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EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD UT Arlington REINVENTING THEMSELVES Four alumni DESTINATION DOWNTOWN With its one-of-a- professors are part of a transportation team describe how UT Arlington prepared them to kind vibe, downtown Arlington has become determined to improve traffic in North Texas succeed in professions vastly different from a hot spot for eclectic dining, live music, and by merging massive amounts of data. p. 18 their original ones. p. 22 vibrant nightlife. p. 26 UTATHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTONrlington MAGAZINE | SPRING 2013 Nano Defenders UT Arlington researchers are developing tiny technology to strengthen homeland security TRUCK STOP The food-truck craze rolled onto campus during the spring semester. Parked on the Central Library mall, the mobile meal providers offered Korean barbecue, sliders, cheesesteak sandwiches, and vegetarian selections. Contents Spring 2013 Features FACULTY 10 Cedrick May and Julie McCown TAMING TRAFFIC 18 discovered a significant piece UT Arlington civil engineers of early African-American are merging massive amounts literature tucked away in the of data to ease congestion Yale University Library. on North Texas roadways. FUTURE 13 CAREER SWITCH 22 Aerospace engineering More and more people are Professor Cheng Luo changing careers these days. envisions a day when you Meet a Wall Street financier can roll up your laptop like turned children’s advocate a newspaper. as well as three other alumni who chose UT Arlington to prepare them for professions vastly different from their original ones. GALLERY 14 The Gallery at UTA featured public art from DFW Interna- tional and Love Field airports. SPORTS 17 It didn’t take long for Serbia Deep in the heart native and All-American OF arLington 26 Bozidar Antunovic to shatter With its restaurants, records in the shot put. performance venues, and budding nightlife, downtown Arlington has become a dining and entertainment Alumni News destination. And UT Arlington TEXAS-SIZED IMPACT 34 played a major role. About 127,000 alumni live in Texas and provide a stream of SMALL-SCALE SECURITY, well-prepared employees for FULL-FORCE DEFENSE 30 high-demand fields. Since the 9-11 attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., homeland security has taken center stage. A new research initiative aims to protect the country using nanotechnology innovations. Columns CHELSEA ROFF 36 TALK 7 After overcoming an eating After serving in Afghanistan, disorder, Chelsea Roff ’10 is Ben Carroll has found success thriving as a writer and speak- as cadet commander of er in Southern California. the Maverick Battalion. UNIVERSITY GIFTS 43 CRASH COURSE 9 Last year nearly 6,500 donors Theater students create made gifts and pledges to demons and more in their UT Arlington totaling a record special-effects makeup class. $18.8 million. Email ONLINE RESTRAINT the magazine does a terrific I repeatedly tell my children job. Both content and style UTArlington to be careful about what they are informative, colorful, and Vol. XXXV • No. 2 • Spring 2013 post on Facebook and Twitter, enthusiastic. When I finish so I was delighted to read with each issue, I take it to the EDITOR your story, “Too Much Infor- exercise room at the YMCA Mark Permenter mation,” in the winter issue. where I exercise several times I made them read it so they a week and put it on the ASSISTANT EDITORS Jessica Bridges could understand that the magazine rack for all those Jim Patterson information you present on OU and OSU fans and alums Amber Scott social media sites can follow to enjoy! you to the workplace. I realize EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS GLORIA EYRES JOHNSON that these online communica- gram in 1953. Present UTA ing. I am grateful to Arlington Herb Booth Oklahoma City, Okla. tion avenues have a purpose students might moan when State College and its succes- John Dycus Drew Harris and place, but there are also they learn that in the 1950s, sor, UT Arlington. Bridget Lewis dangers involved. Thanks for tuition costs for a Texan were CLOSER TO HOME REV. LESTER H. DUMER Teresa Newton bringing that to light. only $25—not per hour, but I just wanted to write in to say Traci Peterson Warsaw, Ill. for a full schedule of classes. I how much my husband and I Kristin Sullivan RICK BRUMFELD received my associate degree love receiving the magazine! Houston, Texas and planned to earn a bach- CATCHING UP Some of our fondest memo- ART DIRECTION Brody Price elor’s degree and become I was a little late reading ries are from our time as Joel Quintans LIFETIME OF LEARNING a high school director of the winter 2012 edition of undergrads at UT Arlington, Compared to the 12-year-old distributive education. But the alumni publication, as I and we’re so proud to see how UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHERS wunderkind featured in the the Divine intervened. In 1964 have done some traveling the school has grown and Robert Crosby winter 2012 issue, I feel very I graduated from Concordia and enjoyed a busy holiday continues to grow. It’s won- Beth McHenry humble. But my years at the Theological Seminary with a season. As always, though, derful to be able to show our ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR Arlington institution have Bachelor of Divinity degree the publication was a treat to kids what an awesome college COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING played an important role in and have served 48 years as read. It is fun to catch up with their parents attended. On P. David Johnson my long life. I used my G.I. Bill a parish pastor in four states. people we knew during our top of that, we just moved to funds to enroll in Arlington The practical philosophy of many years at UT Arlington Florida and we miss Arlington VICE PRESIDENT State College’s industrial ASC led me by the hand to a and also to be introduced to and Texas very much. Getting FOR COMMUNICATIONS mechanical engineering pro- lifetime of learning and serv- the new additions. The staff of the magazine here helps us Jerry Lewis feel just a little closer to home. PRESIDENT Thanks for putting together James D. Spaniolo such a great publication. from the Editor UTArlington Magazine is published Message UMMA ALI ’99 three times a year by University In his acceptance remarks at the 2012 profit to prevent child abuse, the aircraft Orlando, Fla. Communications for all alumni, as Distinguished Alumni Gala, honoree mechanic turned airline executive, the well as for faculty, staff, and friends Wayne Watts suggested we call UT Ar- engineer who’s now a nurse, and the mili- of the University. Reproduction in MAVERICK LEGACY lington the University of Opportunity. tary veteran who became a teacher. whole or in part without written My daughter was Supergirl in permission is prohibited. His reasoning? A top-notch education You’ll read about Maverick Battalion the article (winter 2012 issue) combined with great value and support Commander Ben Carroll, who went from about the students visiting The comments and opinions helps students from all walks of life earn a self-described directionless community expressed in this magazine do sick children in the hospital. degrees and pursue their career dreams. college student to a straight-A scholar. not necessarily represent I enjoyed all the articles and Watts himself is a shining example. Carroll is ranked in the top 1 percent of those of The University of Texas especially the cover story on The first in his family to attend college, the nation’s nearly 6,000 Army ROTC at Arlington or the staff of the UTA president. I am a UTA UTArlington Magazine. he graduated in 1976 with a bachelor’s cadets. He graduates in May and plans alumna, and our daugh- Copyright © 2013, The University of degree in business administration and to start his own business. ter transferred to UTA last Texas at Arlington. An equal oppor- went on to law school. He’s now the Then there are those who help the semester from the University tunity/affirmative action employer. senior executive vice president and gen- University provide opportunities. Like of North Texas and is loving it. eral counsel for AT&T, overseeing all legal Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, ON THE COVER It looks like great things are matters for the communications giant. whose record $7.5 million gift will aid A new research center aims to happening at UTA! protect U.S. borders through This issue of your magazine is full of researchers battling disease. Like the advancements in nanotechnology. similar stories of alumni, students, and 6,500 benefactors in our annual honor SHANNON LYND ’91 Photograph by Adam Voorhes. faculty who are capitalizing on the op- roll of donors, whose generosity fuels Arlington, Texas portunities UT Arlington affords them. advancements in the classroom, labora- In “Career Switch” we examine the tory, and beyond. YOUR THOUGHTS? growing trend of professionals who Their commitment ensures that, at Send letters to the editor change occupations. You’ll meet four the University of Opportunity, anything to [email protected], alumni who chose UT Arlington to is possible. or comment on magazine prepare them for their new careers: the content at uta.edu/ Wall Street banker who started a non- – Mark Permenter utamagazine. CAMPUS YouTube AARON NEVILLE With a stirring blend of R&B and soul, Grammy-winning singer Aaron Neville entertained a College Park Center crowd in the final presentation of the 2012-13 Maverick Speakers Series. Billed as “A Night With New Orleans Music Legends,” the evening featured jazz leg- end Ellis Marsalis. Neville’s solo career has produced four platinum albums and a string of hits, including “Tell It Like It Is” and “Everybody Plays the Fool.” He also has recorded with his brothers, Art, Charles, and Cyril, as The Neville Brothers.