The center

The University of Texas at Austin (UT) is true to their motto, “What Starts Here Changes the World”.  The Center for Electromechanics (CEM) supports this goal as a leading applied research unit.  Researchers at the Center are recognized for expertise in advanced energy storage and power generation rotating machines for both intermittent and continuous duty applications. For the past four decades, CEM has served as a key contributor to the University’s success in research, education, and service to the community.

RESEARCH

CEM is focused on state-of-the-art research, with facilities and equipment for staff engineers to design, build, and test first-of-a-kind prototypes.  With a proven track record in technology transfer to both government and industry sponsors, CEM researchers are experienced in working on small and large projects with industry and understand commercial pressures and time-scales.  The Center draws upon the creativity, knowledge, and experience of the academic faculty for real-world multi-disciplinary solutions.

EDUCATION

Both undergrad and graduate UT students join CEM researchers in development and testing of new technologies.  This hands-on education not only provides UT students with must-have real-world experience, but also provides a conduit for technology transfer to research sponsors.  Students gain important exposure to emerging technologies and leading edge designs essential for a sustainable energy future.  Moreover, CEM brings as often as possible the enthusiasm and creativity of students to industrial problems so companies can not only add new technologies to their product lines but can also hire recent graduates with highly relevant experience.

SERVICE

CEM serves UT as an effective interface to industry.  CEM often called upon to consult with large consortiums to solve the world’s toughest problems.  CEM has helped multiple companies improve existing products through emerging technologies.  Center researchers take pride in providing the highest quality solutions.

What's new

Austin community participates in energy-saving study

It's a neighborhood that could set to trend for others in the future. It's helping companies look at the use of energy. Story courtesy Tom Abrahams - KTRK-TV Houston.

Study focuses on electric cars' effect on power grid

Electric cars could be the wave of the future, but as they hit the roads, they have to get their charges. And that means they'll pull power from the state's power grid. Story courtesy Tom Abrahams - KTRK-TV Houston.

The Texas Electric Vehicle Program
The Daily Texan video "The Texas Electric Vehicle Program" reporting on the newest bus to join the hydrogen bus program at UT-CEM.

Bio Fertilizer Project - Rhykka Connelly
 Come on a journey to the J.J. Pickle research campus and learn about their potentially ground healing discovery...an organic fertilizer made from algal bio-mass! Video provided by University of Texas Environmental Science Institute.

How Algal Biofertilizers Can Accelerate Sustainable Agriculture

This presentation addresses the challenges posed by conventional agricultural practices through a historical perspective, outlines the potential of biofertilizers as an alternative to mainstream synthetic fertilizers, and presents our current applied research at the University of Texas demonstrating a technique to use microalgae to reclaim phosphorous and nitrogen from waste water streams and redirect it for support of agricultural production. Video provided by UTAustinGreen.