UTARI Awarded Subcontract from University of Georgia

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UTARI’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…

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Upward Bound Tours UTARI

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UTA’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…

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UTARI’s Automation & Intelligent Systems Division Published Four Papers

UTARI’s Automation & Intelligent Systems Division Published Four Papers

Dr. 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…

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Dr. Endel Iarve Hosts Aerospace Defense Workshop

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Dr. 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…

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Texas Legislative Budget Board Tours UTARI

Texas Legislative Budget Board Tours U T A R I

The 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…

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Dr. Wijesundara Inducted into the National Academy of Inventors

Dr. Muthu Wijesundara standing with UTA President Dr. Jennifer Cowley and Paul Rosenthal from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office at the NAI induction ceremony in Phoenix on June 14, 2022.

Dr. 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…

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MAE and UTARI’s IPPM Alumnus Muthu Elen Recognized by SAMPE

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UTRAI 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…

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Dr. Frank Lewis Ranked #19 Scientist in the World

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Dr. 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.…

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UTA SAMPE Student Chapter and SAMPE DFW Hosts Chapter Meeting at UATRI

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On 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,…

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UTARI’s Research Assistant Students Take Home Top Award

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Dr. 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,…

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