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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. –
Brady Cox, assistant professor of civil engineering, examines earthquake damage in Japan |
Civil engineering professor Brady Cox will travel to Haiti Saturday, Jan. 30, as part of a national team of engineers who will study the effects of the massive earthquake that struck the small Caribbean nation on Jan. 12. Cox and seven other members of Geo-engineering Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER), an organization funded by the National Science Foundation to conduct reconnaissance efforts of extreme events such as earthquakes, tsunamis and hurricanes, will gather data to advance understanding of earthquakes and their engineering effects.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The American Society for Testing and Materials, ASTM International, has awarded its Committee E08 Fracture Mechanics Medal to Ashok Saxena, distinguished professor and dean of engineering at the University of Arkansas. The award is presented to individuals who have exerted a profound, positive effect on the development of the scientific discipline of fracture mechanics.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – After an extensive review, involving stakeholders from inside and outside of the College of Engineering, Provost Sharon Gaber announced that Dean Ashok Saxena has been reappointed for a five-year term through June 30, 2015.
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Jin-Woo Kim, associate
professor in biological and
agricultural engineering |
Jin-Woo Kim, a biomedical engineering researcher at the University of Arkansas, is part of a cutting-edge nanotechnology research group that has discovered a way to capture tumor cells in the bloodstream. The work could dramatically improve early cancer diagnosis and prevent deadly metastasis.
