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May 29, 2025

Building Community: Rising Stars in Computational and Data Sciences Annual Workshop

The sixth annual workshop provides an atmosphere for networking for early career researchers. The workshop includes interactive panels and career path opportunities.

2025 Rising Stars cohort. Credit: Joanne Foote/Oden Institute

2025 Rising Stars cohort. Credit: Joanne Foote/Oden Institute

News

May 20, 2025

UT Graduate Students Find Missing Link in Early Martian Water Cycle

Today, Mars is largely dry, at least at the surface. But 3 to 4 billion years ago — at around the time that life was getting started on Earth — oceans, lakes and rivers carved valleys through Mars’ mountains and craters and imprinted shorelines in the rocky surface. Researchers hope to build a model to better understand Mars water cycle.

Early Mars, as it may have been, billions of years ago. Graduate students published research that suggests much of the planet’s water was locked underground. Credit: Ittiz/Wikimedia Commons

Early Mars, as it may have been, billions of years ago. Graduate students published research that suggests much of the planet’s water was locked underground. Credit: Ittiz/Wikimedia Commons

News

May 19, 2025

Celebrating the Class of 2025: Oden Institute Honors CSEM Graduates

The Oden Institute celebrated its 2025 graduates with a reception following the university’s commencement ceremony. The event honored students who completed M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.

2025 CSEM Graduates (not all graduates pictured). Credit: Joanne Foote

2025 CSEM Graduates (not all graduates pictured). Credit: Joanne Foote

Next Upcoming Event

USACM: Artificial Intelligence and Digital Twins for Earth Systems

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8:45 a.m.– 6 p.m.

Sept. 22, 2025

POB 2.302 (Avaya Auditorium)

Feature

Jan. 24, 2025

Bridging Continents: Leszek Demkowicz Retires After Distinguished Career in Theoretical and Applied Mathematics

Leszek Demkowicz – Principal Faculty at the Oden Institute and expert in theoretical and applied mathematics – reflects on his career as he steps into phased retirement.

Feature

Jan. 10, 2025

Images from the DOE’s E3SM global climate model showing atmospheric rivers carrying moisture from lower latitudes to the very far north arctic.  Several relevant model components are shown including wind, ocean temperature and sea-ice coverage.

Connecting the Dots: Visualizing Science

Working with scientists, visual artists bring to light the nuances hidden in huge data.

Feature

Oct. 17, 2024

Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering

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

Oden Institute affiliated faculty members Fabrizio Bisetti and Noel Clemens are combining hydrogen and ammonia, which are in many ways natural complements, as a potential source for generating carbon-free electricity.

News

May 14, 2025

University of Texas-led Team Solves a Big Problem for Fusion Energy

A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin has developed a breakthrough method for designing magnetic confinement systems in fusion reactors, solving a 70-year-old challenge. The findings, published in Physical Review Letters, represent a major step toward making clean, sustainable fusion energy a reality.

Predicted motions of hundreds of particles in a fusion reactor. The motions predicted with the new method (orange, red) agree very closely with those predicted by Newton’s laws (blue, green), but can be calculated 10 times faster. Image credit: University

Predicted motions of hundreds of particles in a fusion reactor. The motions predicted with the new method (orange, red) agree very closely with those predicted by Newton’s laws (blue, green), but can be calculated 10 times faster. Image credit: University