Shoring up roads

UT Arlington in the News – A UT Arlington program of shoring up failing highway slopes using recycled plastic pins is extending the lives of those roadways, CBS 11 KTVT reported. Sahadat Hossain, a UT Arlington associate professor of civil engineering, is leading the research and work effort with a…

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Making roads stronger

UT Arlington in the News – The Atlantic published an article about Sahadat Hossain, an associate professor of civil engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington and the man behind a new state program to shore up crumbling roads using an underground support system of recycled plastic pins. With…

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Sensors going global

UT Arlington in the News – Two UT Arlington environmental engineers are adapting a sensor system they have developed to boost methane production in landfills to create an alternative energy source in Ghana, the website Azosensors reported. Sahadat Hossain and Melanie Sattler, both associate professors of civil engineering, have won…

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Creating an alternate energy source

UT Arlington in the News – Two UT Arlington environmental engineers are adapting a sensor system they have developed to boost methane production in landfills to create an alternative energy source in Ghana, according to Phys.org. Sahadat Hossain and Melanie Sattler, both associate professors of civil engineering, have won a…

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Stopping soil from shifting

UT Arlington in the News – A UT Arlington civil engineering researcher has won a $1 million state transportation department grant to install pins made from reclaimed and recycled plastic along some of the region’s busiest highways to shore up clay soils that support the roads. Sahadat Hossain, an associate…

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