Maverick Engineering in the News

CONFERENCES: CPTT 2009 was held in China published: December 1, 2009

From Oct. 19-21, the first International Conference of Pipeline and Trenchless Technology (ICPTT) was held at the Regal International East Asia Hotel in Shanghai, China, which was cosponsored by China-U.S. Joint Center for Trenchless Research & Development (CTRD), ASCE Pipeline Division, China Society for Trenchless Technology, and the Center for Underground Infrastructure Research & Education (CUIRE) and provided a world forum for 80 oral presentations and poster discussions of 227 papers published in the ICPTT Proceedings. full story

Woman released after bail reduced (CSE’s Dr. Reyes) published: December 13, 2009
ARLINGTON — A 50-year-old Arlington woman accused last month in the shooting death of her husband has been released from jail after her bail was reduced last week from $200,000 to $35,000, her attorney said Monday. Colette Reyes’ bail was reduced during a hearing Dec. 1, said Wes Ball, Reyes’ attorney. full story

Engineers create endowment (ASCE scholarship endowment, Maverick Match) published: Dec. 10, 2009
ARLINGTON — The American Society of Civil Engineers’ Fort Worth branch has created an endowment fund to provide scholarships for civil engineering students at the University of Texas at Arlington. full story

Medical breakthrough earns TAMS student scholarship (BE – Dr. Tang) published: December 9, 2009
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- A student at the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at the University of North Texas has won a $10,000 scholarship for his work on developing a biocompatible material that can be used in protein drug delivery. full story

Short metallic nanotubes made simple ( MSE – Dr. Hao) published: November 19, 2009
There appears to be no shortage of potential applications for high aspect ratio metallic nanostructures such as nanowires, nanorods and nanotubes. Examples include chemical sensing, bioseparation, magnetic data storage, battery electrodes and drug delivery. full story

Gerald Gaston McCasland (obituary – ME alumnus) published: November 27, 2009
Gerald Gaston McCasland of Wills Point quietly passed from this world into the eternal care of our Lord on Nov. 20 in the presence of loved ones and the comfort of his home. Jerry was born on his grandfather’s farm in rural Kaufman County on Aug. 20, 1936 to Betty Lou Priddy and Holton Gent. full story

UTD to join biomedical engineering program (BME program with UTSW) published: December 6, 2009
The University of Texas at Dallas will begin offering graduate degrees in biomedical engineering this spring, joining the existing biomedical engineering collaboration between the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the University of Texas at Arlington. full story

Saturday memorial scheduled for senior lecturer (CSE’s Dr. Reyes) published: December 3, 2009
A memorial service for engineering senior lecturer Arthur Reyes is scheduled for Saturday, nearly three weeks after his death, which is still under investigation. full story

Newly-added nuclear engineering minor has some students buzzing (COE Dr. Peterson, EE’s Dr. Kenarangui) published: Decwmbwe 1, 2009
After semester one, the nuclear engineering program is on a high, with nearly double the expected number of people enrolled in the introductory class, and with some alumni wanting to return and obtain minors in the field, said Lynn Peterson, College of Engineering senior associate dean. full story

People (various items) (MAE’s Dr. Liu – CAREER award) published: November 30, 2009
His new job: Gary Millington joined Jones Lang LaSalle as a vice president of property management. Millington will lead property management in Fort Worth and will work closely with Greg Grainger to grow the firm’s property management capabilities in the region. The firm currently manages and/or leases about 14.5 million square feet in the region. full story

A big race for tiny research at North Texas universities (EE’s Dr. Magnusson) published: November 29th, 2009

Executives and researchers at some of the region's private companies and at UT-Arlington, the University of Texas at Dallas and the University of North Texas in Denton are determined to make North Texas a major player in this field. To do that, the region must establish itself against leading nanotechnology research institutes, such as Rice University in Houston, and technological titans, such as those in Silicon Valley in California and the greater Boston area, experts say. At stake are billions of federal and investment dollars. China, Japan, Germany and Russia are also in the nanotechnology race. full story

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