Super-absorbent gauze for combat wounds wins UTSA entrepreneurship competition
Friday, 21 April 2017
by utsaengineer
Chiron, a student team that created a new type of gauze that has increased absorbency to prevent external hemorrhaging, won the top prize at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) $100K Student Technology Venture Competition. The challenge was sponsored by the UTSA Center for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CITE). The team was formed
- Published in Biomedical Engineering, COE Announcements
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Let’s Get Chemical: New program set to launch this fall
Thursday, 20 April 2017
by utsaengineer
Beginning in the fall, students at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) will be able to enroll to earn a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering. Because only a few other undergraduate chemical engineering programs exist in Texas, and just one other in the UT System (UT Austin), this new development at
- Published in Biomedical Engineering, COE Announcements
UTSA student-led team receives NSF grant to develop vein-finding medical device
Thursday, 20 April 2017
by utsaengineer
A student-led team from The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is the beneficiary of a $50,000 grant to UTSA’s CITE program from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the continued development of their infrared medical camera, InfraVein, which makes simple work of finding veins. As a result of the grant, the team
- Published in Biomedical Engineering, COE Announcements
UTSA engineering students recognized with ‘junior Nobel Prize’
Thursday, 20 October 2016
by utsaengineer
The Undergraduate Awards (UA), the world’s largest international academic awards program recognizing innovation and excellence at the undergraduate level, has announced the winners of the 2016 program including Regional Winner, UTSA College of Engineering’s Andre Cleaver; and Highly Commended Entrant, UTSA College of Engineering’s Felipe Flores. The Regional Winner, Cleaver, with his paper “Inverse Finite
- Published in Biomedical Engineering, COE Announcements
Alejandro Morales Betancourt is earning his degree for his son
Thursday, 20 October 2016
by utsaengineer
Meet Alejandro Morales Betancourt. This nontraditional UTSA student is pursuing his biomedical engineering degree to inspire his son. Born in Mexico City, Morales came to Texas in 2007 with his wife and young son, now 12 years old. “Our main motivation was to make sure he could have the best possible education,” Morales said. In
- Published in Biomedical Engineering, COE Announcements
SwRI, UTSA invest in two new joint biomaterial research projects
Wednesday, 06 July 2016
by utsaengineer
San Antonio – July 6, 2016 – Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Office of the Vice President for Research announced two new research projects through the Connecting through Research Partnerships (Connect) Program. The projects are slated to begin Sept. 1, 2016, with each receiving $125,000 in funding.
- Published in Biomedical Engineering, Civil and Environmental, COE Announcements
Dr. Ann Beal Salamone
Monday, 07 March 2016
by utsaengineer
Dr. Ann Beal Salamone, President of Rochal Industries LLP and Advisory Council Member of Biomedical Engineering at UTSA has been elected to the 2016 class of new members to the National Academy of Engineering for development of materials for biomedical applications, personal care, electronics and water purification. Congratulations to Dr. Salamone for her outstanding achievements!
- Published in COE Announcements
Mirunalini Thirugnanasambandam
Monday, 09 November 2015
by utsaengineer
Mirunalini Thirugnanasambandam is an aspiring biomedical engineer who hopes to save lives: Meet Mirunalini Thirugnanasambandam. After receiving her undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering at Anna University in India and her master’s degree in mechanical engineering from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, Thirugnanasambandam decided to continue her education in the UTSA and UTHSCSA joint graduate program
- Published in COE Announcements
Of speaker foam and injured bones
Wednesday, 12 August 2015
by utsaengineer
- Published in Biomedical Engineering, COE Announcements
UTSA, Alamo Colleges partnership provides research opportunities for students
Monday, 21 July 2014
by utsaengineer
- Published in COE Announcements