A problem foundation

UT Arlington in the News – KXAS/NBC 5 included a previously recorded interview with Sahadat Hossain, a UT Arlington associate professor of civil engineering, for its consumer investigation follow-up report into one homeowner’s 3-year fight with a major homebuilder. “Everything suggests they have a problem,” Hossain initially said of foundation…

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Foundation woes

UT Arlington in the News – Sahadat Hossain, UT Arlington associate professor of civil engineering, was interviewed as part of a KXAS/NBC 5 investigation into one homeowner’s building issues. Hossain noted the direction of a crack in a wall and a slope in the home’s backyard as indicators of foundation…

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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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