UT Dallas students and faculty encouraged teenagers with autism to explore engineering careers at a recent event called Engineering Brighter Futures for Autism. The event challenged participants with tasks that required teamwork and focused thinking. Working with graduate students from the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, approximately 14 teens with autism were asked to design…
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University and Wind Industry Researchers Meet to Advance Innovation in Renewable Energy
National investments from the private and public sectors are generating state-of-the-art technology and knowledge to secure a sustainable energy future utilizing wind power. Recently, WindSTAR, a National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Wind Energy, Science and Technology, held its seventh Industry Advisory Board meeting to review progress and set the stage for ongoing collaborations…
Jonsson School’s WindSTAR Team Works to Improve the Energy of Air
For three consecutive years, the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UT Dallas has received funding from the National Science Foundation to support a center that, in partnership with industry, conducts research to increase the amount of energy the nation gets from wind. Since 2014, the NSF has given UT Dallas and the University of Massachusetts, Lowell $532,732…
Rotea Shares Wind Energy Expertise at IEEE Conference
Dr. Mario Rotea, head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, recently gave a plenary lecture at this year’s IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control. IEEE – the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology…