Research
News for and about the people whose discoveries, inventions, designs and scholarly achievements bring UT Dallas toward its goal of becoming one of the nation’s best public research universities.
Better Hearing and Speech Month at UT Dallas
The University of Texas at Dallas has several research and treatment projects under way for hearing and speech disorders. read more
BrainHealth Scientist's Dissertation Wins Award
Dr. Jennifer Lodi-Smith, a post-doctoral fellow in the UT Dallas School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, has received a Seymour Sudman Dissertation Award for excellence in survey research on her doctoral dissertation from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. read more
Event to Showcase Green Fellowship Research
UT Dallas and UT Southwestern Medical Center will present a poster session Thursday showcasing research conducted by undergraduates in the Green Fellowship program this semester. read more
TI Selects UT Dallas for Analog Design Contest
Texas Instruments has chosen UT Dallas as one of 11 universities to compete for the Engibous Prize in a student engineering contest to encourage innovation in analog electronics. read more
New Properties Discovered for Nanotube Sheets
A team of nanotechnologists at The University of Texas at Dallas, along with Brazilian collaborators, have discovered that sheets of carbon nanotubes can produce bizarre mechanical properties when stretched or uniformly compressed. These unexpected but highly useful properties could be used for such applications as making composites, artificial muscles, gaskets or sensors. read more
Professor's Experiment Blasts into Space
An experiment run by a UT Dallas professor launched successfully this month into space and on its way to greater understanding of mysterious plasma bubbles that interrupt radio signals. Dr. Rod Heelis is heading the experiment, called the Coupled Ion Neutral Dynamic Investigation. read more
Study of Speech and Brain Activity is a First
Researchers at the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences have conducted a study to provide the first-ever description of how speech sounds are processed by neurons in the brain. read more
Seminar to Discuss Enhancing Brain's Potential
Neuroscientists, clinicians, physicians and local business people will discuss the new medical frontier of brain science at a seminar presented by the UT Dallas Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the School of Management. read more
Panel to Pick Winner of $10,000 Inaugural Callier Prize in Audiology
UT Dallas has established a committee to pick a recipient of the first Callier Prize. The $10,000 prize will be awarded to an individual who has made substantial contributions in the areas of audiology and hearing science. read more
Issues Explores 'Ending the Inertia on Energy Policy'
The winter edition of Issues in Science and Technology features arguments by former CIA director John Deutch and others that the government change the way it pursues energy research and development. read more
NSF-funded Event to Wrestle With Knot Theory
The Department of Mathematical Sciences is hosting a workshop Dec. 18-20 devoted to connections between knot theory and quantum computing. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, it will be the first in a series of planned conferences at UT Dallas about relations between knot theory and other fields of sciences. read more
High School Researchers Pocket $40,000 in Scholarships for Project Started at UT Dallas
Two high school students have parlayed their UT Dallas summer lab work into an $40,000 in scholarship money after placing third nationally in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology. read more
Grad Students to Join NAS Policy Forum
Five UT Dallas graduate students will take part next month in a policy forum sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences. read more
Lab Gear Donated to University of Sonora
UT Dallas has donated $250,000 in laboratory equipment to the Research Department of Physics at Mexico's University of Sonora (UNISON). In thanking UT Dallas for the donation last week, UNISON President Pedro Ortega Romero said the two universities would collaborate on future projects. read more
NSF Grant to Fund Study of Vibration Dangers
The National Science Foundation has awarded $290,000 to two UT Dallas professors studying analysis of mechanical systems subject to vibrations. A major application of the research is the ability to manage risk related to designing bridges, buildings, plants and other structures that are subjected to high winds, earthquakes or ocean waves. read more
'Boot Camp' to Get Business Plans in Shape
All UT Dallas students, faculty members, researchers and post-docs are invited to a commercialization and business enterprise "boot camp" sponsored by the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Office of the Vice President for Research. read more
Text size: 
RSS Feed