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Sept. 3, 2025

The Peter O’Donnell Jr. Postdoctoral Research Fellows: 2025-2026

Meet the new cohort of Peter O’Donnell, Jr. Postdoctoral Research Fellows!

L-r: Paul Beckman, Jingqi Li, Arjun Vijaywargiya

L-r: Paul Beckman, Jingqi Li, Arjun Vijaywargiya

News

Aug. 22, 2025

UT-Led Team is Finalist for 2025 Gordon Bell Prize for Digital Twin Tsunami Research

The team overcame the massive scale and real-time demands of tsunami forecasting by creating new numerical methods and running them on GPU-accelerated supercomputers. The framework extends beyond tsunamis to other hazard forecasting (hurricanes, volcanoes) and applications in wave propagation, threat detection, and treaty verification.

A digital twin for tsunami early warning in the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Image courtesy of OPTIMUS Research Center.

A digital twin for tsunami early warning in the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Image courtesy of OPTIMUS Research Center.

News

Aug. 21, 2025

Robotics, AI and Programming: The Center for Autonomy Summer Research Internship Programs

The Center for Autonomy hosted four summer research programs.

NSF, AEOP and NASA ULI Internship Cohort.

NSF, AEOP and NASA ULI Internship Cohort.

Next Upcoming Event

Towards the predictive computational modeling of quantum materials at finite temperatures

Antonios Alvertis,

noon– 1 p.m.

Sept. 16, 2025

POB 4.304 and Zoom

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

Aug. 20, 2025

UT Austin Welcomes New Faculty Dima Kozakov: Transforming the Use of AI in Drug Design

Dima Kozakov, a globally recognized computational biologist, joins Oden Institute and Department of Molecular Biosciences. Kozakov received an award from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to bring him from Stony Brook University.