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Office of Naval Research grant to allow UTA researcher to study configuration, integration challenges of high-power, intermittent load power sources

Battery testerThere is a continuing effort by the U.S. Navy to integrate energy storage throughout their fleet of vessels. Many batteries may be used to supply high power to intermittently operated loads and it is important to have a way to test how those batteries will perform under operational conditions before the ship is at sea. David Wetz, an associate professor of electrical engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, will utilize a Defense University Research Instrumentation Program or DURIP award for $689,335 to design, build, and install a roughly 150 kilowatt

Official Greer Lab opening marks conversion process’ increased product yield, commercial viability

Gas to liquidCheaper fuels. Cheaper sources of energy. That’s impact. As this region continues its trajectory to become a mega city, UTA’s Conrad Greer Lab was officially showcased this week. Researchers intend to fill a profitable niche in the energy field by converting natural gas to high-grade diesel and jet fuel. Fort Worth-based Greenway Innovative Energy gave The University of Texas at Arlington $750,000 last year to build the lab. The official ribbon-cutting ceremony this week unveiled years of innovation that will help fuel the world. Fred MacDonnell, professor and

Rick Perry, U.S. Secretary of Energy, keynote speaker at UTA’s ‘Responsible Shale Energy Extraction’ Conference as part of Earth Day Texas 2017

U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry is keynote speaker at UTA’s “Responsible Shale Energy Extraction” Conference April 21-22 at Fair Park in Dallas, as part of Earth Day Texas. Secretary Perry’s speech is scheduled for April 21, 9:10 – 9:30 a.m. A full schedule of the conference can be seen here . This free event, chaired by UTA’s Collaborative Laboratories for Environmental Analysis and Remediation or CLEAR lab , will feature presentations by Scott Anderson of the Environmental Defense Fund, Scott Tinker of the Bureau of

UT Arlington computer scientist to develop software engineering methods that ensure good upgrades

Software securityA UT Arlington computer scientist will work to ensure that cyber-physical systems are upgraded safely in both the cyber and physical domains from one version to the next. Taylor T. Johnson, an assistant professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department , will use a $174,634 grant from the National Science Foundation  to develop novel software engineering methods that will enable safe upgrades of cyber-physical systems in the energy domain. “This research

Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability to offer vital landfill training globally

Environmental impactThe University of Texas at Arlington has established the Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability to provide leadership and expertise to countries and cities around the globe in how to make waste management and landfills more efficient and sustainable. In addition, the center will share research with charter and member cities in Texas to better manage their landfills into the next century. Sahadat Hossain, a UT Arlington civil engineering  professor, will serve as director of the institute. The center stems from Hossain’s extensive work in

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 technology could create more efficient energy, solve power shortages

Energy abundanceA team of UT Arlington researchers has created a new power generator that can produce electricity up to 25 percent more efficiently than existing technology, reduce emissions and could alleviate power shortages in more remote areas of the globe. Raheem Bello, an aerospace engineering doctoral candidate in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department , is chief executive officer and cofounder of Afthon. Initially called Detonation Dynamics, Afthon, derived from the Greek word “afthonia” (αφθονία) for abundance, has entered many technology

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.

Technology uses micro-windmills to recharge cell phones

Device also could power homesA UT Arlington research associate and electrical engineering professor have designed a micro-windmill that generates wind energy and may become an innovative solution to cell phone batteries constantly in need of recharging and home energy generation where large windmills are not preferred. Smitha Rao and J.-C. Chiao designed and built the device that is about 1.8 mm at its widest point. A single grain of rice could hold about 10 of these tiny windmills. Hundreds of the windmills could be embedded in a sleeve for a cell phone. Wind, created by waving the cell

EPA engages UT Arlington environmental engineers team to generate energy from landfills in Ghana

Grant to pay for feasibility study in GhanaTwo UT Arlington environmental engineers are adapting a sensor system they have developed to boost methane production in landfills to create an alternative energy source in Ghana. Sahadat Hossain and Melanie Sattler, both associate professors of civil engineering , have won a $100,000 grant through the Environmental Protection Agency’s Global Methane Initiative  to study the feasibility of landfill gas to energy in Ghana, in the western Africa country of about 24 million

UT Arlington civil engineers increasing energy created from solid waste

Project to double power generated by landfill methane gasTwo UT Arlington civil engineering professors are working with a new imaging system that has doubled the amount of methane gas produced by the city of Denton landfill. The landfill is the first in Texas to implement the Enhanced Leachate Recirculation system. The gas now provides power for about 1,500 Denton households. However, with increased efficiency of ELR operation, the system will be able to power 3,000 homes in the city of 117,000, officials said. Sahadat Hossain and Melanie Sattler, associate professors of civil

Second energy savings project will save UT Arlington money in 2012

The University of Texas of Arlington will start 2012 saving money and decreasing energy use after this month’s completion of a $9.9 million package of efficiency-boosting facility upgrades. Dallas-based TDIndustries Inc. carried out the yearlong project, which will guarantee that UT Arlington saves about $1.1 million each year in energy and maintenance costs and reduces its energy usage by 9.8 million kilowatt hours annually.  An initial evaluation of energy bills from March 2011 through September 2011 showed the University already has saved more than $488,000 through the project. "

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