Calling
All Friends of Maverick Engineering to Engineers Week
2009!
Be sure to join us for a week of fun
activities February 16-20.Visit
www.uta.edu/engineering/engineersweek for more information.
Engineering alumni who work at area engineering firms:
Show your support for the College of Engineering and meet
highly qualified students for internships and full-time
positions at our Career Fair. For more information on how your
company can participate, visit http://e2ma.net/go/1707407417/1551681/56965203/goto:http://www.uta.edu/engineering/careerfair.phpDetails
NSF
CAREER Grant Funds Early Disease Diagnosis Research
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
Samir Iqbal has received a prestigious CAREER grant to develop
new methods of detecting and isolating certain proteins
(“biomarkers”), significantly aiding in early cancer and
Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and reducing costs and time of
analysis. Details
Device
Reveals Risk Potential for Spread of Prostate
Cancer
A new screening test being developed by Electrical
Engineering Professor J.C. Chiao and Bioengineering Assistant
Professor Kytai Nguyen will provide physicians with a new
method to predict if prostate cancer cells will migrate from
the primary tumor to a secondary site. Their device can be
used to predict the metastasis risks for individual prostate
cancer patients during treatment and to track therapy progress
to prevent metastasis in the future. Details
Novel
Nanoparticles Will Greatly Improve Prostate Cancer
Treatment
A treatment method being developed by Dr.
Kytai Nguyen may reduce or eliminate the debilitating side
effects of cancer treatments and also improve the
effectiveness of drug therapies. Her novel polymer magnetic
nanoparticles target only the prostate tumor and prostate
cancer cells for the controlled release of drugs. Details
Optical
Biopsy Probe to Improve Prostate Cancer
Diagnosis
Bioengineering Professor Hanli Liu has received a
$518,000 grant to continue her development of an optical
detection system that will provide physicians with
highly-accurate and dependable determinations of the presence
of cancerous tissue. Current methods may result in a patient
being under- or over-treated, with unnecessary side effects.
Details
A treatment method being developed by Dr.
Kytai Nguyen may reduce or eliminate the debilitating side
effects of cancer treatments and also improve the
effectiveness of drug therapies. Her novel polymer magnetic
nanoparticles target only the prostate tumor and prostate
cancer cells for the controlled release of drugs. 
