Arkansas Engineer

The magazine of the University of Arkansas College of Engineering

College Benefits From $1 Million Planned Gift

Jack R. Jacobs of Tulsa, Okla., has made a planned gift of $1,000,000 to establish the Dana Jacobs Memorial Endowed Scholarship in the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas. The gift, which is designated to the department of electrical engineering, will...

Credits, Spring 2013

Interim Dean of the College of Engineering Terry Martin Editor Camilla Medders Graphic Designer, print edition Leigh Caruthers Prassel Writers Dave Edmark Matt McGowan Camilla Medders April Robertson Photographers Russell Cothren Jim Gattis Ben Marts Please send all...

McMullen Appointed AHPCC Director

Rick McMullen, former director of research computing at the University of Kansas, has been appointed director of the Arkansas High Performance Computing Center. In addition to his primary academic and administrative positions at the University of Kansas, McMullen has...

Engineering Career Awareness Program Recognized

The Engineering Career Awareness Program, or ECAP, continues to receive accolades from national education and engineering organizations. In April, ECAP was selected by the National Academy of Engineering to be one of 29 undergraduate engineering programs featured in...

Researchers Discover New Method of Making Nanoparticles

Roper and his colleagues at the University of Utah have discovered a new method of making nanoparticles and nanofilms to be used in developing better electronic devices, biosensors and certain types of microscopes. The researchers’ nanoparticles are nontoxic and...