A University of Texas at Dallas materials science and engineering professor has expanded her research on solar cells this year to include machine learning techniques through the Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship. Jindal School Student Wins Accounting ScholarshipUniversity of Texas at Dallas accounting senior Sidrah Syeda has received a $5,000 scholarship for minority accounting students from the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA). Mary Beth Goodrich, professor of instruction in accounting in the Jindal School, described Syeda as an exceptional student. For more than four decades, the AICPA scholarship program has provided over $14.6 million in scholarships to over 8,000 accounting students. Accolades is an occasional News Center feature that highlights recent accomplishments of The University of Texas at Dallas faculty, students and staff.