University of North Texas Associate Professor Haifeng Zhang, together with researchers in the Pacific Northwest National Lab, earned a $1 million grant from the Department of Energy to work on a solution for what he believes is a critical sensor problem in nuclear power plants. 

“The inside of a nuclear reactor is a very harsh environment. It is very hot, very humid and very radioactive. It must be monitored constantly,” said Zhang. “The sensors in use...

What: Biomedical engineering building ribbon cutting

When: 2 p.m. Aug. 29 (Thursday); Tours begin at 2:30 p.m.

Where: Near UNT’s Discovery Park Pavilion area, located on the northwest side of

the building, 3940 N. Elm St., Denton

DENTON (UNT), Texas – The University of North Texas has opened its new $12.6 million biomedical engineering building where glass-...

A public-private partnership is helping University of North Texas engineering graduate students hone their skills in additive manufacturing, a rapidly developing technology that builds 3D objects through the successive layering of materials.  

The U.S. Department of State and Partners of the Americas recently announced UNT’s College of Engineering as a winner of its latest ...

Eduardo Blanco, an assistant professor with the University of North Texas College of Engineering, intends to use a $500,000 NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) grant to teach computers the intricacies of negation.

“To a computer trying to understand human language, the word never can be perplexing. What computers don’t seem to...

University of North TexasCollege of Engineering Assistant Professor Hassan Takabi recently received more than $1 million in grants from the National Science Foundation.

The first grant is for $515,974 and will be spent developing a computer defense against malicious insiders who leverage basic computer access into unauthorized computer entry.

“If a person from inside a system tries to access data they shouldn’t, we are going to put false paths and...

Renee Bryce, a professor in the University of North Texas, College of Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Engineering received the 2018 Tech Titans of the Future– University Level Award, which included a $25,000 prize. 

The award honors Dallas-Fort Worth higher education institutions that encourage and support students in pursuing engineering- and technology-related disciplines.

Bryce was recognized for creating the...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – A University of North Texas post-doctoral researcher has designed a new steel-like alloy that is five times stronger than conventional steel.

Under the guidance of UNT professor Rajiv Mishra, Saurabh Nene, a research associate with the Center for Friction Stir Processing, has been working with the UNT College of Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering to give the metal...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – The University of Texas’s Department of Engineering Technology is helping bring back DC BEST – Denton County’s Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology Robotics competition. It is a six-week extracurricular robotics contest among local middle and high school students during fall 2018.

Engineering Technology faculty Leticia Anaya and...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – In a paper published in Nature’s Scientific Reports, University of North Texas Ph.D. graduate student Benjamin Sirota explains a new method for protecting nanoelectronics that will result in longer-lasting components with better electronic stability.

“When dealing with electronics at the nanoscale  , exposure to foreign substances can have devastating effects,” said Sirota. “Remember, we are dealing with electronics at the smallest scale. Main electronic components such as...

DENTON (UNT), Texas – U.S. Army veteran and University of North Texas junior Kyle Rose is being rewarded for his work on improving military armor.

The materials science and engineering student earned the Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Scholarship for Service from the U.S. Department of Defense. The SMART scholarship covers full tuition and fees along with an annual...