Maverick Engineering in the News

FIRST Tech Challenge published: January 31, 2009

The Southwest Regional FIRST Tech Challenge Championship brought teams with robots from 15 high schools in TX and LA to UTA to cooperate and compete with one another. Teams played a game called “FaceOff” that required cooperation and alliances to succeed. Teams also were interviewed about their robot design process and experiences to compete for judged awards. Two winning teams will be invited to national championships in Atlanta later this spring. full story

Future City Competition published: January 26,2009
KRLD interview full story

Retired UT-Arlington professor's collection illustrates history of computing published: January 26, 2009
Computers with switches. Black-and-white monitors. A thick hand-held device from Apple that was a market failure. full story

Two Fort Worth energy companies team up published: January 21, 2009
Two small Fort Worth energy companies say they have teamed up to win federal research money and commercialize an improvement to solar cells. full story

Chip-level fabrication of single-electron devices published: January 21,2009
Single-electron devices are nanoscale devices that can control the movement of individual electrons. These devices are likely to emerge as a resolution to the industrial demand for the drastic shrinkage of electronic devices, as they hold promise for ultra-high density packaging of electronic components. full story

Arlington grows technology base with Trend Micro move published: January 12 2009
Though downtown Arlington – conceived in 1876 as a railroad stop for cotton shipments – has never enjoyed a high tech brand, that image may be changing rapidly. full story

Grand Prairie company helps athletes find the right sports wheelchairs published: January, 14 2009
Wheelchair tennis players are particular about their wheelchairs. full story

KC in UTA... published: January, 14 2009

Space exploration have always been a remarkable field of interest. The hidden history and data on our space have always fascinated young and old alike. The interest generated out of this curious and mysterious science prompted many a student to start exploring their young minds through books and films for decades. Their efforts are also enhanced by various space expeditions carried out by USA, Russia, France, China, India etc. full story

UT-Arlington research spending up 68% published: December 24, 2008
University of Texas at Arlington research spending shot up 68.1 percent in 2008 to $66.6 million. full story

UT-Arlington makes major increase in research during 2008 published: December 26, 2008
The University of Texas at Arlington increased research expenditures 68.1 percent in 2008 to $66.6 million, up from $39.6 million in 2007. full story

NIAGARA FALLS: Dyster's newest hire named published: December 26, 2008
Ali Marzban visited Niagara Falls as a tourist a few years ago and was fascinated by the area's potential. full story

UT-Arlington research spending up 68% published: December 24, 2008
University of Texas at Arlington research spending shot up 68.1 percent in 2008 to $66.6 million. Among the highlights: UT-Arlington opened a 27,000-square-foot civil engineering laboratory building, broke ground on an engineering research complex and established a Texas Instruments Distinguished University Chair in nanoelectronics. full story

UT-Arlington makes major increase in research during 2008 published: December 26, 2008
The University of Texas at Arlington increased research expenditures 68.1 percent in 2008 to $66.6 million, up from $39.6 million in 2007. full story

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