Office of Research and Innovation

Research and Innovation

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UNT launches NetDragon Digital Research Centre

UNT joined forces with Digital Train Limited, a leader in internet and mobile internet educational content and delivery, to launch its NetDragon Digital Research Centre to give faculty and students additional opportunities for research and technology development.

UNT and InspectIR join forces in the war on drugs

UNT College of Science chemistry professor Guido Verbeck and InspectIR Systems LLC are collaborating to commercialize a system for detecting drugs by analyzing a person’s breath.

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UNT is a leading research university that is nationally and internationally recognized for its scholarship in all fields — from fine arts to technology, humanities to life sciences, and music to entrepreneurship. UNT is committed to the creation and advancement of innovative research, art and scholarship.

One of the primary responsibilities of the Office of Research and Innovation is to develop and implement strategies in collaboration with the Office of the Provost and other vice presidential areas to transform and expand UNT's research enterprise.

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Our Research

Improving the environmental footprint of forages for livestock

A team of scientists in led by professor and Royal Society Fellow Richard Dixon, has developed ways for forage crops such as the common alfalfa plant to produce specific types of tannin that will allow for better digestion by sheep and cattle with less release of environmentally unfriendly greenhouse gasses.

UNT Associate Professor Ana Alonso (standing) and postdoc Cintia Arias

Squeezing more seed oil from the common pennycress weed

Associate professor Ana Alonso is leading a research project to study a unique type of seed oil produced by the pennycress plant. When properly processed, the common pennycress can produce 100 gallons of oil per acre. This oil can be further processed into aviation fuel.

UNT professors receive more than $1 million in grants to increase cultural competency in mental health services

Three UNT professors have been awarded more than $1.5 million in grants to begin the work of increasing cultural competency in therapists.

Tools for Researchers

The Office of Research supports new knowledge and its dissemination by assisting faculty in their research, scholarly, and creative activities.

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