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• Overweight toddlers most at risk

  - 2008-02-01

  Overweight toddlers and those not enrolled in day care are at high risk for iron deficiency, maintain nutritional researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. Based on data from a national survey, their study states that 20% of overweight toddlers are iron-deficient, compared to eight percent of...

  Tags: anemia, Dallas, food, Manufacturing, MARKETING, University of Texas

• The Manufacturing Systems and Automation Lab at the University of Texas at San Antonio Selects the Omnitrol WIP Appliance for Research, Education, and Training in Network-Centric Manufacturing Environments

  - 2007-12-13

  Omnitrol Networks announced today that the Manufacturing Systems and Automation Laboratory of the University of Texas at San Antonio is developing a test-bed for automatic identification (Auto-ID) applications in manufacturing based on the OMNITROL WIP appliance.

  Tags: manufacturing, network, training, University of Texas

• The 2006-2007 ASME fellows ...(Memis Acar-Mark A. Kedzierski)

  - 2007-11-01

  Memis Acar [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Memis Acar has been a researcher and faculty member for 30 years. He has written over 120 journal and conference papers. He recieved over two million dollars in grant money from national and international sources. Acar has...

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• UT Launches New Executive Degree in Advanced Manufacturing

  - 2007-09-11

  The University of Texas today announced the Advanced Manufacturing Program MSE AM will be offered by the Department of Mechanical Engineering in conjunction with the Advanced Manufacturing Center. Upon completion of the program requirements (a total of 33 credit hours resulting from eight semester-long courses, 24 credits),...

  Tags: Advanced, Austin, Manufacturing, Strategy, Texas, training, University of Texas

• Plastic with changeable conductivity.(TECHNOLOGY UPDATE)

  - 2007-06-01

  Dr Yueh-Lin Loo, a researcher at The University of Texas at Austin, USA, has modified a plastic so its ability to carry an electrical current can be altered during manufacturing to meet the needs of future electronic devices. Loo, an Assistant Professor of Chemical...

  Tags: Austin, chemical, Manufacturing, researcher, University of Texas

• Dribble quibble: experiments find that new basketball gets slick

  - 2006-11-04

  A dispute in professional basketball about a new ball has bounced its way into a physics lab. A study launched last month at the University of Texas at Arlington compares a controversial plastic ball introduced in preseason games this summer by the National Basketball Association NBA with the previous standard--a...

  Tags: coefficient, friction, Games, Manufacturing, NBA, physicist, University of Texas

• Perfect timing

  - 2006-09-01

  Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have discovered a curious aspect relating to the timing of food consumption. They trained mice to eat at a time they normally would not and, in doing so, found that food "turns on body-clock genes in a particular area of...

  Tags: food, gene, HARDWARE, Manufacturing, Mice, mouse, University of Texas

• At the crossroads: the Texas/Mexico border economy at Cameron County and Matamoros

  - 2006-06-01

  "There is no choice in whether the border region will grow or not. If we closed the border tomorrow--every bridge in South Texas all the way to El Paso and if we stopped migration from the North--we would still have 230 percent growth in 30 years. ... we need to...

  Tags: education, entrepreneurial, Entrepreneurship, job, manufacturing, Mexico, Strategy, talent, Texas, training, University of Texas, workforce

• Fundamental skills.(letters)(Letter to the editor)

  - 2006-04-01

  To the Editor: Mark S. Hutchenreuther (Letters, December 2005) wondered if current students appreciate CAD programs and have used pencil and paper in drafting class. All of the University of Texas engineering students are required to take introductory engineering courses (for example, ME 302:...

  Tags: CAD, Databases, Manufacturing, SOFTWARE, University of Texas

• New Study Shows Melatonin in Walnuts Protective Against Cancer and Heart Disease

  - 2005-09-13

  SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Many think melatonin is something you can take to fall asleep after long airplane flights, but scientists are studying how this powerful antioxidant actually fights diseases like cancer, may impact diseases associated with aging and likely will allow people to live healthier lives. Research at The University...

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