UNT engineering professor earns $2.7M Department of Energy grant to advance nuclear fuel recycling tech

December 2022 - Mechanical Engineering professor Haifeng Zhang is helping to advance technologies for recycling used nuclear fuel (UNF). As the United States continues to explore ways of offsetting climate change...

UNT gives operational boost to regional manufacturing sector with Department of Energy-backed center

October 2022 - The University of North Texas is set to lead regional manufacturers in bringing more effectiveness and sustainability to their operations as the first university in the North Texas region to...

UNT joins Industrial Assessment Center program funded by DOE

August 2022 - UNT joins 37 accredited universities nationwide funded by the Department of Energy through the Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) program. Dr. Nourredine Boubekri is the founder, Director, and...

Shen named chair of Mechanical Engineering

March 2022 - The UNT College of Engineering has named Mo-How Herman Shen chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Shen joins the college from The Ohio State University where he was a professor of...

Simmons gives gift in honor of father

February 2022 - Denise Perry Simmons, a scientist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, recently made a gift toward the Mechanical Engineering Department Excellence Fund in honor of her father, Fletcher...

UNT reaffirmed as Tier One Research University

February 2022 - The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education™ reaffirmed UNT’s standing as a Tier One Research University in its 2021 report, released Feb. 2. Only 141...