FEBRUARY 1, 2022 – Klesse College wishes to honor the memory of G.V.S. Raju, Ph.D., who passed away on January 27, 2022. Professor Raju holds a special place in the history of our college, having joined UTSA in 1990 as the Director of the Division of Engineering, which was then housed in the College of

JANUARY 26, 2022 — San Antonio native and University of Texas at San Antonio student, Elijah Garcia ‘22, is a senior chemical engineering major and Klesse Scholar — receiving an endowed scholarship in chemical engineering that has benefitted 10 top-performing students. Garcia will graduate in the first class of UTSA students who have become scholars

JANUARY 24, 2022 — UTSA’s Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS), a program in the UTSA Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design, is working with The DoSeum, San Antonio’s renowned children’s museum, to develop an interactive educational experience. The project, a 4D Helicopter Immersion exhibit, is designed to expose Doers—the name

JANUARY 20, 2022 – Brendy Rincon Troconis, Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering at UTSA’s Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design (Klesse College), was announced as one of six recipients of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s (NASEM) Early Career Research Fellowship through the Offshore Energy Safety track of their

JANUARY 10, 2022 – Dr. Ibukun Awolusi—Assistant Professor of Construction Science and Management in the Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design’s (Klesse College) School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Construction Management (CECM)—was recently awarded the Don B. Daily Safety Grant by the Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) Foundation and

DECEMBER 17, 2021 – Trinity Schaefer and Elizabeth De Leon, both undergraduate civil engineering majors, are lead organizers and co-founders of UTSA’s Big Heroes, Tiny Homes project. Big Heroes, Tiny Homes–initially adopted by Humble ISD in Houston, Texas–is a trademark program dedicated to assisting homeless veterans in finding a life of shelter and security. Since

Congratulations to M.S. in Mechanical Engineering student Drishya Dahal for receiving the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship. Drishya is working under the supervision of Dr. Brendy Rincon Troconis and Dr. David Restrepo in developing new methods to study the adhesion resistance of coatings for the automotive industry.

DECEMBER 15, 2021 – On Saturday, December 11, Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design (Klesse College) celebrated the graduation of 294 students. 247 undergraduate students, 36 graduate students, and 11 doctoral students completed their degree requirements this semester and became the latest Roadrunner alums. “Graduation is always a wonderful day, and

DECEMBER 14, 2021 — A select group of UTSA architecture graduate students is poised to make a societal impact designing better living spaces for people with disabilities. The students are part of the Universal Design class taught by Neda Norouzi, assistant professor for the School of Architecture and Planning in the UTSA Margie and Bill

DECEMBER 14, 2021 — For Joel Alejandro (Alex) Mejia, the mission of the Prefreshman Engineering Program (PREP) is personal. Coming from a low-income background, Mejia experienced firsthand the barriers that Latino students still face today when it comes to accessing an education in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) programs. “I believe that anyone who