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In August, UTA built a landmark 35-foot (11 m) tower at the corner of UTA Boulevard and South Cooper Street with funds left over from construction of the Engineering Research Building. [246] The College Park Center , home to events and UTA's men's basketball , women's basketball and women's volleyball teams, opened in February 2012.
In the mid-1980s, the College of Engineering added three new buildings: Nedderman Hall, the Aerodynamics Research Center, and the Automation & Robotics Research Institute (now known as the UT Arlington Research Institute, or UTARI). The original engineering building, Woolf Hall, was also remodeled.
UT Arlington is the third-largest producer of college graduates in Texas and offers over 180 baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degree programs. [11] [12] UT Arlington participates in 15 intercollegiate sports as a Division I member of the NCAA and Western Athletic Conference. UTA sports teams have been known as the Mavericks since 1971.
David Robert Nygren (born December 30, 1938) is a particle physicist known for his invention of the time projection chamber. [1] He is currently a Presidential Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Ramón E. López (born c. 1959) is a Puerto Rican physics professor at the University of Texas at Arlington whose research focuses on space physics and science education. [1] He is an elected fellow of the American Physical Society (1999) [ 2 ] and the recipient of its 2002 Dwight Nicholson Medal for Outreach for his contributions to science ...
In March 1967, ASC was renamed the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). In 1968, UTA awarded its first master's degrees, all in engineering, and in 1969 hired Reby Cary, the first African American administrator at the university. In 1972, Wendell Nedderman was named president of UTA, ultimately serving for 20 years. During his tenure, the ...
Physics 2019–present Winner of the 2019 Lilienfeld Prize: No [61] Kristen L. Grauman: Computer Science 2007–present Professor; researcher, computer vision and machine learning; elected to UT's Academy of. Distinguished Teachers in 2017 No [62] David M. Hillis: Biology 1987–present 1999 MacArthur Fellow: No Simon S. Lam: Computer Science ...
Many lectures include audience question-and-answer sessions and public meetings or book-signings. Lectures are held either in the College Park Center or Texas Hall on the UT Arlington campus. [2] The Maverick Speakers Series began in August 2008 with New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Thomas L. Friedman. [3]