UTSA researchers close to printing 3D bone graphs
Monday, 17 July 2017
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- Published in Biomedical Engineering
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Graduating Class of 2016
Thursday, 29 June 2017
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Congratulations to the graduating class of 2016 here in the Undergraduate Program for Biomedical Engineering; where we strive elevate our students to be the best they can be to make the most change. More on undergraduate research in Biomedical Engineering. Undergraduate Research “Undergraduate (UG) research is an important component of today’s engineering education. Research experiences
- Published in Biomedical Engineering
UTSA student start-up helps breast cancer survivors regenerate nipples
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
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UTSA graduate students, Bianca Cerqueira and Lauren Cornell ’12, are winning pitch competitions left and right with their new start-up, NovoThelium, which uses bioengineered scaffolds to allow women to regenerate a nipple after a mastectomy. “Right now, the best option for nipple reconstruction is to cut and suture the skin to create this little scar
- Published in Biomedical Engineering, COE Announcements
Jasmine King is an athlete aiming for her Ph.D.
Saturday, 20 May 2017
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(May 8, 2017) — Meet Jasmine King. She’s a talented basketball player who has applied her passion for sports to her quest to earn a Ph.D. A San Antonio native, King knew from a young age that she wanted to pursue higher education. “I was always very passionate about learning,” she said. “When I got
- Published in Biomedical Engineering
Graduating senior Alisa Isaac is an NSF Fellowship Recipient
Monday, 15 May 2017
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Meet Alisa Isaac. She is one of the two UTSA College of Engineering students who received a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. According to the NSF, this fellowship program nurtures innovation and leadership in the United States by recruiting and supporting outstanding students with high potential in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
- Published in Biomedical Engineering
Super-absorbent gauze for combat wounds wins UTSA entrepreneurship competition
Friday, 21 April 2017
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Chiron, a student team that created a new type of gauze that has increased absorbency to prevent external hemorrhaging, won the top prize at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) $100K Student Technology Venture Competition. The challenge was sponsored by the UTSA Center for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CITE). The team was formed
- Published in Biomedical Engineering, COE Announcements
Let’s Get Chemical: New program set to launch this fall
Thursday, 20 April 2017
by utsaengineer
Beginning in the fall, students at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) will be able to enroll to earn a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering. Because only a few other undergraduate chemical engineering programs exist in Texas, and just one other in the UT System (UT Austin), this new development at
- Published in Biomedical Engineering, COE Announcements
UTSA student-led team receives NSF grant to develop vein-finding medical device
Thursday, 20 April 2017
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A student-led team from The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is the beneficiary of a $50,000 grant to UTSA’s CITE program from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the continued development of their infrared medical camera, InfraVein, which makes simple work of finding veins. As a result of the grant, the team
- Published in Biomedical Engineering, COE Announcements
UTSA engineering students recognized with ‘junior Nobel Prize’
Thursday, 20 October 2016
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The Undergraduate Awards (UA), the world’s largest international academic awards program recognizing innovation and excellence at the undergraduate level, has announced the winners of the 2016 program including Regional Winner, UTSA College of Engineering’s Andre Cleaver; and Highly Commended Entrant, UTSA College of Engineering’s Felipe Flores. The Regional Winner, Cleaver, with his paper “Inverse Finite
- Published in Biomedical Engineering, COE Announcements
Alejandro Morales Betancourt is earning his degree for his son
Thursday, 20 October 2016
by utsaengineer
Meet Alejandro Morales Betancourt. This nontraditional UTSA student is pursuing his biomedical engineering degree to inspire his son. Born in Mexico City, Morales came to Texas in 2007 with his wife and young son, now 12 years old. “Our main motivation was to make sure he could have the best possible education,” Morales said. In
- Published in Biomedical Engineering, COE Announcements