UTARI Research Assistant, Twinkle Kothari, Received Judges’ Choice Award at the College of Engineering Innovation Day

I beam 5 by 5 by 5 lattice

Twinkle 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…

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Research Expo Highlights Student and Faculty Creativity

Five panelists seated on a stage at UTA’s Research and Innovation Expo

Hundreds 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…

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UTARI’s Student Research Assistant Program Continues to Train Future Workforce: Join Us on April 26th to Learn More!

Group photo of research assistants working at U T A R I

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…

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UTARI Seminar – Dr. Yijing Xie

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: Distributed Control, Optimization and Learning of…

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UTARI Researchers’ Article Published in The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Schematic of a diabetic foot insole showing embedded pneumatic bladders connected by tubing to a control unit. The control unit includes a pump, pressure sensor, solenoid valves, and a microcontroller, illustrating how air is cycled to modulate pressure within the insole.

UTARI 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…

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UTARI Seminar – Dr. Ogan Gurel

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: Protein Electrodynamics & Terahertz Medicine Abstract:…

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UTARI Seminar – Dr. Kayunta Johnson-Winters

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: Undergraduate Research Opportunities at UTA Bio:…

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UTARI Hosts Women in Engineering Composite Manufacturing Workshop

Women in Engineering IPPM Poster

Organized 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…

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UTARI Seminar – Dr. Shiyao Lin

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: Structural Integrity and Reliability across Length…

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