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NTXIA Announces Urban Resilience Fellowship Program, Partners with University of Texas at Arlington and University of Texas at Dallas to Provide Innovative Solutions to Localized Issues

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Thursday, March 21, 2024
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This pioneering initiative aims to nurture emerging leaders and equip them with the knowledge and skills needed to address critical challenges facing the North Texas Community.

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  • This pioneering initiative aims to nurture emerging leaders and equip them with the knowledge and skills needed to address critical challenges facing the North Texas Community.
  • The program connects students from universities and higher education institutions across Dallas Fort Worth with community and industry partners.
  • This inaugural pilot program kicked off this semester at UTA and UTD and is the first of its kind championed by NTXIA.
  • These future-looking solutions will allow our communities to address complex regional challenges that will continue to improve the overall resiliency of North Texas."

TRU Simulation Awarded the Multi-Engine Training System Ground Based Training System Contract

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Friday, March 1, 2024
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TRU Simulation announced today the company has been awarded the Multi-Engine Training System (METS) Ground Based Training System (GBTS) contract by Naval Air Warfare Center – Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD).

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  • TRU Simulation announced today the company has been awarded the Multi-Engine Training System (METS) Ground Based Training System (GBTS) contract by Naval Air Warfare Center – Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD).
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240229824322/en/
    TRU Simulation Multi-Engine Training System (METS) Ground Based Training System (GBTS) (Photo: Business Wire)
    TRU Simulation + Training Inc., an affiliate of Textron Aviation Inc. , is a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company that designs, manufactures and delivers high-fidelity training devices and full-motion simulators for civil and defense customers.
  • “We are honored the U.S. Navy has selected TRU Simulation to fulfill its modeling and simulation training needs by leveraging TRU’s history of building high-fidelity training devices,” said Jerry Messaris, vice president and general manager, TRU Simulation.
  • The TRU Simulation team is pleased to support them in this mission.”
    The contract was awarded through a full and open competition.

UT Dallas To Lead $30 Million Battery Initiative

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
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The Energy Storage Systems Campus will leverage and stimulate over $200 million in private capital, intellectual property and technology-based economic development.

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  • The Energy Storage Systems Campus will leverage and stimulate over $200 million in private capital, intellectual property and technology-based economic development.
  • The BEACONS center will focus on four main goals:
    Optimizing existing battery systems, including integrating robotics and automation into manufacturing.
  • In addition, the initiative will provide access to facilities to help entrepreneurs design, develop and demonstrate novel energy storage systems.
  • The initiative is a prototype for collaboration, said Dr. Joseph Pancrazio , vice president for research and innovation at UT Dallas and co-principal investigator on the project.

Lucid Hearing Launches Tala™ Hearing Aid - Sleek, Discreet Design Offers Wireless Streaming and Patented LucidShape® App Control

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
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FORT WORTH, Texas , Aug. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucid Hearing, LLC announced today the release of its latest hearing aid – Tala™, noting that the product is the highest premium option in the company's OTC product line. The Fort Worth-based market leader and global provider of advanced hearing technology and audio solutions said Tala initially will be sold on lucidhearing.com and at Best Buy, with multiple retailers, being added to distribution in the coming months. Tala's price will be $1,299, and future products with the company's new proprietary Precision Directional Listening System (PDL) will be added to the line to address the full spectrum of hearing loss – whether mild to moderate, or more severe.

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  • "Tala is innovative, discreet and powerful and uses our most advanced technology released to date," said Steve Iseberg, VP of Innovation for Lucid Hearing.
  • "This product's discreet design will make it popular among individuals who have mild to moderate hearing loss, and who want a solution that doesn't look like a hearing aid.
  • Additionally, like all of Lucid Hearing's premium OTC products, Tala can be upgraded to a custom programmed prescription hearing aid solution.
  • This is something that is unique to Lucid Hearing and our continuum of OTC and prescription hearing aid products," Griffin explained.

RobotLAB Expands “AI, Robotics & the Future of Work” Lineup

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Thursday, July 6, 2023
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RobotLAB , the world’s premier robotics integrator that has delivered impactful business innovations and solutions for more than 15 years, has added to its lineup of experts for next week’s highly anticipated “AI, Robotics & the Future of Work” summit on Wednesday, July 12, at 11 a.m. (CT).

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  • RobotLAB , the world’s premier robotics integrator that has delivered impactful business innovations and solutions for more than 15 years, has added to its lineup of experts for next week’s highly anticipated “AI, Robotics & the Future of Work” summit on Wednesday, July 12, at 11 a.m. (CT).
  • The educational event will discuss the transformative potential of AI and robotics in the workforce, highlighting both the challenges and opportunities such technologies present.
  • The expanded “AI, Robotics & the Future of Work” lineup now includes:
    11:00 a.m. – Morning Stand Up with RobotLAB team covering various department projects and statistics.
  • To improve the availability of robotics access nationwide, RobotLAB recently launched a first-of-its-kind robotics integration franchise program in 40 U.S. states, with remaining states expected to finalize before the end of 2023.

RobotLAB to Hold “AI, Robotics & the Future of Work” Summit

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Wednesday, July 5, 2023
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RobotLAB , the world’s premier robotics integrator that has delivered impactful business innovations and solutions for more than 15 years, proudly announces its “AI, Robotics & the Future of Work” summit scheduled for Wednesday, July 12 at 11 a.m. Central Standard Time.

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  • RobotLAB , the world’s premier robotics integrator that has delivered impactful business innovations and solutions for more than 15 years, proudly announces its “AI, Robotics & the Future of Work” summit scheduled for Wednesday, July 12 at 11 a.m. Central Standard Time.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230705305429/en/
    RobotLAB will host its "AI, Robotics & the Future of Work" summit on Wednesday, July 12 at 11 a.m. Central Time.
  • “Bear Robotics eagerly anticipates this occasion to engage in an open dialogue with esteemed peers, innovators, and researchers about the unfolding realities at the crossroads of AI and robotics.
  • To improve the availability of robotics access nationwide, RobotLAB recently launched a first-of-its-kind robotics integration franchise program in 40 U.S. states, with remaining states expected to finalize before the end of 2023.

NACD North Texas Announces New Chapter Officers and Board Members for 2023–2024

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Friday, June 30, 2023
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The NACD North Texas Chapter , the advocate for the profession of directorship, today announced the election of new officers and board members for 2023–2024, effective July 1, 2023.

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  • The NACD North Texas Chapter , the advocate for the profession of directorship, today announced the election of new officers and board members for 2023–2024, effective July 1, 2023.
  • Ray Hemmig has been elected as board chair of the NACD North Texas Chapter.
  • “It is an honor to be in the chair role for the NACD North Texas Chapter’s board of terrific corporate board leaders and our amazing chapter partner sponsors,” Hemmig said.
  • Buechele had prior leadership roles in the NACD North Texas Chapter before his selection as treasurer.

$40 Million Gift from Harry W. Bass Jr. Foundation Names School at UT Dallas

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023
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RICHARDSON, Texas, May 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Harry W. Bass Jr. Foundation has made a $40 million gift to The University of Texas at Dallas to support the School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology (AHT). The landmark gift – which will name the school the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology – will build upon the school's dynamic foundation to create new and expanded opportunities for students, faculty and the broader community.  

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  • RICHARDSON, Texas, May 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Harry W. Bass Jr. Foundation has made a $40 million gift to The University of Texas at Dallas to support the School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology (AHT).
  • The landmark gift – which will name the school the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology – will build upon the school's dynamic foundation to create new and expanded opportunities for students, faculty and the broader community.
  • The Harry Bass Foundation was established by petroleum entrepreneur Harry W. Bass Sr. in 1945 to support Dallas charitable and religious organizations.
  • The gift also supports UT Dallas' ongoing New Dimensions: The Campaign for UT Dallas , which aims to raise $750 million for transformative opportunities for students, research and the arts on campus.

SoCalGas Partners on Project Seeking to Decarbonize Commercial, and Industrial Uses with Hydrogen and Hydrogen Blending

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) is collaborating with GTI Energy to study the use of hydrogen and hydrogen blending in hard-to-decarbonize commercial and industrial processes, continuing its efforts to help the company and California achieve net-zero aspirations.

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  • The aim of the project is to study the use of hydrogen in heavy equipment, blended with natural gas up to 100 percent hydrogen, with an emphasis on end-uses that cannot easily be electrified.
  • The focus of the study will be on costs, safety, and emissions reductions when introducing hydrogen in commercial and industrial uses.
  • SoCalGas has awarded $752,000 to help fund the project, which is in addition to a $1.77 million grant approved by the California Energy Commission in July 2022.
  • After identifying those uses, the project team will then test commercial and industrial equipment fuel blending up to 100 percent hydrogen.

Karthik Kumar Added to UTD's FD-Tech Center Advisory Board

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023
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RICHARDSON, Texas, Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) has announced the addition of Karthik Kumar to the Board of Advisors for its Center for the Management of Financial and Digital Asset Technologies (FD-Tech Center) within in the Naveen Jindal School of Management.

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  • RICHARDSON, Texas, Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) has announced the addition of Karthik Kumar to the Board of Advisors for its Center for the Management of Financial and Digital Asset Technologies (FD-Tech Center) within in the Naveen Jindal School of Management.
  • Kumar is the EVP & COO of LendArch, an innovation think tank leading the U.S. Mortgage industry towards disruptive digital and cognitive solutions.
  • Kumar is an advocate for youth mental health and Member of The Board of Advisors for Sky Schools.
  • Dr. Vijay Mookerjee, Charles and Nancy Davidson Chair from Naveen Jindal School of Management—UTD expressed, "We are delighted to welcome Karthik to the advisory board of the FD-Tech Center.