A New Era
in Energy
For decades, Texas has been a leader in energy production and consumption. The oil and gas industry is practically synonymous with the state, and other energy sources have grown rapidly as well.
Preventing Brain Injuries
Ashfaq Adnan, a Distinguished University Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and director of the Multiscale Mechanics and Physics Lab, has performed extensive research into how traumatic forces actually affect brain tissue.
Women Leading the Way
Three engineering assistant professors earned National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career Development, or CAREER, Awards in 2023. They are the latest in a string of six faculty to earn the award since 2020, all of whom are women.
Logistics Network
UTA is part of a 30-member network of universities and other organizations that received a $1 million award from the National Science Foundation's Regional Innovation Engines program to create economic, societal, and technological opportunities for the Texoma region, which includes 26 counties between the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma. Read the Story
Lab Notes
Engineering Fort Worth
Recognizing the rapid growth of Fort Worth and the demand for convenient, streamlined graduate degree programs for working engineers, the College of Engineering has developed two new master's programs for the UTA Fort Worth campus. Continue.
ReEngineered
Cleaner Concrete
If you've ever driven for long periods of time, you know that fatigue can creep up on you. At UTA's Human Factors Lab, Shuchi Deb is using virtual reality to study driver habits and learn more about fatigue in an effort to identify where machine learning and other technology could make roadways safer. Continue.
Lab Notes
Spotlight - Faculty Focus
New Chair Named
Melanie Sattler was named chair of the Civil Engineering Department in July 2023. During more than 20 years at UTA, Dr. Sattler has taught courses related to sustainable engineering, solid waste management, and air quality . . . Continue.
Faculty Focus
New Associate Dean
Paul Componation, chair of the Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering Department in the college since 2014, was named associate dean for graduate and interdisciplinary affairs for the College . . . Continue.
Faculty Focus
Award Achievement
Ashfaq Adnan, Paul Davidson, Vijay Gopal, and Luca Maddalena from the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department earned Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) grants . . . Continue.
Faculty Focus
Legacy Award Launched
The College of Engineering instituted a new award, the Legacy Award, in 2023 to recognize outstanding career-long performance and dedication to the college. Awardees have a distinguished record of . . . Continue.
Spotlight - Research News
Fighting Fire Ants
Anyone who has walked a Texas field has likely also walked near one of its hazards: a fire ant mound. Common internet solutions to eliminate or reduce the unwanted pests call for dousing the mounds . . . Continue.
Research News
Printing Pro
Emma Yang, a mechanical engineering assistant professor, earned a grant from the Department of Defense to purchase state-of-the-art equipment that could eventually be used to fix worn parts from . . . . Continue.
Research News
Next-Gen Hypersonic Design
Ateam of graduate aerospace engineering researchers in UTA's Aerospace Vehicle Design (AVD) Laboratory has been tasked with designing a military hypersonic missile system to fly at speeds previously . . . Continue.
Research News
Preventing Pediatric Seizures
Bioengineering Professor of Research Christos Papadelis and doctoral student Ludovica Corona have discovered how to identify which brain cells lead to epileptic episodes in children. . . . Continue.
Spotlight - Classroom
New Path to Medical School
Beginning in fall 2023, qualified first-time freshman bioengineering majors may consider a bachelor of science-to-doctor of osteopathic medicine pathway, thanks to a new collaboration between . . . Continue.
Classroom
AI for Infrastructure
Ateam of five civil engineering students and faculty advisor Mohsen Shahandashti will travel to Singapore for six weeks next summer for an intensive research experience to see how artificial . . . Continue.
Classroom
Twitter/X Ambassador
Sayak Saha Roy, a doctoral student in the Computer Science and Engineering Department, recently was named a Twitter Student Ambassador by the social media company, which has since changed its name to "X." . . . Continue.
Classroom
SMART Scholar
Minh Tram, a computer science doctoral student, received a prestigious Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). . . . Continue.
Beyond the Lab
Spotlight - Alumni
Fiction Find
Fans of young adult fiction flocked to UTA in July as alumnus and Amazon bestselling author Shawn M. Warner ('94 MSW; '01 BS, Computer Science and Engineering) returned to campus for a book signing . . . Continue.
Alumni
Research Award Established
Larry Stephens ('79 MS, '72 BS, Aerospace Engineering) was the first in his family to attend college. At UTA, he gained the skills and knowledge that led to his productive career at Lockheed Martin . . . Continue.
Alumni
Lounge Revamp
Studying and exchanging ideas just got easier for electrical engineering students, thanks to Oncor. The company contributed $75,000 to the Electrical Engineering Department to enhance and refurbish . . . Continue.
Alumni & Friends
Saving Lives
Shashank Moddhia ('05 MS, Biomedical Engineering) is founder and CEO of The Renal Project, a Mumbai-based company that aims to revolutionize the availability and delivery of dialysis therapy. . . . Continue.
Alumni & Friends
Honoring a Mentor
The Barbara and Vasant Prabhu Scholarship Endowed By His Graduate Students was established by electrical engineering alumni to fund scholarships for top-performing international students in . . . Continue.
Class Notes
Updates on the successes of our alumni and friends. Let us know of your celebrations and milestones. Continue.
Peter E. Crouch, Dean, College of Engineering
Maverick Factor Engineering-style
Our president, Jennifer Cowley, has just completed her first year at UT Arlington. As she travels around North Texas, she speaks of the "Maverick Factor" as the thing that sets UTA apart. What's the Maverick Factor? It's being unafraid to do whatever it takes in pursuit of our goals, unrelenting in forging a pathway, unwavering in our commitment to excellence, unafraid to discover new technologies that impact the state, nation, world—in other words, any number of things that capture our undeniably unstoppable spirit. . . . Continue.
Campus Update
If Sahadat Hossain has his way, plastic roads could be the next wave of innovation for highway departments.
The civil engineering professor and director of the UTA Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability is using both recycled and unrecycled plastic waste products to fill in surface cracks and reduce rutting in roads—the first use of what's called "plastic road" material in Texas. The product is expected to improve the durability and strength of highway pavement and serve as a replacement for bitumen in asphalt pavement roads.
In June, Dr. Hossain put his research to the test by repaving a campus parking lot with materials created from recycled plastic.
"This is a perfect example of reuse of recycled materials for circular economy and green economy," he says. ₪
In Memoriam
Mo-Shing Chen and Don Wilson are among the alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the college we've lost recently. Continue.
