Roadrunners You Should Know: Student demonstrating leadership during first year at UTSA
Thursday, 11 June 2020
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JUNE 11, 2020 — First-year Top Scholar and Honors College student at UTSA Tristan Pepper has been named a participant in the Fulbright United Kingdom Summer Institute. The prestigious award recognizes promising first- and second-year students for their academic potential and ability to serve as a cultural ambassador to the United States. The award will
- Published in Biomedical Engineering, COE Announcements
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Five Roadrunner scholars honored with NSF fellowships
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
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MAY 27, 2020 – Two current UTSA students and three recent graduates have received the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship. This fellowship program nurtures innovation and leadership in the United States, according to the NSF, by recruiting and supporting outstanding students with high potential. The distinguished fellowship is awarded to outstanding graduate students
- Published in Biomedical Engineering, COE Announcements
Engineering student shine at the University Life Awards
Friday, 24 April 2020
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(April 24, 2020) – Several College of Engineering students and one COE student organization were honored at the 44th Annual UTSA University Life Awards on Thursday, April 23. The University Life Awards recognize outstanding students, student organizations, staff and faculty for their contributions to the quality of student life at UTSA. College of Engineering students
Two Honors College juniors receive prestigious Goldwater scholarship
Monday, 06 April 2020
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APRIL 6, 2020 — UTSA students Naomi Alyafei and Christian Strong have been awarded the 2020 Barry Goldwater Scholarship, one of the oldest and most prestigious scholarships for natural sciences, engineering and mathematics students in the United States. The Goldwater Scholarship Foundation awarded 396 scholarships to college sophomores and juniors around the nation who were identified
- Published in Biomedical Engineering, COE Announcements, News, UTSA COE
Bizios elected to the prestigious Academy of Athens
Thursday, 05 March 2020
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MARCH 5, 2020 – Rena Bizios, the Lutcher Brown Chair Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UTSA, was elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Athens, Greece on Feb. 20. In ancient Greece the academy was established by Plato, the student of Socrates. In modern Greece the Academy of Athens was established
- Published in Biomedical Engineering, COE Announcements, General, News
College of Engineering welcomes key new faculty
Tuesday, 11 February 2020
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FEBRUARY 6, 2020 — The UTSA College of Engineering welcomes new faculty Mario Flores and Karina Vielma for the spring 2020 semester. Flores joins the college as an assistant professor and is the first joint appointment between the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering. Flores has a
Anson Ong elected fellow, biomaterials science and engineering
Tuesday, 14 January 2020
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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
- Published in Biomedical Engineering, COE Announcements, General, News, UTSA COE
Researchers’ nanodisk could restore function for Lou Gehrig’s disease patients
Thursday, 05 December 2019
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Dec. 5, 2019 — For decades the renowned English physicist Stephen Hawking lived with a motor neuron disease until his death last year. People who suffer from this condition lose functionality of brain cells that control essential muscle activity, such as speaking, walking, breathing and swallowing. To help individuals afflicted by MNDs, UTSA has embarked on
- Published in Biomedical Engineering, COE Announcements, News, UTSA COE
Bizios named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Thursday, 05 December 2019
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Dec. 5, 2019 — Rena Bizios, Lutcher Brown Chair and professor of biomedical engineering at UTSA, has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. The honor recognizes Bizios for demonstrating a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and
- Published in Biomedical Engineering, COE Announcements, News, UTSA COE
UTSA adds Master of Science in Biomedical Technology Commercialization
Tuesday, 03 September 2019
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(Aug. 29, 2019) — The College of Engineering and College of Business at UTSA are collaborating to offer a joint Master of Science degree program in Biomedical Technology Commercialization, beginning in the Spring 2020 semester. “With advances in biomedical technologies and the need to have diverse and interdisciplinary knowledge for commercialization of developed technologies and
- Published in Biomedical Engineering, COE Announcements, News, UTSA COE