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Bachelor’s degree in construction management to meet growing workforce demands

New degreeThe University of Texas at Arlington is now offering a new bachelor’s degree in construction management to help meet increasing workforce demands in the bustling, construction-laden North Texas area. The degree is the only one of its kind in North Texas and has been approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The announcement follows UTA’s introduction of a master’s of science degree in construction engineering in 2014. UTA’s Department of Civil Engineering is administering both degree plans. Ali Abolmaali, chair of the Department of Civil Engineering, said

UTA researchers part of three federal transportation grants that access CAPPA, College of Engineering expertise

Enabling a sustainable megacityThe University of Texas at Arlington has won three national U.S. Department of Transportation grants that could be worth about $12 million in funding to UTA during the next five years and speaks to the University’s growing expertise across several academic and research disciplines that intersect the nation’s current and future transportation infrastructure. Researchers in the College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs (CAPPA) and the Department of Civil Engineering are the principal investigators or co-principal investigators on the grants. UTA

UTA taps seasoned administrator and academic leader as new dean of the College of Engineering

Crouch named new COE deanPeter E. Crouch, dean of engineering for the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and the former dean of Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, joins The University of Texas at Arlington in August as dean of the nationally ranked College of Engineering and as a professor of electrical engineering. As dean, Crouch has led significant enrollment growth, established strong partnerships with businesses and workforce leaders and elevated the colleges’ national rankings. He has helped secure millions of dollars in federal support for major research

UTA research blends public health measures in regional transportation plan

Livable communitiesA UTA interdisciplinary team is formulating recommendations for the North Texas Council of Governments that take into account public health measures in a regional transportation plan. Colleen Casey, an associate professor of public affairs in College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs , and Stephen Mattingly, an associate professor of civil engineering in the College of Engineering , are teaming up on the $40,000 North Central Texas Council of Governments grant that will yield: · An inventory of

New UT Arlington nursing robot to allow nurses time for more important duties

Improving health careA University of Texas at Arlington electrical engineer is building a robotic nurse to help nurses and other healthcare providers perform the more routine duties that must be done daily such as sitting with a patient that is trying to get out of bed and walking a patient. Dan Popa, an associate professor in the Electrical Engineering Department , won a $999,946 National Science Foundation Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity grant titled “Adaptive Robotic Nursing Assistants for Physical Tasks in Hospital Environments.” (

UTA to add Science, Engineering Innovation and Research building to expand student opportunity, accelerate health science exploration

New facility will help meet increasing demand for degrees in engineering, science, nursing and allied health careers.ARLINGTON, Texas – The University of Texas at Arlington is advancing plans for a new six-story Science, Engineering Innovation and Research building to help meet increasing student demand and to further the University’s emerging concentration in health science initiatives. The 200,000-square-foot building will feature a structural steel and glass atrium; be located southeast of Pickard Hall, home of the College of Nursing and Health Innovation; and will be south of the

UT Arlington inaugural Interdisciplinary Research Program projects reach across disciplines

Research collaborationARLINGTON, Texas – Five collaborative research projects involving faculty from seven colleges and schools ranging from innovations in pain management to personal security have won inaugural Interdisciplinary Research Program awards through a University of Texas at Arlington initiative aimed at advancing true interdisciplinary research and enhance the University’s competitive position nationally. President Vistasp M. Karbhari and Dr. Duane Dimos, vice president for research, launched the Interdisciplinary Research Program this spring based on the recommendations of a

UT Arlington researchers use giant foam blocks to keep approach slabs of bridges from settling

Battling settling soilsA research team at The University of Texas at Arlington is using giant lightweight geofoam blocks to bolster the earth beneath roads and bridges and slow down the settling of roadways and bridges. Anand Puppala, UT Arlington associate dean for research in the College of Engineering  and distinguished scholar professor in the Civil Engineering Department , said that the majority of the world’s largest cities, often built in areas near water bodies, have soft and compressible soils. He said a good number of the

UT Arlington’s new NSF center and its partnership with industry may lower costs and lessen the need for infrastructure maintenance

Building a more sustainable worldA new National Science Foundation center at The University of Texas at Arlington will determine how to best use composite materials to extend the life-cycle of civil infrastructure, resulting in less maintenance and lower costs to taxpayers. The new Center for Integration of Composites into Infrastructure , an NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center, will highlight the sustainable benefits of using composites in infrastructure construction because traditional methods of repairing roads,

UT Arlington electrical engineer’s research pushing batteries to their limits

Power upA University of Texas at Arlington engineering researcher is working to determine how oversized a battery has to be while operating safely and efficiently during its lifetime of use by the U.S. Navy.    David Wetz, associate professor of electrical engineering, is principal investigator for an $801,224 Office of Naval Research grant that investigates how batteries age when they’re run at high rates. The project is one of more than a half-dozen grants Wetz has been working on during the last few years that total more than $2 million in funding. All of the research has to do

New UT Arlington bachelor’s degree combines architecture, engineering to meet industry demand

Architectural engineeringBeginning this fall, The University of Texas at Arlington will offer the first architectural engineering bachelor’s degree program in North Texas to prepare a new generation of students for careers in design, construction and engineering-related fields. The program will be based on 120 semester credit hours and incorporates courses in civil engineering, architecture, studio design and engineering design. Graduates will be ideally suited to fill in-demand jobs in the architecture, engineering and construction sectors. The new degree plan will be offered jointly

NASA chooses UT Arlington team to develop potential Mars mission technology

Oxygen recoveryNASA has selected UT Arlington as one of four U.S. institutions to develop improved methods for oxygen recovery and reuse aboard human spacecraft, a technology the agency says is crucial to “enable our human journey to Mars and beyond.” NASA’s Game Changing Development Program awarded $513,356 recently to the UT Arlington team. UT Arlington and three other teams are charged with the goal of increasing oxygen recovery to 75 percent or more. Principal investigators on the UT Arlington project are Brian Dennis, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in

UT Arlington award will test bridge foundation work for Caltrans

California bridgesA University of Texas at Arlington researcher’s project will show whether California bridge foundations are safe and up to standards that the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials have set. Xinbao Yu, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, has been awarded a two-year, $220,000 California Department of Transportation or Caltrans research project that will analyze and evaluate whether its bridge foundations are in accordance with the federal AASHTO standards. “California needs to show AASHTO that what it does meets

UT Arlington computer system to reserve vehicles, send reminders to veterans

Reservation pleaseA University of Texas at Arlington computer scientist is designing a reservation/reminder software system as part of a project that will eventually lead to veterans on military bases being driven to doctor appointments via driverless cars. Manfred Huber, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering , is principal investigator on the $100,000 project with Robotic Research LLC, which is leading the entire driverless vehicle project. Initially, this Applied Robotics for Installation And Base Operations, ARIBO 

Water resources engineer uses advanced sensing, crowdsourcing, other tools to predict urban water flow, hazards and infrastructure needs

Urban Water SustainabilityA UT Arlington water resources engineer has been awarded a four-year, $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to improve sustainability of large urban areas from extreme weather, urbanization and climate change. D.J. Seo, associate professor of water resources engineering in the Civil Engineering Department , will lead a team of researchers who will integrate data from advanced weather radar systems, innovative wireless sensors and crowdsourcing of data via cell phone applications to create high-resolution modeling of urban water

UT Arlington researchers to build wearable interface to make prosthetics more comfortable

Sensors to the rescueUT Arlington researchers have been awarded a $744,300 grant from the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Orthapaedic Research Program to create an adaptive interface that fits between a prosthetic and a patient’s limb so that the fit and comfort of the prosthetic are improved. Haiying Huang, professor in the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department , and Muthu Wijesundara, principal research scientist at UT Arlington’s Research Institute , are collaborating on the project. The interface will resemble an

UT Arlington's big data analytics could yield better treatment for pain management

Multi-disciplinary team to study in-depth challense of phsycansA UT Arlington multi-disciplinary team is optimizing and integrating volumes of data in a National Science Foundation research project to help physicians make better, more informed decisions about treating patients’ pain. Jay Rosenberger, an associate professor in the Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering Department, is leading the team, which will work for three years on the $374,998 NSF grant titled: “Statistics-based Optimization Methods for Adaptive Interdisciplinary Pain Management.” The team includes

Forming better database queries at heart of UT Arlington research project

NSF grant could lead to better decision makingChengkai Li, an associate professor in the Computer Science & Engineering Department , has been awarded a $241,778 National Science Foundation grant for his proposal about “perturbation analysis of database queries.” He is teaming with Duke University and Stanford University on the joint grant, which is worth more than $1.2 million. Perturbation analysis studies how tweaks of database query templates and parameters affect query results. “In this project, the focus of database research is switched from answering

UT Arlington research uses nanotechnology to aid in cooling electrons without external sources

Paper published in Nature CommunicationsA team of researchers has discovered a way to cool electrons to -228 °C without external means and at room temperature, an advancement that could enable electronic devices to function with very little energy. The process involves passing electrons through a quantum well to cool them and keep them from heating. The team details its research in “Energy-filtered cold electron transport at room temperature,” which is published in Nature Communications  on Wednesday, Sept. 10.

UT Arlington receives Walmart and The Walmart Foundation U.S. Manufacturing Innovation Grant

Researchers to build robotic small motor manufacturing systemUT Arlington has received a $229,214 grant from the Walmart Foundation to build a robotic small motors assembly and testing system that would cut the manufacturing costs of goods, allowing those goods to be produced in the United States that were formerly built overseas. The Walmart U.S. Manufacturing Innovation Grant was part of an announcement of $4 million in awards to seven research and development institutions at the 2014 U.S. Manufacturing Summit in Denver made possible through the collaboration between Walmart, the U.S.

UT Arlington research team’s work could lead to earlier diagnosis, treatment of mental diseases

Detecting neural glitchesA computer science and engineering associate professor and her doctoral student graduate are using a genetic computer network inference model that eventually could predict whether a person will suffer from bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or another mental illness. The findings are detailed in the paper “Inference of SNP-Gene Regulatory Networks by Integrating Gene Expressions and Genetic Perturbations,” which was published in the June edition of Biomed Research International . The principal investigators were

Industrial, manufacturing and systems engineering professor named IIE Fellow

Rogers' expertise in sustainable engineeringProfessor Jamie Rogers was named a fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers during the June IIE Annual Conference and Expo in Montreal. The award recognizes outstanding leaders of the profession who have made significant, nationally recognized contributions to industrial engineering. It is the highest classification of IIE membership. “It is an honor to be named a fellow of IIE,” Rogers said. “I am very fortunate to have been mentored by outstanding IIE Fellow role models such as Professor Emeritus Elinor Pape and Professor Emeritus

UT Arlington expands unmanned vehicle systems certification program to graduate level

Coursework includes building UVSThe University of Texas at Arlington will start a new, graduate-level unmanned vehicle systems certification this fall in anticipation a growing need for engineers in that quickly emerging field. The program expands upon an April 2014 announcement that offers an undergraduate certification in unmanned vehicle systems this fall to degree-seeking students. Both programs are a collaboration between the College of Engineering and the UT Arlington Research Institute, which won Federal Aviation Administration approval early this year for unmanned aircraft

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