Posts in Author: Vanessa Kirk

October 6th, 2015

Dr. Robert Gregg Brings Science Fiction to Life

Dr. Robert Gregg

As Director of the Locomotor Control Systems Laboratory, as well as the recipient of the Burrough Wellcome Fund and NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, Dr. Gregg’s team utilizes robot control theory to promote the study of human gait patterns not as functions of time, but as functions of a phase variable.

September 29th, 2015

Clark Summer Research Program

Researcher showing viewer a poster

Biology major Sivesh Balaji presents his research for the Clark Summer Research Program to mentor Dr. Theodore Price (left). Read the full article on the UT Dallas News Center. Photo by Roxanne Minnish

September 15th, 2015

Electrically Conducting Fibers

Scientist conducting experiments

Carbon nanotubes are wrapped around these rubber cores located in the lab of Dr. Ray Baughman, director of the MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute to create stretchy electrically-conducting fibers. Read the full article on the UT Dallas News Center. Photo by Roxanne Minnish

September 1st, 2015

Biomedical Engineering Student Focuses on Education, Empowerment

Anupam Kumar

Anupam Kumar, winner of the Science Research Scholar Award from the American Museum of Natural History, is busy cultivating an impressive future, blending education and humanitarian efforts.  With a background that includes notable academic achievements, his philanthropic endeavors are the driving force behind his aspirations. Anupam’s interest in medical device development and big data led …read more