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Organizing the Muse: How Kara Oropallo Keeps Creativity on Track
If you’re a creative type, you’re probably familiar with the phrase, “The Muse is visiting.” If you’re unfamiliar with the Muses, they are the nine daughters of Zeus; goddesses who are regarded for inspiring creativity in the arts, literary forms, and science. If you’ve ever dropped by Senior Lecturer Kara Oropallo’s office in ATEC, you’ll …read more
Know Your Sponsor
My son and a team of fellow elementary students did an experiment for school to see how much the splash pattern grew when you increased the height you dropped a water balloon. They still don’t know the answer to that question because the kids didn’t get the balloons high enough to pop the balloons, let …read more
What’s in Your Coffee? Foreign Policy and Brexit Stir into Public Opinion in Historic Election
It’s October and on the downtown square of a small, Texas town near where I live, a quaint community is embracing Fall. At a corner pub one Sunday afternoon, patrons linger over brew and with the doors to storefronts open, the air smells of coffee and cigars, food and confections from a bakery. It’s a …read more
Young Investigator Programs for Early Career Researchers
As most people will tell you, relationships are key to getting Department of Defense (DoD) funding. So, how do you build these relationships when you are new to research, funding, and your entire career? It turns out, the DoD has something to help in the form of their early career research program known as a …read more
Gaming Gets ‘Serious’: Unlocking the Legend of Pain Management
Known as electronic games for psychotherapy (EGP), or ‘serious games,’ UT Dallas assistant professor Dr. Marjorie Zielke and her team in the ATEC program are able to deepen their knowledge and critical insight to better diagnose patients who suffer from chronic back pain. Serious games employ the use of virtual reality (VR) to simulate a recreation of real life events wherein patients can interact kinetically during rehabilitation.
Romancing Tradition: Dr. Gans and the Future of Automation
The first roads didn’t belong to that of the Benz Patent-Motorwagen or Tin Lizzie – they belonged to the ships of ancient mariners. In the spirit of the ancient mariners, the world’s love story with transportation and technology continues to propel us through the ages. Moving from ocean to land, one modern vessel – the …read more
Events and Rooms Reservations
We welcome occupants to hold events or meetings in BSB and NSERL. Before reserving your event, make sure to review BSB/NSERL Event Guidelines. If you are interested in reserving a conference room, you must contact your department delegate to assist with room reservations and room capacities. In addition, the event organizer must review and submit …read more
Policies and Procedures
I. Purpose II. Scope of Review Recombinant DNA Pathogens Select Agents and Biological Toxins Biological materials (cells, tissues, fluids, etc.) derived from humans and non-human primates Particularly Hazardous Chemicals III. The Committee Composition Terms of Membership Conflict of Interest Policy IV. Responsibilities UT Dallas IBCC Committee Chair Biological Safety Officer (BSO) Committee Coordinator Principal Investigators …read more
NABI Develops Broader Impacts Guiding Principles
The National Association for Broader Impacts (NABI) Broader Impacts Working Group has developed a guiding document for the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) broader impacts (BI) criterion. Released on December 8, 2015, this document exists to assist NSF program managers, proposal reviewers, and review panels in evaluating the BI component of NSF proposals and to assist …read more