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.
Electronics Engineers Honor UT Dallas Colleague
UT Dallas Professor Robert Wallace has been named an IEEE Fellow, one of the highest honors bestowed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. read more
Algorithm Helps Unlock Secrets of Cell Biology
A novel computer algorithm gave a big boost to cell biology research recently when UT Dallas researchers teamed with the Computational Biology Program at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. read more
Project Aims to Commercialize Nanotech
UT Dallas researchers will play a key part in a collaborative effort to develop a new nano-scale manufacturing technique that builds three-dimensional objects atom by atom. read more
A Conversation With Dr. Emily Tobey
Dr. Emily Tobey's passion to learn more about hearing impairment and speech began in the sixth grade. The executive chair of the Board of Directors for the Dallas Cochlear Implant Program discusses her career and research in an audio interview. read more
Government Boosts Funding for Wireless Study
The federal government has increased funding for UT Dallas researchers working on a wireless technology that will let emergency workers communicate over commercial, military and emergency channels using a single cell phone or other communications device. read more
Compounds May Help Combat Brain Diseases
Researchers at UT Dallas and Southern Methodist University have identified a group of chemical compounds that slows the degeneration of neurons, a condition that causes such common diseases of old age as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. read more
Program to Fund Undergraduate Research
Chess, local bioethanol production and artificial muscles in HVAC systems are just some of the research topics being funded as part of the second year of the Undergraduate Research Scholar Award Program. read more
Study Links Bank Deposits and Economic Growth
Analyzing the Midwest's increased corn production after the 2005 federal biofuel mandates, two School of Management researchers have directly linked higher levels of bank deposits - and thus good access to outside financing - to general economic growth. 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
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