Dr. Kenneth Reifsnider Presidential Distinguished Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, UTA Director, Institute for Predictive Performance Methodologies, UTARI Member: National Academy of Engineering Composite materials are not just the sum of their parts, they are often engineered systems that function with properties and behavior that results from the interaction of…
Biological Microsystems Division:Microscale Tissue Engineering Dr. Vinay Abhyankar, Principal Research ScientistBiological Microsystems Division The University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute Topic: “Toward Microscale Tissue Engineered Models of Human Disease” Abstract: The physical phenomena that we are familiar with at the macroscale are often quite different than those that dominate as length…
UTARI in collaboration with the University of Washington design, develop and test a REHEAL glove that delivers medicine to patients, which speeds up healing to extremities. Read More…
Mike McNair, UTARI head of Automation and Intelligent Systems, has been member-elected to the National Advanced Mobility Consortium’s board of directors for the Academic Research Institution Seat. Read More…
Strokes can cause all sorts of damage;including loss of hand movement. But research scientists at UTARI have created a device that has the potential to make a big difference. Read More…
“[A]fter more than 30 years of research, robots are to the point where they are safe enough to be around people, [and] robust enough to complete some tasks of interest that will be useful to the average person” -Dan Popa Read More…
UTARI Biomedical Division: Rehabilitation and Preventative Care Devices Dr. Muthu B. J. Wijesundara, Principal Research Scientist Biomedical Technology Division The University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute UTARI’s Biomedical Technologies Division focuses on developing clinically translatable devices and systems to expand available treatment options and preventative measures. Based on our…
Dr. Frank Lewis of UTA and UTARI and collaborators has developed the Integral Reinforcement Learning, which is a process by which a device learns and makes control decisions in reaction to a set of variables that changes based on each previous decision. Read More…
Purnendu “Sandy” Dasgupta wins almost $1 million from NASA to further the search for amino acids, the so-called building blocks of life. Read More…
Dr. Michael McCabe, executive director of UTARI, will address the Arlington Technology Association on Wednesday, September 2. He will describe how the UTARI interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers link discovery, development, and commercialization to achieve new products, companies and economic impact for our region, state, and nation. The ATA…
