Two Honors College juniors receive prestigious Goldwater scholarship
Monday, 06 April 2020
by utsaengineer
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
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Engineering team takes first in steel bridge competition
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
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MARCH 11, 2020 — UTSA civil engineering students showed great success as they put classroom knowledge learned to practical use at the American Institute of Steel Construction’s Regional Steel Bridge Competition on March 8 in Arlington. The UTSA Steel Bridge Team placed first overall and took first in the following categories: construction economy, structural efficiency,
- Published in Civil and Environmental Engineering, COE Announcements, News
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
UTSA civil engineering ranks among nation’s most affordable programs
Tuesday, 11 February 2020
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FEBRUARY 10, 2020 — An undergraduate program at UTSA is being recognized for its affordability. The civil engineering bachelor’s degree program landed at the 42nd spot of Affordable Schools’ 50 Best Affordable Civil Engineering Degree Programs list for 2020. Affordable Schools is an online higher education resource that helps students find “high-quality education while avoiding
- Published in Civil and Environmental Engineering, COE Announcements, News
National Academy member Sergio Alcocer joins College of Engineering
Tuesday, 11 February 2020
by utsaengineer
FEBRUARY 6, 2020 — Sergio Alcocer, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, has joined the faculty of the UTSA College of Engineering as a professor of civil engineering. He is a fellow of the American Concrete Institute, former president of the of the Academy of Engineering of Mexico, and was elected to the
- Published in Civil and Environmental Engineering, COE Announcements, 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
Engineering to host NASA expert to shed light on Mars
Tuesday, 04 February 2020
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FEBRUARY 4, 2020 — UTSA will welcome Firouz Naderi, former director of solar system exploration at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to present NASA’s Exploration of Mars; Past, Present and Future, a College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Seminar, on Feb. 7. Mars exploration creates many questions. Was Mars ever habitable 4.5 billion years ago? If so,
Combs receives USAF grant to study effects of hypersonic shock waves
Thursday, 30 January 2020
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- Published in COE Announcements, Mechanical Announcements, Mechanical Engineering, News
UTSA Engineering Presentation: February 6, 2020
Monday, 27 January 2020
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- Published in Civil and Environmental Engineering, COE Announcements, UTSA COE
Researchers collaborate to improve urban infrastructure resilience
Thursday, 23 January 2020
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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