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| Written by Johnathan Silver, The Shorthorn senior staff | ||||||||
| Wednesday, 02 September 2009 09:06 PM | ||||||||
College of Engineering Timeline1959- Arlington State College is elevated to senior-college status and the School of Engineering begins1960- Woolf Hall is built 1965- Arlington State College becomes part of The University of Texas System 1967- ASC is changed to The University of Texas at Arlington 1971- UT Arlington takes on the Mavericks nickname 1974- The joint program between the bioengineering department and UT Southwestern Medical School begins 1985- The UT System Board of Regents appropriates nearly $40 million for the construction of Nedderman Hall and the Aerospace Research Building and renovations to Woolf Hall 1986- The Advanced Robotics Research Institute (now Automation and Robotics Research Institute) is created 2001- The Nanofab center is opened 2008- Bioengineering faculty opened the Optical Medical Imaging Lab facility at UTSW 2009- The College of Engineering’s celebrates 50th anniversary Source: The College of Engineering 50th anniversary Web site  As the College of Engineering celebrated its 50th anniversary with different events on Wednesday, the bioengineering department celebrated the ribbon cutting of the remodeled Engineering Laboratory Building. President Spaniolo, members of the UTA community and Congressional representatives gave opening remarks at the ribbon cutting ceremony. Tours of the lab building were offered after the event. The bioengineering department began as a program, was elevated to a department and began a partnership in 1974 with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. The department came a long way in terms of expanding faculty and research, said bioengineering assistant professor Digant Dave. Today the department conducts research in areas ranging from faster injury repair to detecting and combating cancer. The event featured engineering groups displaying their research at tables along the lab building’s plaza. “It’s an exciting time to be here. Bioengineering will remain a high priority in the engineering field because of the contributions it can give to health care,” Dave said. “Ultimately, the success of our efforts will be gauged by how it affects the average person affected by any disease.” The $22-million development added a 27,000-square-foot third floor. The building has extra lab space for the entire bioengineering department and other engineering departments doing research.
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