Maverick Engineering in the News

NIAGARA FALLS: Council wants clarification on city engineer’s eligibility in New York : published: July 24, 2009
The Niagara Falls City Council has asked Mayor Paul Dyster to investigate the credentials of City Engineer Ali Marzban and determine if he’s authorized to conduct professional services within the state. full story

Work in Sensors Earns Das Technical Award (CSE Dr. Sajal Das) published: July 23, 2009
Education is central to individuals realizing their potential, said National Science Foundation program director and IEEE Computer Society volunteer Sajal Das in accepting his Technical Achievement Award. Das’s acceptance speech can be viewed at http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/csvideos/2008-cs-awards. full story

Music & Medicine: Unique Collaboration Combines Performing Arts and Science published: July 14, 2009
FORT WORTH, Texas, July 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When Eri Yoshimura begins to play, beautiful music fills the air. Her eyes close, and her body sways in time to the prelude. Her small hands glide over the keyboard gracefully, fluidly, as if they were tiny ballerinas on a miniature stage. full story

Dallas-area education notes published: July 19, 2009

Communities In Schools Dallas Region, Inc. seeks monetary donations to provide school supplies to students in need. According to CISDR's Web site, $25 provides supplies for an elementary school student, $50 for a middle school student and $75 for a high school student. Donate online at www.cisdallas.org or mail a check to: Communities In Schools Dallas Region, Inc., 8700 N. Stemmons Freeway, Suite 125, Dallas, TX 75247-3729. Call 214-827-0955. full story

UT grant to fund key heart research published: July 16, 2009
With the help of a grant from the Texas Ignition Fund, UT researchers hope to expand a new technology with the potential to save thousands of people who experience cardiac- and stroke-related ailments. full story

Students designed and built a wind power converter, to showcase in international competition today published: July 14, 2009
Three electrical engineering students will present a design today in Australia that could revolutionize energy conservation. full story

Ethiopia - Professor Dereje Agonafer Keynote speaker at InterPACK '09 published: July 16, 2009
Ethiopia - Professor Dereje Agonafer Keynote speaker at InterPACK '09 full story

Global-i© Appoints Vice President of Practice Management for Convergence Technologies published: July 15, 2009
Global-i, Inc. (www.globaliconsulting.com), a provider of technology-management consulting and project-based outsourcing services to the Communications & IT industry, announced today that Bill Hieatt has been appointed as the Vice President of Practice Management for Converged Technologies, serving both existing and new clients in North America and Global. full story

New UT-Arlington Web Site Promotes New Inventions published: July 13, 2008
If your company is looking for a product, but finds it doesn’t exist, they can now put in a request to have it invented. full story

No Camp This Summer? No Problem! published: June 25, 2009
For the first time since they each turned 6, Eva Rosenwald of Ann Arbor, Michigan, will not be sending her two children, Ruby, age 7, and Henry, 8 1/2, to day camp. full story

Site tied to UTA will promote inventions published: July 10, 2009
Manufacturers who are looking for the next great invention can access a research Web site that contains full reports on inventor-patented products, which is provided by the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center at the University of Texas at Arlington. full story

UT Southwestern, UT Arlington to develop magnetic surgery tools published: 09 July, 2009
DALLAS – July 9, 2009 – UT Southwestern Medical Center and UT Arlington have reached an agreement with Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. to develop a groundbreaking toolbox of magnetically controlled surgical instruments for minimally invasive surgery. full story

UT campuses in North Texas steam ahead on science, technology, engineering and medicine projects published: 09 July, 2009
At the University of Texas at Arlington, professors are developing affordable ways to convert coal into synthetic crude oil. Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas are pursuing new treatments for brain disorders such as autism and Alzheimer's disease. full story

Nuclear engineering minor begins this fall published: 07 July, 2009
The university will begin a nuclear engineering program this fall to tackle U.S. demands for more alternative energy sources. full story

Microsoft Admits Browser Security Flaw published: 06 July, 2009
DALLAS - Software giant Microsoft, Inc. announced this afternoon that a hole in its Video ActiveX Control application could provide an entry point for hackers. full story

GERD Monitor Wins Tech Award published: July 2009
Nuovo sistema per la diagnosi a lungo termine di disturbi gastroesofagei quali la GERD (malattia da reflusso gastroesofageo). full story

Profesora de la Texas State University dictará clases en la Maestría de Gestión de Operaciones y Servicios Logísticos published:
Del 30 de junio al 10 de julio viene desde Estados Unidos, la Dra. Cecilia Temponi, para dictar el curso “Logística Internacional” a los alumnos de la Maestría en Gestión de Operaciones y Servicios Logísticos, que desarrolla la Unidad de Posgrado de la Facultad de Ingeniería Industrial. full story

UT Scientists develop new biodegradable polymers to fight cancer ( published: June 30, 2009

Cancer cells can run but they can’t hide from university researchers’ newly developed biomaterials. Bioengineers, working with UT-Southwestern scientists, created fluorescent and biodegradable polymers to illuminate cancer sites and have drugs sent directly to kill them. Previous polymers weren’t biodegradable. Polymers are chemical compounds or mixtures of two or more molecules. They are injected into the body to combat diseases on a cellular level. full story

Managing high-voltage lithium-ion batteries in HEVs ( published: 1 July, 2009

Safely getting the most energy and lifetime from a lithium cell requires some sophisticated electronics. One requirement, for example, is the ability to measure the voltage across every 3.7V battery cell in a stack of 100 series-connected cells. How do you cope with the 370V of common-mode voltage and reject 100V of common-mode switching transients? The design of battery-management systems for EV (electric-vehicle), HEV (hybrid-electric-vehicle), and UPS (uninterruptible-power-supply) applications requires solving many such problems. full story

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