UTA a Sponsor of Dallas’ Newest Biotech Initiative
The University of Texas at Arlington is a gold-level sponsor for the newly opened Biolabs at Pegasus Park, a state-of-the-art co-working facility for biotech startups. The entire story here.
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Dr. Muthu Wijesundara Featured on NBC 5 on Diabetic Shoe Insole
NBC 5 interviewed Dr. Muthu Wijesundara regarding his show insole that assists with preventing diabetic foot ulcers. Watch the interview here.
U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command Tours UTARI
Leadership from the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command in Huntsville, Alabama visited UTARI on March 2. The tour focused on UTARI’s research in the predictive performance analysis of composite materials. Dr. Rassel Raihan (pictured) led a presentation and lab tour of UTARI’s Institute for Predictive Performance Methodologies. Army officials…
UTARI Researchers Issued Four Patents in 2021
2021 was a strong year for UTARI innovation with four new patents issued within the year. The Biomedical Technologies Division, led by Principal Research Scientist, Dr. Muthu Wijesundara, received two patents for their rehabilitation and preventative care devices: one relating to fluid-driven actuators , and the other relating to apparatuses…
Dr. Muthu Wijesundara Named to National Academy of Inventors
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has elected two engineers from The University of Texas at Arlington as senior members of the organization. NAI senior members are active faculty, scientists and administrators who have demonstrated remarkable innovation by producing technologies that have the potential to significantly impact the welfare of…
Healing Hands: WE-REACH Helps Fund Game-Changing Hand Injury Treatment, ReHeal
Serious hand and finger injuries provided the impetus for three individual innovators to connect, collaborate, and investigate over the past 10 years. The result is a promising prototype device called the ReHeal Glove, which will be pilot tested with patients in the next few months using a combination of funding…
UTARI collaborates with University of Central Florida and University of Texas at Dallas on a National Science Foundation Collaborative Research Grant
The University of Central Florida (UCF) was awarded a National Science Foundation CCRI for “Planning: InfraStructure for Photorealistic Image and Environment Synthesis (I-SPIES).” UCF selected UTARI and UTD as its collaborators. Dr. Nick Gans, UTARI Principal Research Scientist and Division Head, Automation & Intelligent Systems, will lead the Research Institute…
UTARI Seminar – Soft Actuation Technologies for Physical Human-Robot-Interactions by Dr. Amir Jafari, Ph.D.
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. Topic: Soft Actuation technologies for physical Human-Robot-Interactions…
UTARI Seminar – Phase-field Simulation of Li Dendrite Growth in Lithium Metal Battery by Dr. Ye Cao, Ph.D.
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. Topic: Phase-field Simulation of Li Dendrite Growth…
Dr. Frank Lewis Awarded Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher
Dr. Frank Lewis, Professor, Moncrief-O’Donnell Endowed Chair, was awarded the elite Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher recognition. Each year, Clarivate™ identifies the world’s most influential researchers ─ the select few who have been most frequently cited by their peers over the last decade. In 2021, fewer than 6,700, or about 0.1%,…