by crn002 | Oct 14, 2022 | Fall 2022, Features, Research
When it comes to achieving success, Kartik Balachandran takes an unorthodox view: “Fail fast, fail cheap.” As an associate professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Arkansas, Balachandran specializes in building microphysiological systems – 3D organ...
by crn002 | Mar 11, 2022 | 2022 News, Alumni Stories, College Achievements, Features, In the News
New Harvell Engineering Research Center Seeks to Advance Industry By George Waldon | Monday, Feb. 7, 2022 Grady Harvell, president of W&W/AFCO Steel in Little Rock, has advocated for an improved structures lab for the civil engineering program at the University of...
by crn002 | Nov 17, 2021 | Faculty, Fall 2021, Features, Research
$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...
by crn002 | Oct 14, 2019 | Alumni Stories, Fall 2019, Features
JOHN WHITE, JR. was a terrible encyclopedia salesman. It was the summer of 1959 and the man who would go on to become head of the engineering directorate at the National Science Foundation, dean of engineering at Georgia Tech and chancellor of the University of...
by Camilla Shumaker | Mar 16, 2017 | Alumni Stories, Features, Spring 2017
This apartment complex in Nashville is one of the projects that Torres-Goitia has worked on with JEI. A degree in civil engineering can lead to many different careers, and Javier Torres Goitia works in an industry that many civil engineering students may not have...
by lfickett | Jan 24, 2017 | Features, Spring 2017
The Southwest Experimental Fast Oxide Reactor was built in 1968 near Strickler. It was decommissioned in 1974, and nuclear fuel and coolant were removed. The plant was given to the U of A, which has been trying to get federal funding to dismantle it for more than four...