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.
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"
Events showcasing materials and technology intended for teachers and students from high schools, community colleges and undergraduate students from UNT and surrounding universities.
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.
Funding will further develop the state-of-the-art research and development facility, and the study of biomaterials, bioelectronics and advanced energy materials
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Polymer researcher Witold Brostow says that, among plastics, nonstick and scratch-resistance are almost mutually exclusive properties, but that may soon change.
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.