Winter 2016: Energy Evolution
From carbon dioxide conversion to landfill mining, researchers at UTA are seeking viable alternative energy options.
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From carbon dioxide conversion to landfill mining, researchers at UTA are seeking viable alternative energy options.
Found in everything from space shuttles to dental fillings, composite materials have thoroughly infiltrated modern society. But their potential is still greatly untapped, offering researchers ample opportunity for discovery.
Within the particle showers created at the Large Hadron Collider, answers to some of the universe’s mysteries are waiting.
Model systems like pigeons can help illuminate our own evolutionary and genomic history.
UT Arlington's tiny windmills are bringing renewable energy to a whole new scale.
The stability of our highways, pipelines, and even manholes is reaching a breaking point.
Scientists believe they have discovered a subatomic particle that is crucial to understanding the universe.
UT Arlington researchers unlock clues to the human body’s most mysterious and complex organ.
UT Arlington researchers probe the hidden world of microbes in search of renewable energy sources.
Wounded soldiers are benefiting from Robert Gatchel’s program that combines physical rehabilitation with treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Tiny sensors implanted in the body show promise in combating acid reflux disease, pain and other health problems.
Nanotechnology researchers pursue hybrid silicon chips with life-saving potential.
Biomedical engineers combat diseases with procedures that are painless to patients.
Through its audio and video recordings, personal papers, photographs, and oral histories, the UTA Libraries' Texas Disability History Collection is tracking the experiences of disabled Texans and the evolution of disability rights. The collection is currently the only one of its kind in the Southwest, and now, thanks to a $25,000 TexTreasures grant, it will be available to a wider audience.
Awarded by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, the TexTreasures grant will allow the University to digitize and publish the items on a website set to launch by this summer.
Rebecca Bichel, dean of UTA Libraries, says they are thrilled at the recognition: "The University has long been a leader in disability access and adaptive sports, and continues to blaze new trails in this area."
In developing the website, the library will prioritize accessibility. For example, video and audio files will be described in text for people with hearing or vision impairments, while text-based documents will be converted with optical character recognition software for those using screen readers.
"Twenty percent of the population has a disability," says Sarah Rose, associate professor of history and director of the Minor in Disability Studies program. "Disability history is a different kind of history that is hidden, but exciting to find."