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UTA-linked startup TissueGen, recognized with “Medical Device Engineering Breakthrough” award

Biotech startup TissueGen, Inc. was awarded the “Medical Device Engineering Breakthrough” award by MedTech Breakthrough, an independent organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global health and medical technology market. More than 2000 inventions from more than 10 countries competed for the awards for 2017. TissueGen won the award for its patented ELUTE® fiber, which provides pharmaceutical, therapeutic and medical device companies with topical and implantable drug delivery from biodegradable polymer-based fibers. Medical devices incorporating

UTA bioengineering professor Kytai Nguyen named Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

Kytai Nguyen, a professor in the Bioengineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington, has been named a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. Nguyen joined the UTA College of Engineering in 2005 and has secured more than $2 million in research funding during her career. Her work is focused on nanomaterials – specifically nanocomposites and nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery, hydrogels and scaffolds for tissue engineering. She has authored or co-authored more than 60 highly-cited publications and has also mentored dozens of graduate

UTA researchers to develop new method, device for controlling blood pressure levels automatically

Blood pressure controlUniversity of Texas at Arlington researchers are developing a new method and device for controlling blood pressure levels in cardiac care environments that use targeted electrical stimulation rather than drugs. The National Institutes of Health has awarded Associate Professor Young-Tae Kim and Professor Khosrow Behbehani, both from the UTA Department of Bioengineering , and Muthu Wijesundara, division head for the biomedical division at the UTA Research Institute , a $440,670 grant for continued

UTA engineer working to develop bioinks for use in 3D printing of tissues, organs

Printing 3-D tissuesThe advent of 3-D printing has led to many innovations in manufacturing, assembly and production. Nearly anything – from machine parts to food – can be printed on demand. Researchers now are exploring the technology to print human tissues and organs. However, the lack of good inks for 3-D bioprinting remains a barrier. Kyungsuk Yum, an assistant professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department  of UTA’s College of Engineering , has earned a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (

UTA leads technology to create SMART bandage tool to help monitor, heal wounds

Improving health careThe University of Texas at Arlington is developing a sensing and therapeutic tool that will help doctors and other healthcare workers better monitor and heal patients’ complex wounds more quickly. UTA is collaborating with an interdisciplinary and medical team of renowned researchers in creating the Sensing, Monitoring And Release of Therapeutics, or SMART, bandage system that can monitor and cure wounds in real time. Weidong Zhou, professor of electrical engineering, is the principal investigator on a $100,000 grant from the Texas Medical Research Collaborative,

UTA hopes to increase number of underprivileged or minority students seeking graduate degrees

Boosting advanced degreesStatistically, fewer underprivileged and minority students at universities nationwide pursue advanced degrees in healthcare fields. UT Arlington has joined a consortium of universities that hopes to expose undergraduate students to research early in their academic careers and increase their chances of continuing their education beyond a bachelor’s degree. Bioengineering  Professor Kytai Nguyen is leading the UT Arlington effort. More than 10 universities have joined the consortium, which is led by UT El Paso and funded by 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 research uses artificial lymph nodes to attract prostate cancer cells

Cancer decoysA UT Arlington bioengineering professor is using tissue-engineered artificial lymph nodes to attract prostate cancer cells to better target and eradicate the disease. Liping Tang, bioengineering professor and interim chair of the Bioengineering Department, has received a $533,650 U.S. Army grant to build the lymph nodes that attract the cancer cells. “The tissue-engineered lymph nodes can be made to resemble what the cancer will look like after it spreads to other sites,” Tang said. “When prostate cancer metastasizes, that’s when it becomes dangerous and deadly. This

National Science Foundation grant funds UTA electrical engineer’s bladder cancer detection device

UT Arlington electrical engineering, bioengineering, UT Southwestern collaborate on low-cost solutionA multi-institutional research team has received a $480,000 National Science Foundation grant to build an inexpensive device that uses nanotechnology and a simple urine test to detect the most miniscule amount of bladder cancer cells in a patient. UT Arlington’s Samir Iqbal, an electrical engineering associate professor, has teamed with Young-tae Kim, an associate professor in bioengineering; and Yair Lotan, who is a chaired professor in urology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, to

Portable brain-mapping device allows UT Arlington researchers to ‘see’ where memory fails student veterans

Students improve after treatmentUT Arlington researchers have successfully used a portable brain-mapping device to show limited prefrontal cortex activity among student veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder when they were asked to recall information from simple memorization tasks. The study by bioengineering professor Hanli Liu and Alexa Smith-Osborne, an associate professor of social work, and two other collaborators was published in the May 2014 edition of NeuroImage: Clinical . The team used functional near

UT Arlington, Texas Health Arlington Memorial researchers looking to create new bone tissue generation technique

New method cuts time in generating bone tissue, comforts patientsUT Arlington and Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital are investigating whether bone grown from the body’s own stem cells can replace traditional types of bone grafting. The process, which has been successful in previous lab experiments, uses biodegradable polymer scaffolding material and bone morphogenetic protein, or BMP, which was inserted into the abdomen of mice to attract stem cells that in turn produced bone. BMPs are proteins known to promote bone growth. The research is detailed in a new paper, “Tissue

UT Arlington bioengineer to create new nanoparticle system to shore up arterial walls

Technology recruits stem cells for reconstructionA UT Arlington bioengineer has received a four-year, $1.4 million National Institutes of Health grant to create a nanoparticle system to shore up arterial walls following angioplasty and stenting procedures to treat coronary arterial disease. Kytai Nguyen, a UT Arlington associate professor of bioengineering, said the research looks to improve an established procedure like angioplasty, which opens arteries and blood vessels that are blocked. “We have discovered a way to use nanoparticles to help the arteries heal themselves more

UT Arlington's Nguyen named American Heart Association fellow

Bioengineering associate professor's work concentrates on cellular, tissue engineering researchAssociate bioengineering professor Kytai Nguyen has been elected as a fellow of the American Heart Association, an honor conferred by the national organization’s Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences. Nguyen, who joined The University of Texas at Arlington in 2005, specializes in cellular engineering. Her research also involves tissue engineering, drug delivery and stem cell therapies. Liping Tang, interim chairman of the UT Bioengineering Department ,

UT Arlington bioengineer wants to use nanomedicine to treat peripheral artery disease

Researcher lands American Heart Association grantA UT Arlington associate professor is working with the American Heart Association on a new method that could use injected nanoparticles to recruit stem cells from the patient’s own blood to build needed stents in a patient’s failing blood vessels. Kytai Nguyen, a bioengineering associate professor, is working on the two-year, $140,000 grant to develop ways to more effectively treat peripheral artery disease, a malady that affects about 8 million Americans. “It’s a narrowing of the arteries that affects so many people. There isn’t a lot

Khosrow Behbehani named dean of the UT Arlington College of Engineering

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 The University of Texas at Arlington in 1985 and has served as chairman of his department since 2002. He holds nine patents, with one patent pending, and is a fellow of the National

UT Arlington bioengineer to use hybrid imaging system to see deep tissue

Tool would use light, sound to give more accurate pictureA UT Arlington bioengineer has been awarded a $407,163 National Science Foundation Early Career Development grant to use light and sound to produce an accurate image of a patient’s deep tissue. Baohong Yuan, an assistant professor of bioengineering  at The University of Texas at Arlington, said his process overcomes the challenge of getting accurate images in deep tissue. Currently, to analyze tissue more than a centimeter beneath the skin, physicians may select a noninvasive imaging method or

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

Device, process could lead to lead to quicker drug developmentA 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 2007, has developed a novel approach to testing microscopic amounts of tissue and cells on microchips. Her devices produce more accurate images and conditions of huge numbers of

Bioengineer studying how to send drugs to lungs through nanotechnology

A UT Arlington bioengineering researcher has teamed with a UT Southwestern colleague to develop a nanoparticle drug delivery system that will help stimulate lung growth and function after partial lung removal or destructive lung disease. Kytai Nguyen, an associate professor of bioengineering , is working on the drug-delivery portion of the project, which is funded through a $3.4 million National Institutes of Health grant through 2016. Nguyen’s work will be underwritten by $440,000 of the larger grant. “We will introduce drugs through inhaled

Grants for doctoral students at UT Arlington targeted for areas of national need

Nearly $1.47 million in federal grants will help qualified graduate students at The University of Texas at Arlington earn their doctoral degrees in areas of national need. The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need, or GAANN, grants of $533,064 to the UT Arlington College of Science’s Mathematics Department and the College of Engineering’s Computer Science & Engineering Department. The College of Engineering’s Bioengineering Department also received a $399,798 GAANN grant. Each grant can potentially benefit 20 students during the next

UT Arlington neural regeneration researcher named 2012 Tech Titan

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 category. Mario Romero-Ortega, associate professor of bioengineering, has been named a 2012 Tech Titan. The council is the largest technology trade association in Texas. It has about

Device helps with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome detection

University of Texas at Arlington researchers have obtained a patent for a device aimed at saving babies’ lives through improved and rapid detection of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Electrical Engineering professor J.-C. Chiao, doctoral candidate Hung Cao and Heather Beardsley, a research engineer at TMAC,  or the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center, have developed a sensitive wireless sensor system that can detect carbon dioxide exhaled by babies as they sleep. But more importantly, the sensors know when infants are not expelling carbon dioxide – quickly enough to

UT Arlington engineer developing Biomask to aid soldiers recovering from facial burns

UT Arlington engineers working with Army surgeons are developing a pliable, polymer mask embedded with electrical, mechanical and biological components that can speed healing from disfiguring facial burns and help rebuild the faces of injured soldiers. The Biomask project is led by Eileen Moss , an electrical engineer and research scientist based at the UT Arlington Automation & Robotics Research Institute  in Fort Worth. Project partners include the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research at the Brooke Army Medical

UT Arlington’s J.-C. Chiao named Janet and Mike Greene Endowed Professor of Engineering

J.-C. Chiao , a celebrated UT Arlington electrical engineering professor who holds five patents with seven patents pending, has been named the Janet and Mike Greene Endowed Professor in the College of Engineering. The Greenes committed $125,000 toward the professorship; their gift is being doubled in value through the University’s Maverick Match  program, which uses natural gas royalties to leverage new commitments. “It’s an exciting time to be involved with UT Arlington,” said Mike Greene, a

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