Two civil engineering faculty researchers — Andrew Braham and Sarah Hernandez — have been awarded a $12,500 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.

Each poster described the background and motivation, development, results and future work of a project performed by the student in conjunction with their peers and professors.

The Center for GRid-connected Advanced Power Electronic Systems and newly formed sister centers have created a need for expansion of testing facilities at the Arkansas Technology Park.

Bryn Smernoff, a sociology major, participated in research at the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C., with mentor Patricia Herzog, assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice.

John R. Clark, Distinguished Professor of horticulture, is the sixth recipient of the Plant Breeding Award since it was initiated in 2012 and the first winner in fruit breeding.

Kinan Alhallak, a recent U of A graduate, was the first author on a scientific paper published this summer in the Journal of Biomedical Optics about optical imaging research.

The project, supported by Southern Co. and the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp., will develop custom power equipment to minimize the effects of unbalanced currents in distribution systems.

The National Science Foundation has awarded $450,000 to Jingyi Chen and Lauren Greenlee to develop alternative processes for producing ammonia.

Graduate student David Tolliver began working on a book with Dean Michael Miller before he even enrolled in the interdisciplinary public policy program. Now the book is out.

A variety of environmental problems threaten the world's supply of fresh fruits and vegetables. Marty Matlock and Greg Thoma are part of a team of researchers exploring this problem.