#MavGrad 2016: Mayank Jain
Mayank Jain says UTA transformed his life. He came to UTA to study under Professor and Associate Chair of Computer Science and Engineering Ramez Elmasri, whose research he had admired for years.
15 New Engineering Faculty Hired
The College of Engineering has experienced unprecedented growth since 2013, and has hired 15 new faculty to meet the challenges and opportunities of the future.
CSE's Heng Huang Working to Better Predict Clinical Outcomes
Professor's $1.32 million NSF grant will lead to data mining tools that will integrate multiple modalities of very large, complex patient data to allow scientists and doctors to better predict clinical outcomes and work toward cures for diseases.
Student Teams Earn Multiple Awards at Hackathons
Students from the Computer Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering Departments have taken home top prizes lately in several “hackathons” across the state.
Researchers Use AI to Assess, Enhance Cognitive Abilities in Children
Professor Fillia Makedon and Associate Professor Vassilis Athitsos received $1.27 million of a total $2.7 million NSF grant for the project, which will use an advanced computational approach in compiling the data.
Computer Scientist Developing Model to Help Data Center Service Providers
Hao Che earns three-year, $799,950 NSF grant to develop a model for service providers to guarantee service-level objectives without unneeded resources.
Engineer Will Use Data Mining to Improve Diagnosis, Treatment of Depression
Heng Huang, a CSE, won a $500,000 NSF grant to use data mining to efficiently catalog and track depression patients’ “thought records” so that doctors and therapists can better identify patients’ treatment needs.
CSE's Junzhou Huang Earns CAREER Award
Junzhou Huang is the fourth engineering faculty member to earn an NSF CAREER Award this year, the most ever earned at UTA in one year.
Peter Crouch Named Dean of Engineering
Peter E. Crouch, dean of engineering for the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and the former dean of Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, has been named dean of the nationally ranked College of Engineering.
More Than 230 Engineering Students Earn Dean's List Honors
More than 230 undergraduate engineering students were named to the dean’s list for the recently completed fall semester. Sixty-one earned perfect 4.0 grade-point averages.
CSE Professor Measures Microtexture of Aggregates in Pavement with Lasers
Roger Walker is is leading the two-year, $671,011 project to assess whether scanning lasers can accurately measure microtexture of aggregates, which are used in asphalt and concrete mixtures.
Legislature Approves Design of SEIR Building
The UT System Board of Regents has approved the design for UTA's new Science and Engineering Innovation and Research building.
Engineering Students Win Awards in ACES Competition
Engineering graduate students four awards at the 2016 ACES competition.
UTA, L-3 Partnership Leads to Master's Degrees
UTA’s longstanding relationship with L-3 yielded a cohort of the company’s employees who earned master of software engineering degrees.
College Mourns Passing of CSE's Donggang Liu
Donggang Liu, an associate professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department, passed away March 20 after a long battle with brain cancer.
College Moves Up 8 Spots in US News Grad Rankings
U.S. News and World Report's 2017 Best Graduate Schools list marked a steady rise for UTA graduate engineering programs, now ranked No. 82 among 215 doctoral-granting engineering schools surveyed.
Alumni Receive NSF Grant to Spur K-12 STEM Interest
A team of UTA engineering and business school graduates is designing a hands-on, reconfigurable Build-Teach-Play Robots package to stimulate STEM learning in kindergarten through 12th grades.
AT&T CTO Prabhu Named to Hall of Achievement, Will Join Faculty
Krish Prabhu, president of AT&T Labs and chief technology officer, has been named to The College’s Hall of Achievement and appointed a research professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
Lonestar 3D Wins E-Week Challenge, Futurista is Fan Favorite
Lonestar 3D won the third-annual E-Week Student Challenge for their 3D food printer system, and Futurista was voted "Fan Favorite."
UTA Named Elite Research - 1 University in Carnegie Classification
The University of Texas at Arlington was named today in the elite group of R-1: Doctoral Universities - Highest Research Activity by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
Happy New Year from the Computer Science and Engineering Department
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington wishes everyone a happy new year.
Nearly 200 Engineering Students Earn Dean's List Honors
Nearly 200 undergraduate engineering students were named to the dean’s list for the recently completed fall semester. Thirty-two earned perfect 4.0 grade-point averages.