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2025

Researcher Advances Lunar Welding With NASA Award

Building Capacity

Fast Track to the Next Frontier

2024

Researchers Developing Technology To Improve Offshore Wind Safety

Researchers Aim To Get Leg Up on Bone Repair with 3D-Printed Femur

Seal Whiskers Inspire Engineer’s Offshore Turbine Sensor Design

Electric Vehicle Research Speeds Ahead with NSF CAREER Award

Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award Winner Engineers Student Success

Comet Earns Department of Energy Fellowship

UTD Underwater Robotics Team Brings Home Awards

Researchers Engineer AI Path To Prevent Power Outages

CPRIT Grants To Advance Cancer Detection, Treatment Technology

Racing Team Speeds to Best Finish SAE Event

Mechanical Engineering Student Soars with Aerospace Fellowship

Cool Tech: Polymer May Be Key to More Energy-Efficient Buildings

PAST STORIES

CHARGED UP for Battery Research

Researcher Studies 3D Integrated Circuit Cooling with DARPA Young Faculty Award

Leaders Unite To Reenergize North Texas Semiconductor Workforce

Jonsson School Faculty Leaders Invested at University Ceremony

Professor Named Senior Member of National Academy of Inventors

Engineer Earns Grant To Study Surface Roughness on Aircraft, Ships

Mechanical Engineering Professor Earns Honors

Leaders Unite To Reenergize North Texas Semiconductor Workforce

Researcher Aims To Accelerate EV Charging Times with CAREER Award

UTD Students Shine in National Competitions

Mechanical Engineer Aims to Make Paper Manufacturing More Efficient

New Forces Power Passion for Wind Energy Research, Student Group

National Turbine Competition Stirs Up UTD Enthusiasm for Wind Energy

Researchers’ Flow Platform Advances Water Harvesting Technology

UTD Engineers Aim High To Keep Military Aircraft Controls Cool

Jonsson School Alum Named Schwarzman Scholar

CAREER Award Supports Cyber-Physical Systems Research

UTD Engineers’ New Rapid Virus Test Raises Bar for Detection

Summer 2022 Newsletter

CAREER Award Fuels Work on Control Systems for Autonomous Vehicles

Team Engineers New Way To Get Medication Past Blood-Brain Barrier

Mechanical Engineering Associate Department Head Named ASME Fellow

AI Vehicles Driving Autonomous Technology Research at UT Dallas

Researcher Earns Early-Career Awards for Bioinspired Work

University Honors Top Jonsson School Mentor, Dissertation and Thesis

UTD Spinoff Company’s Sale Takes 3D Printing to Scale

Mechanical Engineers Discover that Aerogel Structure Can Block Sound, Potentially Boost Performance of Acoustic Devices

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Member Recognized with Teaching Excellence Award

Army Grant Assists Researchers’ Mission Against ALS

Collaborative, Computational Design Leader Named Head of Mechanical Engineering

New Physical Phenomenon Aids Harvest of Water from Air

Engineer’s Marine Aerosol Research Gets Lift with CAREER Award

Research 411 Talk Show: Wind Turbines

Industry Publication Highlights Professor Minary’s Ceramic 3D-Printing Technique

Thermal Imaging Enhances Engineers’ Understanding of Breast Tumors

Engineer Investigates Use of Navy Ships for Emergency Power

Alumnus’ Design of Powered Prosthetic Leg Aims to Give Amputees More Control

Polycraft Team Wins DARPA Grant To Lay Groundwork for Smarter AI

Environmental Research Group Profiles Doctoral Student

Engineering Professors Receive Honors for Mentoring Aspiring Researchers

Is 6 Feet Always Enough? COVID and the Wind

Engineering Graduate Set To Launch Career Supporting NASA

Faculty Research May Lead to Improvements for Infectious Disease Testing

Wind Energy with Dr. Rotea

Jonsson School PhD Students Present Final Defenses Remotely, Honored for Work

New Solar Car Racing Team Driven To Shine Light on Alternative Power Source

Researchers Build Systems with International Collaboration

Team Develops Offshore Wind Turbine

Engineering Students Get Drone Racing Team Off the Ground

Remote LiDAR Station Featured on Cover of Atmosphere Journal

Engineer Earns Young Investigator Award for Water-Harvesting Work

UTDesign Students Show Stick-to-itiveness, Win National Competition

Team Creates Top-Notch Prototype for Industry Sponsor

Winds of Change

Jonsson School Students Earn National Graduate Research Fellowships

Jonsson School Students Honored by University for Best Graduate Research

Engineering Building Receives LEED Gold Status, Lab of the Year Honor

Mechanical Engineer Perfecting the Performance of Surgical Robotics

Jonsson School Engineer Opens New Avenue for Brain Cancer Treatment

New Building Offers Inside View of Innovation

New Control Strategy Helps Reap Maximum Power from Wind Farms

New Wind Tunnel Generates Energetic Possibilities

Professor’s Work Empowers Amputees To Walk More Naturally

Team’s Bioinspired Slick Method Improves Water Harvesting

Mechanical Engineering Group Wins Best Paper Award

University and Wind Industry Researchers Meet to Advance Innovation in Renewable Energy

Microscopic Solution May Save Researchers Big Time

UT Dallas Researcher Uses Supercomputers to Explore Nanopill Design

Jonsson School Celebrates 30th Anniversary, Honors Dean Spong at Retro Awards Party

Students Showcase Skills at UTDesign Expo

Students Fly High at Engineering Bootcamp

Professor Earns NSF Grant for Prosthetics Innovation

Young Investigator Award Supports Actuator Research

Engineers Shrink Microscope to Dime-Sized Device

Jonsson School Engineers Help Autistic Teens Showcase Skills

Rotea Shares Wind Energy Expertise at IEEE Conference

UTDesign Team Takes Top Spot at ASME Competition

Jonsson School’s WindSTAR Team Works to Improve the Energy of Air

Scientists Receive $1.3 Million in Grants for Cancer Research

Jonsson School Dean Tapped for Nyquist Lecture Prize

Engineering Students Place First at Capstone Design Conference

Engineers Help Teens with Autism Build Skills

Engineering Graduate’s Passion Project Keeps Children Safe

Awards Help Bring Professors’ Creativity to Life

Dept Head Begins Term as NSF Director

Nanotech Expert Fills Distinguished Chair in Engineering

In Mojave Desert, Engineer Eyes the Sky as Career Takes Flight

Mechanical Engineering Team Wins Student Design Competition

Engineering Researchers Earn National Science Foundation Awards

Study to Unlock Science Behind Motherhood

CBS Interviewed Dr. Gregg About Artificial Skin That Can Feel Rain And the Touch of a Hand

Growing Jonsson School Reinforces Faculty with Newest Hires

Professor to Design Materials Inspired by Bone

Engineer Applies Robot Control Theory to Improve Prosthetic Legs

Technology Association Names ME Department Finalist for Tech Titan Award

Jonsson School Lecturer Receives Engineer of the Year Award

New Implanted Devices May Reshape Medicine

Jonsson School Prof Earns $2.3 Million Grant

$1 Million Grant to Help Professor Improve Prosthetics for Soldiers

Bachelor’s Degree Program Earns Accreditation

New Machine Shop Turns Mechanical Engineering Designs Into Reality

ME welcomes four new faculty members for the 2013-14 year

PhD Program in Mechanical Engineering Set to Debut

ME Professors Help Inspire BEST Robotics Competitors

Nanomechanics Expertise Needed To Engineer Organs

ME Students Help Design Solar Car

Jonsson School Honors More Staffers and Professors Than Ever

ME Graduate Delivers ECS Graduation Speech

Nanotechnology-based “Robojelly” Receives International News Coverage

Researchers Unveil Robot Jellyfish Built on Nanotechnology

Robotics Gets Boost

Nanotechnology for Kids

Sustainable Energy Expert Hired

Plasma Symposium Keynote

Campus to Welcome Newest McDermott Scholars This Fall

Boosting Power Plant Efficiency

Team Creates New Tools for Understanding Brain Circuits, Behavior

Wind Team Advances to Nationals

MIT Technology Review Features Robotic Leg

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