Category Archives: Faculty
Heaslip Discusses Car Costs and Road Safety on WalletHub
Kevin Heaslip was a featured expert in a recent WalletHub article about the average driver experience in each US state, discussing car costs, road safety, and recent disruptions in the automotive industry.
Penumadu Interviewed on Science Minute
In an interview with UT’s Science Minute podcast, Dayakar Penumadu retraced his journey to UT and discussed three of his current material engineering projects.
Street Smarts: UT Engineers Celebrate Six Years at the Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety
Asad Khattak and three other UT engineers celebrate six years of impactful transportation safety research at the Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety.
Cherry Helps Answer Questions About Lifespan of E-Scooters
While e-scooters have been around long enough to become a common sight in cities around the world, some questions remain […]
Breathing Easy
UT Professor Qiang He leads efforts to mitigate contamination and exposure to hazardous microbes for patients who use nebulizers to receive medical treatment.
Paving with a Plus
UT faculty members Baoshan Huang, Qiang He, and Nick Zhou see an opportunity to reduce plastic waste and tire rubber by incorporating the material into asphalt.
Making the Grade
by Élan Lloyd. Photography by Shawn Poynter. Part of the task of improving the water quality of urban streams in […]
Brakewood Seeks to Boost Post-Pandemic Ridership
UT’s Associate Professor Candace Brakewood and Professor Chris Cherry look for a way to increase public transportation usage in a post-pandemic world.
Fly-by Inspections
Khalid Alshibli led graduate students on how to use remote controlled drones to capture thermal images of steam pipes that help power UT’s infrastructure.
From Shakes to Stability
Associate Professor Nicholas Wierschem is using a shake table to study the effect of earthquakes.