The State of Research

 

research

 

Fast Facts

UTA inventors received 23 patents in 2022, contributing to the UT System’s overall ranking of No. 3 on the list of Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents.
(National Academy of Inventors & Intellectual Property Owners Association)

Based on typical patterns, spinoff from research at UTA can be expected to generate approximately $158.6 million per year in the North Central Texas Region as well as 1,275 jobs.
(“The Economic and Fiscal Impact of UTA,” Perryman Group 2022)

8th fastest-growing doctoral public institution in the country.
(The Chronicle of Higher Education’s 2022 Almanac)

 

Restricted and Federal Research Expenditures for fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022

Restricted Research Expenditures

2020: $52 M

2021: $45.8 M

2022: $54.4 M

Federal Research Expenditures

2020: $44.3 M

2021: $46.2 M

2022: $52.6 M

Total Grant and Contract Research Expenditures

2020: $54.9 M

2021: $57.9 M

2022: $67.8 M

UTA Total Research Expenditures by fiscal year, as reported in the THECB RD Expenditure Survey

2018: $99.5 M

2019: $116.9 M

2020: $125.5 M

2021: $117.4 M

2022: $122 M

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Rick Wilder

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.

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Kyeong Rok Ryu

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.

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Illustration by Jing Jing Tsong

Evaluating smart traffic signal design

Civil engineer Pengfei “Taylor” Li hopes to make traffic signals smarter with new simulation techniques and big data.

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Inquiry Magazine 2023

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