Electrical engineering Professor J.C. Chiao creates millimeter-wave sensors that can see through smoke, fog, dust, clouds, clothing, and packaging. The work may sound like a science fiction screenplay, but its potential homeland security applications are real. Also real is Dr. Chiao's dependence on doctoral students to help build the high-tech sensors. He directs nine Ph.D. candidates on research projects that include a miniature fiber scanner for skin cancer diagnosis and a wireless pain management system. Rewarding such highly skilled professors and students is crucial to advancing UT Arlington as an educational leader.

Use available compensation resources for faculty, staff, and students to build excellence.

Goal 1: Develop nationally competitive compensation standards for faculty and staff.
Objective 1: Develop salary structures comparable to peer institutions.

Goal 2: Develop a model of compensation that includes substantial rewards for excellence.
Objective 1:Increase the funds for faculty supplements awarded in recognition of funded research or other major scholarly achievements.
Objective 2: Develop a competitive salary structure for staff.

Goal 3: Improve graduate student compensation, especially at the doctoral level.
Objective 1:Make doctoral graduate student compensation and workloads competitive by discipline with those at peer institutions.