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UTA electrical engineering, computer science professors rated among the best in the world

A University of Texas at Arlington electrical engineering professor is among the top 100 computer science and electronics researchers in the world, according to guide2research.com, a leading website connecting college faculty researchers and doctoral students with top journals and conferences worldwide.

Frank Lewis was ranked No. 96 in the world and No. 70 in the United States in the website’s rankings of computer scientists. The rankings are determined by H-index, a metric that measures the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. It is based on the set of the scientist’s most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications.

NAO Takes a Bow

Meet NAO (pronounced “now”), an adorable two-foot-tall robot who captured the hearts of residents at Brookdale Arlington in Texas. These residents met NAO when they participated in an innovative study conducted by an interdisciplinary team from the University of Texas at Arlington’s Department of Theatre Arts, School of Social Work, and University of Texas-Arlington Research Institute (UTARI) in Fort Worth.

The study titled Shakespeare and Robots: Examining the impact of a theater intervention on psychological well-being in older adults, set out to change the human-to-human model of participatory arts. “The goal of the trial was to see if a theatre arts intervention with a human-robot model would be successful in promoting the well-being of an older adult,” said Dr. Julienne Greer, assistant professor of theatre arts at UTA.

UTA moves bioengineered REHEAL glove toward commercialization

The University of Texas at Arlington has received a new $227,000 grant funded through the federal government’s Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium to develop the manufacturing process for the REHEAL glove, a bioengineered healing glove that delivers medicine to injured hands.

“Developing the manufacturing process is critical for clinical and pre-clinical studies of the REHEAL glove, which would be a Class 2 medical device that would need FDA approval,” said Muthu Wijesundara, chief research scientist at UTA’s Research Institute and leader of the project.

Researchers at UT Arlington’s new Emotional Robotics Living Lab are investigating what the future will look like with robots. They’re also examining how robots can be integrated into the home to provide physical and emotional support, KTVT CBS 11 reported. Julienne Greer, UT Arlington assistant professor of Theatre Arts, is directing the new lab.

Frank Lewis, Moncrief-O’Donnell Endowed Chair at the University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute and professor in UTA’s Department of Electrical Engineering, has added to his many achievements two new awards.

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Research conducted at UT Arlington using unmanned aerial vehicles could help cities save time and money after a natural disaster, WFAA ABC 8 reported. The project is currently focused on Beaumont, Texas as it continues to recover from Hurricane Harvey.

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Senior Living and NAO

The NAO Robot traveled to Brookdale Senior Living to conduct a trial to see “if a theatre arts intervention with a human-robot model would be successful in promoting the well-being of an older adult,” said Dr. Julinee Greer, assistant professor of theater arts at UT Arlington.

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Aerial Computing

Yan Wan, an associate professor in UTA’s Department of Electrical Engineering, is the team lead on a three-year, $998,803 grant from the National Science Foundation that will develop a networked airborne computing platform for multiple unmanned aerial systems.

Students Explore Robots, Programming at Library Camp

In a week-long camp at the East Arlington Branch Library, students aged 10 to 18 learned the fundamentals of robotics and computer programming and also heard from specialists in those fields.

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Dr. Leila Ladani, a professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and one of the lead scientists of UTARI/IPPM has been chosen to take part in National Academy of Engineering 2017 EU-US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium. The Frontiers of Engineering program brings together through 2-1/2 day meetings a select group of emerging engineering leaders from industry, academe, and government labs to discuss pioneering technical work and leading edge research in various engineering fields and industry sectors. The goal of the meetings is to introduce these outstanding engineers (ages 30-45) to each other, and through this interaction facilitate collaboration in engineering, the transfer of new techniques and approaches across fields, and establishment of contacts among the next generation of engineering leaders. Participants—from industry, academia, and government—were nominated by fellow engineers or organizations.

Only 60 individuals worldwide from universities, industry and research laboratories are invited to join this prestigious Symposium. The Symposium will include four topics of discussion including Computational Imaging, Next-Generation Solar Cells, Technologies for Space Exploration, and Neuroengineering. Dr. Ladani will bring her experience and expertise in manufacturing and mechanics with applications to energy and space systems (http://www.uta.edu/mae/magiclab/​) ​to this symposium. This Symposium is hosted by the University of California, Davis in November, 2017.