Dr. A.T. Papagiannakis selected to present 2019 Carl L. Monismith Lecture

The UTSA College of Engineering is pleased to announce that Dr. A.T. Papagiannakis, Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been selected by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Geo-Institute Board of Governors to present the 2019 Carl. L. Monismith Lecture. This opportunity is awarded annually for outstanding research contributions in pavement engineering. Dr. Papagiannakis is
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UTSA Department of Architecture Spring 2019 Friday Lecture Series

Join us on Fridays for the UTSA Department of Architecture's Spring 2019 Friday Lecture Series. All talks in the series are free and open to the public and held from Noon - 1pm in the Aula Canaria Auditorium (BV 1.328) unless noted differently on the schedule below.
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Dr. Wassim Ghannoum presented two prestigious awards from the American Concrete Institute

Associate Professor Wassim Ghannoum, Ph.D., P.E., of the UTSA College of Engineering’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Department has been awarded the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Henry L. Kennedy Award and the Delmar L. Bloem Distinguished Service Award, bestowed specifically for “dedicated service to the development of a national standard for seismic rehabilitation of existing reinforced
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Electrical and Computer Engineering students place 2nd in ARTBA Student Transportation Video Contest

Congratulations to Electrical Engineering students Zachary Balcar (M.S.) and Ayetullah Biten (Ph.D.), who recently placed second in the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)’s 2018 Student Transportation Video Contest in the safety category. Under the direction of Dr. Samer Dessouky, Civil Engineering, and Dr. Sara Ahmed, Electrical Engineering, Zachary and Ayetullah produced the video
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Construction Science participates in UTSA Involvement Fair

(January 25, 2019) -- Construction science student organization officers Ivan Pacheco and Ricardo Orsua represented the Department of Construction Science in the Involvement Fair that took place at the UTSA Downtown Campus on January 24. Their purpose in attending the fair was to provide interested students with information about the Construction Science and Management degree [...]
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CSM Student Organization Chapters: January 22 Meeting

(January 23, 2019) -- On January 22, the UTSA Construction Science student organizations held their first general meeting of the Spring 2019 semester in the Bartlett Cocke General Contractors Teaching & Research Lab. Prospective student organization members got a glimpse of being involved in Construction Science student organizations at UTSA. Organization officers shared details about [...]
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Parfait Masungi escapes the Congo to find opportunity

Originally posted on Progressive Engineering Magazine News on January 18, 2019. By Milady Nazir Parfai Masungi is one of the lucky ones. At the age of 15, he won a green card lottery visa  and with it, a ticket to leave the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This was his chance to escape the country embroiled
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New STEM designation for UTSA’s Master of Architecture and Master of Science in Architecture program

(January 16, 2019) -- The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Department of Architecture is pleased to announce that the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has designated both the Master of Architecture and the Master of Science in Architecture as STEM programs through a new STEM CIP-code. The Classification of Instructional Programs (or “CIP [...]
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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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UTSA Department of Architecture 2019 Career Fair on February 7

(January 15, 2019) -- On Thursday February 7, 2019, beginning at 9:00 a.m. and running until 5:00 p.m., the UTSA Department of Architecture will be hosting an employee recruitment fair for design firms, companies, governmental agencies, and non-profit organizations in order for such entities to introduce themselves to impending graduates regarding career opportunities that may [...]
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