DECEMBER 13, 2021 – Last week, the Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design (Klesse College) unveiled a gift from the Dee Howard Education Fund and The Dee Howard Foundation. A Dee Howard XR Learjet replica model is now proudly displayed in the lobby area of the Engineering Building’s first floor. Located

DECEMBER 9, 2021 — Former Valero CEO and Chairman of the Board Bill Klesse and his wife, Margie, have committed a transformational $20 million gift to The University of Texas at San Antonio College of Engineering and Integrated Design to advance student success through the creation of new endowments for student scholarships, faculty support and

DECEMBER 8, 2021 — Anson (Joo) L. Ong, the USAA Foundation Distinguished Professor and senior associate dean of administration and graduate programs in the university’s College of Engineering and Integrated Design (CEID), has been named a 2021 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The appointment recognizes the lifetime contributions made by Ong who

DECEMBER 6, 2021 – College students across the country faced unique challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those at the University of Texas- San Antonio turned their experiences into performance art in a project called “Defining Moments.” The college of Liberal and Fine Arts students showcased their stories to an audience of several hundred at the

DECEMBER 6, 2021 — It takes a special person to pursue a master’s degree while married with five children. Life experiences prepared Dean Kaialau ’20 for this challenge, along with the motivation to provide a better life for his family. His six-year higher education journey comes to an end this month when he receives his

Seyed Sasan Khedmatgozar Dolati, doctoral candidate in Civil Engineering in the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Construction Management (CECM) won the PEER (Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center) 2021 RC Column Blind Prediction Contest, organized by the University of California, Berkeley. The reinforced concrete column was subjected to a history of lateral deformation simulating

NOVEMBER 24, 2021 — Senior UTSA engineering and architecture majors showcased their solutions to many of humanity’s grand challenges at the Fall 2021 Tech Symposium on Tuesday, November 23. The event, sponsored by the College of Engineering and Integrated Design (CEID), was back to a bustling, convention-style setting in the H-E-B Student Union Ballroom following a

November 19, 2021 – UTSA biomedical engineering students are partnering with professional biomedical engineers at San Antonio-based Nvision Biomedical to get real-world experience in medical design. Throughout the semester, 17 students enrolled in Orthopedic Medical Device Design have designed and fabricated biomedical implant devices to address the health concerns of a hypothetical patient. Earlier this

NOVEMBER 16, 2021 — Football players at a local high school are benefitting from innovative concussion research developed by the UTSA College of Engineering and Integrated Design. With expertise in concussion and helmet design, assistant professor Marzieh Hajiaghamemar and assistant professor of research Morteza Seidi of the UTSA Department of Biomedical Engineering are combining their knowledge to come up with

NOVEMBER 3, 2021 – Dr. John Murphy, Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director of UTSA’s Global Studies Center Italy, was recently awarded the title of Outstanding Alumni from Texas A&M’s College of Architecture. Murphy, who graduated with a B.S. of Building Construction (’82), M.S. of Construction Management (’83) and Ph.D. in Architecture (’93) from the