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Five students from UNT's Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science were named semifinalists in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search, which honors research of high school students. The students are (front row) Ashwin Kumar of Irving, Abhishek Mohan of Irving and Tan Yan of Coppell, and (back row) Ted Zhao of Arlington and Sarah Zou of Sugar Land.
Five students in UNT's Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science were named semifinalists in the 2018 Regeneron Science Talent Search. They are among 18 semifinalists from Texas schools.
The Regeneron Science Talent Search is one of the nation's...
Nearly a dozen professors from UNT toured the Weapons and Materials Manufacturing Directorate of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) facilities Jan. 18-19.
The visit was part of the special relationship afforded members of ARL South, a cooperative effort based in Austin, Texas, bringing together government, industry and academia.
“This visit was a part of the ongoing collaborative relationship building for advancing materials and manufacturing knowledge and technologies and preparing next generation scientists and engineers.” says Andrey Voevodin, chair...
From left, TAMS students Abhishek Mohan, Sahil Patel, Steven Sun and David Yue are regional finalists in this year's Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology.
Four students at UNT's Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science are among 101 high school students in the nation named regional finalists in the 2017 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology.
TAMS tied with Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, in having the most regional semifinalists in the nation. In addition, 15 TAMS students were named regional semifinalists in...
Four UNT faculty members were among the educators celebrated for their dedication to excellence through research, service and education during UNT's sixth annual Salute to Faculty Excellence Awards Dinner and Ceremony in October.
Thomas R. Cundari
Thomas R. Cundari, professor of chemistry, was awarded the Eminent Faculty Award. He received a $15,000 check, a commemorative engraved gift and the honor of being an Eminent Faculty Awardee. In his 26-year career, Cundari, along with his research group has 340 peer-reviewed scientific papers.
Cundari has given 150 lectures across the U.S. and...
UNT College of Engineering assistant professor Diana Berman has earned the prestigious 2017 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities.
UNT College of Engineering assistant professor Diana Berman has earned the prestigious 2017 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities. The award, which is aimed at enhancing the research and professional growth of young faculty, is one of the most prestigious awards for professors teaching engineering, sciences, mathematics and policy management or education....
Ram Dantu, College of Engineering professor and director of the UNT Center for Information and Computer Security, has been named a finalist for a prestigious Tech Titans Award. Dantu has been named in the Technology Inventor category that recognizes people or groups responsible for creating breakthrough ideas, processes or products that have advanced their discipline as a whole.
“It is a real honor to be named a finalist and that UNT is competing with so many technology giants,” Dantu says.
Dantu, who has 25 patents with nine more pending, is being considered based on new innovative...
UNT's logistics program recently wrapped up a fundraising challenge, thanks to help from entrepreneur William “Bill” LaMothe, PGL chairman of the board. LaMothe, a founding board member of the UNT program and longtime university supporter, agreed to match all donations to the logistics program, up to $50,000, as part of UNT’s fifth Annual Transportation Breakfast and Byron Nelson Open House this May.
“This event was among our most successful, and a major part of that was Bill LaMothe’s generous effort to spur the DFW logistics community toward supporting the future of logistics education,”...
Brian Sauser, director of the Jim McNatt Institute for Logistics Research. The institute, in partnership with the North American Strategy for Competitiveness (NASCO), is coordinating a platform to address logistics challenges facing the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Download image.
UNT researchers will soon be playing a prominent role in the future of North American logistics — the science of transporting goods in the most cost and time efficient way.
The North American Strategy for Competitiveness (NASCO) tapped UNT’s Jim McNatt Institute for Logistics Research to marshal the NASCO University...
UNT's logistics program recently wrapped up a fundraising challenge, thanks to help from entrepreneur William “Bill” LaMothe, PGL chairman of the board. LaMothe, a founding board member of the UNT program and longtime university supporter, agreed to match all donations to the logistics program, up to $50,000, as part of UNT’s fifth Annual Transportation Breakfast and Byron Nelson Open House this May.
“This event was among our most successful, and a major part of that was Bill LaMothe’s generous effort to spur the DFW logistics community toward supporting the future of logistics education,”...
High schoolers got a jumpstart on aerospace careers this summer thanks to the Aviation Career Academy Camp, hosted by UNT’s aviation logistics program and Tarrant County College’s aviation program. The two universities team up at Alliance Airport and TCC’s aviation education site each June to give students a unique introduction to the high-demand industry.
Students flew drones and flight simulators, visited an air traffic control center, learned the physics of flight, enjoyed a behind-the-scenes look at degree options -- like UNT’s aviation logistics program -- and even co-piloted small...
Narendra Dahotre, University Distinguished Research Professor in materials science and engineering at UNT, has been named interim associate vice president of research and innovation at UNT.
Dahotre, a former chairman of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in UNT’s College of Engineering, will serve a one-year appointment effective immediately, while the university conducts a nationwide search to fill the position. Dahotre replaces Dave Schultz, who has served in the position since 2013 and is leaving UNT for an appointment as the vice president for research at Northern Arizona...
Cornelia Caragea, an assistant professor at the University of North Texas College of Engineering, has received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award for her work in machine learning, data mining and information retrieval.
UNT now has 13 researchers who have been awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER award – the most prestigious recognition offered by the NSF for young researchers.
“This award highlights the exemplary research Cornelia has been doing here at the college and the strides she is making in the computer science and engineering field,” said Costas Tsatsoulis, dean of...
During a visit to Washington, D.C., last year, University of North Texas faculty member John Ishiyama unexpectedly met a former student, who was chief of staff for a Congressional representative from Missouri.
“He was my student more than 15 years ago, but he still remembered me,” said Ishiyama, University Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Political Science. “I also recently learned that a kid I knew when he was 18 is now a distinguished professor at Penn State.”
Ishiyama said seeing former students become successful in their careers, and knowing that he had some impact in...
Andrea Recek, a University of North TexasCollege of Music doctoral student in musicology, has been awarded the Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowships in European Studies.
“I am honored to have been awarded this fellowship,” Recek said. “Having my project selected shows that other scholars recognize the value of my research and my methodological approach.”
Graduate students studying the humanities can apply for The Council of European Studies fellowships, which are funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Those selected for the fellowships receive a $25,000 stipend and participate in...
Michael Thomas, a doctoral student studying in the Department of Chemistry, has been selected to receive a 2017 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
Thomas said his eight years serving in the U.S. Marines, including a tour in Afghanistan, helped lead him to his research and even helped him win this fellowship.
“In my statement to the NSF, I tied in my military service to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics,” said Thomas. “When I was in Afghanistan, I found many people didn’t have basic electricity. With my research now, I want to make electricity converters...