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Ů�Ÿ�������'s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program kicked off with a record 18 students presenting 16 faculty-mentored research projects across multiple disciplines, highlighting the university's growing commitment to undergraduate research and innovation.

Ů�Ÿ������� honored Dr. Xuejun Fan with the inaugural Excellence in Research Award at its Faculty Excellence Awards Banquet, recognizing his globally impactful semiconductor research and contributions to the university’s growing research mission.

Ů�Ÿ������� physics senior Alysa Patteson has been selected as one of just 11 students nationwide for the prestigious DOE-INFN Summer Students Exchange Program, earning the opportunity to conduct nuclear physics research in Italy this summer.

Three Ů�Ÿ������� students have been named David J. Beck Fellows, earning full scholarships and funding to pursue advanced research projects in healthcare and science fields this summer.

Ů�Ÿ������� assistant professor Dr. Maryam Hamidi has received an $830,000 award from the Texas Department of Transportation to lead the next phase of an artificial intelligence-driven system that integrates video, trade and vessel data to improve monitoring and freight analysis along the Texas Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

Ů�Ÿ������� has received a $678,003 grant to launch FLOWS, a three-year program engaging Southeast Texas middle and high school students in hands-on flood education, rain garden projects, and community resilience initiatives.

Two Ů�Ÿ������� students shared the research they completed through the David J. Beck Fellowship, describing how their projects in speech rehabilitation and early neurological disease detection took them to leading research institutions in Chicago and Qatar.

Ů�Ÿ������� industrial engineering professor Dr. Robert K. Bradley and his SHIELD research team won funding to develop a stretchable silicone “skin” to protect robots from harsh environments—a project that has since launched material samples to the International Space Station to study how their smart cladding withstands radiation and space exposure.

Eight Ů�Ÿ������� faculty and former faculty members have been recognized among the world’s top 2% of scientists in their fields, according to the 2025 global rankings released by Stanford University and Elsevier.

Dr. Bryan Proksch, a music history professor at Ů�Ÿ�������, authored a Smithsonian essay exploring how American concert bands have historically embodied and promoted democratic ideals through collective community participation.

Dr. Sushil Doranga of Ů�Ÿ������� has received nearly $200,000 from the NSF to develop a novel nonlinear dynamic modeling framework aimed at improving the reliability and lifespan prediction of chip packaging structures using base excitation techniques.

Texas Academy student Isabella Tran has been selected for the highly competitive Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation High School Summer Program in Biomedical Sciences at MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Ů�Ÿ�������’s 3rd Annual Graduate Research Conference, held on Feb. 12, brought together graduate students, faculty, and staff for a day focused on the theme of "Wellness."

Dr. Glenn Utter, a distinguished professor emeritus of political science at Ů�Ÿ�������, has released his latest book, “Religious Belief and Science,” through Bloomsbury Press. T

The Welch Foundation has awarded Ů�Ÿ�������’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry a $180,000 grant to enhance research, provide scholarships, and support student and faculty development over the next three years.

Dr. Jeff Forret's The Price They Paid exposes the U.S. government's 19th-century efforts to secure reparations for slave owners after shipwrecks, highlighting the stark neglect of justice for emancipated captives.

Several Ů�Ÿ������� faculty members have been named among the world's most-cited scientists in the latest edition of the World’s Top 2% of Scientists List, released by Stanford University and Elsevier.

Dr. Helen Lou of Ů�Ÿ������� has secured $1.44 million from the Department of Energy to lead a project enhancing cybersecurity for the midstream energy industry

Dr. Serdar Ilban and Dr. James Han, faculty members from the Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music at Ů�Ÿ�������, were invited to present their research at the 15th Pan European Voice Conference (PEVoC) held in Santander, Spain.