Congratulations to Recently Funded Faculty
Below are photos of recently funded faculty with matching mugs.
Category: Awards
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NSF CAREER Awards
I can’t think of any solicitation which connects as well to a sponsor’s goals as the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER program. NSF states it wants to not only keep the United States at the “leading edge of discovery” in…
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Q&A with NSF Fellowship Awardee, PhD Chemistry Student
Over 13,000 students applied to the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) from the National Science Foundation (NSF), but only 2,000 succeeded in receiving an award. Candace Benjamin, UT Dallas PhD student and “super scientist” in the Gassensmith Lab, shines among…
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DARPA Young Faculty Award
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award (YFA) is designed to give researchers a good look at the challenges and needs of the Department of Defense (DoD) and national security as a whole. The purpose, like the…
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Faculty Profile: YIP Recipient Dr. Tadesse Talks Research, Tips for Success
In 2015, Dr. Yonas Tadesse, an assistant professor with the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), was a recipient of the Young Investigator Program (YIP). Awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), funding provided by this…
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Three NSF Winners Recognized for Outstanding Research
In recent UT Dallas news, researchers Melanie Maurer, Arden Wells, and Maria Castaneda have made headlines, each securing a coveted Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSF fellowship program aims to promote exceptional graduate students who are…
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Q&A with Maria Castaneda, a PhD candidate putting cancer in its place
You might recognize Maria Castaneda. Back in July 2015, she was part of the lab group, led by chemistry and biochemistry assistant professor Dr. Jiyong Lee, that was awarded a grant by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas…
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The Finals: 2016 Undergraduate Research Poster Contest
Congratulations to the winners of the 2016 Undergraduate Research Poster Contest: Winners were chosen from a field of 18 finalists by nine industry judges: All of the poster contest participants were part of a record-breaking number to receive an Undergraduate Research…
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Q&A with Arden Wells, Future Geoscientist, Newest NSF Fellow
Arden Wells is a senior geoscience major in the School of Natural Sciences and Math at UT Dallas. A recent awardee of the 2016 National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP), Arden places among some of the nation’s…
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Logo Design Challenge Winner Announced
The Office of Research Development (ORD) has chosen its winner for their Logo Design Challenge. Kwan “Danny” Woo Park, who is working toward his masters degree in Biomedical Engineering, submitted the winning design earning himself a $150 Visa Gift Card. Danny’s simplistic…