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UNT TAMS students named regional finalists, semifinalists in Siemens science competition
11.1.2006

The Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science & Technology recognizes research in mathematics and science by high school age students. TAMS had more semifinalists in this year's competition than any other school in Texas and the second largest number of semifinalists of any school in the nation. It tied with another school for having the largest number of regional finalists from a Texas school.

General University News | Research | Science | TAMS

Nobel Prize winning chemist Robert Curl will speak at the University of North Texas	10.30.2006
Curl is currently involved in several areas of physical chemistry research, including the development of DNA genotyping and sequencing instrumentation, will present "The Strange Chemistry of Elemental Carbon"
General University News \| Research \| Science

UNT to offer bachelor's, master's degrees in mechanical and energy engineering	10.25.2006
The progam, the first of its kind in the United States, will focus on new, more efficient energy systems.
General University News \| Research

UNT's Department of Materials Science & Engineering to hold "Materials Day at the Research Park"	10.19.2006
Events showcasing materials and technology intended for teachers and students from high schools, community colleges and undergraduate students from UNT and surrounding universities.
Education \| General University News \| Research

UNT attracts top engineering professor for visiting professorship	10.17.2006
Dr. Alan Needleman will serve as a visiting professor in UNT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering for spring semesters, 2007-2009
Education \| General University News \| Research

Students at UNT's Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science to present research at forum	10.5.2006
The students, all high school age, received stipends to work at least 40 hours a week in a UNT laboratory or other research laboratory this past summer, creating original research.
General University News \| Research \| TAMS

UNT receives $4 million in defense appropriation for nanotechnology research	10.5.2006
Funding will further develop the state-of-the-art research and development facility, and the study of biomaterials, bioelectronics and advanced energy materials
General University News \| Research

Rehabilitation professor receives lifetime achievement award	9.25.2006
Eugenia Bodenhamer-Davis, associate professor of rehabilitation, social work and addictions, was honored by the International Society for Neurofeedback and Research for her work as director of UNT's Neurotherapy Laboratory.
General University News \| Research

Goven named as UNT interim vice president for research	9.14.2006
Dr. Arthur J. Goven, chair of the Department of Biological Sciences will serve as UNT's interim vice president for research while the university conducts a national search to permanently fill the position.
General University News \| Research

UNT co-sponsors nanotechnology conference in Dallas Sept. 27-28	9.6.2006
The "nanoTX'06" is being presented to establish Texas as a world leader in the discoveries, development and commercialization of nanotechnology.
Business \| General University News \| Research \| Science

Geography faculty member receives Fulbright award to teach overseas	8.28.2006
Reid Ferring, director of the Center for Environmental Archaeology, will teach archaeological science at the Georgian National University in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, where he has spent summers unearthing human fossils.
General University News \| Research \| Science

UNT to offer cognitive behavioral therapy to treat insomnia	8.7.2006
The new Sleep and Health Research Laboratory in UNT's Psychology Clinic will help clients break behaviors and cognitive patterns that lead to poor sleep and chronic insomnia.
General University News \| Research

UNT's Monroe Robotic Observatory to be watching asteroid 2004 XP14 as it approaches Earth	6.30.2006
UNT researchers will be studying light reflectance of the first major asteroid fly-by at the Monroe Robotic Observatory since its opening.
General University News \| Research \| Science

Faculty member named Scholar-in-Residence by American Society of Microbiology	6.19.2006
Lee Hughes, lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences and the department's undergraduate advisor, will attend the society's Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Summer Workshop next month to develop a hypothesis to explore student learning in microbiology.
General University News \| Research \| Science

Faculty members receive research awards from Oak Ridge Associated Universities	5.16.2006
Pinliang Dong, assistant professor of geography, and Brian Gorman, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, were two of 25 faculty members in the nation, and two of three from Texas universities, to receive $5,000 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards. The awards are intended to enrich the research and professional growth of young faculty members and result in new funding opportunities.
General University News \| Research \| Science

Three UNT computer science professors receive nearly $200,000 in grants from Texas Advanced Research Program	5.3.2006
The two grants represent about 25 percent of the money available through this program.
General University News \| Research

Volunteers needed for UNT study of family influence on teens	1.17.2006
Researchers are seeking high school students and their parents to participate in the Families and Futures Research Project
General University News \| Research

Making a better nonstick frying pan	12.9.2005
Polymer researcher Witold Brostow says that, among plastics, nonstick and scratch-resistance are almost mutually exclusive properties, but that may soon change.
Research

Fulbright scholar Hassan Rabaa visits UNT	12.2.2005
On leave from Ibn Tfail University in Morocco, Rabaa teaches and does research in the chemistry department.
Research

Hurricane history may lie in Louisiana marshlands	12.1.2005
Geographer Harry Williams will study marshes along the Texas-Louisiana border for evidence of past tsunamis and hurricanes, and try to discover whether their deposits can be distinguished.
Research

Earth, wind and fire: Predicting the path of a wild one	12.1.2005
A GIS expert can determine the path of a grass fire, making it possible to warn nearby residents before fire threatens their home.
Research

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