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From left: UTD Materials science and engineering doctoral student Jiaqi Ke; research associate Dr. Boyu Wang; Dr. Laisuo Su, assistant professor of materials science and engineering; mechanical engineering senior Jordan Gatts; and materials science and engineering doctoral student Matthew Beltran. [Photo: UTD]
UTD Team’s Discovery Could Boost Solid-State Battery Performance in EVs, Phones, Military Drones
by Lance Murray | Jun 4, 2025
The UT Dallas team found that mixing small particles between two solid electrolytes can generate an effect called a “space charge layer"—an accumulation of electric charge at the interface between the two materials, making it easier for ions to move across the interface.
by Lance Murray |
Jun 3, 2025
Prabhas V. Moghe will take up his new post at the University of Texas at Dallas effective Aug. 2. He was announced as the sole finalist on May 7.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 3, 2025
Backed by a National Science Foundation grant, the project’s key innovation is WHEELCOM—a device that captures wheelchair movement data to help engineers design smarter, more inclusive buildings.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 3, 2025
The accelerator's first cohort is charting unknown entrepreneurial territory—with up to $100K investment potential.
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A UT Dallas Neuroscientist Says Your Brain Needs Recharging—Just Like Your Phone
by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist | May 29, 2025
We plug in our phones like clockwork. But how often do we recharge ourselves? According to Lori Cook, PhD, CCC-SLP, and director of clinical research at the Center for BrainHealth at UT Dallas, even a few minutes of intentional pause can make all the difference in how we function at work and in life....
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by Lance Murray |
May 27, 2025
Physicist Ben Jones' innovations could help uncover the origins of matter—and deepen our understanding of the universe itself. The scientist was awarded the 2025 International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA) Early Career Researcher Instrumentation Award for his particle detector breakthroughs.
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by David Seeley |
May 21, 2025
In 2025, wildfires across Texas have burned over 1 million acres as of May 16. With support from a NASA grant, a UTA professor is working to develop an early-warning system that can alert the public to wildfire smoke dangers—even hundreds of miles away from a fire.
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by Lance Murray |
May 13, 2025
SMU said that with more than 67,500 donors, volunteers, and supporters, the campaign surpassed its $1.5 billion goal three years ahead of schedule. The university joins several elite universities that have concluded fundraising campaigns totaling $1.5 billion or more—including fellow ACC members Stanford, Duke, and Miami.
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Dallas College Team AVIADAR members Mang Cin, Khai Huynh, Taylor Hill, and Christopher Zuniga. [Photo via Mang Cin LinkedIn]
Aviation Safety: Dallas College Team Advances to Community College Innovation Challenge Finals
by David Seeley | May 7, 2025
The Dallas College team's solution is AVIADAR, a LiDAR-based system that provides pilots with real-time alerts about their surroundings. The four team members will head to Washington, D.C., next month for a boot camp, a Capitol Hill poster session, and a pitch presentation against 11 other teams from around the U.S.
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by Lance Murray |
May 6, 2025
The competition brings together a worldwide community united by the shared language of robotics, fostering new friendships, ideas, and inspiration.
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by David Seeley |
May 6, 2025
Ikeda and Orikeda Trashi took home $12,000 in the April 16 UT Dallas Big Idea student competition for Biodelivera, a platform that delivers cancer therapy directly to tumors using using "virus-like particles." In the alumni track, the top prize went to Brice Sokolowski for his sweat-evaporating Vaucluse Backpack Ventilation Gear.
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by David Seeley |
May 6, 2025
Ikeda and Orikeda Trashi took home $12,000 in the Big Idea student competition for Biodelivera, a platform that delivers cancer therapy directly to tumors. In the alumni track, the top prize went to Brice Sokolowski for his sweat-evaporating Vaucluse Backpack Ventilation Gear.
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A fluorescent image shows stress-related proteins (yellow) accumulating in the brain of a visually impaired fruit fly. [Image: UT Southwestern]
UT Southwestern Researchers Link Blindness to Brain-Wide Stress Response That May Raise Dementia Risk
by Lance Murray | May 2, 2025
A UT Southwestern study of blind fruit flies and mice reveals a brain-wide stress response, shedding light on the biological link between sensory loss and dementia.
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by Lance Murray |
May 2, 2025
Building on a national pilot — Combatting Substance Use and Opioid Crises — that concluded in late 2024, the Fort Worth institution is expanding interprofessional training to strengthen workforce competency and improve care for complex patient needs.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 24, 2025
The federal research laboratory slated for Texas A&M-Fort Worth will be focused on innovative aviation technologies—including drones, air taxis, and supersonic and hypersonic aircraft.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 16, 2025
A team of UT Dallas computer scientists has partnered with Plano-based CorroHealth to introduce "reasoning" to the company's LLM- and NLP-based coding automation technology. "The goal is to extract knowledge like a human would do it," said UTD's Dr. Gopal Gupta.
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