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Arkansas Researcher to Receive $1.3 Million NIH Grant to Study Vascular Complications of Diabetes

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. �

A biomedical engineering researcher at the University of Arkansas will receive a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the causes of endothelial cell dysfunction, which significantly contributes to many diabetes-related vascular complications and cardiovascular disorders. The research will help medical researchers better understand the molecular mechanisms for endothelial cell dysfunction and will guide the development of new therapies for diabetes-related vascular problems.
Release Date: 4/15/2008

College of Engineering, Division of Agriculture Host Conference on Renewable, Efficient Energy

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -The College of Engineering and the Division of Agriculture will host the Conference for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 21 at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Enterprise Development on the campus of the University of Arkansas.
Release Date: 4/14/2008

Top Ten Jobs - Engineering is 5 of the 10

Once summer is in sight, students everywhere spend less time outlining their research papers and more time planning their summer vacations. The annual exception is, of course, the class of graduating seniors, whose commencement pushes them into the mythic "real world." They spend the last few weeks of the semester ensuring they can walk across the stage and deciding what they will do that next day.
Release Date: 4/14/2008

Three University of Arkansas Students Named as Goldwater Scholars

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -

Jordan Greenlee
For the sixth consecutive year, three University of Arkansas students have been awarded prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships. Rachel Thomas of Fort Smith, Whitney Gammill of Maumelle and Jordan Greenlee of Oak Ridge, Tenn., are among 321 students in the nation to be named Goldwater Scholars. They will each receive a $7,500 scholarship. All three are juniors and students in the university Honors College.
Release Date: 4/4/2008

Innovative Warehouse Design Concept Implemented by Wisconsin Generator Manufacturer

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -

An innovative, alternative warehouse-design concept developed by a University of Arkansas researcher and his colleague at Auburn University has been implemented by a Wisconsin generator manufacturer. In its newly designed warehouse in Whitewater, Wis., Generac Power Systems built a non-traditional aisle and rack system based on concepts created by Russell Meller, professor of industrial engineering, and Kevin Gue, engineering professor at Auburn.
Release Date: 3/24/2008