Sos Agaian named UTSA’s 2014 Innovator of the Year

UTSA President Ricardo Romo, Vice President for Research Mauli Agrawal and the UTSA Office of Commercialization and Innovation recognized eight UTSA faculty members yesterday at the university’s second annual Innovation Awards luncheon. The UTSA Innovation Awards program recognizes UTSA researchers who have contributed to the university’s entrepreneurial ecosystem by securing patents and/or commercial licenses to
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SWE and ASME dedicate their 2014 Monster Mash Pumpkin Smash trebuchet to Dean Browning

Last week, The University of Texas at San Antonio’s Student Chapter of Society of Women Engineers and American Society of Mechanical Engineers dedicated their 2014 Monster Mash Pumpkin Smash trebuchet to Dr. JoAnn Browning, dean of UTSA College of Engineering. This year marks the 6th Annual Monster Mash Pumpkin Smash where engineering students design and
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Inaugural Biomedical Research Symposium to be held November 8

The University of Texas’s Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) is hosting their first Biomedical Research Symposium on November 8, 2014, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the HEB UC Ballrooms 1 and 2. “Anyone who is interested in medical research or medicine is invited to attend,” said Jean Yun, president of the Biomedical Engineering Society
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Jamshidi featured on national radio broadcast

  College of Engineering’s Dr. Mo Jamshidi, Lutcher Brown Endowed Chair and professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, spoke about his System of Systems Engineering work on the Peggy Smedley Radio Show last week. To listen to the broadcast, click here. The Peggy Smedley Show is a weekly radio show that helps
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COE to host Monster Mash Pumpkin Smash Nov. 1

Event includes a STEM Fest celebration for families The UTSA College of Engineering and its Student Council will host the sixth annual Monster Mash Pumpkin Smash and STEM Fest from 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 1 in the Valero Energy parking lot adjacent to the UTSA Main Campus. The event, which is free and
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BME undergraduates win awards at 2014 COS Research Conference

The UTSA College of Sciences held the 2014 Research Conference “Excellence in Basic and Translational Science Research” at the HEB University Center on October 3, 2014. Several biomedical engineering undergraduate students presented their work in the form of judged poster presentations. The following BME students won awards. Marissa Wechsler (Class of 2015), 1st place, Regenerative
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San Antonio Life Sciences Institute (SALSI) Clusters in Research Excellence Award Winners

The Offices of the Vice President for Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA) are pleased to announce the grant award for the FY2015 Clusters in Research Excellence. The Clusters in Research Excellence program will develop strategic research clusters at UTSA
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Interdisciplinary engineering team awarded 290K from USDA

Story contributions by Deborah Silliman Wolfe and Krystel Castillo/College of Engineering The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a four-year, $290,000 grant to The University of Texas at San Antonio to support the Water Treatment, Agricultural-logistics, and Renewable Energy (WeARE) systems project. Krystel Castillo, Ph.D., Sc.D., assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and
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WeARE Systems Scholarship

Are you interested in… Receiving a scholarship, paid summer internship, mentorship from faculty in Water and Renewable Energy? Enhancing your RÉSUMÉ with differentiated credentials? Becoming a GREEN engineer?  The $1,000 scholarship is open to all undergraduate students who have completed 2 years of their programs in the Mechanical or Civil Engineering departments.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            In addition to
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iTEC partners with BHP Billiton to bring energy camps to Cuero Boys and Girls Club

Story by Deborah Silliman Wolfe/College of Engineering The University of Texas at San Antonio College of Engineering is teaming up with BHP Billiton to provide free energy camps to children in Cuero, Texas on Oct. 13. The camps are funded by a donation from BHP Billiton and will be taught at the DeWitt County Boys and
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