News : mechanical and aerospace engineering

Khosrow Behbehani named dean of the UT Arlington College of Engineering

24 May, 2013 22:39 CET - University of Texas at Arlington

The University of Texas at Arlington College of Engineering serves more than 4,000 students, includes more than 200 faculty members and has total research expenditures exceeding $30.6 million.
ARLINGTON – Khosrow Behbehani, a noted biomedical researcher, inventor and chairman of the UT Arlington Department of Bioengineering, has been appointed dean of the University’s College of Engineering.

Behbehani joined...

Aerospace engineering research on testing to produce safer, faster, more reliabl...

8 May, 2013 17:53 CET - University of Texas at Arlington

Office of Naval Research grant studies composites using variety of methods
A University of Texas at Arlington aerospace engineer is developing diagnostic and predictive tools that can aid aircraft manufacturers in analyzing composite structures used to make aircraft safer, faster and more reliable.

Andrew Makeev, an associate professor of Mechanical...

UT Arlington engineer wins NSF award to support microfluidic analyses of tissue,...

7 Feb, 2013 22:55 CET - University of Texas at Arlington

Device, process could lead to lead to quicker drug development
A UT Arlington mechanical engineer has been honored by the National Science Foundation with a $400,000 Early Career Development grant to support her work with microfluidic devices, which promise to improve 3D tissue and cell sample analyses.

Hyejin Moon, who joined The University of Texas College of Engineering in...

UT Arlington engineers working to prevent heat buildup within 3D integrated circ...

19 Dec, 2012 18:42 CET - University of Texas at Arlington

In the effort to pile more power atop silicon chips, engineers have developed the equivalent of mini-skyscrapers in three-dimensional integrated circuits and encountered a new challenge: how to manage the heat created within the tiny devices.

But a team of UT Arlington researchers funded by the National Science Foundation is working first to minimize the heat generated and then to developing nano-windows that will...

UT Arlington to establish Arnold E. Petsche Center for automotive engineering th...

9 Oct, 2012 20:22 CET - University of Texas at Arlington

Professor Bob Woods recalls the day 25 years ago that he stopped by the A.E. Petsche Co. in search of high-tech wire for the vehicles his engineering students were designing through the UT Arlington formula racing program.

Company founder Arnold Petsche gladly filled Woods’ request from his Arlington business that would become a leading supplier of high-performance wire and cable for the aerospace industry.

That...

UT Arlington neural regeneration researcher named 2012 Tech Titan

29 Aug, 2012 17:19 CET - University of Texas at Arlington

Mario Romero-Ortega was honored for his work in developing better prosthetic arms that can allow injured military veterans and other amputees greater movement and may restore the sense of touch.
DALLAS -- The Metroplex Technology Business Council has named Mario Romero-Ortega, a UT Arlington bioengineering associate professor and expert in neural regeneration, a 2012 Tech Titan in the Technology Innovator...

UT Arlington micropunching lithography project could yield pliable cell phone, l...

25 Jul, 2012 00:28 CET - University of Texas at Arlington

The process is used to create lightweight, low-cost and more flexible polymer-based devices that have the potential to replace silicon-based materials commonly used in computers and other electronic devices.
UT Arlington professor Cheng Luo can envision the day that a flexible cell phone could be folded and placed in a pocket like a billfold or that a laptop computer could be rolled up and stored.

Through an...

UT Arlington to host 12th Annual Texas Autocross weekend

11 Jul, 2012 21:35 CET - University of Texas at Arlington

The University of Texas at Arlington will host a formal Formula Society of Automotive Engineers race for the first time during the 12th annual Texas Autocross Weekend July 13-15.

Schools attending the weekend event include UT Austin, Texas A&M, Wichita State, University of Kanas, University of New Mexico, University of Missouri and University of South Florida.

The UT Arlington Formula...

UT Arlington junior engineering student named Goldwater Scholar

2 Apr, 2012 21:47 CET - University of Texas at Arlington

Erica Castillo, a junior in the College of Engineering, has been named The University of Texas at Arlington’s first Goldwater Scholar.

Castillo is a first-generation college student from The Academy of Irving ISD is enrolled in the Honors College. She is earning a double major in aerospace engineering and physics, with a minor in mechanical engineering.

Castillo said she plans to research biomechanics as part of...

UT Arlington graduate student earns National Science Foundation fellowship to st...

19 Jan, 2012 21:16 CET - University of Texas at Arlington

A University of Texas at Arlington aerospace engineering graduate student has received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to help determine where space debris is and how best to maneuver around it.

Laura Suarez Henderson will receive a $30,000 annual stipend and up to $10,500 for college expenses for the next three years.

“It was a complete surprise,” Henderson said. “I had to re-read the...

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