Human-Robotics Interfaces and Growing Unmanned Systems Research Programs Mike McNair, head of UTARI’s Automation & Intelligent Systems division will be a featured speaker at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s “Innovation Hub” on May 3 and 5. This is part of the activities offered by AUVSI’s Xponential 2016 conference being held in New Orleans…

UTARI’s Endel Iarve will lead a three-year NASA research project on fatigue life prediction of rotor spars using discrete damage modeling. Read More……

Design for Life: Some Foundation Concepts Ken Reifsnider, Presidential Distinguished Professor, University of Texas ArlingtonDirector, Institute for Predictive Performance Methodologies, UTARI Abstract So far as we know, nothing lasts forever. In engineering, “lifing” a design typically means selecting appropriate materials, avoiding “damage accelerators” like stress concentrations, and estimating the time or cycles required to cause…

Physics Department The University of Texas at Arlington Colloquium Heterogeneous Functional Materials (HeteroFoaM): Predictive Methodologies Dr. Kenneth Reifsnider Presidential Distinguished Professor  Director of the Institute for Predictive Performance Methodologies at UTA UTAI and Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Wednesday March 9, 2016 4:00 p.m. Room 101 Science Hall Abstract Heterogeneous functional materials with functional…

Assistive Technologies Robotics is not just about robots!  Robotics is about the technologies that enable robots.  These same technologies that create autonomous behaviors or sensing for real-time decisions can also be used to affect real-world solutions in the lives of people with disabilities.  UTARI is busy exploiting these advances for not just unmanned systems but…

Researchers from UTARI and the Human Engineering Research Laboratories at the University of Pittsburgh are developing a solution in an automated seat cushion designed to prevent pressure ulcers in wheelchair users. Read More……

Dr. Julienne Greer of the College of Liberal Arts was awarded a grant to research human-robot interaction. Teaming with Kris Doelling and Jeongsik Shin from UTARI, the grant allows further study into the development of how robots can be of service….

Congratulations to The University of Texas at Arlington and The University of Texas at Dallas as being named top research institutions by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Read More……

UTARI’s Mike McNair contributes to the UTA’s DED, TxLTAP project as a member of the TxLTAP Advisory Board. The project provides technical assistance and workforce training that many smaller or rural Texas counties and cities do not have. Read More……

As part of major Navy grant, Vinay Abhyankar will create a microfabricated, biomimetic blood vessel to mimic blood-brain barrier for testing microcavitation. Read More……