by taoka | May 14, 2013 | Features, Spring 2013
David Zaharoff, assistant professor and holder of the Twenty-First Century Endowed Professorship in Biomedical Engineering and doctoral student Bhanu Koppolu have encapsulated protein antigens in chitosan and demonstrated that the combined material enables or ...
by taoka | May 14, 2013 | Features, Spring 2013
Manuel Rossetti, holder of the John L. Imhoff Chair in Industrial Engineering, would like more Arkansas students to gain experience in graduate school and use this experience to improve the state’s engineering work force. Rossetti, professor and holder of the...
by taoka | May 14, 2013 | Features, Spring 2013
When it comes to solar energy, storage is a big challenge. One approach is to store it in the form of heat, using molten salts, oils or beds of packed rock, but these methods can be expensive or can damage storage tanks. Researchers at the U of A have developed...
by taoka | May 14, 2013 | Features, Spring 2013
The acquisition of a state-of-the-art terahertz imaging system will enable University of Arkansas researchers to further their investigation of an alternative method of detecting and treating breast cancer. The unique system, made possible by a $400,000 grant...
by taoka | May 14, 2013 | Features, Spring 2013
Kirk and Nancy St. John Pond of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, are contributing $50,000 to the College of Engineering to establish the Pond Family Access Arkansas Scholarship in Engineering. The gift will benefit the department of electrical engineering and be matched with an...