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UT Dallas' Dr. Wei Li [Photo: UTD]

From North Texas to the Moon: NASA-Funded Engineer Tackles Lunar Welding Tech

by Lance Murray | Mar 12, 2025

With a $750,000 innovation grant from NASA, UT Dallas assistant professor Wei Li is rethinking how to weld metal in space for off-world construction—and keep astronauts safe in the process.

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Brazil’s Embraer To Invest up to $70M in New Regional Jet Facility at Fort Worth’s Perot Field

by Lance Murray | Oct 16, 2024

The company said it expects to begin operations in an existing hangar next year while building a second hangar that should be finished by 2027 to support its growing fleet of regional E-Jets.

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Fort Worth-Based BNSF Railway Announces Nearly $4B in Planned 2024 Capital Investments

by Lance Murray | Jan 25, 2024

BNSF said that nearly $3 billion will devoted to maintaining BNSF’s core network and related assets. Nearly $600 million will be for expansion and efficiency projects, while $440 million is slated to target equipment acquisitions.

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Dallas PropTech Startup Stellar Reports $20M Series B Funding Round

by Lance Murray | Dec 1, 2022

Stellar's platform leverages AI and machine learning to reimagine home maintenance. The startup partners with property managers and contractors to take care of homes and people—with a "mission of delivering hassle-free maintenance done right."

"We have caught lightning in a bottle," Founder and CEO Dustin Marx said of the new raise.

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Texas Central recently released sketches envisioning travel on the high-speed rail system, such as this one showing a family enjoying their travel. [Courtesy: Texas Central]

Texas Central Makes $5.9B Deal With Spanish Firm to Develop, Operate High-Speed Rail Line

by Lance Murray | Feb 25, 2020

The contract is the largest ever for a Spanish government-run company outside of Spain. The proposed rail line could be operational by 2026 and would speed passengers between the two cities in roughly 90 minutes.

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