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In Christophe Bobda’s computer engineering lab, the students from around the globe communicate in English, with a generous dose of computer jargon mixed in.
Making a functional canoe out of concrete is a complicated process. First, the team had to design a concrete mixture that would be lighter than water.
Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas treated thin films of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) – a popular polymer used as a dry lubricant for machine components – with silica nanoparticles and found that the filler material significantly reduced wear of the polymer while maintaining a low level of friction.
The College of Engineering recognized several students and faculty and staff members at a collegewide meeting on Friday, May 3.
A text book co-authored by Alan Mantooth offers practicing engineers a reference to Model-Based Engineering for Complex Electronic Systems.
The Arkansas Energy Consortium will encourage students to earn degrees in these fields by providing undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships and faculty start-up packages.
Picasolar, a graduate business competition team at the University of Arkansas, took home a total of $250,000 and the MIT NSAR Clean Energy Prize in Boston.
John A. White Jr. Engineering Hall is currently being renovated to create office, classroom and lab space for the department of biomedical engineering, which was established in 2012.
Tau Beta Pi initiated 22 new members into their chapter. Including the 23 members inducted in the fall, there are now a total of 176 active Tau Beta Pi members on the U of A campus.
Two teams of engineering and Honors College students received awards at the 2013 WERC Environmental Design Contest, which was held in April at New Mexico State University.
