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 a million-dollar grant from the state department of transportation, Hossain is now beginning to implement the plastic pin solution on two other Texas Highways, Routes 183 and 360. “Eventually, the idea is going to catch on internationally,” he says. “I’m confident.”