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  • Spring 2016

    Spring 2016: Premium Blend

    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.

  • Fall 2015

    Fall 2015: Collision Course

    Within the particle showers created at the Large Hadron Collider, answers to some of the universe’s mysteries are waiting.

  • Spring 2015

    Spring 2015: Almost Human

    Model systems like pigeons can help illuminate our own evolutionary and genomic history.

  • Fall 2014

    Fall 2014: Small Wonder

    UT Arlington's tiny windmills are bringing renewable energy to a whole new scale.

  • Winter 2014

    Winter 2014: Overdue for an Overhaul

    The stability of our highways, pipelines, and even manholes is reaching a breaking point.

  • 2012

    2012: Mystery solved?

    Scientists believe they have discovered a subatomic particle that is crucial to understanding the universe.

  • 2011

    2011: Boosting brain power

    UT Arlington researchers unlock clues to the human body’s most mysterious and complex organ.

  • 2010

    2010: Powered by genetics

    UT Arlington researchers probe the hidden world of microbes in search of renewable energy sources.

  • 2009

    2009: Winning the battle against pain

    Wounded soldiers are benefiting from Robert Gatchel’s program that combines physical rehabilitation with treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.

  • 2009

    2007: Sensing a solution

    Tiny sensors implanted in the body show promise in combating acid reflux disease, pain and other health problems.

  • 2006

    2006:Semiconductors: The next generation

    Nanotechnology researchers pursue hybrid silicon chips with life-saving potential.

  • 2005

    2005: Imaging is everything

    Biomedical engineers combat diseases with procedures that are painless to patients.

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Associate Professors Sahadat Hossain and Melanie Sattler transform potentially dangerous landfill gas emissions into power for 1,600 households.  Read more >
Discovering new ways to repair, maintain, and update the nation’s roadways, pipelines, and other infrastructure could save lives and billions of dollars.  Read more >
Water safety is a major concern in North Texas, where city officials and residents fret over the stability of the supply in the face of historic drought and widespread natural gas drilling. UT Arlington is taking the lead in this important field.  Read more >
Decades devoted to creating life-altering advancements in health care, transportation, and other critical fields have earned four professors induction into the National Academy of Inventors.  Read more >
 

Highlights and Insights

 
 
Investing in Excellence

Investing in Excellence

The new partnership between UT Arlington and Shimadzu Scientific Instruments could soon transform research in North Texas and beyond

Robot, M.D.

Robot, M.D.

UTARI launches new Assistive Robotics Lab aimed at designing robots for health care, first-responder, and other life-enhancing applications

Breathe Easy

Breathe Easy

Researchers hope to regrow lungs through innovative drug-delivery system

Uncovering a Forgotten Literary Treasure

Uncovering a Forgotten Literary Treasure

Newly discovered work by nation's first published African-American poet leads to shift in understanding of his views

Threat Detection for the Real World

Threat Detection for the Real World

Center focuses on homeland security, bringing together researchers from across campus

The Future of Flexible Phones

The Future of Flexible Phones

Micropunching lithography has the potential to transform electronic devices and computers

 
 

 
 

Faculty Focus

 
 
Building a Better Radar

Building a Better Radar

Professor’s processing system could provide U.S. Navy and Marine Corps with more efficient radar and surveillance systems

Robot Academy

Robot Academy

Electrical engineering Associate Professor Dan Popa is designing smarter robots to help people be independent as they age

Updating Principles for Geriatric Care

Updating Principles for Geriatric Care

Assistant Professor helps establish guidelines for treating multimorbidity

 
 

 
 

Student Spotlight

 
 
Winning Landscapes

Winning Landscapes

Landscape architecture students’ design for dealing with stormwater runoff recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency

Empowering Energy Consumers

Empowering Energy Consumers

Researcher creating system to help homeowners track their power usage, potentially lower their energy bills

The 'Mass Effect' Effect

The 'Mass Effect' Effect

How a study of a popular video game series could revolutionize an industry

 
 

 
 

Outreach and Impact

 
 
Stopping Teen Smoking

Stopping Teen Smoking

Study shows that parents have a greater impact on their grade-school-age children’s attitudes toward tobacco than peers or advertisers

Ingredients for Change

Ingredients for Change

How Daniel Armstrong helped make the government’s case against a now-banned ingredient in popular dietary supplements

Unlocking the Code to Equity in Education

Unlocking the Code to Equity in Education

Assistant Professor examines how to improve African-American students' educational experiences

 
 

 
 

Briefly Noted

 
 
Printing the Artist's Vision

Printing the Artist's Vision

With new 3-D printing technology, the only limit is your imagination

Texting Toward Utopia

Texting Toward Utopia

Tweets, texts, and emoticons are replacing wordy screeds among today's youth. And that's not a bad thing.

Parting Shot

Parting Shot

Concern about concussions is a topic that is gripping the sports world

Awards

Awards

See our most recent faculty fellows, young investigators, Fulbright scholars, and exemplary programs

Grants

Grants

These grants and gifts cover everything from aircraft safety to social services

Press

Press

Faculty research is gaining attention in national and international publications

 
 
 
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