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NEWS ARCHIVE

SEPTEMBER 2009

Data easily extracted from social networking activities could come back to haunt people.

UT Dallas President David E. Daniel welcomed the opening of a new Texas Instruments plant nearby.

Biomedical electronics experts convened at the Jonsson School to map out the field’s future.

AUGUST 2009

UT Dallas Engineering School Adds 10 New Faculty

New Computer Science head Gopal Gupta says he plans to encourage more entrepreneurial activities.

Jonsson School faculty snagged six recent awards from the Texas Analog Center of Excellence.

Three-year project could greatly improve the quality of life of many cochlear implant users.

CS prof has received an NSF Career Award to develop software that summarizes meetings.

JULY 2009

Identical twins, the Mathew sisters graduate with identical degrees from the Jonsson School.

A new tool is designed to mathematically detect anger in a phone caller's voice.

JUNE 2008

Faculty and grad students helped Ericsson make a big splash at a major international conference.

Governor visits campus to sign bill aimed at creating more top research universities in Texas.

MAY 2009

Computer Science Prof Ivor Page Receives UT System Outstanding Teaching Award

Nine recent graduates talk about their time at the Jonsson School and their plans for the future.

Members of the school’s BattleBots team are already planning for next year’s competition.

Ritual Honors Chaired Scholars and Their Benefactors

APRIL 2009

NSBE Chapter Is Named University’s Best Student Organization of the Year

Researchers Develop Wireless Health Monitoring

The Jonsson School is sponsoring the Apollo Junior High robotics team. Check out the slideshow.

Team merges semantic Web technology with geospatial information systems.

MARCH 2009

NASA Launches School’s Students, Faculty and Staff Into Orbit - Sort of

New Program to Help Underrepresented Students Ace Math and Science Courses

EE Prof Is Named a Distinguished Lecturer by the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society

Several faculty are working with companies that just received almost $8 million in state funding.

The new minor in nanoscience and technology has attracted students from a variety of majors.

Mario Rotea is head of the school's new Mechanical Engineering Department.

FEBUARY 2009

High School Girls Get Introduction to Engineering During New Annual Event

Recent MSEE Grad Wins Award for Paper About Improving Radar Performance

Students Get Hands-on Experience in Spacecraft Systems Engineering

Computing Machinery Group Taps Prabhakaran for His Multimedia Expertise

Expert on Analog Electronics to Join UT Dallas

Remote-control helicopters were part of one of several events marking National Engineers Week.

JANUARY 2009

Matthew Goeckner Named Interim Chair of Mechanical Engineering Department

Computer scientist Murat Kantarcioglu has received an NSF CAREER Award.

January 2009 Research and New Venture Showcase

DECEMBER 2008

Jonsson School Students Boast Recent Accomplishments

Dean Mark Spong Recognized for Paper Concerning Vision-Based Robotic Control

Six December 2008 graduates talk about the Jonsson School and their career plans.

Two inventions by Jonsson School faculty receive funds from tech commercialization program.

NOVEMBER 2008

Fall Senior Design Day featured more than a dozen projects.

New $9.7 million effort focuses on the commercialization of nanotechnology manufacturing.

Bob Wallace Is Named an IEEE Fellow

Government Boosts Funding for Wireless Project

Cy Cantrell Lauded for Lifetime of Contributions

10 Jonsson School Undergrads Receive Research Funding Through UTD Program

OCTOBER 2008

Dean Spong Is Featured in Article About Boom in Texas Higher Education Funding

American Physical Society Awards a Top Prize to Materials Science Head Yves Chabal

Eight Faculty Among Those Recognized for Books Published During the Past Year

Sessions Explore Future of Semiconductors

UT Dallas to House Cutting-Edge Analog Design Center

Teams from Dallas-area schools competed Oct. 25 in a robotics competition at UTD.

Semantic Web technology will help machines process knowledge, not just text and data.

SEPTEMBER 2008

Jonsson School Names New Development Officer to Lead Its Fundraising Activities

Security Researcher Lands Defense Scholarship

Prof Gives Keynote Speech on Data Mining and Privacy

Computer scientists improve upon a math solution devised 30 years ago by a young Bill Gates.

Materials Science Grad Student Honored for Developing New Sample Prep Technique

AUGUST 2008

New $1.2 million award helps develop technology to produce 3-D views of cellular processes.

Jonsson School team takes 2nd place in the International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition

Jonsson School to Introduce Infrared Technology Program

UT Dallas Leads $2.2 Million Effort to Build Secure Information Grid for the U.S. Air Force

Doctoral Student and His Father Co-Author Award-Winning Research Paper

Longtime Faculty Member Dale Byrne Dies

JULY 2008

Computer scientists work to enhance flight safety using data-mining technology in a project for NASA.

Journal Honors Robotics Paper by the Jonsson School’s Incoming Dean

JUNE 2008

Upcoming camps will introduce middle schoolers to technology through hands-on robotics projects.

Bruce Gnade of Materials Science Receives Prize for Kidney Stone Work

Federal Authorities Name the Jonsson School a Center of Excellence in Cybersecurity

Dr. Mark W. Spong, a world leader in robotic control systems, will be the next dean of the Jonsson School.

New Master’s Concentration in Biomedical Applications of Electrical Engineering

MAY 2008

Four Jonsson School Students Are Honored for Their Accomplishments

Why study computer science or engineering? Jonsson School students answer that and other questions in this two-and-a-half-minute video.

APRIL 2008

Jonsson School Students Vie to Win New Analog Electronics Competition

The Jonsson School Honors Its Own at Annual Awards and Appreciation Banquet

New Mechanical Engineering Curriculum to Address Needs of 21st-Century Engineers

National Science Foundation Offers $2.7 Million to Foster Kids’ Interest in Computer Science

MARCH 2008

Two Jonsson School Alumni Honored at Annual UT Dallas Awards Dinner

Jonsson School Researchers Play Key Role in $7.5M Defense Department MURI Project

Researchers Drafting Plans for Tiny Assembly Lines

UT Dallas Researcher Aims to Significantly Improve Cochlear Implant Technology

FEBRUARY 2008

UT Dallas to be Hub for Nanoelectronics Research Consortium

JANUARY 2008

$1.75 Million Grant to Fund Push for Photon Chip

DECEMBER 2007

Jonsson School Presents Faculty Service Awards to Goeckner and Prabhakaran

Is There a Doctor in the House? Two, Suddenly.

NOVEMBER 2007

EE Professor Naofal Al-Dhahir Is Named an IEEE Fellow

Researcher Lands Computer Security Grant from Air Force

OCTOBER 2007

Five new electrical engineering faculty arrived at the Jonsson School this fall.

Prof. Robert Wallace, Insulator Technology Pioneer, Honored for Sustained Excellence

SEPTEMBER 2007

UT Dallas vice president for research Bruce Gnade narrates this three-minute audio slideshow about the new Natural Science and Engineering Research Laboratory.

Government Boosts Funding for Jonsson School Wireless Technology Project

New $34 Million Grant Designed to Speed Medical Innovation

Cybersecurity Research Center Tops $1 Million in Funding

UTD Further Solidifying Its Relationship With South Korea

AUGUST 2007

Semiconductor Materials Expert Appointed to Nanoelectronics Chair

JULY 2007

Students Win Award for Wireless Sensor Design

New Technique Could Enhance Delivery of Handheld Video

Summer Senior Design Day Projects

JUNE 2007

Two Jonsson School Graduate Programs Ranked Among Best in Texas

Researchers Hope to Unlock Capabilities of Carbon Nanotubes

Dedicated to Science: Laboratory's Research to Fuel Drive to Tier One Status

A 3-D microscopy technique developed at the Jonsson School is examined in an Analytical Chemistry article.

Students Win Second Place in Acoustical Society’s International Competition

MAY 2007

A Glimpse of Graduation

Pomara, Dodge Recognized as Outstanding Teachers at UT Dallas

APRIL 2007

Chief Technical Officer at Photronics Inc. Named Alumnus of the Year

Faculty from Three UT System Campuses Receive Inaugural Innovationsin Education Awards

Senior Design Day Winners and Posters

UT Dallas and South Korean Consortium Plan Semiconductor Research Center.

UT Dallas school of engineering continues its rise through the rankings

MARCH 2007

Electrical engineers build a better microscope, and biologists benefit

Kent Black receives first Jonsson School Award for Distinguished Leadership.