Research News

Research News

Outdoor Netted Facility to Further Drone Research

Outdoor Netted Facility to Further Drone Research

UNT’s Center for Integrated Intelligent Mobility Systems has announced plans to build an outdoor meshed test facility for air and ground autonomous vehicle research and development.

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Creating Next-Gen Manufacturing

Creating Next-Gen Manufacturing

UNT center is changing the face of manufacturing — developing advanced material components for industries ranging from biomedical and energy to defense and aerospace — with future-focused solutions and workforce training that will lead U.S. global competitiveness.

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Innovative Spaces

Innovative Spaces

Through UNT’s shared research facilities, researchers on campus and industry partners can access the latest high-tech equipment and spaces to carry out the most sophisticated projects and analysis.

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Improving Health Literacy Through Graphic Novels

Improving Health Literacy Through Graphic Novels

A UNT researcher is studying whether graphic novels can be used as a medium to improve health literacy among a variety of populations.

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New Equipment Could Reshape the Future of High Entropy Alloys

New Equipment Could Reshape the Future of High Entropy Alloys

A new grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) will allow UNT materials scientists to delve deeper into the world of High Entropy Alloys (HEAs).

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1,000 Publications

1,000 Publications

One thousand and counting. Bill Acree, professor of chemistry, recently received acceptance of his 1,000th publication.

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Creating the Change

Creating the Change

Eleven speakers spread their ideas and inspired the audience — in person and online — to make a difference in the world at the TEDxUNT: Create the Change event held in October.

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Breath of Fresh Air

Breath of Fresh Air

Alexandra Ponette-González, associate professor of geography and the environment, was recently selected to serve on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, the nation’s top advisory committee informing air quality standards.

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Earning ‘Arab Nobel Prize’

Earning ‘Arab Nobel Prize’

Art History professor Nada Shabout has received the Kuwait Prize for Arts and Literature from the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences.

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Expanding Computing Resources

Expanding Computing Resources

With a new collaboration and National Science Foundation grant, UNT creates additional high-performance computing resources to exponentially increase research potential.

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Supporting Graduate  Research

Supporting Graduate Research

New initiative aims to increase Ph.D. participation and diversity in science and engineering programs focusing on research relevant to human health.

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Meet the Dean

Meet the Dean

College of Visual Arts and Design Dean Karen Hutzel — an advocate for experiential learning opportunities — understands the value of the arts in public higher education.

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Autonomous Tech in Agriculture

Autonomous Tech in Agriculture

Inspired by his family of farmers in India, Nagaraju Mukka (’16 M.S.) is using his expertise to improve technology in agriculture.

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Helping  Sorghum  Resist Aphids

Helping Sorghum Resist Aphids

Joe Louis (’11 Ph.D.) is studying how sorghum, one of the world’s most valuable crops, can resist sugarcane aphids, one of its most persistent pests.

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Flying  Computer  Cluster

Flying Computer Cluster

Junfei Xie’s (’13 M.S., ’16 Ph.D.) research on unmanned aerial vehicle-based networked airborne computing earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award. Xie, an assistant professor at San Diego State University, will use the five-year award to develop a flying computing cluster that benefits current UAV applications and enables new ones.

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Finding  Treatments for Seizures

Finding Treatments for Seizures

Kian Huat (Eric) Lim (’06), a computational biologist, earned a spot on the 40 Under 40 in Cancer list — which recognizes emerging leaders in the study and treatment of cancer.

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Preserving  Czech Art Songs

Preserving Czech Art Songs

As a result of a Fulbright Research Award, Bree Nichols (’21 D.M.A.) will work to compile an anthology of Czech art songs so it will be more accessible to English-speaking singers and the community.

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Diversity in Preservation

Diversity in Preservation

kYmberly Keeton, a library science alumna and current doctoral student in information science, was recently selected to receive the National Trust for Historic Preservation Diversity Scholarship for PastForward 2021 Online.

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Extended Reality Tech

Extended Reality Tech

Kathryn Hays, a doctoral student in information science and a research associate in UNT’s xREZ Art + Science Lab, is currently working on research in spatial computing, segmentation 3D and human-computer interaction.

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Chemical Kinetics

Chemical Kinetics

Vincent Lowe, a junior in chemistry with a minor in biological sciences, has been working in the laboratory of Regents Professor of chemistry Paul Marshall since May 2020, two days before he graduated from high school.

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