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UT Arlington engineer to search for bad algal blooms

3/18/2013 4:30 PM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
Research to use sensors, satellites to collect information
A University of Texas at Arlington environmental engineer has received a three-year, $561,730 grant to identify harmful algal blooms in fresh and salt water so that water providers can take action to contain and curb the blooms.

The National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation have awarded Assistant Professor Hyeok Choi the grant to...

Adaptable software, tools aim to help rheumatoid arthritis patients

3/1/2013 4:51 PM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
Game-like system could alter physical therapy regimens
UT Arlington researchers are creating individualized, patient-centered rehabilitation software systems that will promote and support physical therapy for people with rheumatoid arthritis.

Fillia Makedon, Jenkins Garrett distinguished professor and chair of the Computer Science and Engineering Department is leading a...
Fuqiang Liu
 

Engineer’s research employs semiconductors to better store, use solar energy

2/20/2013 4:20 PM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
NSF Early Career Development grant marks third for UT Arlington in 2013
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $400,000 Early Career Development grant to Fuqiang Liu, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering, to improve the way solar energy is captured, stored and transmitted for use.

Liu’s process uses semiconductors in an artificial photosynthesis process...

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

2/7/2013 4:55 PM EST  -   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...

12/19/2012 12:42 PM EST  -   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 research team wins $1.35 million NSF grant to develop smart skin ap...

12/7/2012 12:35 PM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
Imagine a human-like robot with skin and clothes embedded with sensors that could help machine accurately perceive the environment and better assist human owners.

Such “smart” robots are at the heart of a new $1.35 million National Science Foundation project led by Dan Popa, a UT Arlington associate professor of electrical engineering. Popa is the principal investigator of a collaborative...

NSF grant helps UT Arlington engineers commercialize new system to help consumer...

9/21/2012 2:22 PM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
A UT Arlington Computer Science & Engineering team is developing a sensor and monitoring system to put consumers in charge of monitoring energy, gas and water use with a goal of saving them money.

The project builds on pervasive computing technology developed by professor Sajal Das, director of UT Arlington’s Center for Research in Wireless Mobility and Networking. Das and doctoral student...
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Grant would create tools for assessing earthquake damage to buildings

8/28/2012 3:38 PM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
Andreas Stavridis is being paid to create an earthquake from the roof down on a southeastern California building.

Stavridis, a UT Arlington civil engineering assistant professor, has received a $350,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop new numerical simulation tools to predict performance and strength of buildings in future earthquakes.

Research results could lead to changes in...
Dr. Brad Pierce
 

UT Arlington professor to use National Science Foundation grant to examine vital...

8/13/2012 5:47 PM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $300,000 grant to a UT Arlington biochemist working to unravel the mystery of how enzymes regulate the human body.

Brad Pierce, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, is studying a new class of enzymes that are catalysts for the oxidation, or breaking down, of sulfur-bearing molecules in the body.

Enzymes involved in...

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

7/24/2012 6:28 PM EST  -   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...