Arkansas Engineer

The magazine of the University of Arkansas College of Engineering

'ORGANS-ON-CHIPS’

GIVE RESEARCHERS SHORTCUTS TO SUCCESS

Take a peek into the “Balalab,” where Professor Kartik Balachandran and his team create chip models of the heart, brain and lungs

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Interdisciplinary Data Science Program shows exponential growth providing more students than ever the opportunity to participate in a rigorous, innovative, multi-disciplinary learning experience that will prepare them to face some of the world’s biggest data-related challenges.

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Benson Laikidrik (seated) prepares to take his first step on a new prosthetic leg as Greg Johnson from Snell Prosthetics and Orthotics (left) helps him make adjustments and student Kyle Potts (right) takes photographs

Two assistant professors of engineering landed prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development awards that come with more than $500,000 to support their research.

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Pictured, left to right, are Associate Professor Wenchao Zhou, UA graduate student Joel Parker, UA graduate student Greg Harms, UT-Austin graduate student Daniel Weber, and Zachary Hyden, principal investigator for the small business award and chief mechanical engineer for AMBOTS.

AMBOTS, a local startup company developing autonomous manufacturing technology, was awarded a $1 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase II Award by the National Science Foundation.

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LaurenLauren Kegley, Kim Needy, L. Lee Johns Lane and Pam McGinnis

A historic night at the College of Engineering’s Alumni Awards Banquet included L. Lee Johns Lane becoming the first woman inducted into the Hall of Fame.

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