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Focus On Faculty
Focus on Faculty is a Speakers' Series for UT Arlington faculty, begun during 2002-2003 to provide a forum for outstanding faculty to share their research and achievements with students, faculty and staff of this campus and with the citizens of Arlington. Speakers are invited who have received major awards for research, teaching or service. Every school and college is represented in a two-year cycle.
Jeff L. Howard, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of Urban and Public Affairs The emergence of climate change and other global environmental problems has important implications for our understanding of scientific, technical, and professional expertise. How have our systems of knowledge production, technological innovation, and professional practice made it possible for our civilization to fundamentally disrupt the natural systems on which our success and survival depend? What does this disruption imply about the political character of supposedly non-political forms of expertise? Now what? Dr. Howard received the UT Arlington Service Learning Award in 2009. He was a founding co-chair of the President’s Sustainability Committee, on which he continues to serve. His efforts heightened awareness of our institutional responsibility to preserve the environment and support a sustainable economy. With his students, he developed a report on the university’s carbon footprint, which serves as the starting point for the Committee's nascent effort to plan effective means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. His research in the School of Urban and Public Affairs focuses on the troubling role of scientific and technical experts in democratic society’s failure to develop in environmentally sustainable fashion. For more information contact Tommie Wingfield at wingfield@uta.edu or 817.272.2658. This program is free and open to all, reservations are not required.
Dr. J. Ping Liu – Associate Professor of Physics Permanent magnets are the oldest functional materials in human civilization. However, the applications of permanent magnets are still rapidly growing today. As the key materials for energy conversion in many modern machineries and devices, stronger permanent magnets can be a solution to the current energy crisis. To produce the next generation of permanent magnets based on nanoscale composite structures, a systematic research has been carried out in our UTA Nanostructured Magnetic Materials Research Group and very encouraging progress has been made in the past several years. A reception will follow the talk. Dr. Liu received the Outstanding Research Achievement or Creative Accomplishment Award, University of Texas at Arlington, 2008; is the leader of the Nanostructured Magnetic Materials Group; and has $6+ million in funded research to his credit. This program is co-sponsored by Pi Kappa Phi. For more information contact Tommie Wingfield at wingfield@uta.edu or 817.272.2658. This program is free and open to all, reservations are not required.
Thomas R. Marshall, Ph.D. Presidential elections may seem unpredictable. However, their outcome is influenced by a handful of key questions, such as the electoral map, candidate quality, funding, and the economy. How do Barack Obama and John McCain compare on key questions in next month's presidential race? Thomas R. Marshall, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science. He served as consultant for Statistical and Polling Data; Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO.; Senator Chris Harris and Representative Kent Grusendorf. His article "Handicapping the Race for the White House" appeared in UTA Magazine in 2004. For more information contact Tommie Wingfield at wingfield@uta.edu or 817.272.2658. This program is free and open to all, reservations are not required.
Myrtle Bell, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Management Diversity is an increasingly popular topic, and perceptions about diversity are influenced by life experiences, socialization, stereotypes, and misperceptions. Diversity in Organizations uses research evidence to dispel erroneous ideas and focus attention on accurate and relevant aspects of diversity, increasing opportunities for equality and inclusion in an increasingly diverse world. Myrtle P. Bell, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Management and author of Diversity in Organizations. Her research has appeared in leading academic journals including Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Group and Organization Management and others. She is chair of the Gender and Diversity in Organizations (GDO) division of the Academy of Management and is editing a special issue of the Academy of Management Learning and Education Journal on "Diversity Training and Education: What We Know and Need to Learn." For more information contact Tommie Wingfield at wingfield@uta.edu or 817.272.2658. This program is free and open to all, reservations are not required. Robert Magnusson, Ph.D., Texas Instruments Distinguished University Chair in Nanoelectronics, Department of Electrical Engineering Nanophotonics refers broadly to the science and technology associated with the manipulation of light on a nanoscale. We conduct research on control of light by use of periodic elements with nanoscale features. We model these elements theoretically in detail and then fabricate them to verify their response experimentally. The research impacts laser technology, communications, information technology, electronics, and medical sensors. Robert Magnusson is the Texas Instruments Distinguished University Chair in Nanoelectronics and Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. He received the Ph. D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Arlington in 1984. There, he established instructional and research programs in optics and developed major experimental facilities in photonics and nanotechnology. He was Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington during 1998-2001 and Professor and Head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Connecticut 2001-2006 and Professor there 2006-2008. He has served as associate editor of Applied Optics and Optical Engineering and as general chair for the Diffractive Optics and Micro Optics topical meeting. Current research focus is on theory and experiment of periodic nanostructures, nanolithography, nanophotonics and -electronics, nanoplasmonics, and optical bio- and chemical sensors. With his students and colleagues, Prof. Magnusson has authored nearly 300 journal articles and conference papers. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering). He is a recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal and an elected member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Free and open to all. Light refreshments will be served. The First Six Months: a Look Back and a Glimpse of the Future. Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt earned his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Iowa State University and his B.S. degree with high honors in chemistry from the University of Arkansas. Prior to his appointment, he had served as dean of the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas, where he led the effort to increase external funding from $14 million to $27 million and to expand the number of endowed chairs and professorships from one to 25 - all fueled by $74 million in fundraising. He has published and lectured extensively throughout his career, served as consultant for Shell Chemical Company, Sanyo Chemical Company and Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical. He has received numerous honors and awards, including the Alumni Association Award in Teaching and Research from the University of Arkansas. For more information, contact Tommie Wingfield at wingfield@uta.edu or 817.272.2658. This program is cosponsored by Phi Kappa Phi Past Speakers 2007/2008
Paul B. Paulus, Ph.D. Sandra Brown Richard V. Francaviglia, Ph.D., Michael L. Varner, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Music Dr. Wei-Jen Lee
James Spaniolo Laurin Porter Past Speakers 2005/2006
David Keens
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