Research Strengths
Biomedical & Healthcare Engineering
Many life-enhancing breakthroughs in medicine and healthcare delivery result from research combining engineering and the medical sciences.
Electronics
Researchers in this area are developing new materials for circuits and photovoltaic cells, designing and modeling circuits, creating packages that protect and integrate electronic devices and creating and testing new technologies to improve our power grid.
Energy
The broad area of energy has a foundation in electronics, but has expanded to include power systems, energy storage, smart grid innovation, biofuels and oil and gas research.
Materials Science & Engineering
Our college’s innovations in materials science and engineering lead to improved materials to solve technological and societal problems.
Transportation & Logistics
Researchers are looking at distribution, transportation, information technology and software solutions, and maritime and multimodal transportation.
Contact the Office of the
Associate Dean for Research
Heather Nachtmann
Associate Dean for Research and Professor
479-575-5857
hln@uark.edu
Emerging Research Areas
Advanced Manufacturing
Our innovation into modern manufacturing involves technology-driven manufacturing processes, assembly and control technologies, new automation, techniques, design and modeling of systems, process planning.
Cybersecurity
Researchers are looking at increasing digital security and information assurance, especially in the areas of transportation and the power grid.
Data Science
Our data science researchers are exploring real-time data collection and assessment, parallel data processing, machine learning, intelligent search, sensor network architecture and design flow, electronics packaging, and information transmission and processing.
Infrastructure
As a land-grant institution, the U of A has a responsibility to maintain the nation’s water and electric resources, communications and transportation.
Membranes & Separations
Our researchers are exploring membrane materials, characterization, formation, and performance to imporve energy production, water treatment, pharmaceutical purification, and chemical processing.
Water
Research in this area includes water quality, wastewater treatment and watershed management.
Research Centers
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