HEALTH CARE
BY THE NUMBERS
With health informatics, engineers are helping improve patient care.
HEALTH CARE
Bringing Big Ideas to Reality
By it's very nature, engineering defines innovation. to be an engineer is to have an innate curiosity and a desire to make things better, explore the unknown, and create something no one has thought of before.
Unlocking Ancient Secrets
Civil engineering assistant Professor Warda Ashraf is delving into the ancient worlds of Rome, Greece, and more to determine why their construction materials have lasted so long and whether they can be recreated synthetically in a laboratory. Unlocking Ancient Secrets
Goal Achieved
UTA has achieved all the required criteria to earn Texas Tier One designation and funding from Texas’ National Research University Fund (NRUF), becoming the fourth university in the state to do so. The designation means that UTA will receive significant additional state funding each year. Continue to Goal Achieved.
Keeping Bridges Ice Free
A geothermal de-icing system designed by Xinbao Yu, associate professor of civil engineering, and Anand Puppala, a former UTA professor, kept a test bridge mostly clear of snow and ice during the sub-freezing winter storm in Dallas-Fort Worth last February. Now, the duo will install the system on an in-service bridge to see how it performs under operational conditions. Keeping Bridges Ice Free
Lab Notes
Spotlight
Jefferson Science Fellow
The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine named Erick C. Jones a Jefferson Science Fellow for 2021-22. Dr. Jones, an industrial, manufacturing, and systems engineering . . . Jefferson Science Fellow
Faculty Focus
Continuing Leadership
Jim Williams, a civil engineering professor, has been re-elected president of Chi Epsilon, the national civil engineering honor society. The organization has 141 chapters across the . . . Continuing Leadership
Faculty Focus
Empowering Students
Alan Bowling, an associate professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, led a group that created a Student Ombuds team for engineering undergraduates, part of the . . . Empowering Students
Faculty Focus
Inventor Recognized
The National Academy of Inventors selected David Hunn, an adjunct professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and UTA alumnus, as a fellow in 2020. He is the 19th to be selected . . . Faculty Focus
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In the Zone
When someone is “in the zone,” they’re in a cognitive state of mind known as flow. A person enters this state when highly engaged with a task, where they often lose track of time and . . . In the Zone
Research News
Agriculture Uber
Industrial, manufacturing, and systems engineering Assistant Professor Caroline Krejci is using a new National Science Foundation CAREER Award to design a better way for farmers to move . . . Agriculture Uber
Research News
Driverless Transportation Pilot Program
A team led by civil engineering Assistant Professor Sherri Kermanshachi launched a new public transportation pilot program in Arlington that features autonomous vehicles. The project, . . . Driverless Transportation Pilot Program
Research News
Nanoparticle Treatment for PAD
Bioengineering Professor Kytai Nguyen is using a National Institutes of Health grant to design a nanoparticle delivery system that will take needed plasmids to arteries in patients who . . . Nanoparticle Treatment for PAD
Spotlight
Maverick Olympian
Austen Smith took a break from her aerospace engineering studies last semester to prepare for a different kind of challenge: the Olympics. The 20-year-old Keller, Texas, native competed . . . Continue.
Classroom
Students Top at TECHCON
Three materials science and engineering doctoral students—Yi Ram Kim, Hossein Madanipour, and Allison Osmanson—earned the Best Student Presenter Award at TECHCON 2020, the flagship technical . . . Students Top at TECHCON
Classroom
Team Competes in Drone Showcase
eams from UTA, UT Dallas, and UT El Paso designed and showcased their own autonomously flying unmanned aerial systems at a Raytheon-sponsored event in May. Students put into practice their . . . Team Competes in Drone Showcase
Classroom
‘Design Corridor’ Development
In support of its new “career-ready” curriculum, the Electrical Engineering Department is upgrading its current makerspace to create a “design corridor” for students to work on projects and . . . ‘Design Corridor’ Development
Beyond the Lab
Spotlight
Out of this World
usten Smith took a break from her aerospace engineering studies last semester to prepare for a different kind of challenge: the Olympics. The 20-year-old Keller, Texas, native competed in women’s . . . Out of this World
Alumni
The Future of Autonomous Flight
In late 2019, teams from as far away as Blacksburg, Virginia, gathered at the Maverick Activities Center to compete in the Bell Vertical Robotics Competition. UTA was a sponsor, and several College . . . The Future of Autonomous Flight
Alumni
Tabletizer Team
Engineering seniors recently had the opportunity to help an alumnus improve his invention. Mel Jackson (’10 B.A., Psychology) collaborated with a senior design team to help him perfect the Tabletizer . . . Tabletizer Team
Alumni
Shared Connection
In some areas of Pakistan, girls are not expected to benefit much from school. Their priority is assumed to be marriage, not education. But Fiza Saeed always wanted to be a doctor, and this goal enabled . . . Shared Connection
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IT VIP
Raj Iyer (’97 Ph.D., ’94 M.S., Electrical Engineering) has held several leadership roles throughout his 25-year career. But in November 2020, he took one of the most important positions of his life: the . . . IT VIP
Peter E. Crouch, Dean, College of Engineering
Back to Business as Usual—Only Better
Like you, the College of Engineering has had to adapt to all that the pandemic has thrown at us. We’ve been battered and bruised for the last year and a half, but there’s hope!
I’m proud of our faculty, students, and staff for their resilience in the face of isolation, unique challenges, and trying personal and professional situations. It’s amazing what we can accomplish when confronted with situations like those we dealt with last year. True to our nature as engineers, we devised solutions . . . Back to Business as Usual—Only Better
Campus Update
As the College of Engineering celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2019, focus turned to its history and notable achievements. To mark these milestones and provide an eye-catching focal point for the Nedderman Hall Atrium, the college installed a brightly colored history wall with photos and descriptions of key occurrences from 1959 to 2019. This is the first time that the college’s history has been publicly displayed, and the wall has drawn the attention of visitors and long-time faculty and staff alike, with many pausing to reminisce about various items. Included in the display are the college’s nine deans, two astronaut alumni, the Formula SAE team, and notable firsts.
New Data Degree
UTA’s new master’s degree program in data science helps meet the growing need for data science professionals in STEM, health, and related fields, expanding students’ marketable skills and preparing them to enter dynamic career paths.
Added this fall, the program offers a widely encompassing set of courses that allows students without computer science backgrounds to develop skills for jobs in business, engineering, health care, and science settings. It also instills the acumen needed to draw insights from data, to make sound decisions using data, and to effectively communicate about data-driven findings and decisions.
The master’s degree in data science requires 30 course hours can be completed in two years.
Class Notes
Updates on the successes of our alumni and friends. Let us know of your celebrations and milestones. Class Notes
In Memoriam
Kamisetty R. “K.R.” Rao and Paul E. Andrews Jr. are among the alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the college we've lost recently. In Memoriam