by Camilla Shumaker | Apr 5, 2012 | College Achievements
The National Science Foundation has announced that a team from the University of Arkansas is one of only 21 teams selected for the inaugural class of the Innovation Corps, or I-Corps, program. This team includes Nilanjan Banerjee, assistant professor of computer...
by Camilla Shumaker | Mar 19, 2012 | Features, Spring 2012
In January of 1987, the students, faculty and staff of the College of Engineering began the spring semester in a brand new building: Bell Engineering Center. The new building provided designated space for four of the college’s departments–chemical engineering,...
by Camilla Shumaker | Oct 29, 2011 | Fall 2011, Features
Taking a product or idea from the lab into the world is a complex process involving many steps and much collaboration. At the University of Arkansas, high tech companies have the advantage of the Technology Development Foundation (UATDF), which provides support for...
by Camilla Shumaker | Oct 7, 2011 | Fall 2011, Features
Beginnings In the early nineties, Ajay P. Malshe had a good life in India. “I had everything there,” he said. “A nice house, a job at a premier university, a happy family.” But Malshe wanted more than that. He had ideas about new materials and technologies, and at...
by Camilla Shumaker | Oct 7, 2011 | Fall 2011, Features
The story of LGW begins in a rural village in China. Bob Winkleman, a lawyer-turned-battery expert, had developed a battery-powered trike that could help Chinese farmers get from place to place, and he was testing a prototype. About two hours into his ride, the...
