The University of Texas High-Resolution X-ray Computed Tomography Facility

The High-Resolution X-ray Computed Tomography Facility at The University of Texas at Austin (UTCT) is a national shared multi-user facility supported by the Instrumentation and Facilities Program of NSF’s Earth Sciences (EAR) directorate and NASA’s Planetary Science Enabling Facilities program. UTCT offers scientific researchers across the earth, biological and engineering sciences access to a completely nondestructive technique for visualizing features in the interior of opaque solid objects, and for obtaining digital information on their 3D geometries and properties.

Interested in scanning materials at our facility? See the Scanning FAQ or download the Scan Agreement Form.

Selected Recent Publications

Gross, J., Mosie, A.B., Krysher, C., Zeigler, R.A., Eckley, S.A, Ketcham, R.A., Hanna, R.D., Edey, D., Kent, J.J., McCubbin, F.M., McDonald, F., Schild, T., Lucey, P.G., Sun, L., Flom, A., Petro, N.E., Shearer, C.K., and ANGSA Science Team (2025) Apollo Next Generation Sample Analyses (ANGSA) samples: Preliminary examination of double drive tube samples 73001 and 73002 and lessons learned for returning to the Moon with Artemis. Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets, 130, e2024JE008585.

Crossley, S.D., Setera, J.B., Anzures, B.A., Iacovino, K., Buckley, W.P., Eckley, S.A., O’Neal, E.W., Maisano, J.A., Simon, J.I., and Righter, K. (2025) Percolative sulfide core formation in oxidized planetary bodies. Nature Communications, 16, 3233. .

Figueirido, B., Tucker, S., and Lautenschlager, S. (In press) Comparing cranial biomechanics between Barbourofelis fricki and Smilodon fatalis: Is there a universal killing-bite among saber-toothed predators? The Anatomical Record.

Ketcham, R.A. (2025) New watershed methods for isolating and characterizing discrete objects in 3D data sets. Tomography of Materials and Structures, 7, 100043.

Nemati, S., Mahmoudi, A., Ham, K., Siemers, T., Guo, S., Gutekunst, J., Schulz, J., Taylor, I., Maasberg, M., and Butler, L.G. (2025) A process inspired by fractals for embedding digital codes into additively manufactured components for supply chain security. Scientific Reports, 15, 3167.

Ren, A., Zhong, Z., Wang, Y., Qin, B., Smith, W., Xu, X., Listro, T., and Zhang, F. (2025) Manufacture, characterization, and elucidation of drug release mechanisms of etonogestrel implants based on ethylene vinyl acetate. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 114, 199-209.

See our publication page for a complete list.