Dr. Kenneth Reifsnider, NAE member and Founding Director of the Institute for Predictive Performance Methodologies, presented “Defect Coupling: Predicting the Strength and Life of Fiberous Composite Laminates” (Authors:  Ken Reifsnider, University of Texas Arlington  with Endel Iarve, MD Rassel Raihan, V. Vadlamudi). The Purdue University webinars examine the past, present, and future capabilities of composites…

Leadership Fort Worth hosted their annual meeting, LeadershipOutlook, virtually, on October 14, 2020. Dr. Nick Gans, Principal Research Scientist and AIS Division Head, joined Russel Laughlin, Executive VP at Hillwood, Ashley Curry, Director Sales Domestic Intermodal at BNSF, and Robert Brown, Head of Government & Public Affairs at TuSimple. Moderator Hayden Blackburn, Executive Director at…

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers hosted their Dynamic Systems and Control Conference October 5-7, 2020. The conference provides a focused setting for dissemination and discussion of the state of the art in dynamic systems and control research, with a mechanical engineering flavor. The technical program typically covers the modeling, simulation, analysis, design, and control…

Dr. Nick Gans, Principal Research Scientist and AIS Division Head, and his team have continued to partner with local small business UHV Technologies on government funded projects through DoD sponsored Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The first, sponsored by Air Force and completed earlier this year, focused on…

What is a Strong Bond? How Can We Predict Composite Bond Performance, earned 1st place honors in the REU category at the College of Engineering’s Virtual Innovation Day UTA engineering students, Monalisa Karim and Damon Latham, win 1st place for REU projects for UTA Virtual Innovation Day.  Project mentors include PhD Students: Minhazur Rahman mentoring in…

Endel Iarve, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has received a $2.3 million grant funded by he Air Force Research Lab to continue a collaborative project with colleagues at Wichita State University. Read more……

Dr. Kenneth Reifsnider to Present at Prestigious Composites at Lake Louise Conference Kenneth Reifsnider, director of the Institute for Predictive Performance Methodology at The University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute (UTARI), will share his expertise as a speaker at the Composites at Lake Louise (CALL) Conference in Alberta, Canada, from Nov. 10-14. Reifsnider, a…

Changing the Human Condition: UTA Researchers Hope Tech Can Help Stroke Patients, Wheelchair Users Where some see a roadblock, Dr. Muthu Wijesundara and his team at the UT-Arlington Research Institute see an opportunity to find a solution. Read more……

The human hand is complex, made up of 27 bones connected by joints and ligaments. The hand is also delicate and vulnerable, meaning hand injuries are common and hard to heal. A new tool developed at the University of Texas at Arlington is changing the hand-healing game. Read more……