Combs receives USAF grant to study effects of hypersonic shock waves

JANUARY 30, 2020 — Chris Combs, the Dee Howard Endowed Assistant Professor in UTSA’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, is one of 40 young researchers who will receive a grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research’s Young Investigator Research Program. The three-year grant, totaling $450,000, will support Combs as he investigates the effects of hypersonic shock waves
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Program prepares students for future careers in nuclear security

Nov. 20, 2019 — UTSA is educating and preparing the next generation of scientists and engineers to provide innovative solutions to the grand challenges in nuclear security.  A cross-disciplinary team of researchers led by faculty members in the College of Sciences and the College of Engineering have been awarded nearly $3 million in grant funding
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Advanced Robotics to host first Sumobot competition

Nov. 18, 2019 — UTSA’s Advanced Robotics student organization and the Engineering Student Council will host the first Sumobot competition with the aim of letting participants explore Arduino, an open-sourced electronic platform hardware and software, and have fun while practicing building simple robots. The robots will be composed of solely Arduino components and made of
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Q&A: Mohammadali Sharzehee: Grad student research helps keep hearts flowing

(Jan. 15, 2019) — Mohammadali Sharzehee is a doctoral student in the UTSA Department of Mechanical Engineering who studies cardiovascular mechanics and builds computer simulations to understand how blood vessels operate under adverse conditions that lead to cardiovascular diseases. In 2017, Sharzehee moved from Iran to the United States and started his Ph.D. program at UTSA.
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Dee Howard Fellowship in Mechanical Engineering

Paying Tribute to an Aviation Pioneer: Dee Howard Fellowship in Mechanical Engineering Dee Howard is a legend of the aviation industry in San Antonio, Texas and is internationally recognized for his development and certification of numerous aircraft safety and performance improvements, and refinements in aircraft flight characteristics. Dee began his career in the early recovery years
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Preparing for Chemical Attacks with Improved Computer Models

University of Texas at San Antonio researchers develop tools to predict the dispersal of chemical plumes, pollutants.  Originally published by Aaron Dubrow at Texas Advanced Computing Center on August 21, 2018. Click here to see the original article. On April 4, 2017, the town of Khan Sheikhoun in northwest Syria experienced one of the worst
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2017 Annual Report

The UTSA Mechanical Engineering 2017 Report is now available: ME 2017 Annual Report
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2018 Quick Facts

2018 Quick Facts
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2016 Annual Report

2016 Annual Report
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Research at UTSA: Year in Review

In fiscal year 2016-2017, UTSA grew its institutional research portfolio, engaged more students, and built partnerships with industry and government to expand funded research. As a result, the 2017 fiscal year final research numbers have been the highest to date in UTSA’s history. Total research expenditures increased from US $56.8 million in FY 2016 to
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