By Arjun Karki Algorithms are vessels mastered by humankind in order to solve its problems. While much is said in the media of these seemingly magical catch-alls for complicated computer processing, less is understood about them by the general population. One must first comprehend journey that algorithms took to get to where they are now. […]
Part II: What’s Next for Solar Energy?
December 14, 2017 by
By Courtney White Editor’s note: This is the second story in a series by TheHub@TTU’s staff examining the state of energy in Texas. The solar energy industry is expanding rapidly due to new processes and innovations developing all around the world. Janie McNutt, President of Solar Chef International and SolarTech Energy, said she has seen […]
If You Can Draw It, You Can Print It
November 1, 2016 by
By Amanda Castro-Crist The items laying across the top of the desk in the Texas Tech University Libraries Makerspace have one thing in common. The bracelets, a chess set, scale models of buildings and two small double-Ts were all printed or created using 3-D technology in the new Makerspace area in the library. The technology includes 3-D […]
From Zombies to Vaccines: Research as Art
February 26, 2016 by
Texas Tech requires renovated and new buildings to feature public art. The art is often related to a building’s function, but The Innovation Hub has made it personal. There, each art piece directly represents a research study conducted at Texas Tech. The images offer insight into fascinating new projects, from undead simulations to the use of […]
Innovation Hub Picking Up Steam
February 26, 2016 by
Tanner Warmoth contributed to this article. With eight commercial tenants and many opportunities for entrepreneurial students, the Texas Tech Innovation Hub is forging ahead as the core of a future research colossus. The building on Fourth Street, which opened in August, cost almost $26 million to build, show documents obtained by the Hub@TTU through a Texas […]
In Body Donation, The Dead Teach The Living
November 6, 2015 by
Large doors open to a clinically bright room, and the harsh chemical smell of formaldehyde permeates the air. A refrigerated unit spans the length of a wall, to hold containers of various sizes, labeled according to the organs and tissue each contains. Used dissection tools fill industrial-sized sinks. Heavy, pitted tables are scattered throughout, some with […]
Bee Allergy-Free (and Pesticide-Wary)
October 10, 2015 by
Brooke Carson was once so sick with recurring infections that she had to take time off of school. Now a graduate student studying media and communication at Texas Tech, she attributes her illness to extreme allergies and her recovery to increased consumption of local honey. “My system just, like, crashed because of allergies, and I developed asthma,” the […]
Physicist Presents Futuristic Multimedia Film, Educates Area Children
February 5, 2015 by
More than 4,000 students from area schools arrived Wednesday at City Bank Coliseum, bouncing with the excitement to watch a futuristic film on their field trip. Organized by Texas Tech University’s Edward E. Whitacre College of Engineering, the College of Visual and Performing Arts, and the College of Education, the coliseum screened “Icarus at the Edge […]
How Robot Competitions Could Help Teach STEM
November 18, 2014 by
Texas Tech is one of the many universities involved in the state’s initiative to get elementary, middle, and high school students engaged and involved in STEM. STEM is an acronym for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. According to the Texas STEM, or T-STEM, Coalition website, many schools work to change teaching and learning methods, increase […]
Science: Is It A Girl Thing?
February 24, 2014 by
On Feb. 21, the Texas Tech Women’s Studies Program welcomed guest scholar Jennifer Glass, Ph.D., to talk about women in science, technology, engineering and mathematic, or STEM fields. Glass, professor in the Department of Sociology and research associate in the Population Research Center at the University of Texas, Austin, spoke to a predominantly female group […]
