Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the University of North Texas’s Center for Advanced Research and Technology, known as CART.

This facility, located just north of Denton is in my Congressional district.

Their investment into research provides a unique opportunity to establish an incubator for interdisciplinary research with experimentation in the materials, computer, and engineering scientific fields.

The University’s goal is to provide the capabilities necessary to satisfy the growing technological and engineering needs of the North Texas region and for the talented faculty to advance research on projects of national importance associated with nanotechnology.

The University of North Texas had the foresight to invest in this facility and has taken the first step to serve as the regions research arm for nanotechnology research, which will someday lead to the development of products.

CART will serve as a seat for disciplines that complement the College of Engineering programs in Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Engineering Technology.

Once the CART facility is fully established, it will serve as a focal point for basic and applied research and CART will be the first high-tech, entrepreneurial research and development park in Denton County, one of the fastest growing communities in the United States.

I invite my colleagues to join me in congratulating the University of North Texas’s Center for Advanced Research and Technology facility in their quest to keep America on the cutting edge of scientific research and development.