2021 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…
The 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…
Serious 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…
The 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…
