Learn more about COVID data sources and how elected officials use the information to shape public health and recovery policy during this Research 411 talk show. Dr. Rafael Martín, UT Dallas vice president and chief of staff, and Dr. Timothy Bray, Institute for Urban Policy Research director, discuss the COVID-19 data system that Dr. Bray …read more
The Comet Corner Series, created by the UT Dallas Office of Research and Innovation and in partnership with the schools across our campus, hosts chats with some of our notable alumni to hear how they have taken their research out into the world and made #UTDResearchImpact. The Humanities and Medical Sciences are naturally and deeply …read more
On September 28th and 29th, UT Dallas President Richard Benson led a delegation to Fed Supernova in Austin, Texas. Organized by Capital Factory, this event brought together hundreds of Department of Defense (DOD), corporate, and academic representatives to collaborate in improving our national defense. Over 1,000 more attended virtually. The US Department of Defense and its …read more
Ever wonder what it takes to secure National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER funding? In this NSF Spotlight Series session, Dr. Giacomo Valerio Iungo, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and NSF CAREER Awardee, shares the importance of shaping good scientific ideas in a compelling proposal, including thorough management in the preparation of the required material.
Dr. Lindsay King received $322,867 from the the National Science Foundation for her REU in Theoretical and Experimental Physics. The REU site in experimental and theoretical physics will develop the research, problem-solving, and communication skills of eight REU Fellows. The program seeks to broaden participation and retention in physics and other scientific careers of under-represented groups. The …read more
Dr. Tyler Holt Summers received $500,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his research on CAREER: Data-Driven Control of Dynamical Networks: Robustness, Risk, and Network Architectures. Dr. Summers will build a framework for analysis and design of data-driven control algorithms and architectures for dynamical networks. The application focus will be on autonomous energy grids …read more
The Office of Naval Research awarded Dr. Jie Zhang $808,762 for his research on Learning on Graphs for Resilience Decision-Support in Real-World Networks. This project is to develop a unified “learning on graphs” framework that enables generation of robust, scalable, and generalizable combinatorial policies over graphs, to support real-time decision-making for recovery of disrupted real-world networks. The following integrative research activities …read more
Since COVID-19 continues to affect our day to day life, hospital beds, vaccines, infection rates, and more are still concerns we must consider. To quantify these factors, Dr. Timothy Bray at the University of Texas at Dallas has developed a dashboard which combines data on coronavirus disease in North Texas. A flyer has been made …read more
Watch subject matter experts from federal funding agencies and grant-writing consultants as they help to paint the picture and define the landscape for finding funding in the arts and social sciences. In our first Funding Friday, Melissa Menzer, Ph.D., Senior Program Analyst in Research & Analysis for the National Endowment for the Arts, led a …read more
Instead of passively listening to lectures, our program offers a more dynamic and interactive approach, resulting in students having more time to conduct experiments. A Scaffolded Training Environment for Physics Programming (STEPP) uses the arts to guide students as they create simulations that turn abstract theory into observable phenomena. A University of Texas at Dallas …read more
