by Camilla Shumaker | Oct 7, 2011 | Fall 2011, Features
Although it was founded long before the University of Arkansas Technology Development Foundation existed, McGoodwin, Williams and Yates has a long history of working closely the U of A and providing jobs for College of Engineering graduates. According to company...
by Camilla Shumaker | Oct 4, 2011 | College Achievements, Fall 2011
Jamie Hestekin and his team of engineering students have won Planet Forward’s Innovator of the Year contest. As one of two Innovators of the Year, Hestekin and his team will be featured on Planet Forward’s website for the next 12 months, as they work on a method of...
by taoka | Oct 4, 2011 | Fall 2011, Features
In order to facilitate the shift to Common Core State Standards curricula, a program called the University of Arkansas Engineering & Mathematics Partnership will provide curriculum workshops and evaluations for 6th-8th grade math teachers in the Northwest Arkansas...
by taoka | Oct 4, 2011 | Fall 2011, Features
The Engineering Research Center is getting a $2.5 million renovation over the next 18 months. The College of Engineering will pay for the project over the next four years with research incentive funds. Twenty percent of the funds designated for the renovation will be...
by Camilla Shumaker | Oct 4, 2011 | College Achievements, Fall 2011
What if the circuits in your computer had their own agenda? As Jia Di, associate professor of computer science and computer engineering, explained, hardware designers could easily insert malicious functionalities into their designs, and these could steal information...
by Camilla Shumaker | Oct 4, 2011 | College Achievements, Fall 2011
On a trip to Yaoundé, Cameroon in 2009, Christophe Bobda, associate professor of computer science and computer engineering, noticed that the roads were crowded with old cars. The emissions from these vehicles were filling the air with pollution, and Bobda became...