MARCH 18, 2022 – Zahra Rajabi, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering at UTSA’s Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design (Klesse College), has received a Kokes Award from the North American Catalysis Society. This award, valued at over $1000, will allow Rajabi to travel to

MARCH 17, 2022 – UTSA’s Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design (Klesse College) is proud to announce the establishment of the Bexar Chapter: Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE) Endowed Scholarship in recognition of their generous gift of $26,500. The Bexar Chapter of TSPE decided to start this endowed scholarship at

MARCH 11, 2022 — Undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students pursuing degrees in science and engineering will present their research today at the UTSA Center for Advanced Measurements in Extreme Environments (CAMEE) Student Research Spring Showcase. The event is free and open to the public. It will be held in the Biotechnology, Sciences and Engineering Building

MARCH 7, 2022 — Rabiat Sadiq, a freshman pursuing a degree in computer engineering through the UTSA Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), was recently awarded a $15,000 scholarship through the Apple Scholars program. Sadiq credits the university’s near-peer mentor program, part of a newly implemented electrical and computer engineering initiative led by Henry

MARCH 4, 2022 — Researchers from the Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design at UTSA are advancing work on a three-year, $659,970 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Army Research Office to improve the military’s capacity to produce parts for critical machinery including aircraft. The researchers will focus on increasing

FEBRUARY 25, 2022 – This weekend, UTSA will host the Fourth Annual South-Southwest Medical Device Make-a-Thon. Event chair, Sherry Daniel, a junior studying biomedical engineering at UTSA, is a dedicated student who has spent the spring semester organizing the 48-hour event that takes place from today through Sunday, February 27. Sherry explains that the event’s

FEBRUARY 24, 2022 – The Kaneka Foundation announced last Tuesday its gift of $50,000 to establish an endowed scholarship for chemical engineering students at UTSA’s Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design (Klesse College). The endowed scholarship will be awarded annually with preference given to assisting first-generation college students and/or those with

FEBRUARY 14, 2022 – Rena Bizios, Lutcher Brown Endowed Chair Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, was recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) as part of the 2022 induction class. Election to the NAE is one of the foremost professional accomplishments in the field and is reserved for those who demonstrate

FEBRUARY 11, 2022 — The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named 83 academic inventors to its 2022 class of NAI Senior Members. Among these are UTSA faculty members Amanda Fernandez, Thomas Forsthuber and Eugene John. NAI Senior Members are active faculty members, scientists and administrators from NAI Member Institutions who have demonstrated remarkable innovation

FEBRUAARY 4, 2022 – Today, Dean of Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design (Klesse College) JoAnn Browning announced new appointments to the college’s leadership team. Ender Finol, professor of mechanical engineering, has been appointed as the Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mark Blizard, associate professor of architecture, has been appointed as