Maverick Engineering in the News

Formula SAE team plans to continue winning tradition (MAE’s Dr. Woods, students) published: January 27, 2010
Thirty-two years ago, Formula SAE advisor Bob Woods had no formal training in building cars. full story

College of Engineering observes its 50th year anniversary (teaser for special edition of Shorthorn) published: January 25, 2010
The College of Engineering is celebrating 50 years of existence. The college has come a long way since its transition from idea to Texas’ fourth-largest engineering college. Now, the university is hanging its hopes on faculty and students to launch it toward national recognition for research. full story

College of Engineering observes its 50th year anniversary (teaser for special edition of Shorthorn) published: January 26, 2010
The College of Engineering is celebrating 50 years of existence. The college has come a long way since its transition from idea to Texas’ fourth-largest engineering college. Now, the university is hanging its hopes on faculty and students to launch it toward national recognition for research. full story

SunPower Names James S. Pape President of its Residential and Commercial Business Group (ME alumnus Pape) published: January 25, 2010

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced that Jim Pape has joined the company as president of the residential and commercial business group. SunPower also announced that it has established a business group profit and loss (P&L) organizational structure to align its sales, engineering, construction, and customer service teams. This new P&L structure will support the company's expected growth in each of the customer segments. As part of this realignment, Howard Wenger will now serve as president of the utilities and power plants business group. full story

Streetman details continuing impact of the semiconductor (Streetman lecture) published: January 25, 2010

Today, semiconductors in all their various forms are integral to American life. Ben Streetman, professor in the electrical and computer engineering department at the University of Texas at Austin, detailed the exponential evolution of semiconductors and their applications as part of the continuing 50th anniversary lecture series for the College of Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. full story

Future Cities at UT Arlington (COE hosted this event, but not mentioned in the report) published: January 24, 2010
a number of disasters have hit the united states over the past few years from wildfires to floods tornadoes and hurricanes. those events inspired 7th and 8th great students to think about innovation taking part in the national engineers week called future city competition. full story

UT-Austin professor lectures on the Semiconductor Revolution (Ben Streetman presentation) published: January 20, 2010
The big screen in Cowboys Stadium and a USB flash drive share a common ancestor – the transistor. full story

Cooking With Gas (CE alumnus Kelcy Warren) published: December 31, 2009
Building the largest pipeline system in Texas, Kelcy Warren has taken on naysayers and the feds. Now he's itching to buy something new. full story

Digits are the new widgets in Knowledge Age (Tier 1 op ed) published: December 31, 2009
There are countless studies in economics literature that highlight the links between increases in educational levels and economic productivity and improvements in society's welfare. full story

Mayor, university promote Arlington as ‘College Town’ (Engineering Research Bldg.) published: December 21, 2009
Both University of Texas at Arlington President James Spaniolo and Arlington Mayor Bob Cluck hope that a strategy dubbed “College Town” can solve a long-existing dilemma for the city. full story

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