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UTD Professor Dr. Kyeongjae Cho displays a finished battery and the hardware used to test its efficiency. [Photo: UT Dallas]
Defense Department Awards $30M to Create UT Dallas ‘Energy Storage Systems Campus’
by David Seeley | Sep 18, 2023
The $30 million UTD-led project aims "to accelerate the transition and scaling of next-generation batteries," while reducing dependence on scarce critical materials. Led by UTD biology professor Dr. Kyeongjae Cho, the initiative will include the construction of a new research facility at the Richardson IQ.
by Jewels Clark |
Sep 11, 2023
RevTech announced it will team up with investor Laura Baldwin to launch a dedicated fund supporting female entrepreneurs. Dallas-based brand The Citizenry also revealed its further expansion into brick-and-mortar, with a debut location set for Stonebriar Mall in Frisco this fall.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 15, 2023
"Sensing Deep Space: Pandora's Cluster" will take people on an artistic journey to a galactic collision 4 billion light years away—with a little help from the SciArt Exchange, UT Dallas, an Australian composer and audiovisual artist, and others.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 2, 2023
From new cars and autonomous vehicles on our roads to drones in our skies, America's transportation system has become increasingly connected—and dangerously vulnerable to cyberattacks. Now UT Dallas is joining an effort to patch up those vulnerabilities through the newly formed National Center for Transportation Cybersecurity and Resiliency. See who's on the UTD team—and what they aim to do.
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Engineering and Computer Science West building at UT Dallas [Photo: UT Dallas]
UT Dallas and SF-Based Simplilearn to Launch Cloud-Computing Bootcamp for Digital Workforce
by Lance Murray | Jul 18, 2023
The collaboration between UT Dallas and Simplilearn will introduce a 24-week online training program in cloud computing. Aiming to address a growing demand for skilled tech professionals, the virtual bootcamp requires no prior professional experience.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 14, 2023
A holder of 34 patents, Sherry was a pioneer in designing molecular materials for use in medical imaging. His work on chemicals called macrocyclic ligands led to their use in carrying "a payload of metallic radiotherapeutic compounds that can kill cancer cells on contact, while the outside molecular structure can be designed to bind to a specific protein that ensures precise delivery to only diseased tissue," Amanda Siegfried writes in UT Dallas Magazine.
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![FC Dallas Foundation – STEAM FC is one of the 2023 grant recipients. The FC Dallas Foundation, Frisco Independent School District, and the National Soccer Hall of Fame formally launched STEAM FC powered by NEC in 2019. [File photo: FC Dallas Foundation screenshot]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/NEC-FC-Steam-360x203.jpg)
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 8, 2023
Irving-based NEC Foundation of America, the charitable giving fund of the NEC Corporation of America, has announced its 2023 grant recipients. With the grants, the foundation is dedicating more than $500,000 to Dallas-area schools and non-profit programs. See who got the grants—and how they're making a difference in Dallas and beyond.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 25, 2023
Associate Professor Chandramallika Basak entered UTD's recent Big Idea Competition in the alumni research commercialization category with OptiMIND, a series of brain training games designed to enhance brain and cognition across the lifespan. The games are designed to ensure that people stay sharp and focused at any age. After winning $40,000 in the competition, she recently tweeted that she's ready to start her startup.
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UT Dallas Assistant Professor Dr. Kangkook Jee [DI composite, photo UTD]
The Last Word: Dr. Kangkook Jee on How UTD Students Are Making Their Mark in National Competitions
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Apr 3, 2023
From an NSA Codebreaker Challenge to an offshore wind farm competition to one of the world's toughest-to-crack mathematics competitions, UT Dallas teams keep showing up and making the mark.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 29, 2023
MacDonald was part of a panel discussion at UT Dallas, in partnership with The Dallas Morning News, aimed at clearing up misconceptions about ChatGPT, the AI chatbot that’s gone viral.
The panel featured four UTD scientists—Xinya Du, Gopal Gupta, Dale MacDonald, and Jessica Ouyang—and was moderated by Adithi Ramakrishnan, science reporter at the DMN.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 13, 2023
A$100,000 grant from Amazon Robotics will support the development of new UT Dallas coursework in functional safety—a practice that ensures the safe functioning of everything from autonomous warehouse robots to delivery robots and more.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 17, 2023
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas approved over $90 million in new cancer research and prevention grants at its quarterly meeting near the Texas Capitol on Wednesday—and $20.6 million of that money is coming to North Texas to advance everything from breast cancer and lung cancer screening to "deep learning models" to facilitate T-cell receptor therapies.
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Courtney Willis and Jay Clipp of Spin the Spectrum. [Photo: UT Dallas]
The Last Word: Spin the Spectrum’s Courtney Willis on How DJ Training Can Help Autistic People
by David Seeley | Jan 27, 2023
Willis is a speech and language pathologist who earned a Masters in communication disorders from UT Dallas. As the founder, CEO, and clinic director of Dallas-based Speech Wings Therapy, she co-founded something new in 2022: Spin the Spectrum, a nonprofit that offers inclusive DJ classes, camps, and workshops for autistic and neurodivergent people of all ages.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 26, 2023
Last month, we told you about MedCognetics getting FDA clearance for its unbiased AI-enabled software for breast cancer screening. Today, the Dallas-based company announced it has been awarded $750,000 from an NIH program to research unbiased AI for breast cancer detection.
The NIH's AIM-AHEAD program—short for Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity—awarded the grant. "This NIH grant will play an important role in future product development as well as helping us further expand our global market penetration," said MedCognetics CEO Debasish Nag.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 23, 2023
Working in UT Dallas' UTDesign Capstone program, the student team is developing an automated agility course that motivates pets to stop their lazy sofa-surfing and jump around to earn treats. The team had to tweak their design when Wiggle—their "chief beta tester"—figured out how to snag free Cheez-Its with her nose.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Jan 19, 2023
Ericsson's new report, "10 Hot Consumer Trends: Life in a Climate-Impacted Future," is packed with insights on what consumers—including those in DFW—believe is looming on the way to the 2030s.
We spoke with Kevin Zvokel, head of networks for Plano-based Ericsson North America, about both the report and his company's innovative impact across North Texas.
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