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UTA’s Ramon Lopez named Fellow of the American Association of Physics Professors

A professor of physics at The University of Texas at Arlington has been recognized for his outstanding contributions to physics education with a Fellowship from the American Association of Physics Teachers. Ramon Lopez, a longtime leader in physics and science education, has been named one of eight Fellows for 2017 by the AAPT. The criterion for selection of Fellows is exceptional contribution to AAPT's mission – to enhance the understanding and appreciation of physics through teaching. Nominations are evaluated by the AAPT awards committee and approved by the organization’s board of

American Scientific Publishers give UTA physicist Wei Chen Best Paper Award

American Scientific Publishers, a publisher of scientific journals and books in the fields of science, engineering, and technology, has given Wei Chen, a physics professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, a Best Paper Award for a journal article cited 364 times to date. “According to a statistical report in the journal Science , only five percent of articles are cited more than 200 times in 10 years after publication, so this is an important recognition of my work,” Chen said. “It also reflects that this paper opens a new

UTA student wins UT System Regents award

Short story winnerUTA senior Frederick Tran won the 2017 Regents’ Outstanding Arts and Humanities Award in Creative Writing, Short Fiction.  The winning selection, “Airstrikes,” is a short fiction piece about a doctor serving with Médecins Sans Frontières in Yemen, who suffered a terrible loss. MSF, also known as Doctors Without Borders, is an international humanitarian organization best recognized for its projects in war-torn regions. News stories about bombings of MSF hospitals in Yemen were Tran’s inspiration for his short story. Tran typically prefers to write non-fiction

American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics honors UTA's Frank Lewis with 2016 Intelligent Systems Award

The Award recognizes his work advancing the capabilities of autonomous aircraft systemsThe American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics will honor professor Frank Lewis, head of the University of Texas at Arlington’s Advanced Controls and Sensors Group, with the society’s 2016 Intelligent Systems Award in recognition of his work to advance the capabilities of autonomous aircraft systems. The award specifically recognizes Lewis’s contributions to intelligent neural-adaptive controls that mimic the neural networks in the brain, incorporating feedback mechanisms that improve the

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