Research Related

September 29th, 2020

Center Stage Seminar Series: Dr. Monica Rankin

Center Stage Seminar Series

The Center Stage Seminar Series events showcase the brilliant research taking place at The University of Texas at Dallas Centers. As Dr. Rankin took center stage in the spotlight, she showcased the research taking place at the Center for U.S. – Latin America Initiatives. Dr. Rankin is an Associate Professor of History at the University …read more

September 28th, 2020

Research 411 Talk Show: Bacterial Infections and Vaccinations

Research 411 Microphone and Talk Bubble

Dr. Nicole De Nisco, Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences; Dr. Jeremiah Gassensmith, Associate Professor in Chemistry; and Dr. Molly Ingersoll, Group Leader at the Pasteur Institute, the equivalent of an Associate Professor at an American university, discuss cutting edge research related to bacteria and vaccine development!

September 21st, 2020

Lab to Launch: Early Stage Deal Structures

Lab to Launch Seminar Series Graphic

This Lab to Launch session by Bryan Chambers titled, “Early Stage Deal Structures,” is a crash course on the most common investment structures used by founders and startups to raise angel and venture capital. Bryan Chambers, Adjunct Professor in Entrepreneurship, JSOM-UTD, and VP of Accelerator and Investment Fund, Capital Factory, will host this second season …read more

September 21st, 2020

Dr. Todd Griffith Gets $3.3 Million to Design Floating Turbine Prototype

Dr. Todd Griffith

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded Dr. Todd Griffith $3.3 million for his research project, A Low-Cost Floating Offshore Vertical Axis Wind System. With the project, Dr. Griffith plans to develop a floating turbine design featuring a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT). VAWTs offer advantages over traditional offshore wind designs because they have a …read more

September 16th, 2020

NSF Funds Dr. Michael Kesden’s Gravitational Lensing Project

Dr. Michael Kesden

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Dr. Michael Kesden $299,876 for his research project WoU-MMA: Gravitational Lensing of Photons and Gravitational Waves in the Era of Multi-Messenger Astrophysics. The project will examine whether upcoming electromagnetic surveys like the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) can provide catalogs to help identify the host galaxy of lensed gravitational …read more

September 15th, 2020

Dr. Mark Lee Secures $300,000 Research Grant from Texas Instruments

Dr. Mark Lee

Dr. Mark Lee received a $300,000 grant from Texas Instruments for his research on Suppressing and Physically Modeling Low Frequency Noise in Silicon MOSFETs. This project will study the phenomenon of cryogenic annealing to extinguish RTN and extend prior work to determine whether cryogenic can suppress the magnitude or drive down the corner frequency of …read more

September 7th, 2020

Gassensmith Lab and De Nisco Lab Partner with LARC to Create Bacterial Vaccine

Test Tubes

Written by Dr. Jeremiah Gassensmith. The Gassensmith Lab has been focusing on vaccine development for the last 4 years to improve immune memory and stabilize vaccination formulation at ambient temperatures. These two problems have been an ongoing issue for the global vaccination of many diseases. Our group has developed a metal-based polymer that self-assembles around …read more

September 4th, 2020

Center Stage Seminar Series: Dr. Michael Rugg

Center Stage Seminar Series

The Center Stage Seminar Series events showcase the brilliant research taking place at The University of Texas at Dallas Centers. Dr. Michael Rugg, Professor in the Department of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Director of the Center for Vital Longevity, took center stage in the spotlight to showcase his research.