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Quick Hits
Daejong Kim, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, is leading a project to provide a conceptual design of a 50-megawatt helium turbine and compressor for a fast modular nuclear reactor.
Civil engineering Professor Stephen Mattingly is developing a framework for evaluating the use of automated vehicles and how they could help underserved populations across a five-state area.
Maria Konsta-Gdoutos, civil engineering professor and associate director of the Center for Advanced Construction Materials, is heading an international effort to decarbonize concrete production and promote its use as a renewable energy source.
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Investigating Earth’s ionosphere-thermosphere
A space physicist at UTA is playing a key role in NASA’s Geospace Dynamics Constellation mission aimed at improving our understanding of the planet’s ionosphere-thermosphere (I-T) system.
Quantifying the benefits of roadside vegetation
Construction management Assistant Professor Kyeong Rok Ryu is helping cultivate a better-looking Texas by creating best practices for roadside vegetation.
Evaluating smart traffic signal design
Civil engineer Pengfei “Taylor” Li hopes to make traffic signals smarter with new simulation techniques and big data.