As the search continues for our new director, we wanted to provide an update on some additional transitions. To better serve our mission and the UT research community, we are realigning our defense research support functions. While we will continue to support strategic pursuit of DOD-sponsored research, we will no longer be a standalone administrative unit within The Office of the Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors (OVPR). To reflect these changes, we will be retiring the Defense Research Advancement name and DRA acronym. We are also transitioning away from social media. You can follow UT Austin Research for defense research news and announcements or email us at research@utexas.edu to stay in touch and to continue receiving updates. In addition, several of our team members have shifted into new roles within OVPR. Research development support, as well as associated events and external engagements, are now part of the OVPR Research Development unit. Christopher Hossfeld and Will Flanagan have moved to this RD unit and a new director will be hired. Post-award financial reporting support will be provided by the Office of Sponsored Projects. Cynthia Steiner has moved to this unit. Research Security will be supported through the Office of Research Support and Compliance. Laura Klopfenstein will continue covering defense research announcements and stories as well as other research areas at UT as part of the OVPR Research Communications team. If you have any questions about these changes, please reach out to us at research@utexas.edu.
UT Austin Defense Research Advancement
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Austin, Texas 2,318 followers
Connecting researchers and the national security community to advance scientific discovery and solve complex challenges.
About us
UT Austin's Defense Research Advancement (DRA) is a dedicated team in the Office of the Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors. Acting as a liaison, we engage with campus researchers and the Department of Defense (DOD) to solve complex challenges, advance scientific discovery, and train a relevant workforce. The DRA team has an overall understanding of science and technology priorities across services and is focused on connecting UT's technical expertise and capabilities with DOD needs and gaps. We also steward research partnerships with military departments and defense agencies including the Air Force, Army, Navy, Space Force, DARPA, DTRA and others, and interface with the rapidly growing national security ecosystem in Austin, TX.
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- Research
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- 2-10 employees
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- Austin, Texas
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- Educational
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- 2019
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- defense, military, research, technology, testing, development, stewardship, innovation, national security, defense research, biotechnologies, computing and networking, design thinking, human-machine teaming, materials, medical advancements, microelectronics, policy, power and energy systems, space and sensing, research development, and research support
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UT’s Nuclear and Applied Robotic team demonstrated some of their applied robotics in hazardous environments research at this year’s Army Futures Command Human-Machine Integrated Formations (HMI-F) Summit at Texas A&M University. This event highlighted opportunities to understand the US Army focus areas on HMI platforms, capabilities, and various initiatives from across academia, industry and government partners.
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At Texas Robotics, innovation and imagination come together in fun ways. Last week, our students stepped away from their usual work on cutting-edge robotics and groundbreaking research to compete in our annual Robot Halloween Costume Contest! 🎃👻🤖 Swipe to see some of the spooktacular entries! #TexasRobotics
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Great opportunity to meet with researchers and scholars at the UT Austin Research Proposal Development Resource Fair. Enjoyed sharing how we can help with defense research project proposals and connect faculty with the DOD to acquire funding. We even got to hear a few pitches - always impressed by our world-class researchers!
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How can artificial intelligence be used to help address some of society’s greatest challenges? Join us at the Year of AI’s closing celebration, AI LIVE on November 15 (https://bit.ly/3BTAp7I, where our leaders and key partners will explore what it means to build beneficial human-AI partnerships and how values-driven innovation can advance equity, sustainability, and improve quality of life for all. Luis Sentis (Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas Robotics) moderates a forward-looking conversation with panelists Chelsea Collier (Digi.City), Daniel Culotta (City of Austin), Matt Lease (School of Information - The University of Texas at Austin), and Junfeng Jiao (The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture) as they delve into the potential benefits and risks of new AI applications, the ethical questions that are keeping them up, exciting new technological developments, and their hopes for the future. RSVP: https://bit.ly/48nz0T4 #TexasAI #EthicalAI
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Congratulations, Maruthi Akella!
I am still shocked and numb with the news just received: the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature named an asteroid in my name vide their latest bulletin (Volume 4, #14, Oct 14, 2024). This certainly cannot be possible without the support of so many distinguished colleagues in the astrodynamics field and all my excellent students. A big thanks to everyone. I can only strive to pay forward! Name: (5376) Maruthiakella = 1990 DD Discovery: 1990-02-16 / S. Ueda, H. Kaneda Indian-American aerospace engineer Maruthi R. Akella (b. 1972) is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin. He has been instrumental in advancing the control of complex dynamical systems with large-scale nonlinearities and uncertainties, contributing to many successful applications in astrodynamics. Picture and the asteroid orbit visualization courtesy my wonderful colleague Dr. Ryan Park from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory! Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin University of Texas Center for Space Research Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences UT Austin Defense Research Advancement Indian Institute of Science (IISc) National Institute of Technology Calicut Texas A&M University Springer Nature American Astronautical Society
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