Musculoskeletal disorders account for nearly 30% of all workplace injuries in the U.S., costing an estimated $45 billion to $54 billion each year in medical recovery and workers’ compensation, according to The University of Texas at Arlington.

Engineers at UTA are working on a potential way to reduce that toll.…

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UTA and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station have opened a new biomanufacturing training and research hub at Pegasus Park focused on workforce training and early-stage biotech development.

The National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing satellite campus, or NCTM2, offers hands-on training, state-of-the-art lab space and support for early-stage biotech companies.…

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UTA has landed a $450,000 gift from HF Controls to power new research at the intersection of nuclear engineering and artificial intelligence.

The funding supports work led by Yonghe Liu, professor of computer science and engineering, who is using AI to improve how nuclear plant control systems are developed, tested and validated.…

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The University of Texas at Arlington has been awarded nearly $127 million from the UT System Board of Regents to upgrade classrooms, laboratories, and campus infrastructure. The funding is part of a broader strategy to expand UTA’s role in the Dallas-Fort Worth innovation and workforce ecosystem.…

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As AI infrastructure scales across Texas and the nation, a team at the University of Texas at Arlington is working to solve one of the sector’s biggest energy challenges: how to cool the massive data centers powering generative AI without overwhelming electricity and water systems.…

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As drones become increasingly common in delivery networks and surveillance operations, early detection of mechanical issues is critical.

A University of Texas at Arlington engineer has developed a radar-based system that can remotely diagnose drone malfunctions, without needing to install sensors or onboard equipment.…

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A University of Texas at Arlington computer science professor has secured $3.1 million in federal funding to tackle one of medicine’s most time-consuming challenges: figuring out which antibodies will successfully bind to disease-causing targets.

Junzhou Huang, the Jenkins Garrett Endowed Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, will use the National Institutes of Health R01 award to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence in antibody drug discovery—research the university says could strengthen responses to future pandemics.…

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Manufacturing engineers have long struggled with materials that crack under stress—limiting how tough they can make everything from airplane wings to car frames. A University of Texas at Arlington researcher is looking to nature for answers.

Shiyao Lin is using 3D printing to re-create the crack-resistant structures found in bamboo stems and conch shells.…

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During peak pollen season, “achoo” is a familiar refrain for allergy sufferers across North Texas. But a new AI system developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington, the University of Nevada, and Virginia Tech could help allergy alerts—and even city planning—get ahead of the sniffles.…

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A team from UT Arlington and UT Southwestern Medical School has developed a new computational framework that could help scientists identify key proteins that drive diseases like cancer. By improving the way researchers pinpoint these gene regulators, the tool could lay groundwork for more precise treatments in the future.…

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When disaster strikes, evacuation delays can cost lives. At the University of Texas at Arlington, one researcher is building smarter tools to give emergency officials the data they need to act faster and save lives.

With seed funding from UTA’s Research Enhancement Program, researcher Mahmoud Bayat is creating an AI-powered digital twin framework to support real-time evacuation planning.…

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Traversing a university campus—or anywhere for that matter—can be a challenge for disabled people in a wheelchair. Now an assistant professor of civil engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington is seeking ways to make their lives easier.

June Young Park has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to lead a research project that could significantly improve how wheelchair users navigate and access buildings, UTA said.…

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In January, historic wildfires in the Los Angeles area attracted worldwide notice. But where there’s fire, there’s smoke—and a key, lasting impact of the fires’ dangers was the impact of wildfire smoke, which can lead to long-term respiratory problems and even death.…

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A researcher at the University of Texas at Arlington has found that the effects of divorce on children’s mental health could last longer than expected and could increase their risk of serious health issues decades later.

The university said the findings by social work Associate Professor Philip Baiden recently were published in the journal PLoS One.…

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It’s not every day a 90-year-old helicopter company and a biotech startup bringing back extinct species share the same stage. But at D CEO and Dallas Innovates’ 2025 Innovation Awards, that’s exactly what happened—and it captures the spirit of North Texas innovation right now.…

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“It is just like you have cruise control. You’re going on a bumpy road—or up and downhill—then basically your gas pedal has to control it to maintain 60 miles per hour.”

Wei-Jen Lee
Professor and Interim Chair
UT Arlington’s Department of Electrical Engineering
.…on…

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Universities in North Texas work every day to educate a new generation—while just outside the campuses, industries and community organizations make their own efforts to keep the region flourishing and successful. Now a new initiative has been launched to bring all three together in an innovative, game-changing way.…

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For generations, rockets have propelled payloads and people deep into space. But a next-generation version called “rotating detonation rocket engines” are turning up new possibilities—with the potential to make in-space propulsion more efficient, compact, and powerful.

Now a team of researchers at UT Arlington has been awarded $900,000 by NASA to help move that technology forward.…

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For the first time, the University of Texas at Arlington will have convenient on-campus access to cutting-edge MRI technology. UTA has approved plans for a new $6 million Clinical Imaging Research Center that will house a state-of-the-art 3-Tesla MRI machine.

The on-campus facility represents a major upgrade in research infrastructure, according to an October news release.…

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When first responders deploy in a crisis, drones are increasingly part of their toolkit—offering an eagle’s-eye-view of the scene, searching for victims, tracking rescuers on the ground, and more. But as more drones take to the skies, a platform is needed to help them communicate independently, so first responders can better coordinate their efforts.…

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