UTARI’s biomedical technologies research scientist, Alexandra Jamieson, won top place at the Tech Transfer Office Showcase at BioNTX’s iC3 Life Science Summit on September 29, 2023. Jamieson presented on the Smart Pressure Adjusting Cushion for Pressure Injuries (SPACI). SPACI was created to prevent pressure ulcers for wheelchair users. SPACI monitors…
The Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation at The University of Texas at Arlington has awarded five Interdisciplinary Research Program (IRP) grants totaling $100,000 to foster collaboration between groups that would not typically work together. UTARI’s Dr. Muthu Wijesundara, Principal Researcher and Head of the Biomedical Technologies…
Dr. Nick Gans, Principal Research Scientist and Head of the Automation and Intelligent Systems Division, and Cody Lundburg, Research Scientist 2, won best paper in the Modeling Simulation and Software Session at the 2023 Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering Technology Symposium hosted by the National Defense Industrial Association. The paper “Targeting…
A University of Texas at Arlington researcher is working on the prototype of a golf swing training system that combines artificial intelligence (AI) with portability and can be used at home or on the driving range. Nicholas Gans, a UT Arlington principal research scientist and division head for the UT…
Dr. Xin Liu, Assistant Professor of Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering, has been awarded by NASA a Phase 1 Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP). The selected project is for “Multiscale Defect Analysis of Advanced Composites.” The NASA MUREP Partnership Learning Annual Notification (MPLAN) award aims to support awardees…
Partha Pratim, UTARI Research Assistant and PhD student, has been selected to participate in the acclaimed 2023 Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Society Doctoral Consortium, taking place October 29, 2023, in Salt Lake City, Utah. PHM Society invites applications from students currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the fields of diagnostics,…
Dr. Endel Iarve, Director, Institute for Predictive Performance Methodologies and Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has been invited as a keynote speaker at the 2023 International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM) in Belfast, Northern Ireland being held July 30-August 4. ICCM is the premier international conference in the field…
Each seminar highlights a different speaker who will discuss their latest research projects, cutting-edge technology or what is happening within certain technological industries. These industries include biomedical technologies or microsystems, assistive technologies, automation and intelligent systems, unmanned systems, advanced manufacturing and composite materials. Title: Exploring the Social Determinants of Black…
Dr. Singh’s paper “Development of Soft Pneumatic Actuator Based Wrist Exoskeleton for Assistive Motion” has been accepted for the IEEE/ASME International Conference of Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics to be held late June in Seattle, Washington. The conference will highlight advanced intelligent mechatronics systems expecting their promising contribution to our society. Their…
Dr. Xin Liu is collaborating with Dr. Yiran Yang at Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering (IMSE) department in design, prototyping, and computational modeling of a new type of beam lattice metamaterials. Beam lattices are emerging material systems whose mechanical performance can be tailored from structural design instead of material compositions.…
