Courtesy The American Society of Civil Engineers Samer Hassan Dessouky, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, an associate professor in civil and environmental engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio, who has more than 18 years of experience in highway construction materials, sustainability, and safety, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.

Future Roadrunners will get a glimpse into life at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), Saturday, April 1 during UTSA Day. From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Main Campus will be bustling with activities and information sessions for prospective and admitted students and their families to learn about academics and campus life.

Congratulations to the UTSA ASCE Steel Bridge team who won 1st place overall at the 2017 Texas-Mexico ASCE Student Symposium which took place this past weekend in El Paso. They will be headed to Nationals in Oregon this May.

Congratulations to Monique Wimberly, Graduate Programs Coordinator in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, for being the February 2017 Staff Appreciation Award recipient.  Monique was nominated by her co-worker Xuan Uribe, who wrote, “Monique found ways to effectively use time and resources to serve a growing student body by establishing new efforts, updating existing

David Akopian, professor of electrical and computer engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), and his team of talented students have created a series of automated messaging systems that can simulate human conversation, known as “chat-bots,” with the intention of promoting smoking cessation and healthier living. It’s estimated that cigarette smoking kills

As part of San Antonio Startup Week, over 20+ teams of #UTSA students gave their best 90-second elevator pitch for their start-ups ideas. Their ideas covered a wide range of medical devices, apps and everything in-between. Participants were judged on a number of factors including their business plan, technology and presentation skills. This event was

More than 20 teams of University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) students gave their best 90-second elevator pitch for their start-up ideas this week as part of San Antonio Startup Week. Their ideas covered a wide range of medical devices, apps and everything in-between. They were judged on a number of factors including their

COE students Ruben Asebedo, Patrick Stockton and Kasai Omar attended the National Security Technology Accelerator (Hackathon) hosted by the MD5 division of the U.S. Department of Defense on Feb. 24-26 in Austin. The team competed with 26 other teams comprised of engineers/scientists from around the U.S. – and only 2 of the teams were made

The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) has awarded $1,000 scholarships to 10 students to conduct research with a UTSA mentor. The funds will be disbursed at the end of the semester, when students have completed their projects. The following students have been awarded the scholarship. Congratulations! Drishya Dahal Mechanical Engineering Trash Bot Mentor: Pranav Bhounsule,