Engineers Redefine How Heat Transfers on Advanced Surfaces

UT Dallas News Center 3/21 3:00A mxj142230

From left: Dr. Xianming (Simon) Dai, Deepak Monga PhD’24 and Dr. Yaqing Jin developed a new theory to explain heat transfer on advanced surfaces while testing a new surface that they designed to...

Researcher Reassesses Assessments for Social Cognition Deficits

UT Dallas News Center 3/21 1:00A mxj142230

If the psychological tests used to measure social cognition deficits are so outdated that they may not yield accurate results, are those results valid? Dr. Amy Pinkham, professor of psychology in The...

Scientists Tune In to Rhombohedral Graphene’s Potential

UT Dallas News Center 3/12 12:00A mxj142230

University of Texas at Dallas scientists are investigating how structures made from several layers of graphene stack up in terms of their fundamental physics and their potential as reconfigurable...

Engineer Aims To Make Giant Leap for Welding Metals on the Moon

UT Dallas News Center 3/7 1:00A mxj142230

Dr. Wei Li received a grant from NASA to develop a platform that could overcome some of the challenges in building permanent structures in harsh, thin-atmosphere and low-gravity environments. Before...

Study Offers New Pricing Model for Residential Solar Power Users

UT Dallas News Center 3/5 3:00A mxj142230

As more consumers add solar panels to their residences, utility companies are considering raising their electricity prices for all their customers to make up for the lost revenue from consumers with...

Gifts Honor Beloved Former Guitar Studies Director, Professor

UT Dallas News Center 3/5 2:00A mxj142230

Enric Madriguera MS’84, PhD’93, who passed away in April 2024 at age 74, was the director of guitar studies at UT Dallas. He was also the co-founder and artistic director of the annual Texas Guitar...

Researchers Release Results of North Texas Quality-of-Life Survey

UT Dallas News Center 2/28 1:00A mxj142230

Dr. Timothy Bray presented the initial results of the North Texas Quality of Life Initiative during an event on campus last fall. The full results are available on dashboards on the project’s website....

Engineers’ New Design of Offshore Energy System Clears Key Hurdle

UT Dallas News Center 2/26 1:00A mxj142230

For more than 15 years, Dr. Todd Griffith has been working to create an offshore turbine that makes wind energy in deep ocean water more accessible. “Our turbine is designed to make offshore wind...

Computer Scientist Receives Recognition for AI Contributions

UT Dallas News Center 2/19 1:00A mxj142230

Dr. Sriraam Natarajan Dr. Sriraam Natarajan planned to earn a master’s degree and find a job in computer networking when he came to the U.S. from India in 2001. That changed when he became fascinated...

Game On: Comets Celebrate Opening of New Esports Landing Spot

UT Dallas News Center 2/7 1:00A mxj142230

The University of Texas at Dallas opened Comets LANding, one of the largest and most comprehensive collegiate gaming and esports centers in the country, on Jan. 30. “We wanted to make sure that this...

Keller ISD trustees name interim superintendent amid controversial proposed district split

CBS Dallas- Ft. Worth Education 1/31 2:29A Caroline Vandergriff

KELLER The Keller ISD Board of Trustees named an interim superintendent amid the controversy surrounding a proposal to split the district in two. At the end of its Thursday night board meeting, which ended early Friday morning, the board voted to...

Farewell to King of UTD Chess: Director Jim Stallings Retires

UT Dallas News Center 1/29 1:00A mxj142230

Jim Stallings is signing his last scoresheet after two decades as the face of chess at The University of Texas at Dallas. Stallings will retire this month after 21 years with UT Dallas’ decorated...

No. 1 and More: Online MBA Program Proves Worthiness in Rankings

UT Dallas News Center 1/24 2:00A mxj142230

The Naveen Jindal School of Management’s online MBA program, named by Poets Quants as the best in the country for 2025, ranks No. 11 in U.S. News World Report’s 2025 Best Online Program rankings,...

Dr. Brian Berry, Renowned Geographer, Mentor, Remembered

UT Dallas News Center 1/14 8:59A mxj142230

Dr. Brian Berry joined UT Dallas in 1986. During his time at UTD, Berry, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, was the Lloyd V. Berkner Professor of political science and of public policy and...

Pain Scientist Earns Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship

UT Dallas News Center 1/10 8:59A mxj142230

Juliet Mwirigi BS’18, PhD’23, who specializes in pain studies, has been selected for a Hanna H. Gray Fellowship. Each of the 25 fellows receives up to $1.5 million in funding over eight years. After a...