CAREER Boosts

Six UTA professors received more than $3.23 million in awards as part of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program. Called CAREER, these awards are the NSF’s most prestigious for early-career faculty.

“CAREER award winners are often considered the best and brightest in academic research,” says Kate C. Miller, vice president for research and innovation. “It is a tribute to the outstanding caliber of our faculty and their research that the NSF funded so many UTA research projects in 2023.”

Recipients were Assistant Professors Engin Arslan for his work on large data transfers; Remi Chou for his work on thwarting cyberattacks and data breaches; Shirin Nilizadeh for her work to improve the security of natural language generation systems; Narges “Nora” Shayesteh Moghaddam for her work to improve hybrid manufacturing processes in harsh environments; Allison Sullivan for her work to help software developers be more productive; and Shuo Linda Wang, who is working to optimize supply chain management.

“I’m extremely proud of these emerging researchers,” says Dr. Miller. “It says a great deal about the growth in quality and quantity of research conducted at UTA that the NSF chose to fund so many of our talented professors.”