The College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas

📣Last Chance to Register!!

The College of Engineering invites you to a Virtual Open House event regarding Graduate School.🎓

Have you been thinking about graduate school, but you aren't sure where to start? Maybe you would like to know more and then decide. Here's a great opportunity to get all the information you need, wherever you are! 👍

Scan the QR code or click the link to register:
https://applygsie.uark.edu/register/virtual_open_house

⭐ Industrial Engineering Renames Degree to Reflect Evolving Analytics Curriculum ⭐
The degree program name change follows a comprehensive revision of the undergraduate program. These changes were made to meet the increasing demand for analytics expertise among industrial stakeholders. This revamped curriculum places a greater emphasis on computing, modern data analysis techniques, early training in mathematical modeling and more application-driven courses in operations analysis, engineering and improvement.
LEARN MORE: https://bit.ly/New-Degree-Name-BSIEOA

⚙️⛺It's been an exciting summer for College of Engineering campers!

This summer we welcomed 475 young engineers from 1st to 11th grade across Arkansas, marking a 31% increase📈 in participation! Held in 8 locations, including new partnerships in Springdale & Bentonville, these camps provide hands-on experiences that ignite a passion for STEM.⚛

From First Lego League to the Engineering Summer Academy, our programs guide students through foundational to advanced engineering concepts. We aim to inspire Arkansas' youth to pursue STEM education and build a strong future in engineering.

Thanks to our sponsors like Aerojet Rocketdyne, Arconic, Endless Summer, Energizing AR, Future Fuel, Lockheed Martin, MarTREC, Phillips 66, Toro Intimidator and others, for making this possible!



Pictured: Computer science student Paul Tribble, a student ambassador for the College of Engineering, poses for a selfie with campers at the Inside Engineering camp in Morrilton in July.

Congratulations to Jordan Baumberger, one of sixteen greeted and congratulated on the Razorbug Diploma Tour, a traveling celebration around the state to highlight the accomplishments of students who studied online for a degree.

The presentation took place June 18 at the Entergy facility on the banks of Lake Dardanelle in front of the cooling tower of Arkansas Nuclear One. Arkansas Nuclear One supplies power to 730,000 customers in 63 counties in Arkansas.

Baumberger earned his mechanical engineering bachelor's degree from the U of A in 2009 and went to work for Entergy. He initially enrolled in the graduate certificate in project management offered online by the College of Engineering in 2018 because he wanted to make a change in his career path. He used the hours he took for the project management graduate certificate to fulfill classroom training requirements to receive a Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute, an international credentialing body. He was promoted to senior project manager in 2020 with both the PMP certificate and the U of A certificate in hand.

University of Arkansas - Master of Science in Operations Management
University of Arkansas Department of Mechanical Engineering
Entergy Arkansas
🔗https://engineering.uark.edu/news.php?id=70847

🎉 Congratulations to Lineus Medical! 🎉

The company has been awarded the 2023-2024 University of Arkansas College of Engineering Small Employer of the Year! 🏆

This prestigious award recognizes the outstanding achievements and significant impact that Lineus Medical has made in the career readiness, development, and support of the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas.

Vance Clement, CEO of Lineus Medical and industrial engineering alum, shared, "Our headquarters are within a stone's throw of the University of Arkansas. We have worked with many U of A interns over the years and have always been impressed with their maturity and the business skills they bring to the job. We try to contribute not only by providing internships and jobs but also by guest lecturing and bringing some real-world experiences into the classroom for all the students. We are proud to be recognized for our efforts by the College of Engineering."

📣The College of Engineering invites you to a Virtual Open House event regarding Graduate School.🎓

Have you been thinking about graduate school, but you aren't sure where to start? Maybe you would like to know more and then decide. Here's a great opportunity to get all the information you need, wherever you are! 👍

Scan the QR code to RSVP or the link is: https://applygsie.uark.edu/register/virtual_open_house

Congratulations to Jennifer Haney, one of sixteen greeted and congratulated on the Razorbug Diploma Tour, a traveling celebration around the state to highlight the accomplishments of students who studied online for a degree.

Jennifer, pictured second from right, is joined by her family to celebrate earning a Master of Science in Operations Management at her home in Magazine (Logan County). Phil Jones, an instructor in the College of Engineering, presented Haney with her framed diploma June 17 on the Razorbug Diploma Tour organized by the Global Campus.


🔗 https://engineering.uark.edu/news.php?id=70835

📢 Attention International College of Engineering PhD Students! 📢

We have an exciting program tailored just for you!

👨‍🔬 Mentorship Program: Get paired with experienced STEM mentors who understand the unique challenges and opportunities you face as an international PhD student. They'll guide you through your journey.

🤝 Networking Opportunities: Connect with fellow students, faculty, and industry professionals to build a robust support network.

💼 Career Development: Participate in career discussions and skill-building workshops to prepare you for success in your field.

📩 Learn More: Interested in joining the program? Email Caleb Hatz at [email protected] for more information.

Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to enhance your PhD experience and advance your career!

🌟 Celebrating Success in Medical Research! 🌟

Our engineering faculty and students are making remarkable strides in medical research, and we're proud to highlight these talented award winners from a recent conference:

🌟 Alexis Applequist — Most Impactful Research
📘 Mentor: Kartik Balachandran

🌟 Anelisse Claros Mendieta — Best Presenter
📘 Mentor: Jeffrey Wolchok

🌟 Arianna Ortega Sanabria — Best Poster
📘 Mentor: Ranu Jung

🌟 Amira Amin — Committee Pick for Engagement
📘 Mentor: Will Richardson

Your dedication and innovation are truly inspiring. Keep making a difference! 🎉🔬

🔗: https://news.uark.edu/articles/70721/

Did you know!?

All parking lots on the U of A campus have been renumbered!

Be sure to check out the parking map before you return to campus.

🔗https://news.uark.edu/articles/70748/campus-parking-lots-have-been-renumbered

🎓🌟 to our outstanding students who earned top academic honors at the U of A for the spring 2024 semester! 🏆📚

📜 The Chancellor’s List honors undergraduates who achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA during the semester, while the Dean’s List recognizes those with a GPA between 3.75 and 4.0.

🔍 Check out the full lists on our academic awards webpage! They can be sorted by name, college, degree, major, hometown, state, or country. 🌍

🔗https://news.uark.edu/newsroom/awards/chancellors-deans-list?year=2024&term=Spring

📢Calling all students involved in summer research projects! This is your chance to showcase your hard work at the poster session in Bell Engineering rooms 3008 and 4008.

📅Tomorrow, July 18 from 2-4 p.m. the UA Power Group is hosting an Undergraduate and Research Experiences for Undergraduates summer research poster session.

If you're interested in participating, reach out to Karin Alvarado at [email protected] to secure your spot.

All members of the faculty, staff, and student body are welcome to attend and show their support! 🌟 🔬📊

Future College of Engineering Graduate Students! Join us for a special lunch on Wednesday, September 25 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm in BELL 4008. It's a fantastic opportunity to connect, share insights, and get a taste of the vibrant community waiting for you. Don't miss out—register to attend now! Have questions? Reach out to Petra Martin at [email protected]. We look forward to meeting you!

Register: https://slate.to/lhZ3YKkD

The College of Engineering wishes our Razorback community a safe and happy Fourth of July!

Sandra Eksioglu, associate dean for research in the College of Engineering and Mary Savin, head of the horticulture department brought together faculty from both colleges, providing them with a platform to network, share research and form teams aimed at pursuing external funding. Next, they established the Engineering Applications in Agriculture program, an internal seed funding program, to support the newly formed teams.

Five winning teams in the first Engineering Applications in Agriculture program were awarded $25,000 each to carry out their projects. Over the next year, they’ll conduct research to put their ideas into action.

“When the teams later submit their work to the National Science Foundation, or the U.S. Department of Agriculture, they will be better positioned to make a compelling case and have a higher chance of receiving funding,” said Eksioglu.

Pictured: Mechanical engineering master’s student Justin Dykstra, left, works with Cengiz Koparan, assistant professor of precision agriculture technology in the agricultural education, communications and technology department. Koparan is one of 10 University of Arkansas System faculty members who was recently awarded $25,000 in the first Engineering Applications in Agriculture seed funding program. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo by Paden Johnson)

Full story: https://aaes.uada.edu/news/seed-funding-agri-enginnering/

Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

Did you know that faculty from the College of Engineering and Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences recently met to discuss integrating engineering concepts into calculus classes?

With a shared goal of helping our students be more successful and keeping our 150 Forward strategic plan top-of-mind, Korth initiated the session by outlining two goals: fostering new collaborations and developing calculus problems with engineering applications.

“We aimed to create engaging assignments that resonate with students,” Korth said. “When students encounter relevant applications, the information becomes more meaningful and accessible, leading to greater achievement.”

https://engineering.uark.edu/news.php?id=70672

NASA awarded an EPSCoR grant worth $750,000 to the "III-Nitride Ultraviolet Laser Diodes for Harsh Environments, Space-Based Communications, and Remote Sensing" project. The initiative focuses on enhancing high-data-rate communications between satellites and Earth, particularly for deep space missions.

Morgan Ware of University of Arkansas Electrical Engineering and Computer Science serves as the lead scientific investigator for the project.

The long-term focus is on advancing communications technology in advanced semiconductor research, which spans multiple scientific disciplines and industries.
If successful, the technology could greatly speed up satellite-to-satellite or deep space communications. According to Ware, "there is a growing need for high data transfer rates from very distant systems. Having the capability to watch pseudo-live video feed from the Mars rovers, for example, would make future explorations there significantly more productive."

Full story: https://engineering.uark.edu/news.php?id=70647

The National Science Foundation has awarded Ranil Wickramasinghe and Karthik Nayani a five-year $500,000 grant to develop a regional workforce training hub in Arkansas. Wickramasinghe, a Distinguished Professor, and Nayani, an assistant professor, are both faculty in the Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Arkansas.

This Skills Training in Advanced Research & Technology (START) site hosted by the Membrane, Science, Engineering and Technology Center (MAST Center) will train the regional workforce on biopharmaceuticals-related projects. Over the course of the award, students from two-year institutions will participate in ongoing MAST Center projects in biopharmaceuticals and receive mentoring to prepare them for industrial internships.

Full story: https://engineering.uark.edu/news.php?id=70611

University of Arkansas Department of Chemical Engineering

Happy first day of summer!

Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas to inform the slaves of their freedom, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Although it was only recently recognized as a federal holiday by the U.S. government, this has been a day of celebration and reflection in communities across the world for over 100 years.
Today, we take time to honor the struggles, essential contributions, and diverse experiences of the African American community members.

Five U of A researchers affiliated with the UA Power Group were honored in the recent Stanford University report as being among the top 2% of the world's scientists!!

Learn more about the ratings and scientists: https://engineering.uark.edu/news.php?id=70604

Pictured clockwise from top left: Yue Zhao, Alan Mantooth, Jingxian Wu, Juan Carlos Balda and Xiangbo Meng.

University of Arkansas Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Arkansas Department of Mechanical Engineering

Congratulations to Adedolapo Ogungbire, a civil engineering Ph.D. student and research assistant at the ZeRo lab. Ogungbire has been honored with the Tau Beta Pi Graduate Fellowship for the 2024-25 academic year. This prestigious fellowship highlights outstanding engineering students for their academic excellence, leadership and dedication to the engineering profession.

"I'm truly honored to be selected as a recipient of the Tau Beta Pi Graduate Fellowship," Ogungbire said. The $10,000 fellowship will significantly support his ongoing research and professional growth. Ogungbire noted, "A substantial portion of the fellowship funds will be used to acquire essential resources for advancing my studies. Additionally, the fellowship will support travel grants, allowing me to attend key research conferences to gain new insights and share my work within the academic community."

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Arkansas

Congratulations to Younghye Song, assistant professor of biomedical engineering in the U of A's College of Engineering! Song has recently been awarded a $2.5 million National Institutes of Health R37 grant from the National Cancer Institute to investigate the role of metabolic rewiring in breast tumor innervation.

"This R37 award allows my lab to dive deeper into understanding breast tumor innervation, which has been linked to worse prognosis with higher rates of metastasis," Song said. "We aim to use tissue engineering approaches and resources available at the Arkansas Integrative Metabolic Research Center (AIMRC) to understand better why more nerve fibers are seen in aggressive breast tumors, and how we can use this understanding to develop new therapeutic strategies to curb metastatic progression.

Read more: https://engineering.uark.edu/news.php?id=70595

🏆 Burak Eksioglu, professor of industrial engineering, was awarded the title of fellow at the recent annual conference of the IISE - Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers held May 18-20 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
A recognized leader within IISE, Eksioglu has received numerous research and teaching awards. Fellow is the highest classification of membership with in the organization.
Congratulations, Dr. Burak! 🎉
https://bit.ly/IISE-Conf-Eksioglu-Fellow-Award

You're invited! Join us at the Fayetteville Public Library on June 13 from 5 to 7 pm for a community engagement conference and learn about medical research at the University of Arkansas! This event includes exciting poster presentations, interactive demonstrations, and networking designed to share our work with the Northwest Arkansas Community, engaging and inspiring all ages.

Learn more and reserve a spot: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1st-annual-biomed-engage-conference-tickets-915873080037?aff=oddtdtcreator

📣Campers!! We've got a few spots left!

The College of Engineering is hosting its annual girls' transportation engineering summer day camp, GirlTREC, at the U of A campus July 8-12.

The camp is designed for sixth and seventh-grade girls with a focus on hands-on activities related to transportation engineering. The activities consist of transportation-related field trips (train ride, virtual reality driving, drone in action) interacting with industry experts and engaging with engineering faculty and students.

Learn more and apply: https://engineering-camps.uark.edu/camps/girl-trec.php

Future College of Engineering Graduate Students! 🍽️ Join us for a special lunch on Wednesday, September 25 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm in BELL 4008. It's a fantastic opportunity to connect, share insights, and get a taste of the vibrant community waiting for you. Don't miss out—register to attend now! Have questions? Reach out to Petra Martin at [email protected]. We look forward to meeting you! 🌟

Register: https://slate.to/lhZ3YKkD

The College of Engineering looks forward to welcoming Provost Terry Martin back as an electrical engineering professor, effective June 30, 2025.

Martin holds a Ph.D. in engineering and master's and bachelor's degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Arkansas. He has conducted research in control systems, digital signal processing, intelligent control, and power electronics. He has contributed to 47 research publications, and he has received several awards for teaching excellence and service to students.

In addition to holding several leadership roles within the University of Arkansas, Martin has served in various leadership capacities with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Region 5 and the Industrial Electronics Society. He is a life senior member of the IEEE and a life member of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. He was also inducted into the Arkansas Academy of Electrical Engineers, and he is a peer reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission and has served as a program evaluator for the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).

More about Martin: https://engineering.uark.edu/news.php?id=70544

University of Arkansas Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Congratulations to civil engineering Ph.D. student Arna Nish*ta Nithila, who has received the prestigious WTS Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship from the Kansas Chapter. This award recognizes her outstanding academic achievements, commitment to transportation engineering, and efforts to promote diversity.

Full story: https://engineering.uark.edu/news.php?id=70532

Pictured: left to right - Heidi Thummel, WTS KC Chapter Board of Directors; Arna Nish*ta Nithila, U of A civil engineering Ph.D. student

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Arkansas

Earlier this month, the U of A Black Employee Resource Group, honored its trailblazers and trendsetters who have demonstrated exceptional resilience in leadership at the BERG — Building Excellence, Resilience and Growth — Awards Ceremony.

Our former Director of Engineering One-Stop, Adrienne Gaines, was awarded the Legacy Award. The Legacy Award is bestowed upon an individual whose contributions have left an indelible mark on the organization and its members. This person has not only achieved personal success but has also lifted others, leaving a legacy of excellence and mentorship that will influence generations to come. Their long-standing commitment and profound influence resonate as a testament to their deep commitment to the group's values and mission.

To learn more about the other BERG awardees, read the full story: https://engineering.uark.edu/news.php?id=70494