2019 UTA Engineering Summer Camps and Impact Reports

This summer, UTA Engineering was contacted by Lockheed Martin to host 3 different intensive workshops/mini-camps for coders! The entry group of campers were matched accordingly with a subgroup, which would then last 2-days. These camps included the TexPrep Summer Program, Entry to Engineering Summer Camp, and the Girlgineering Summer Camp!

TexPrep Summer Program

TexPrep is a Prefreshman Engineering Program that is under the under The UTSA Institute for P-20 Initiatives at UTSA. In this summer program, there were over 200 students from the span of 15 different ISDs in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. TexPrep aims to be the premier pre-college program for identifying and supporting secondary students in their pursuit of STEM education. One of TexPrep’s priorities is to improve the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in these fields.

This summer program lasted 6 weeks, which is undoubtedly one of the longer summer programs in comparison to the other camps. Since this camp was longer than the others, it allowed for a larger variety of activities. Some of these activities included speakers (e.g. Alumni Mr. & Mrs. Sutton speaking on Air Traffic Control), hands-on activities (e.g. bridge building then testing), and evacuation drills – a new impending UTA requirement.

To view the 2019 Impact Report on TexPrep at UTA, which includes demographics and feedback, click here.

Entry to Engineering Summer Program

The Entry to Engineering program is a week-long program that gives elementary-/middle school students of all genders an opportunities to explore STEM as career path. This summer program had 30+ students attend from the span of 10 different ISDs in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

Those who attended this program were given the opportunity to express their creativity with new interactive engineering team projects (e.g. edible IE processes), lectures, presentations, and tours. By the end of the program, there was an accumulation of over 8 hours of team projects.

To view the 2019 Impact Report on Entry to Engineering, which includes demographics and feedback, click here.

Girlgineering Summer Program

The Girlgineering Summer Program is a girls-only week-long program that provides girls the opportunity to explore STEM education as a career path. With the program being for girls only, circumstances such as competing with boy for resources, asserting themselves among boys, and being distracted by boys is eliminated. This summer program had 20+ students attend from the span of 10 ISDs from 2 states, Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and Oklahoma in both Norman and Tulsa.

The curious and industrious girls were given many avenues to help absorb and explore STEM. Of these includes new interactive team projects (e.g. The use of drones for disaster recovery), lectures, tours, and other hands-on STEM/STEAM activities.

To view the 2019 Impact Report on Girlgineering, which includes demographics and feedback, click here.

Congratulations to the Winners of the Maverick Entrepreneurship Competition!

Congratulations to Latasha Starr and David Heber James, two of UTA’s Industrial Engineering students, for winning the final pitch competition for the 2019 Maverick Entrepreneurship Program and Award! In return for winning this competition, monetary prizes from the Maverick Entrepreneur Program and Award Fund were given in order to provide financial support for their future efforts in the entrepreneurial world.

Latasha Starr, a doctoral student in UTA’s Industrial Engineering, won $25,000 to fund her company ESTe²M Builders. This company aims to further education through the C3 model. More information concerning the ESTe²M Builders can be reached on their website!

David Heber James, a senior in UTA’s Industrial Engineering, won $15,000 for his company Green Coati Envent System, which focuses on an optimized HVAC system.

To read more on the 2019 Maverick Entrepreneurship Program, ESTe²M Builders, and the Green Coati Envent System, visit this link.

Congratulations to the 4 UTA PhD in Industrial Engineering Graduate Students!

A huge congratulations to the 4 University of Texas at Arlington PhD students, Alireza Fallahi, Ashkan Aliabadi Farahani, Xinglong Ju, and Joyita Mostafa for graduating with the Department of Industrial Engineering this Summer semester!

Dissertations are considered the final assignments for a PhD in Industrial Engineering. This project allows the opportunity for the student to showcase their findings from their independent and original research that will contribute new theories and knowledge to the Industrial Engineering field. As it is the final project, dissertations serve as an accurate portrayal of the culmination of the student’s academic efforts. Once complete, the student will give an oral defense before the committee.

Attached below are the dissertations from the 4 UTA PhD in Industrial Engineering graduates:

Alireza Fallahi:

Click Dissertation

Ashkan Aliabadi Farahani: 

Click Dissertation

Xinglong Ju:

Click Dissertation

Joyita Mostafa: 

Click Dissertation

Michelle Wampler and Carmen VanStone to Present Seminar

UTA’s Administrative Assistant Carmen VanStone and UTA’s Accountant II Michelle Wampler from the Department of Industrial Engineering will be presenting a seminar on UTA travel procedures for PhD students on Monday, September 16, 2019 at 1:15 pm in Nedderman Hall, Room 106.

 

Title: Step by Step Travel Procedures for PhD Students of UTA in the Department of Industrial Engineering

 

 

Author: Michelle Wampler and Carmen Vanstone

Location: Nedderman Hall Room 106

Date: Monday, September 16, 2019

Time: 1:15pm

Abstract:

Become aware of the policies for traveling as a PhD student at UTA by attending this seminar and tackling any confusion such as travel authorization and proper receipts! This seminar will cover all details pertaining to the step by step travel procedures for PhD students of UTA in the Department of Industrial Engineering. Through this presentation, topics such as needed paperwork, deadlines, and ways to achieve an overall smooth travel or reimbursement as needed will be discussed. Those who attend this seminar will also be receiving a copy of the presentation along with any travel forms for future reference.

Biographical Sketch: 

Carmen Van Stone is the Administrative Assistant for the department of Industrial Engineering and has been with UTA for one year.
Her responsibilities include:
· HR for undergraduate and graduate students, and Adjuncts
· Travel
· Reimbursements
· Timesheets
Carmen’s goal is to facilitate the aforementioned processes to IE students and faculty.
You may reach her at carmen.vanstone@uta.edu or 817.272.3169

Michelle Wampler started her career at UTA in the Accounts Payable Department as a Travel and Expense approver. Wampler was there for 5 years and has been in the IE department now for 2 years as the Accountant II. You may reach her at mwampler@uta.edu