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September 1, 2025, Filed Under: News, papers, research

Tiny Stent, Big Impact: Dr. Zhang’s Research Work Featured by Oxford and Clarity News

Dr. Zhang’s recent paper, “A Novel Deployable Microstent for the Treatment of Glaucoma,” was highlighted by the University of Oxford and featured in Clarity News for its contribution to advancing minimally invasive treatment options for glaucoma through innovative structural design. 📄 Read the paper: Cell – The Innovation📌 Related coverage:🔹… read more

July 21, 2025, Filed Under: News

Congratulations to Chaisiri Okoun on Receiving the Construction Law Foundation of Texas Fellowship

Congratulations to Chaisiri Okoun (Johnnie) on being awarded the Construction Law Foundation of Texas Fellowship from the Cockrell School of Engineering for the 2025–2026 academic year. This prestigious fellowship recognizes his outstanding academic performance and research contributions. Well deserved!

May 10, 2025, Filed Under: News, research

Congratulations to Ethan Ng on His Graduation and New Position

Congratulations to Ethan Ng on earning his Master of Science in Structural Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in May 2025 and starting a new role as a Structural Forensic Engineer at Thornton Tomasetti in Dallas, Texas. Ethan completed his thesis on “Design Framework for Nature-Inspired Architected Coastal… read more

May 6, 2025, Filed Under: News, research

Dr. Zhang Recognized with Topic Organizer Award at SSDM 2025

Congratulations to Dr. Zhang, who was honored with the Topic Organizer Award at SSDM 2025. She also had the honor of meeting Dr. Tsai in person and receiving a signed copy of his book.

April 22, 2025, Filed Under: News, research

Congratulations to Sofia!

Congratulations to Sofia for winning the Poster Design Award (tie) and receiving an Honorable Mention for Poster Presentation!

April 2, 2025, Filed Under: News

Congratulations to Darin Pi!

Congratulations to Darin for being selected for the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) Program at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) this summer!

March 7, 2025, Filed Under: News

CAEE Graduate Symposium & Poster Session

Congratulations to Devin Young and Chaisiri Okoun (Johnnie) for achieving 3rd place at the CAEE Graduate Symposium & Poster Competition!

August 20, 2024, Filed Under: News, talks

SES 2024

On August 20th, 2024, Li Wan presented our latest research on strengthening Architected Instability-based Metamaterials (AIMs) at the Society of Engineering and Science Annual Meeting.

August 5, 2024, Filed Under: News, talks

ICCES2024

On August 5th, 2024, Dr. Zhang was invited to present the research project “Deployable Microstent for Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS)” at the 30th International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES2024) in Singapore.

July 6, 2024, Filed Under: News

Chaisiri Okoun received the Academy of Distinguished Alumni Endowed Graduate Fellowship!

Congratulations to Chaisiri Okoun, who has been awarded the Academy of Distinguished Alumni Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering from the Cockrell School of Engineering for the 2024-2025 academic year.

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