station"
Julia O'Rourke recognized as an example of achievement [News Item]
Julia O'Rourke awarded a William C. Powers Fellowship from the University of Texas at Austin [News Item]
Dr. Carolyn C. Seepersad named the International Outstanding Young Researcher in Freeform and Additive Manufacturing Award by the Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium [News Item]
Matt Saunders, Dr. Carolyn C. Seepersad, and UMass-Dartmouth's Dr. Katja Holtta-Otto received the Best Paper Award from ASME's Design Theory and Methodology Conference for their paper "The Characteristics of Innovative, Mechanical Products" [News Item]
Nathan Putnam, Cassandra Telenko, and James Durand (team Cool as Ice) won the Design Portion of the Student Engineering Council's Alternative Energy Competition [News Item]
Uma Maheshwaraa, Dr. Carolyn C. Seepersad, and Dr. David Bourell's paper, "Design and Freeform Fabrication of Deployable Structures with Lattice Skins," is one of the 5 most frequently downloaded papers for the Rapid Prototyping Journal.
2008
Nathan Putnam awarded a Department of Defense Science, Mathematics And Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship
Cassandra Telenko awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship [News Item]