, ▁Pl anning ▁and ▁Public ▁Affairs . ▁Fund ed ▁through ▁a ▁grant ▁from ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Department ▁of ▁Transport ation , ▁C - T ED D ▁conduct s ▁policy ▁research ▁into ▁the ▁economic , ▁political , ▁and ▁regul atory ▁aspects ▁of ▁America ' s ▁transport ation ▁systems . ▁The ▁Gen om ics ▁Core ▁Fac ility ▁( GC F ) ▁provides ▁U T ▁Ar ling ton ▁with ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁inter dis cipl inary ▁research ▁facilities ▁in ▁North ▁Texas . ▁The ▁Learning ▁In nov ation ▁and ▁Network ed ▁Know ledge ▁Research ▁( LIN K ) ▁Research ▁Lab ▁is ▁a ▁research ▁labor atory . ▁The ▁Science , ▁Engineering , ▁In nov ation ▁and ▁Research ▁( SE IR ) ▁building ▁is ▁a ▁six - story , ▁ 2 2 0 , 0 0 0 - square - foot ▁building ▁completed ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁for ▁$ 1 2 5 ▁million . ▁The ▁SE IR ▁building ▁houses ▁research ▁labor ator ies ▁and ▁ 9 0 0 ▁teaching ▁seats ▁in ▁lecture ▁h alls ▁and ▁class rooms . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁university ' s ▁Research ▁Administration , ▁total ▁research ▁exp end it ures ▁for ▁fis cal ▁year ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁tot aled ▁$ 1 1 7 ▁million . ▁Up ▁ 5 2 % ▁over ▁five ▁years . ▁ ▁Student ▁life ▁ ▁Student ▁profile ▁The ▁U . S . ▁News ▁& ▁World ▁Report ▁consist ently ▁ranked ▁U T ▁Ar ling ton ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁ 1 0 ▁in ▁the ▁nation ▁for ▁ach ieving ▁the ▁most