Engineering
DC BEST Robotics hub to conduct extracurricular robotics competition
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...
UNT Ph.D. graduate develops method to protect nanoelectronics
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...
UNT engineering student awarded Department of Defense scholarship
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...
UNT professor recognized for lifetime achievement
DENTON (UNT), Texas – Narendra Dahotre, interim vice president of research and innovation and a distinguished professor with the University of North Texas College of Engineering, recently received the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Eli Whitney Productivity Award for lifetime achievement in the area of manufacturing engineering.
“Receiving such recognition from the international manufacturing...
Groundbreaking ceremony March 22 for new biomedical engineering building
DENTON (UNT), Texas - A groundbreaking ceremony for the University of North Texas College of Engineering’s new biomedical engineering building will be held at 2 p.m. March 22 (Thursday) at Discovery Park.
“This new facility will allow the College of Engineering to further provide the quality education and research expected of a Tier One research institution,” said Costas Tsatsoulis, dean of the College of Engineering. “By adding this new building, we’re able to better meet the demands of an ever-growing...
Research by UNT PACCAR director impacts future of high performance photodetectors based on molecular membranes
DENTON (UNT), Texas - Anupama Kaul, director of the University of North Texas College of Engineering’s PACCAR Technology Institute, and her research group have developed ultra-high performance optoelectronic devices based on molybdenum disulfide – or MoS2 – which shows excellent performance compared to prior studies. Kaul’s Ph.D. student, Gustavo Lara Saenz, is the lead author of the study, which was funded with a $450,000 grant...
UNT researchers use first-of-its kind process to develop wear and corrosion resistant alloys
DENTON (UNT), Texas - Corrosion and wear are very common – they can happen to any material exposed to an environment. But, what if materials could be tested at the atomic level to determine exactly how and why they break down and then be improved to create ultra-high performance alloys? Researchers at the University of North Texas have done just that – and are designing next generation alloys that could be used in bio-implants or even outer space. Their study was recently published in...
Researchers at UNT create environmentally friendly, more efficient replacement for lithium ion batteries
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Lithium-ion batteries power some of the most used electronics, including smartphones, laptops, tablets and electric cars. Researchers at the University of North Texas College of Engineering have developed a higher-power, longer-life, environmentally-friendly lithium-sulfur alternative that could replace the lithium-ion battery. Their...
UNT researchers develop material that could lead to next-generation, ultra-thin electronic devices
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DENTON (UNT), Texas — University of North Texas researchers in the College of Engineering’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering have created a uniform, thin, two-dimensional material that could revolutionize materials science. Their...
UNT researchers make discovery that could revolutionize the future of materials science engineering
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Researchers in the University of North Texas College of Engineering’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering have found a way to create an ultralight, highly heat-resistant, magnesium-based material by engineering bonds at an atomic level. Their research has been published in the “Nature Communications” journal.
“We’...