UTSA Engineering Presentation: February 6, 2020

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Celebrations

Congratulations to Amit Kumar, Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, and his wife on the birth of their son, Pragnay (pictured), on December 6, 2019. Heather Shipley, Burzik Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, and her husband welcomed their baby girl, Emily Joy, on January 5, 2020. Congratulations!
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Faculty Spotlight: Nehal Abu-Lail

Nehal Abu-Lail is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering. Please tell us about yourself.I am a female from Nazareth, Palestine, the eldest of six siblings, five girls all of whom are engineers and a boy who is an applied mathematician. My father was an Arabic teacher and my mom
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Researchers collaborate to improve urban infrastructure resilience

JANUARY 23, 2020 — Data shows that 82% of the U.S. population lives in urban areas, and it is projected that the percentage will increase to 90% by 2050. The size of the populations in urban centers is creating demands that overwhelm the capacity of infrastructures, particularly in times of distress.  Researchers at UTSA are working
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Celebrations

Congratulations to Chris Combs, Dee Howard Endowed Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department, on the birth of his daughter, Norah, on January 4, 2020! 
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Faculty Spotlight: Mehdi Shadaram

Mehdi Shadaram is the Interim Chair for the COE Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and the Briscoe Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Please tell us about yourself.After finishing my undergraduate degree in electrical engineering, I immigrated to the US in 1977 in order to continue my education. After receiving my
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Anson Ong elected fellow, biomaterials science and engineering

JANUARY 14, 2020 — Anson Ong, associate dean of administration and graduate programs in UTSA’s College of Engineering, has been elected to the International College of Fellows of Biomaterials Science and Engineering. He will be recognized at the World Biomaterials Congress in Glasgow in May.  The honor of the status as a fellow of biomaterials
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Staff Spotlight – Marivel Guerrero

Marivel Guerrero is the Business Service Center Manager for the College of Engineering’s Business Service Center. Please tell us about yourself.I grew up in San Antonio, graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School, and received my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from The University of the Incarnate Word. I have the BEST parents. I have a son, who
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Following a passion for math and problem solving at UTSA

Dec. 30, 2019 — When the time came for Argali Moctezuma to graduate from Northside ISD’s Brandeis High School, she knew she wanted math and problem solving to be a part of her future.  “I’m from Mexico and English is my second language, so math has always been easier for me because it’s the same language,” Moctezuma
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Adolfo Matamoros honored as SEI Fellow

Adolfo Matamoros, Ph.D., FACI, P.E, Peter T. Flawn Distinguished Professor in the UTSA Civil and Engineering Department has been elected as a Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Fellow. Matamoros’ research focuses on design and behavior of reinforced concrete members, fatigue repair in structural steel bridges, and earthquake engineering.  The SEI is a division of the American
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