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Just reached a milestone - 100 peer-reviewed publications! The vast majority of these papers have been written with my amazing graduate students, with each paper representing another chapter in their PhD thesis. One of the greatest privileges of being a professor is mentoring and supporting students as they grow as researchers, overcome challenges, and celebrate their own publication milestones. I still remember my first papers. Mom was so proud that her son was published. Dad, who worked at a rural gas station after retirement, would take my preprints to show the farmers who stopped by to chat. Those memories still mean so much to me. This latest paper feels like a special capstone: a collaborative effort bringing together multiple generations of my graduate students, including my very first PhD student, now Professor Jo! I am stoked to be a professor, to work alongside such amazing students and colleagues, and to be part of the #Longhorn community. Here's to the next generation of discoveries, collaborations, and student milestones! 🤘

Thank you, @UT_PGE, for all your incredible support! Our annual #hackathon would not be possible without the hard work and dedication of our departmental chair, staff, and industry volunteers. I’m also honored to have been nominated for the Top Engineering Teaching Award by our department’s awards committee, and I’m deeply grateful to our staff for putting together the nomination package. Truly an amazing department! #HookEm

Last weekend we held the #Energy #AI 2025 #hackathon hosted by Prof. @johntfoster & @GeostatsGuy in @UT_PGE, @UTAustin. We had about 180 students participate from all over campus! Many learned and applied new #DataScience skills! I'm full of appreciation to our hackathon architects, @AhmedMerzoug12 & @E_Rustamzade, the 6 VP judges, 15 industry expert mentors and the @UT_PGE chair and staff! Learn more at, linkedin.com/posts/michael-p….

Are you a current @UTAustin student? Join us on the 40 Acres for the 5th Annual Energy AI Hackathon! 📅 Friday, January 24 at 5 PM: Kick off with a warm-up data science workshop, followed by the challenge introduction. 🗓️ Saturday & Sunday, January 25 & 26: Collaborate all day Saturday and Sunday morning on the problem. Then, present your solutions to the Energy and Tech VP judge panel on Sunday afternoon. 🎉 What’s in it for you? Tons of Machine Learning Learning and Fun! 🤖 Awesome Awards 🏆 Industry Mentors 💡 Free Food 🍕 including Texas Barbecue 🍖 Last year, 160 students participated! Open to all current students. We hope to see you there! #Hackathon #AI #DataScience #ML #Longhorns #DataScience #MachineLearning

Today we held our #UTAustin Subsurface #DataScience consortium today at @Chevron’s downtown Houston office! Professors @GeostatsGuy & @johntfoster and several of our graduate students presented 18 technical talks, papers, codes and demonstrations to representatives from >10 companies! Appreciation for our students’ hard work and all participants and especially Chevron for their critical support of education and research! #MachineLearning