UNT has developed a framework and plan for PIs and staff to implement that will increase public access to publications and data per the OSTP directive.

Selcuk Acar, associate professor of educational psychology, is working to develop an improved, less expensive test for original thinking in elementary students to better identify low-income, minority or untraditionally-gifted children who may currently be missed by traditional testing.

Researchers in the College of Engineering have developed a new building insulation product that is stronger, safer and more sustainable than conventional polyurethane-based products.

Tristan Wu, associate professor of emergency management and disaster science, is researching hurricane evacuations during COVID-19 in a project funded by a National Science Foundation Rapid Grant.

Pudur Jagadeeswaran, biological sciences professor, has developed a new technology to simultaneously knockdown multiple genes in zebrafish, which have a similar genetic structure to humans, to more rapidly examine each of the organism’s approximately 25,000 human genes and identify those associated with human blood-clotting disorders.

New discoveries in the laboratory of Richard Dixon could help develop biomass crops better suited for processing into products such as aviation fuel, plastics and other industrial products.

Pamela Padilla, associate vice president of research and innovation, and three of her Ph.D. students are using the C. elegans genetic model system to study how genes function in hyperglycemia, a leading indicator of Type 2 diabetes. Rajeev Azad, associate professor of mathematics, also is a collaborator on the project and is using computational tools to analyze the resulting large data sets.

Haifeng Zhang, professor of mechanical engineering, is a co-principal investigator in a new $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. He, along with researchers at Penn State University, will develop and fabricate an in-situ sensor for use during the additive manufacturing process.

Graduate students gain real-world experience in using artificial intelligence to improve health care outcomes in UNT’s Biomedical Artificial Intelligence Lab.

As part of a focused strategy to advance UNT’s research standing and help faculty members’ dreams come alive as they address some of society’s biggest problems, last year a new program was launched.

Meet Tamara Brown, dean of UNT's College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences since 2019.

As UNT’s creative and scholarly footprint grows, so does the campus, which has seen the addition of new facilities that encourage collaboration and enable faculty, students and external research partners to conduct solutions-based research.

During their time as undergraduates at UNT, David Woodward (’20), Juan Ruiz (’20), Tim Stern (’20) and Nickolas Bratsch (’20) proved that one small step toward the unknown could result in a giant leap for the future of spacesuit user interface technologies.

Diagnosed at 18 with Charcot-MarieTooth disease, commonly known as CMT, Allison Taylor (’20), who earned her biology degree this spring, has dedicated her life to researching a cure.

Shrika Eddula, a second-year student in UNT’s Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, jumped in with both feet as part of the early summer research scholarship program before she began her first year in 2019.

In 2019, UNT secured $10 million from the 86th Texas Legislature for the Center for Agile and Adaptive Additive Manufacturing (CAAAM).

UNT offers learning, research and mentorship opportunities to engage undergraduate students in creative inquiry.

UNT researchers from across disciplines are providing guidance on improving the health and quality of lives of marginalized populations.

From water quality and environmental impacts to ensuring equitable access, UNT researchers are teaming up to find conservation solutions for growing municipal settings.

UNT researchers from across disciplines work together to deploy intelligent mobility systems, including autonomous vehicle and aerial drone technology, in rural and urban settings.