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Industry News - September 2018

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SME Awards Jaeheon Lee $300K to Support Tenure and Promotion

Funding helps MGE professor support students and work toward tenure.
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Lunewave Is Pitching a New Sensor Offering Better Vision for Autonomous Vehicles

Technology invented in the UA College of Engineering and supported by Tech Launch Arizona provides improved radar systems for the automotive industry using inexpensive, high-performing, 3D-printed Luneburg lenses.
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From UA Engineering to SpaceX to West Point and Back: A Q&A With Ricardo Valerdi

Systems engineering professor talks rocket science, cybersecurity and the importance of teamwork.
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Summers Worth Sharing: What Four UA Students Did This Summer

When summer comes to Tucson, students scatter to the four corners of the world for once-in-a-lifetime experiences as interns and in study-abroad programs.
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UA Named One of the Nation's Top 50 Public Institutions

The UA earned its highest overall mark in the U.S. News & World Report ranking since 2011, placing 46th among public institutions in the Best Colleges 2019 guidebook.