The top 2019 Faculty Excellence winners in each category are from left, Jin Wook Lee, for Teaching, Mariya Khodakovskaya, for Research and Creative Endeavors, and Alicia Mitchell, for Public Service. Photo by Benjamin Krain.

Lee, Khodakovskaya, and Mitchell named Faculty Excellence Award winners

University of Arkansas at Little Rock professors Dr. Jin Wook Lee, Dr. Mariya Khodakovskaya, and Alicia Mitchell have been named the 2019 winners of the Faculty Excellence Awards.  Continue reading “Lee, Khodakovskaya, and Mitchell named Faculty Excellence Award winners”

Rajat Singh. Photo by Ben Krain.

Doctoral student earns scholarship to present research on muscle synergy adaptation

Rajat Emanuel Singh, a doctoral systems engineering student at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, earned a scholarship to present his research on muscle synergy adaptation at the IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference.  Continue reading “Doctoral student earns scholarship to present research on muscle synergy adaptation”

Victor Ruiz is shown with solar panels that he works with at his internship. Photo by Ben Krain.

Veteran Looking Forward to Future Career as Engineer Exploring Renewable Energy

Victor Ruiz, a senior systems engineering major at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has a lot to be thankful for. He’s a U.S. Air Force veteran with a beautiful wife and two young daughters. Now in his last semester as a systems engineering major, Ruiz is looking forward to a future career where he explores his passion for renewable energy.  Continue reading “Veteran Looking Forward to Future Career as Engineer Exploring Renewable Energy”

Hercules the alpaca

NuShores Biosciences receives $1.7 million grant to study bone regeneration technology

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock spin-off company, NuShores Biosciences, LLC, has received a $1.7 million grant to study how NuShores’ bone regeneration technology can be applied in craniofacial tissues.  Continue reading “NuShores Biosciences receives $1.7 million grant to study bone regeneration technology”

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UA Little Rock instructor leads project to develop STEM education tool

Ben Rainwater, instructor of systems engineering with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, will lead a project at Brown Engineers to create a water engineering computer simulation for students in grades six through 12.  Continue reading “UA Little Rock instructor leads project to develop STEM education tool”

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UA Little Rock team attends Clinton Global Initiative University

Three University of Arkansas at Little Rock students attended the Clinton Global Initiative University Oct. 13-15 at Northeastern University in Boston to discuss their design of a water pump to provide clean drinking water to a rural village in Haiti.  Continue reading “UA Little Rock team attends Clinton Global Initiative University”

Nine college students from India completed six-week internships in cutting-edge research areas at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock this summer. The students also visited Gov. Asa Hutchinson at the Arkansas Governor’s Manson in Little Rock. Pictured, from left to right, are Yash Dutt Sharma, Yashshree Anil Patil, Tanya Gupta, Rajeev Sugandhi, Shubham Gupta, Sachin Sharma, Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Seshadri Mohan, Rahul More, Rahul Sharma, Vatsal Gala, Mohan Patle, and Varad Anil Deshpande.

Indian students complete summer research program at UA Little Rock

A group of nine students from India completed internships in cutting-edge research areas at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock this summer.  Continue reading “Indian students complete summer research program at UA Little Rock”

The UA Little Rock team behind IntelliNexus consists of Sachin Sharma (left), a Ph.D candidate in systems engineering, Dr. Seshadri Mohan (middle), professor of systems engineering,and Muhammad Baig Awan (right), who earned his doctorate in systems engineering in December 2016.

Innovation Hub awards UA Little Rock team $25,000 in funding

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock systems engineering team received $25,000 in funding through the the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub Delta I-Fund program for its start-up company, IntelliNexus, to create a high-tech social networking solution for cars. Continue reading “Innovation Hub awards UA Little Rock team $25,000 in funding”

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Donaghey Scholars start bone marrow donor registration organization on campus

Two University of Arkansas at Little Rock students are giving back through a campus organization that has resulted in hundreds of new participants in the Be The Match registry, a global bone marrow registry operated by the National Marrow Donor Program. 
Continue reading “Donaghey Scholars start bone marrow donor registration organization on campus”