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.
Undergrads Sought for Research Fellowships
UT Dallas is accepting applications for fully paid undergraduate research fellowships under the Green Fellowships program. Research areas include biological chemistry, molecular biology and biomedical engineering. read more
Economic Profs to Hold Forum on Financial Crisis
UT Dallas scholars will share insights on the nation's unprecedented financial crisis and discuss policy options at a forum hosted by the Economics Program in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences. read more
Renewable Energy Mandates Fall Under Criticism
State requirements that a certain amount of electricity be produced from renewable energy are a bad idea because they exclude other sources better suited to meet the nation's goals, according to an article in the Fall 2008 Issues in Science and Technology. read more
Security Researcher Lands Defense Scholarship
Scott Moore, a UT Dallas master's student in computer science, has received a prestigious U.S. Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship for 2008-2009. Moore is studying the cutting-edge field of language-based security. read more
NSF Funds Study of Poverty, Neighborhoods
What began as a pilot experimental economics project in the Dallas community has become a National Science Foundation-funded study of the relationship among poverty, neighborhood quality and the preferences of neighborhood residents and has created major opportunities for a doctoral student in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences. read more
Supercharged: Nanotech Packs Power Potential
Research at UT Dallas' NanoTech Institute offers tantalizing insights into a new, lightweight, reliable means of delivering electric current via powerful supercapacitors. read more
Team Bests Young Bill Gates With Improved Answer to Mathematical 'Pancake Problem'
A team of computer science students and their faculty adviser have improved upon a longstanding solution to a mathematical conundrum known as the pancake problem. The previous best solution was devised by Bill Gates and one of his Harvard instructors. read more
Undergraduate Research Applications Sought
UT Dallas students' research can receive funding as the Undergraduate Research Scholar Award Program returns for a second year. The research can be in any field as long as it focuses on a serious, credible topic and has faculty supervision. 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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