Arkansas Engineer

The magazine of the University of Arkansas College of Engineering

Machine Learing

Department of Defense Grant to Help Data Science Professor Improve “Machine Learning” Software A $1.25 million grant from the Department of Defense will enable data science researcher Justin Zhan to develop novel algorithms to enhance the speed and efficiency of...

NSF Early Career Awards 2021

Assistant Professors Earn NSF Early Career Awards Two College of Engineering assistant professors were awarded the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Award, typically known as the CAREER Award, in 2021. NSF describes the CAREER Award as its...

Milestones

Milestones Important dates for College of Engineering leadership, faculty and facilities, 2020-2021 July 2020 DALE THOMPSON serves as interim department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering. August 2020 DATA SCIENCE PROGRAM begins November 2020 KIM LASCOLA...

COVID-19 Antibody Test Kit

Engineering Researcher’s COVID-19 Antibody Test Kit Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization Shannon Servoss is likely the first University of Arkansas researcher to be part of a project that has received an emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug...

$10.8 Million NIH Grant

$10.8 Million NIH Grant to Establish Metabolic Research Center A $10.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will enable an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the U of A and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to address the role of cell...

Rice Production Research

NASA Awards $1 Million for Research on Sustainable Rice Production A $1 million grant from NASA’s Carbon Monitoring Program will help fund a study headed by Associate Professor of Biological Engineering Benjamin Runkle to explore the implications of greenhouse gases...