Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering News
MAE's Hullender Named 2018 Minnie Stevens Piper Professor
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
David Hullender, a longtime professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has been named a 2018 Piper Professor by the San Antonio-based Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation.
Advanced Materials and Structures Lab Earns ONR Grants Worth $1.4 Million
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
The Office of Naval Research has awarded two grants worth nearly $1.5 million that will further enhance the Advanced Materials and Structures Lab’s national standing and capabilities.
College Hosts Inaugural Innovation Day
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
The College’s inaugural Innovation Day brought together students, faculty, alumni and industry representatives to showcase and celebrate the transformative research being performed in UTA’s engineering laboratories.
MAE Researcher Investigating Metrics to Guarantee UAV Performance in Groups
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Kamesh Subbarao is using a $795,427 Office of Naval Research grant to create metrics to evaluate the performance of multiple UAVs that operators will be able to use to predict vehicle behavior under mission-specific conditions.
College Honors Faculty, Staff Excellence
Friday, March 30, 2018
Dean Peter Crouch and the College of Engineering honored faculty and staff excellence at an awards luncheon April 29.
Burning Desire
Friday, March 9, 2018
Alumnus Andrew Feghali became an entrepreneur at a young age – in middle school, he started a lawn service and hired neighborhood children to work for him – and since graduating he has built a successful fire testing company, Aeroblaze.
UTA Remembers Kalpana Chawla, Columbia Crew 15 Years Later
Thursday, February 1, 2018
Fifteen years ago, seven astronauts, including Kalpana Chawla, one of UTA’s most celebrated graduates and the first Indian-born woman to fly in space, perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart during re-entry.
Alumna Hew Works With German Space Agency on Edema Research
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Monica Hew (BSAE '13) recently spent six months at the German Space Center (DLR) in Cologne studying how tissue swelling, or edema, develops in an oxygen-deprived environment.
249 Undergraduates Earn Fall Dean's List Honors
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Sixty-nine undergraduate engineering students earned perfect 4.0 grade-point averages and 249 were named to the dean's list for the recently completed fall semester.
MAE's Adnan Working to Determine How Blasts Could Damage Neurons
Friday, December 22, 2017
Ashfaq Adnan is working to determine how mechanical forces such as blasts or repeated blows to the head could damage neurons and lead to neurological disorders.
MAE's Agonafer Named to National Academy of Inventors
Friday, December 15, 2017
Mechanical Engineering Professor Dereje Agonafer is the 12th UTA faculty member to be named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Donor Establishes Endowed Chair to Encourage Innovation in FSAE Program
Monday, November 6, 2017
Through a gift from entrepreneur and businessman Paul E. Andrews, Jr., UTA will establish an endowed chair in the general areas of automotive engineering and design, mechanical engineering, and the FSAE team.
MAE's Makeev Working to Advance Limitations of Computed Tomography
Monday, October 16, 2017
Andrew Makeev will improve reconstruction algorithms and software techniques to produce breakthroughs in computed tomography scanning, which will lead to better recognition of manufacturing flaws and structural damage of composites.
MAE's Makeev Earns Boeing Grant to Test Composite Aircraft Structures
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Andrew Makeev has received a $600,000 grant from Boeing to test composite components that officials believe will lead to longer-lasting aircraft and identify when those components may fail.
MAE Professor Wen Chan Passes Away
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Wen Chan, a professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department and director of the Center for Composite Materials, has passed away after a brief battle with cancer.
UTA, DART Partner to Offer Transformational Learning Experience
Friday, September 1, 2017
UTA and Dallas Area Rapid Transit today launched a first-of-its-kind partnership offering select undergraduate students valuable experiential learning opportunities in engineering and other fields.
Student Team Earns Award at National Convention
Friday, August 25, 2017
A team of students earned a Rising Star Award in the System Selection category recently for the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers’ Student Design Competition.
UTA Researcher’s Book Explores the Design of Long-Range Space Vehicles
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Bernd Chudoba, an associate professor of aerospace engineering, is co-author of “Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems and Integration: Enabling Technologies for Space Exploration.”
Engineer Seeks to Minimize Risks for UAVs in Populated Areas
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Atilla Dogan, an associate professor of aerospace engineering, will use a $550,000 NSF grant to quantify risks posed by UAVs and create algorithms to reduce those risks.
MAE's Ladani Invited to NAE Symposium
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Leila Ladani, a professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department and a lead scientist at UTARI, has been chosen to take part in the National Academy of Engineering 2017 EU-U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium.
MAE's Adnan Publishes Findings Showing Cavitation Could Cause Brain Damage
Monday, July 17, 2017
MAE's Ashfaq Adnan recently published research findings in Nature’s Scientific Reports revealing that battlefield blasts may cause cavitation in the brain’s perineuronal nets, which, in turn, may collapse and cause neuronal damage.
MAE's Reifsnider Earns ICCES Lifetime Achievement Award
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Ken Reifsnider, a National Academy of Engineering member and professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, was honored by ICCES with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Greer Lab Will Increase Yield, Viability of Converting Natural Gas to Fuel
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
UTA’s Conrad Greer Lab was officially showcased this week. Researchers intend to fill a profitable niche in the energy field by converting natural gas to high-grade diesel and jet fuel.
UTA Researchers Contribute to Exploration, Understanding of Space
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Space has long been the subject of science fiction and the dreams of many who gazed up at the moon and stars, and UTA researchers are contributing much to our exploration and understanding of it.
Jones Named Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
Friday, June 16, 2017
Erick Jones, a professor in the Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering Department, has been named the College’s new associate dean for graduate studies, effective September 1.
Pair of Students Win Material Handling Education Foundation Scholarships
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Two engineering students, rising senior April Horton and master's student Chibueze Enyinnaya, have received scholarships from the Material Handling Education Foundation.
Recent Grad Made the Most of Opportunities
Monday, June 5, 2017
Alex Preisser’s journey to his graduation from UTA was a winding road, but he took advantage of all of the opportunities that presented themselves along the way.
Makeev, Colleagues Earn AHS Best Paper Award
Thursday, May 18, 2017
AE’s Andrew Makeev and his colleagues earned the best paper award in structures and materials at the 73rd American Helicopter Society Forum in Fort Worth May 9-11.
MAE's Woods Wins Prestigious Minnie Stevens Piper Award
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Bob Woods, a longtime mechanical engineering professor and founder of the UTA FSAE racing team, has been named a 2017 Piper Professor by the San Antonio-based Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation.
College Celebrates Faculty-Staff Awards
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Several College of Engineering faculty and staff were honored for achievements in the previous year at the College’s annual faculty/staff awards luncheon March 28.
AE Alumnus Named to UTA Military Science Hall of Honor
Monday, March 27, 2017
Floyd Wine, an aerospace engineering alumnus and retired Bell Helicopter engineer, was inducted into UTA's Military Science Hall of Honor on March 25.
AeroMavs Mentor High School Students
Monday, March 27, 2017
UTA's student newspaper, The Shorthorn, recently featured the Aero Mavericks' rocketry division and the students' work with a local high school team.
Student Team Earns Patent From Senior Project
Friday, March 3, 2017
A team of five mechanical engineering students, two of their professors, and Raytheon has secured a patent for a smart bandage device that the students developed years ago.
AE Professor Named AIAA Fellow
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Frank Lu, a professor in the Aerospace Engineering Department, has been named a Fellow of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics.
MAE Doctoral Student Embarks on NASA Internship
Thursday, January 26, 2017
MAE doctoral student Cody Ground has earned a prestigious Pathways internship with the Hypersonic Air-Breathing Propulsion Branch at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.
222 Students Named to Dean's List
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Fifty-seven undergraduate engineering students earned perfect 4.0 grade-point averages and 222 were named to the dean’s list for the recently completed fall semester.