- Dr. Nick Gans, Cody Lundberg and Collaborator, Novateur Research Solutions, Awarded PatentDr. Nick Gans, head of UTARI’s Automation and Intelligent Systems Division and Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, and Cody Lundberg, Research Scientist II, has been awarded a patent for “Camera and Sensor System for Measurement of Road Surface Deflection.” Gans and Lundberg collaborated with Novateur Research Solutions on an Army Phase 1 and 2…
- UTARI Seminar – Dr. Suhas ChelianEach 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: There and back again with neuromorphic computing and computer vision: a…
- UTARI’s Autonomous Systems Lab Highlighted in UTA Engineer MagazineBefore a new autonomous system is set loose in the world, it must be thoroughly tested. That’s where the Autonomous Systems Lab at the UTA Research Institute (UTARI) steps in. Small companies that develop technologies to control autonomous vehicles or to counter unmanned aircraft system (UAS) applications often do not have the ability to test…
- Dr. Ye Cao Wins CAREER AwardDr. Ye Cao, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, has earned a five-year, $500,000 CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to make computer processing of large amounts of data faster and more efficient with devices called memristors. Applications such as deep learning require computers that can process large amounts of data. They also necessitate…
- Dr. Nick Gans Receives UT System Rising STAR AwardDr. Nick Gans, Head of UTARI’s Automation and Intelligent Systems division and Associate Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, is a recipient of the University of Texas System Rising Star Award. STARs Awards of up to $300,000 may be made for recruitment or retention of promising faculty members who are recruited in a tenure-track position at…
- UTARI Seminar – Dr. Diego PatiñoEach 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. Abstract: Our world is inherently geometric because it is composed of three-dimensional…
- Distinguished Professor Fillia Makedon and Dr. Nick Gans Partner on NSF GrantFillia Makedon, a Distinguished Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington, has been awarded two new National Science Foundation (NSF) grants involving human-computer interaction. In one, she will study extended reality to assess attention levels in people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD); in the other, she…
- UTARI Research Assistants Place at CAMXTwo University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute (UTARI) students from Material State Assessment and Sustainability (MSAS) Lab made significant impressions at the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) 2024 and University Research Symposium (URS) held in San Diego, CA from September 7-12, 2024. Sharif Sakif Hassan and Connor Berberek, undergraduate mechanical engineering students, secured…
- Every Step We Take: could a smart insole treat diabetic foot ulcers?Foot ulcers are strongly related to diabetes mellitus and arise from secondarycomplications of the disease. Although many factors contribute to the development ofulcers, the major contributors are peripheral neuropathy, poor blood circulation, footdeformities, and an impaired immune response. High blood sugar levels can damage nerves, particularly in the distal part of the body,such as the…
- MSAS Lab Hosts High School Research ProgramThe MSAS Lab at IPPM-UTARI, organized a special summer research program for high school students. Four participants – Jesus Aguire from Cassata Catholic High School, and Ayshi Abed, Farris Syed, and Fayek Syed from Colleyville Heritage High School – received training in Composite Manufacturing, Materials Testing, Electrospinning, and basic Python Programming. The program aimed to…
- UTARI Seminar – Dr. Yao QiaoEach 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: Surfaces and Interfaces in Adhesive Bonding of Thermoplastic Composites Abstract: Bonding…
- UTARI Welcomed Schafrik Endowment StudentsUTARI has welcomed students, Sharmin Akter and Monjur Morshed Rabby, as research assistants under the “Dr. Robert E. Schafrik Endowment for Materials Engineering Research”. The research assistants will be working with UTARI’s Institute for Predictive Performance Methodologies (IPPM). Akter will focus research on structural battery. Rabby’s research will focus on recycling or repurposing of fiber-reinforced…
- UTARI Seminar – Dr. Yen-Sheng (Johnny) LinEach 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: “Rehabilitation biomechanics and biomedical imaging research to enhance preventive strategies of…
- UTARI Seminar – Dr. Yi-Ting TzenEach 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: Secondary Complications in People with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Info: Please…
- UTARI’s Alex Jamieson Published in “Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology” JournalAlex Jamieson, Research Scientist II, has been published in the “Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology” journal. “A Review of Adaptive Equipment and Technology for Exercise and Sports Activities for People with Disabilities” discusses commercially available adaptive equipment and technology for exercise and sports that help people with disabilities circumvent barriers to exercise. Individuals with disabilities…
- Dr. Muthu Wijesundara Receives $450k in Trauma Care FundingDr. Muthu Wijesundara, Principal Research Scientist and Biomedical Technologies Division Head, is the recipient of over $450,000 for his Adaptive Spine Board Overlay. The funding is through The Trauma Research and Combat Casualty Care Collaborative (TRC4), an initiative of The University of Texas System. UTA received a total of $781,064 through the program. TRC4 grants will…
- UTARI Biomedical Technologies Division has Two New PublicationsUTARI’s Biomedical Research Division, led by Dr. Muthu Wijesundara, Principal Research Division, has two new publications. “Smart Seat Cushion Feasibility Pilot Study: Automated Interface Pressure Modulation of Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury,” was published in Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. Researchers include Aida Nasirian, Veysel Erel, Pavan Nuthi, Yixin Gu, Melissa Allman, Faith Meza, Seema…
- Dr. Xin Liu Receives ASME/Boeing Materials and Structures AwardDr. Xin Liu received the ASME/Boeing Materials and Structures Award at the ASME Aerospace Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials (SSDM) Conference in Renton, Washington. This award is for his paper “Machine Learning-Aided Cohesive Zone Modeling of Fatigue Delamination”. This work is to utilize advanced machine learning models to reduce the computational costs of material calibration…
- Harish Nambiappan Wins First Place at UTA College of Engineering Innovation DayUTARI student research assistant, Harish Nambiappan, along with students Ayon Roy and Sama Nikanfar, took home first place for their project “Human-Robot Interactive System for Warehouses using Speech, SLAM, and Deep Learning-based Barcode Recognition” at UTA’s College of Engineering Innovation Day. The paper presents an initial investigation of a speech-based human-robot interaction system for locating…
- UTARI Research Assistant, Twinkle Kothari, Received Judges’ Choice Award at the College of Engineering Innovation DayTwinkle Kothari, a PhD student in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and UTARI Research Assistant was honored with the Judges’ Choice Award at the College of Engineering Innovation Day. Her project, “Design and Analysis of Reinforced I-Beam Lattice with Enhanced Energy Absorption” aims to enhance the stiffness, yield strength, and energy absorption capabilities of beam lattices.…
- Research Expo Highlights Student and Faculty CreativityHundreds of faculty, students and business leaders flocked to The University of Texas at Arlington for its second annual Research and Innovation Expo, an event designed to showcase the University’s research efforts. Researchers learned how to find external funding for their projects from such varied sources as federally funded government organizations like the National Science…
- UTARI’s Student Research Assistant Program Continues to Train Future Workforce: Join Us on April 26th to Learn More!Each semester at UTARI, dozens of students serve as research assistants getting hands-on experience working in the UTARI labs on research projects funded by industry, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. Many of UTARI’s research assistants go to work for companies like Lockheed Martin, Qarbon Aerospace, Alcon, UT Southwestern, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,…
- UTARI Seminar – Dr. Yijing XieEach 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: Distributed Control, Optimization and Learning of Multi-Agent Systems Abstract: A multi-agent…
- UTARI Researchers’ Article Published in The International Journal of Lower Extremity WoundsUTARI research scientists’ article “Development of Cyclic Pressure Offloading Insole for Diabetic Foot Ulcer Prevention” was published in The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds. UTARI’s Biomedical Technologies Division, led by Dr. Muthu Wijesundara, Principal Research Scientist, has been developing a pressure off loading shoe insole for preventing pressure ulcers for those with diabetic peripheral…
- UTARI Seminar – Dr. Ogan GurelEach 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: Protein Electrodynamics & Terahertz Medicine Abstract: Bioelectromagnetics concerns the interaction with…
- UTARI Seminar – Dr. Kayunta Johnson-WintersEach 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: Undergraduate Research Opportunities at UTA Bio: Kayunta Johnson-Winters is an associate…
- UTARI Hosts Women in Engineering Composite Manufacturing WorkshopOrganized by Sharmin Akter, a graduate student research assistant for the Institute for Predictive Performance Methodologies (IPPM), UTARI hosted the Composite Manufacturing Workshop. Its purpose was to gain hands-on experience on composite manufacturing processes, including layup technologies. Participants discovered the diverse applications of composites in cutting-edge industries and explored internship opportunities. Mentors included UTARI’s Dr.…
- UTARI Seminar – Dr. Shiyao LinEach 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: Structural Integrity and Reliability across Length Scales – Experimental and Computational…
- UTARI Research Receives Prestigious Recognition at PHM 2023Partha Pratim Das, a UTARI research assistant with UTARI’s Institute for Predictive Performance Methodologies, presented his doctoral research proposal “A Neural Network Framework for Predicting Durability and Damage Tolerance of Polymer Composites Under Combined Hygrothermal-mechanical Loading” at the Doctoral Symposium at PHM Conference. His work was recognized with the distinction of “Most Novel Contributions.” The…
- Dr. Xin Liu Presents at AIAA SciTech ConferenceDr. Xin Liu, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, presented two talks at AIAA SciTech conference in early January. The first talk is “Analysis of Tow-steered Laminates of Composites Using DATC and Machine Learning Models”. This work is funded by a NASA Phase II STTR program, aiming to develop a design tool in…
- UTARI’s AIS Division Visits U.S. Army Corp of EngineersDr. Nick Gans, Principal Research Scientist and Division Head, Automation & Intelligent Systems (AIS), and his team members have partnered with Novateur Research Solutions on a Phase 2 STTR. The AIS team visited the Army Corp of Engineers (ACoE) in Mississippi this previous month to provide an update and deliverables. The project’s goal is to…
- Dr. Frank Lewis Ranked #1 in the World in Two Specific FieldsDr. Frank Lewis, Moncrief-O’Donnell Endowed Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering and Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, has been recognized as the #1 highly ranked scholar in the world in the two fields of Optimal Control and Reinforcement Learning by ScholarGPS. ScholarGPS™ is the premier, fully indexed comprehensive database for quantifying scholarly activity. ScholarGPS™ begins by…
- Dr. Endel Iarve Speaks at Composites 2023Dr. Endel Iarve, Director, Institute for Predictive Performance Methodologies and Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, was a speaker at 9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on the Mechanical Response of Composites – COMPOSITES 2023 in Sicily, Italy. He presented “Extension of the Regularized Extended Finite Element Method to high density arbitrary interacting networks.” The conference focuses…
- Former UTARI Research Assistant Hired by Qarbon AerospaceKian Mahroumi, former UTARI Research Assistant, has been hired by Qarbon Aerospace as a Material Process Engineer. Mahroumi was a research assistant at from 2020 until the end of summer 2023 for UTARI’s Institute for Predictive Performance Methodologies (IPPM). Mahroumi received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from UTA. “Qarbon Aerospace values new graduate…
- Dr. Nick Gans Hosts Workshop at Intelligent Robots and Systems ConferenceDr. Nick Gans, Principal Research Scientist and Head of the Automation and Intelligent Systems division, hosted a workshop on October 1, 2023, at the Intelligent Robots and Systems conference (IROS). Along with Dr. William Beksi, and Dr. Katherine A. Skinner, Gans organized the workshop “Photorealistic Image and Environment Synthesis for Robotics (PIES-Rob).” The purpose was…
- UTARI Research Scientist, Alexandra Jamieson, Wins Tech Transfer Office ShowcaseUTARI’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 and modulates seating interface pressure…
- UTARI Principal Researcher One of Five Interdisciplinary Research Projects Funded by UTAThe 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 division, was a recipient. Entire…
- UTARI Researchers Win Best PaperDr. 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 Simulation for Assessment of lay…
- An Ai Coach That Improves Your Golf SwingA 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 Arlington Research Institute (UTARI), leads…
- Dr. Xin Liu Selected as Phase 1 Awardee for NASA’s Minority University Research and Education ProjectDr. 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 to partner with NASA researchers…
- UTARI Research Assistant Selected to Prestigious ConsortiumPartha 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, prognostics, or condition-based maintenance to…
- Dr. Endel Iarve to Keynote Speak at ICCM in BelfastDr. 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 of composite materials and was…
- UTARI Seminar – Dr. Kyrah BrownEach 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 Women’s Reproductive and Cardiovascular Health…
- Dr. Inderjeet Singh’s Paper Accepted for the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent MechatronicsDr. 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 goal is to provide a…
- Dr. Xin Liu’s Work is Selected as the Journal Cover of Mechanics of MaterialsDr. 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. Dr. Liu has proposed a…
- Dr. Haleh Aghajani to Lecture at TExBioMed Summer InstituteDr. Haleh Aghajani, Research Scientist who leads UTARI’s Bio-signal Processing and Health Research Group (BPHR), has been invited as a lecturer at the TExBioMed Summer Institute. On June 23, 2023, she will present “Bio-Signal Processing and Applications of Data Science in Healthcare” for training and experiential learning in biomedical informatics at the summer institute. TExBioMed…
- UTARI Researchers Visit Fort Moore for DEVCON DAC Technical Exchange MeetingUTARI Researchers, Dr. Nick Gans, Principal Researcher and Head of the Automation and Intelligent Systems Division, as well as Cody Lundberg, Research Engineer II, participated in the Technical Exchange Meeting at the US Army Armor and Cavalry Collection, Ft. Moore, GA with Analytical Framework for AI University Partners, Maneuver Center of Excellence, and Armor Master…
- UTARI’s IPPM Explores Composites with Harmony School of InnovationUTARI’s Institute for Predictive Performance Methodologies (IPPM) visited the Harmony School of Innovation Euless to participate in the school’s Math & Science Night on May 11. The event showcased many activities and experiments to demonstrate to students and their families how learning can be fun and engaging. UTARI participated by showing and exciting young students…
- UTARI’s Automation & Intelligent Systems Division and Immobileyes awarded U.S. Air Force STTR Phase 1.Dr. Nick Gans, head of the Automation and Intelligent Systems division, has been awarded the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant in collaboration with Immobileyes Inc. for “Small UAS Detection and Classification for Rapid Multiple C-UAS Operations using a Novel Multi-Wavelength Directed Energy Technology.” The goal of the Air Force (AF) STTR project is to…
- UTARI Seminar – Dr. Michael D. NelsonEach 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: Exercise Intolerance in Older Adults with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection…
- UTARI’s Biomedical Technology Poster Takes First PlaceUTARI’s Biomedical Technologies Division’s poster won first place at the American Spinal Injury Association’s (ASIA) Annual Scientific Meeting held in Atlanta. The poster, “Feasibility Study of Smart Seat Cushion for Automated Interface Pressure Modulation” is focused on evaluating the smart seat cushion’s functionality in mapping, redistribution and offloading the seating interface pressure. The smart seat…
- Dr. Frank Lewis Ranked as Top Scientist in The U.S. and WorldDr. Frank Lewis, Professor of Electrical Engineers & Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, has again be ranked as a top Electronics & Electrical Engineering Scientist by Research.com. Dr. Lewis ranks #12 in the U.S. and #23 in the world. Research.com focuses on the quality and visibility of research. Their mission is to offer leading researchers…
- UTARI Researcher, Kevin Hoos, Presents at AIAA SciTech ConferenceKevin Hoos, Senior Research Assistant, presented “Progressive Damage Analysis of Complex 3D Textiles with Open Holes using Independent Mesh Method and Discrete Damage Modeling,” at AIAA SciTech conference in late January. The work aims to progress toward verified and validated composite damage modeling tools for textile composites. The 2023 AIAA SciTech Forum focused on the…
- UTARI Seminar – Dr. Suraj RavindranEach 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. Abstract: The development of advanced materials with desired mechanical properties requires a…
- Dr. Nick Gans Organizes Workshop for IEEE/CVF Winter ConferenceDr. Nick Gans, Principal Research Scientist and head of the Automation and Intelligence Division, attended the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), where he organized The First Workshop on Photorealistic Image and Environment Synthesis for Computer Vision (PIES-CV). This workshop engaged experts and researchers on the synthesis of photorealistic images and virtual…
- UTARI Seminar – Dr. Aparna AravelliEach 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. Abstract: Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is a major concern in the Department…
- Smart Seat Cushion Abstracts AcceptedUTARI’s Biomedical Technologies Division, led by Dr. Muthu Wijesundara, had two abstracts accepted for 2023. They are related to the smart seat cushion technology for individuals with spinal cord injury. International Seating Symposium (ISS – The 38th International Seating Symposium. April 13-15, 2023. Pittsburgh, PA) American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA – 50th Annual Scientific Meeting,…
- Dr. Frank Lewis Receives Two Esteemed RecognitionsDr. Frank Lewis, a Professor in the UTA Department of Electrical Engineering, and the Moncrief-O’Donnell Endowed Chair and Head of the Advanced Controls & Sensors Group at UTA Research Institute, has received two distinguished honors. Dr. Lewis has been named a Clarivate Highly City Researcher of 2022. He has received the recognition every year since…
- Dr. Nick Gans – Paper Accepted by IEEEDr. Nick Gans, Principal Research Scientist and head of UTARI’s Automation and Intelligent Systems Division, was accepted in early access by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The paper “Rule-Based Safe Probabilistic Movement Primitive Control via Control Barrier Functions,” has been finalized and posted in “Early Access.” In the paper, researchers developed a…
- Dr. Aghajani’s Paper Accepted at SBM ConferenceDr. Haleh Aghajani’s, along with colleagues, paper was accepted at the 44th Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) Conference. H. A. Affleck, G. E. Brannon, H. Aghajani, V.P. Nguyen, K. Brown, Y. Liao, “Social Media ads as a method of research recruitment: A comparison of minority women who enrolled vs. who completed a virtual study,” The…
- Dr. Yan Wan Elected to AIAA Associate Fellow – Class of 2023Dr. Yan Wan, Professor, Electrical Engineering, has been elected to American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Associate (AIAA) Fellow Class of 2023. AIAA Associate Fellows are “individuals of distinction who have made notable and valuable contributions to the arts, sciences, or technology of aeronautics or astronautics.” Per AIAA, Dr. Wan has distinguished herself by her…
- Dr. Xin Liu Awarded STTR Phase II by AnalySwift on NASA ProjectDr. Xin Liu, Assistant Professor of Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering, has been awarded a Phase 2 STTR subcontract by AnalySwift for a NASA project. Affordable space exploration beyond the lower Earth orbit will require innovative lightweight structural concepts. Tailorable composites are an innovative lightweight material that have the potential applications to exploration vehicles, space…
- Dr. Nick Gans Issued PatentDr. Nick Gans, Principal Research Scientist and Head of the Automation and Intelligent Systems Division was issued a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for printing on curved surfaces (Patent #11400317). “Line width control and trajectory planning for robot guided inkjet deposition” was in collaboration with Dr. Bashir Jafari of the University…
- Dr. Haleh Aghajani 2022 Conference PapersDr. Haleh Aghajani, Research Scientist at Sensor Systems Division, through the collaboration with Dr. Yue Liao (UTA Kinesiology) and other internal and external interdisciplinary collaborators, co-authored four conference papers in 2022. In these projects, she has been leading the algorithm development and signal processing of the data from wearable sensors. • Liao, Y., Cho, P.,…
- National Academy of Inventors Ranks UT System No. 3 for Innovation WorldwideYi Hong, Venu Varanasi, and UTARI’s Muthu Wijesundara, UTA patent recipients, contributed to the University of Texas System’s overall ranking of No. 3 in the list of Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents in 2021. Inventors from The University of Texas at Arlington received 17 patents in 2021, contributing to the University of…
- Dr. Nick Gans Awarded Subcontract for Army STTR Phase 2 by Novateur Research SolutionsUTARI’s Automation and Intelligent Systems Division, led by Dr. Nick Gans, has been awarded the subcontract for an Army Phase 2 STTR grant by Novateur Research Solutions. The project is to develop a real-time pavement imaging system that measures deflection depth, trailing and leading, due to a moving wheel load on pavement surfaces. It will…
- Dr. Muthu Wijesundara’s ReHeal Glove Featured in Army AL&T MagazineArmy AL&T magazine featured Dr. Wijesundara’s ReHeal Glove, a bioengineered glove designed to promote faster healing in surgically-repaired hands. In partnership with Dr. Chris Allen, M.D. and researcher at the University of Washington, the glove is now being tested by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command’s (USAMRDC) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs. You…
- NASA Awards Dr. Xin Liu for Composites and Hybrid Material SystemsAffordable space exploration beyond the lower Earth orbit will require innovative lightweight structural concepts. Advanced tailorable composites or hybrid material systems can be a means of lightweight exploration vehicles, space habitats, and other space hardware or to enable challenging performance characteristics. However, no commercially available design tools exist to produce advanced highly tailorable designs with…
- UTARI Awarded Subcontract from University of GeorgiaUTARI’s Automation & Intelligent Systems Division was subcontracted by the University of Georgia. Funded by Army DEVCOM Data & Analysis Center (DAC) via Northeastern University and Georgia, the project is for the “Development of Testing & Evaluation for Soldier-Device Teaming Compatibility, Vulnerability, and Durability in Emergent Situations AI Baseline of Lay Error in Targeting.” For…
- Upward Bound Tours UTARIUTA’s Upward Bound visited UTARI to learn more about the Institute for Predictive Performance Methodologies and the Automation and Intelligent Systems Division. Students met with researchers and toured UTARI labs. Upward Bound (UB) is a federally funded program founded in 1965 by the U.S. Department of Education. Located at several institutions throughout the country, the…
- UTARI’s Automation & Intelligent Systems Division Published Four PapersDr. Nick Gan’s, Principal Research Scientist and Head of the Automation and Intelligent Systems, team published multiple papers. Stability of Time-Invariant Extremum Seeking Control for Limit Cycle Minimization – IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control: Publication Safe Robot Trajectory Control Using Probabilistic Movement Primitives and Control Barrier Functions – Frontiers in Robotics and AI: Publication…
- Dr. Endel Iarve Hosts Aerospace Defense WorkshopDr. Endel Iarve, Director, Institute for Predictive Performance Methodologies and Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, hosted a three-day workshop for government, academia, and industry supporting aerospace defense projects. The annual workshop is between Australia, Japan, and US DoD. It is devoted to recent advances in the modeling and testing of advanced composite materials. Dr.…
- Texas Legislative Budget Board Tours UTARIThe Texas Legislative Budget Board (LBB) visited UTARI as part of a tour of UTA and UTD. UTARI’s focus was on automation and unmanned systems. The Automation and Intelligent Systems Division gave demonstrations of unmanned aerial systems, unmanned ground vehicles, as well as AR/VR. UTARI’s research in these areas serves the department of defense, first…
- Dr. Wijesundara Inducted into the National Academy of InventorsDr. Muthu Wijesundara, Principal Research Scientist and Head of the Biomedical Technologies Division was inducted into the NAI as a senior member on June 14, 2022, at the Academy’s annual meeting in Phoenix. Welcome remarks were delivered by UTA’s new President, Dr. Jennifer Cowley, and the awards presentation was delivered by Paul Rosenthal with the…
- MAE and UTARI’s IPPM Alumnus Muthu Elen Recognized by SAMPEUTRAI is pleased to announce Dr. Muthu Ram Prabhu Elenchezhian (an alumnus of MAE and IPPM-UTARI) as a finalist award winner in the SAMPE 2022 Young Professionals Emerging Leadership Award. The award recognizes the achievements of young professionals (who have graduated from university and are also under the age of 35) by sending application finalists…
- Dr. Frank Lewis Ranked #19 Scientist in the WorldDr. Frank Lewis has been ranked 19 in the world for top electronics and electrical engineering scientists. This 8th edition of top scientists ranking for electronics and electrical engineering was published by Research.com, one of the major websites for electrical engineering research offering credible data on scientific contributions since 2014. The top scientists ranking is…
- UTA SAMPE Student Chapter and SAMPE DFW Hosts Chapter Meeting at UATRIOn Thursday, April 21, UTARI hosted UTA’s Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Student Chapter and SAMPE DFW seminar on new innovations for composite repairs. Speakers included Louis Dorworth from Abaris Training Resources and Ray Cornell from Henkle. The discussion was on composite repair best practices, latest trends, developments, and challenges…
- UTARI’s Research Assistant Students Take Home Top AwardDr. Xin Liu’s, Assistant Professor, Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering Department, team won first place in Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) at Innovation Day 2022. The winning project is “Design and Manufacturing of Ultralight Lattice Metamaterials Inspired by Nature”. Dr. Liu’s team includes UTARI research assistants, Noor Alyasiri, Clay Gifford, and Abhimanyu P Patel. The…
- UTARI Seminar – Dr. Erick C. Jones Jr.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. Abstract: Climate change, extreme weather events, and water scarcity have severely impacted…
- Major General Meets with UTARI ResearchersArmy Major General Darren Werner met with researchers from the Autonomous & Intelligent Systems Division, the Institute for Predictive Performance Methodologies, and faculty from UTA main campus. MG Werner received demonstrations of UTARI projects and technologies, many which are Department of Defense related. MG Werner is the Commanding General, U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command,…
- UTA a Sponsor of Dallas’ Newest Biotech InitiativeThe 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.
- Dr. Muthu Wijesundara Featured on NBC 5 on Diabetic Shoe InsoleNBC 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 UTARILeadership 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 included Major General Todd Royar,…
- UTARI Researchers Issued Four Patents in 20212021 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 for diabetic foot lesion prevention.…
- Dr. Muthu Wijesundara Named to National Academy of InventorsThe 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 society. The new members are…
- Healing Hands: WE-REACH Helps Fund Game-Changing Hand Injury Treatment, ReHealSerious 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 and support from WE-REACH (the…
- UTARI collaborates with University of Central Florida and University of Texas at Dallas on a National Science Foundation Collaborative Research GrantThe 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 on the project. From the…
- 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 Abstract: The ever-growing demand of…
- 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 in Lithium Metal Battery Abstract:…
- Dr. Frank Lewis Awarded Clarivate Highly Cited ResearcherDr. 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%, of the world’s researchers, in…
- Dr. Muthu Wijesundara’s Patent Approved for Diabetic Foot Lesion PreventionThe United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a patent for Dr. Muthu Wijesundara, Principal Research Scientist and Division Head, Biomedical Technologies, for “Dual-Labor Insole Apparatuses for Diabetic Foot Lesion Prevention and Realted Methods.” Applicants included the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System and the University of North Texas Health Science at…
- Dr. Xin Liu Hosted the Roundtable Discussion at the American Society of Mechanical EngineersThe American Society of Mechanical Engineers hosted their International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) Conference Nov. 1-5, 2021. IMECE is ASME’s largest research and development conference focused primarily on mechanical engineering but encompasses perspectives from many engineering disciplines. Dr. Xin Liu, Assistant Professor at the Industrial, Manufacturing, & Systems Engineering (IMSE) Department at UTA…
- UTARI Seminar – STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF COOPERATING TEAMS OF MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS by Kamesh Subbarao, PhDEach 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: STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF COOPERATING TEAMS OF MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS Abstract:…
- U.S. Army Materiel Command Previews Maverick InnovationsGen. Edward M. Daly, commanding general of the U.S. Army Materiel Command, visited The University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute (UTARI) on Thursday to learn about the University’s innovations in biomedical technologies, automation and intelligent systems and predictive performance methodologies. Daly joined UTA Interim President Teik C. Lim and UTARI Interim Executive Director and…
- UTARI Seminar – Attack Detection & Mitigation for Control Systems (Dr. Justin Ruths) & Set-based Hierarchical Model Predictive Control (Dr. Justin Koeln)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: Attack Detection & Mitigation for Control Systems Abstract: It used to…
- UTARI Collaborates With AnalySwift and Purdue University on NASA ProjectAffordable space exploration beyond the lower Earth orbit will require innovative lightweight structural concepts. Lightweighting potential stemming from the application of composite materials oftentimes fails to fully exploit the potential for reducing mass due to the lack of design tools tailored to yield designs with optimal load paths. Consequently, highly tailorable material systems are commonly…
- UTA & UTARI Researches Awarded Best PaperThe paper “Assistive power buffer control via adaptive dynamic programming,” has been selected by the IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion editorial board as one of the best papers published in the journal for the period 2019-2020 for the category “Energy Storage.” UTA Research Team included Dr. Frank Lewis, Dr. Ali Davoudi, in partnership with Dr.…
- UTARI & UTA Researchers Awarded Interdisciplinary Research Program (IRP) Grant.Dr. Haleh Aghajani, UTARI Research Scientist, in collaboration with UTA researchers has been awarded the Interdisciplinary Research Program (IRP) Grant. The IRP grant will help fund “From data to personalized preventive medicine: leveraging wearable sensors to promote active living in women of color with obesity” research project. Using combined methodologies of behavioral science, health communication,…
- AIS Researchers Win Best Poster and Finalist for Best PaperAIS researchers won the Best Poster Paper at The 14th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA) Conference held June 29-July 2, 2021. Accolades for MINA: A Multitasking Intelligent Nurse Aid Robot were received by researchers Harish Ram Nambiappan, Kodur Krishna Chaitanya, Maria Kyrarini, Nicholas Gans, and Fillia Makedon. Also, researchers were named one of…
- Networked Computing on the Edge at the CPS IoT Announces Three WinnersThree winners were selected at the CPS-IoT Week 2021 Student Design Competition: Networked Computing on the Edge on May 18th, 2021. The winners were: First place winners are Sanket Lokhande, Ian Lau, and Hao Xu, University of Nevado, Reno, for their design project “Intelligent Multi-User Millimeter-Wave MIMO Systems with Multiple Edge Computing Relays.” Second place…
