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96 news releases are tagged with the topic engineering
November 2014
Cancer decoys
The research uses biodegradable polymers to build cancer traps that can be more easily eradicated.
October 2014
Stem cell generation
A bioengineering professor is working on research that injects microscaffolding into a patient, spurring use of that patient's own stem cells.
A diverse field
A new grant from the National Science Foundation will help UT Arlington’s Bridge to the Doctorate program increase diversity in science and engineering.
Traffic fix
The student team created a real-time monitoring system that analyzes traffic conditions and enables better vehicular flow.
Breath analysis
Electrical engineers will build a device to detect dangerous gases in a person's breath.
Urban Water Sustainability
An engineer is looking to develop a tool that cities and counties can use to plan for needed infrastructure.
Local inventors
Dozens of UT Arlington patent holders converge on National Academy of Inventors symposium.
Metal fatigue
Research will detect problems in aircraft parts at the micro- and nano-scale level.
Sensors to the rescue
Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program project aimed at helping soldiers.
Innovate and create
UT Arlington prepares to unveil state-of-the-art Fab Lab featuring cutting-edge technology for research at Central Library.
Going with the flow
A new paper from UT Arlington's Biophysics and Physiology Lab explores how fluid flow affects neurons connecting as they do in the body.
Pain management
A UT Arlington multi-disciplinary team will analyze data to help physicians make better, more informed decisions about treating patients’ pain.
September 2014
Detecting dangers
A UT Arlington research team has developed a new radiation detection method that could lead to advances in medical safety and homeland security.
Asking the right question
UT Arlington professor says system could lead to improved decision making.
School of rock
The National Science Foundation has chosen UT Arlington geophysicist W. Ashley Griffith for its Faculty Early Career Development Program.
Harvesting water
Engineering researchers develop device, inspired by the beaks of birds, to help harvest water from fog and dew. The artificial beaks could help drought-stricken areas around the world.
A research network
UT Arlington has received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to give researchers a faster computer network.
Water as a right
UT Arlington's Wasiu Lawal took top honors in a national American Association for the Advancement of Science contest.
Strength in numbers
Engineering growth drives UT Arlington enrollment to new fall record approaching 35,000 students.
Open ideas
UT Arlington has been selected to be part of a new edX initiative to offer free online classes for high school students.
Efficient energy
A research team has discovered a way to cool electrons in chips that could enable electronic devices to function with very little energy.
Big Data
Computer scientist to use genomic network for determining best materials to manufacture products.
Research leader
Mickey McCabe, a composite materials expert who has led research efforts at the University of Dayton, takes the helm at the UT Arlington Research Institute.
A place in the lab
A new UT Arlington program aims to increase retention of science majors by giving them early access to research.
August 2014
Robotic small motor manufacturing system
The aim of the Walmart funding is to bring manufacturing back to the United States.
Detecting neural glitches
Research compares brain patterns to patients with mental illnesses.
Rogers involved in sustainable engineering
The Institute of Industrial Engineers named UT Arlington's Jamie Rogers a fellow at its recent annual conference.
Coursework includes building UVS
Graduate-level certification will help meet industry needs.
Supporting tomorrow's leaders
A new UT Arlington, Arlington school district collaboration will create a STEM Academy for high school students, starting in 2015.
July 2014
Breaking ground
A UT Arlington geophysicist will use federal grant funding to examine rock fractures at the surface and below ground.
Big data
A UT Arlington engineering professor has won a three-year NSF grant to develop an interactive gene expression database.
Four on-board computers fine-tune formula car
Students use design, computer code, engineering know-how to build race car each year.
Students will travel to Spain for collaborative effort
Aim of grant is preparing infrastructure, technology for disaster.
June 2014
Students win at IEEE conference
Robotics teams win international challenges against professionals.
Engineering, UT Southwestern collaborate on project
New device would require only urine sample instead of a blood draw to detect bladder cancer.
Students improve after treatment
Published paper details use of functional near infrared spectroscopy to map brain activity responses during cognitive activities.
A test for safe water
The National Science Foundation is helping a UT Arlington team bring a new analyzer for water contamination to the market.
May 2014
Componation to start July 7
New industrial engineering department chair sees University as launching pad for new jobs.
New Construction Management degree offered
The interdisciplinary civil engineering program will include architecture, accounting, business and management courses.
Academy member appointed
National Academy of Sciences member David Nygren will join UT Arlington's Physics Department this fall. He is widely known for inventing the “Time Projection Chamber” and current work investigating neutrinos.
April 2014
New method cuts time in generating bone tissue, comforts patients
Researchers at UT Arlington and Arlington Memorial Hospital are studying alternative ways of creating bone tissue for patients who need it.
Coursework to lead to certification
Certification program to meet supply in high-demand engineering area.
March 2014
Innovative space
Technology-rich lab to launch fall 2015 in the UT Arlington Central Library, bringing together student inventors, artists, engineers and more.
Worldwide partners
Agreements with four Jordanian institutions will further UT Arlington’s global mission of expanding access and excellence for education and research.
February 2014
Position will give University impact, influence
The associate dean of engineering research has been appointed to chair the National Research Council's soil mechanics unit.
Technology recruits stem cells for reconstruction
Kytai Nguyen's National Institutes of Health work will make angioplasty, stenting procedures safer.
January 2014
New model drastically reduces run times
Paper proposes new computer model that accounts for nano-scale measurements and movements.
University part of nationwide plan to get drones airborne
Four researchers will work on various aspects of unmanned aerial systems that could boost use of those systems.
Device also could power homes
Inexpensive micro-windmills could solve many energy challenges.
December 2013
UT Arlington team wins AT&T Coding Challenge
Engineering undergrads take first place, $10,000 prize for app that deters texting while driving
Karbhari, Elsenbaumer, Cason, Lewis honored
Professors are honored for inventions in respective fields.
Project could employ social media, smartphones for answers
Department of Transportation grant to enlist several universities' help in discovering alternative solutions to traffic snarls.
November 2013
Engineering excellence honored
The prestigious Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has named The University of Texas at Arlington’s Robert Magnusson as one of its 2014 fellows.
Assistant professor's paper uses EEG readings for forecasting
Researcher incorporates adaptive learning to use medical data in best way.
Bioengineer concentrates on tissue, cellular research
A bioengineering associate professor was named an American Heart Association fellow.
Lines would be mostly within existing TxDOT right of way
A feasibility study of high-speed rail in Texas shows that trips between Texas pairs of cities could be competitive with air travel.
NIH funds may fuel new treatment
A UTA physicist is exploring ways to use light to control and monitor neural activity. His work could help those with sight deterioration.
Researchers want to make data available to secondary analysis
Researchers are leading a collaborative NSF project to protect personal, electronic healthcare data while ensuring that the anonymous records can be used for secondary analysis and improved health care.
October 2013
NSF grant compiles Big Data for healthier living
A UT Arlington computer scientist is mining electronic medical records data to help physicians personalize patient treatment.
Incubator to aid marketability
The University of Texas at Arlington and TechFW, a Fort Worth-based technology startup initiative, have agreed to a multi-year partnership to commercialize University research and move innovation to the marketplace.
Science advances with Shimadzu
Two new student labs are open as part of the Shimadzu Institute for Research Technologies, a $25.2 million investment in science.
New system could be used in variety of communications, computer devices
An electrical engineering professor's NSF work aims to harness the power of lasers on silicon chips to increase capacity and speed in computing and communications systems.
Research studies lithium-ion batteries
Two UT Arlington engineering faculty members have won a $152,077 Office of Naval Research grant to make lithium-ion batteries cooler and safer on Navy ships and planes.
A new view for researchers
Scientists from UTA and MIT have successfully demonstrated a new method for observing reactions on a "lab-on-a-chip" devices.
Aerospace engineering student earns NASA fellowship
Baydar will conduct research into efficient jet engines in conjunction with the space agency.
September 2013
A formula to predict medical reactions
Newly-published research from the College of Engineering and College of Science shows success in predicting medical complications with a computer model.
Smarter rehab, improved patient outcomes
Computer science engineers are building the iRehab system to personalize therapy programs through a new, $1 million NSF grant.
Nguyen earns American Heart Association grant
A UT Arlington associate professor is working with the American Heart Association on a new method that could use injected nanoparticles to recruit stem cells from the patient’s own blood to build needed stents in a patient’s failing blood vessels.
Zeng tries to build consistency in process
A UT Arlington engineer is trying to build consistency in some manufacturing processes through an NSF grant.
Engineering, graduate students lead enrollment growth
Strong, sustained enrollment demonstrates that UT Arlington is an institution of first choice for students and scholars.
Grant to pay for feasibility study in African nation
Engineering team to help Ghana with alternative energy production.
Fighting diabetes with education
Ford Motor Co. grant helps students educate community about diabetes as part of nationwide service-learning initiative.
Move to encourage collaboration
The Nanofab joins the University's Shimadzu Institute for Research Technologies in a move to strengthen research that depends upon world-class scientific instrumentation.
August 2013
Engineers using materials reclaimed from landfills to stabilize soil
A UT Arlington civil engineer has won a $1 million TxDOT contract to install pins made from recycled plastic to shore up clay soils that support the state's highways.
Engineer takes on role in national Materials Genome Initiative
Researchers are assembling a computer-based "genome" that will aid in the design and development of advanced new materials.
July 2013
FSAE program to host 13th Annual Texas Autocross rally
Student engineers from universities across North America will compete in scaled-down versions of Indy racers they have designed and built.
June 2013
Engineer to design prototype that predicts flash flooding
A first-of-its-kind prototype would allow Fort Worth to more effectively dispatch emergency personnel when flash flooding occurs.
Research focuses on using existing TxDOT right of way
A civil engineer is studying the feasibility of placing a high-speed rail line within the public right of way from North Texas to Houston and San Antonio.
Research to benefit quality, flow in 150-mile Integrated Pipeline
Engineer has been awarded a $394,300 grant from the Tarrant Regional Water District to ensure water quality and flow.
May 2013
Behbehani named dean of the College of Engineering
The College of Engineering serves more than 4,000 students, includes more than 200 faculty members and has total research expenditures exceeding $30.6 million.
Engineer using quantum nature of light to boost Internet security
His goal is to increase by tenfold the amount of information that can be securely transmitted via the Internet and the distance over which that data can be transmitted.
Research on testing to produce safer, faster, more reliable aircraft
An aerospace engineer is developing diagnostic and predictive tools that can make aircraft safer, faster and more reliable.
April 2013
Puppala named American Society of Civil Engineers Fellow
Anand Puppala is associate dean of research in the College of Engineering.
March 2013
Professor's research finds more space on cell phone spectrum
He is developing a system in a cell phone that could automatically locate available space within a bandwidth, reducing or eliminating "dead spots."
Engineer to provide Navy better radar performance with less data
He is working to provide the U.S. Navy a signal processing system that provides better information for radar even though it collects less data.
Engineer to search for bad algal blooms
A grant will be used to identify harmful algal blooms in fresh and salt water so that water providers can take action to contain and curb the blooms.
Adaptable software, tools aim to help rheumatoid arthritis patients
Researchers are creating individualized, patient-centered rehabilitation software systems that will promote and support physical therapy for people with rheumatoid arthritis.
February 2013
Research employs semiconductors to better store, use solar energy
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $400,000 Early Career Development grant to Fuqiang Liu, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering, to improve the way solar energy is captured, stored and transmitted for use.
Formula SAE racing adviser honored with international award
The Society of Automotive Engineers Internatonal has honored UT Arlington engineering professor Bob Woods, the longtime adviser to the University’s Formula SAE racing team, with its annual Excellence in Engineering Education Award.
Software engineer's tool makes for quicker tests
A UT Arlington software engineer is refining a computer testing tool that reduces the amount of time and expense companies must spend to determine whether a new program works.
Engineer wins NSF award to support microfluidic analyses of tissue, cell samples
A UT Arlington mechanical engineer has been honored by the National Science Foundation with a $400,000 Early Career Development grant to support her work with microfluidic devices, which promise to improve 3D tissue and cell sample analyses.
Bioengineer to use hybrid imaging system to see deep tissue
A UT Arlington bioengineer has been awarded a $407,163 National Science Foundation Early Career Development grant to use light and sound to produce an accurate image of a patient’s deep tissue.
January 2013
Da Vinci-inspired sculpture to symbolize UT Arlington's world-class mission
A 20-foot sculpture to be installed this spring at The University of Texas at Arlington will symbolize the University’s bold commitment to research, science and the arts.
Center to focus on homeland security enhancement
A new center at The University of Texas at Arlington will focus on using nanotechnology to strengthen and enhance U.S. security through collaborative research across disciplines.
Bioengineer studying how to send drugs to lungs through nanotechnology
A UT Arlington bioengineering researcher has teamed with a UT Southwestern colleague to develop a nanoparticle drug delivery system that will help stimulate lung growth and function after partial lung removal or destructive lung disease.
UT Arlington receives Grand Challenges Explorations grant
Two UT Arlington engineers will use a new Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant to update an ancient method of evaporation to cool vaccines and medicine that must be shipped to remote parts of the world without ready access to electricity.
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