College of Engineering Celebrates its 50th
Anniversary
The UT Arlington College of Engineering is
gearing up to kickoff its 50th Anniversary during the 2009-2010 school
year.
10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Kickoff Celebration and Ribbon Cutting for
the Engineering Lab Building Expansion
First and Yates Street, near Nedderman Hall
11:30 a.m. – 1
p.m.
Welcome Bash Cookout and Tours of the
Engineering Lab Building
First and Yates Street, near Nedderman Hall
7 p.m.
College of Engineering Speaker Series:
Dean Kamen
Lonestar Auditorium, Maverick Activities Center
550 W. Nedderman Drive
Mr. Kamen
is an inventor, physicist and entrepreneur who has dedicated his life to
developing technologies that help people lead better lives. Some notable
breakthrough medical devices include the HomeChoice® portable
dialysis machine, and the Independence® IBOT® 4000 Mobility System,
a sophisticated mobility aid, developed for Johnson & Johnson. Kamen
is also widely recognized as the inventor of the Segway® Human
Transporter, which was designed to provide a clean alternative for short
distance travel and enhance people's productivity. One of his newest
projects is a water purification system that is being designed to help
provide clean drinking water to the estimated 1.1 billion of people in
the world who lack access to clean water. He is also the founder of FIRST
(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a foundation
that hosts competitions and outreach activities for youth and technology.
Mr. Kamen received the Heinz Award in Technology, the Economy and
Employment (1998), the National Medal of Technology from President Clinton
(2000), the Lemelson-MIT Prize (2002), and numerous honorary
degrees. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and
was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2005.
Maverick Engineers Night at the Texas Rangers
Faculty, staff, students
and alumni - Mark your calendars for Wednesday, September 16! Meet and
reconnect with your fellow classmates during College of Engineering Night
at the Ballpark as the Rangers play the Oakland A's. Your $10 admission
includes a meal ticket good for a hot dog, chips and soda, and it's
Dollar Dog Night, so extra hot dogs are extra affordable! Contact your
home department or the dean's office for tickets. 50th Anniversary of
Maverick Engineering t-shirts are also available for $5. Alumni Bonus! -
The first five alumni requesting tickets in each department will receive
two tickets, meal coupons and a t-shirt FREE!
GERD Monitor Wins Italian Tech Award
The Batteryless Endoluminal
Sensing Telemeter created by Electrical Engineering Professor J.-C. Chiao
and his collaborators at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas
received an award presented by Well-Tech, an Italian organization
dedicated to the research and design of innovative and sustainable
systems and technologies and their transfer to the Italian industrial
system. “This is much better than receiving that ‘Wacky Innovation’ award
for our prototype in 2007,” said Dr. Chiao.
Magnetic Nanodisks Speed Analysis of Biochemicals
Materials Science &
Engineering's Dr. Yaowu Hao is developing a new tool for professionals in
biological and biomedical research fields to quickly and accurately
identify the chemical makeup of biological samples. The process involves
the introduction of magnetic nanodisks that attract the various organic
molecules in the sample. Details
Trust-based Mechanisms Build Cooperative Control for
Networks
Dr. Frank Lewis at the
Automation & Robotics Research Institute is developing methods to
establish protocols to evaluate and establish levels of trust that can be
used in battlefield and emergency response situations where human lives
are at stake. Details
MAE's Huang Receives NSF CAREER Grant
The National Science
Foundation has awarded a prestigious CAREER grant to Dr. Haiying Huang to
further her development of a revolutionary sensor concept utilizing
engineered skins to monitor the condition of structures as varied as
airplanes and bridges. Details
Agonafer Honored by ASME
Mechanical & Aerospace
Engineering Professor Dereje Agonafer received the 2009 American Society
of Mechanical Engineers’ InterPACK Achievement Award, presented July 22rd
during the organization’s international conference. The award honors
individuals who have demonstrated excellence and received international
recognition in the area of research and development related to electronic
packaging as well as service to the technical community at large. Details
ARRI, UTSW Collaborate on Magnetic Surgical Tools
Automation & Robotics
Research Institute researcher Dr. Raul Fernandez and research engineer
Richard Bergs of the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center, also at ARRI,
are collaborating with physicians at UT Southwestern Medical Center in
Dallas to develop a groundbreaking toolbox of magnetically-controlled
surgical instruments for minimally-invasive procedures. Details
CSE's Das Receives IEEE Technical Achievement Award
Dr. Sajal Das, director of the
Center for Research in Wireless Mobility and Networking and a program
director for the National Science Foundation, was presented with an IEEE
Computer Society Technical Achievement Award recognizing his outstanding
and innovative contributions to the fields of computer and information
science and engineering or computer technology. Details
Engineering Students Learning to Address
Sustainability
Three engineering
departments are collaborating for a concerted effort to improve students'
knowledge of and competency in addressing sustainability issues in
engineering design and problem solving. Civil Engineering’s Dr. Melanie
Sattler is coordinating the “Engineering Sustainable Engineers” program,
where sustainability concepts will be integrated into 12 core engineering
courses. Details
