Category: Spotlight

  • Joe Burnett and the Next Generation of Materials Science

    Joe Burnett and the Next Generation of Materials Science

    Helping shape his generations knowledge of materials science is Joe Burnett, a Senior physics student in the school of Natural Science and Mathematics and a member of Dr. Julia Chan’s Solid State Laboratory Team. Concurrently earning his MS in Mathematics,…

  • When the Finish Line is the Beginning

    When the Finish Line is the Beginning

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    We spend our lives taking steps towards the future.  Kindergarten productions inspire budding thespians, seventh grade band recitals turn young musicians into professional ones, and high school athletics give way to careers in sports or medicine.  Other times, a mentor…

  • Media Artist Explores Digital Labor, Teaches Humanity

    Media Artist Explores Digital Labor, Teaches Humanity

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    For media artist, author, and UT Dallas Associate Professor xtine Burrough, art-making is altruistic and multidimensional. Her eye for deconstructing and reconstructing media to generate new perceptions of form and function are blended with classroom experience and corporate knowledge as…

  • Dr. Robert Gregg Brings Science Fiction to Life

    Dr. Robert Gregg Brings Science Fiction to Life

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    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…

  • Biomedical Engineering Student Focuses on Education, Empowerment

    Biomedical Engineering Student Focuses on Education, Empowerment

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    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…