Interested in wind turbine design? How about energy conservation? Harnessing the power of the wind, one large scale wind turbine has the ability to produce enough power to operate thousands of homes. Learn how wind turbines are developed and how they are reliable, cost-effective, clean, and a renewable source of electricity at this interactive #UTDResearchImpact​ …read more
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Dr. Jason Jue Secures Nearly $450,000 From The NSF
Dr. Jason Jue received $449,651 from the National Science Foundation for his research project: CNS Core: Small: Design and Evaluation of Methods for Supporting Resilient and High-Availability Elastic Network Slicing. Dr. Jue’s research focuses on developing methods and techniques for maintaining high availability and diverse service requirements for elastic network slices in 5G networks. As …read more
Dr. Minary Receives Grant from AFOSR for Nearly $480,000
The US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) awarded Dr. Majid Minary $479,779 for his research project: Self-Sensing and Self-Healing Metal Matrix Composites. Dr. Minary’s research will focus on demonstrating mechanisms for low-temperature, low-cost, and low-energy self-healing metal-matrix composites (MMCs). Dr. Minary hopes the desired MMC will be able to detect crack formation in …read more
Broader Impacts Series: How Can You Cultivate Research Proposal Growth?
During this seminar, Michelle Rogers, NSF Program Officer and Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, will discuss new developments such as broadening participation plans, how to formulate them as an integral part of a successful proposal, and share ways PIs address broader impacts. Michelle RogersProgram OfficerDivision of Computer and Network SystemsDirectorate for Computer …read more
Dr. Xiaohu Guo’s Nearly $500,000 Award From NSF
Computer Science professor, Dr. Xiaohu Guo, received $499,997 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his research project, OAC Core: Small: Open-Source Robust 4D Reconstruction Framework for Real-Time Dynamic Human Capture. The project focuses on the modeling of topological changes in dynamic scenes and the robust tracking of moving surfaces. Dr. Guo’s goal is to …read more
Kyle Fox Receives $586,654 From NSF
Dr. Kyle Fox was awarded $586,654 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his research project, Exploiting Topology in Graph Algorithm Design. Dr. Fox’s research focuses on understanding the role topology can take both in performing fast computations on graphs and explaining what graph properties are necessary for these fast computations. The goal of the …read more
Comet Corner Series: Facing Adversity During Graduate School
Join us to hear from some of UTD’s “out of this world” alumni and how they have made #UTDResearchImpact​ in their communities. Doing a combined MD and PhD is a challenging but worthwhile path. For this session, Jamie Wright will share some of her journey to becoming a physician scientist while also dealing with a …read more
Research 411 Talk Show: Propaganda Then and Fake News Now
Interact with prominent faculty researchers as they share their #UTDResearchImpact​ during this talk show! How did the United States weaponize information to secure Latin American support during World War II? What can those strategies tell us about the nature of propaganda campaigns in the age of “fake news?” Dr. Monica Rankin and her research assistant, …read more
University of Colorado at Boulder Awards Dr. Hongbing Lu $720,000
Dr. Hongbing Lu received $720,000 from the University of Colorado at Boulder for his research on the Center for Micromorphic Multiphysics Porus and Particulate Materials Simulations with Exascale Computing Workflows. The project focuses on characterizing materials of significant importance identified in the project at different scales. Dr. Lu and his team will conduct a Split …read more
Dr. Chuanwei Zhang Receives $640,000 Grant from US Air Force
Dr. Chuanwei Zhang received $640,087 from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for his research on Quantum Simulation, Computation, and Metrology with Ultracold Atoms. Dr. Zhang’s goal is to foster the development of quantum technologies with ultracold atoms by envisioning new device concepts, developing controlling tools, and designing quantum matter with desired properties.