Engineering Students Place Second in Bridge Construction Competition

UTSA's Steel Bridge Construction Team
A team of UTSA engineering students recently placed second in the Texas Region of the American Institute of Steel Construction’s (AISC) Student Steel Bridge Competition. Eight Roadrunners competed, including Trinity Schaefer (Civil Engineering), Elizabeth De Leon (Civil Engineering), Evan Batton (Civil Engineering), Alexandra Sanabria (Civil Engineering), America Martinez (Civil Engineering) Daniel Vogel (Civil Engineering), Dinesh
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Save the Date: UTSA Tech Symposium 2021, Virtual Showcase on Friday, April 30

Join UTSA’s College of Engineering this Friday, April 30, for the 2021 Virtual Tech Symposium. At the event, 50 teams of Roadrunners will present their senior design projects across Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Civil Engineering disciplines. The Tech Symposium represents the culmination of our Roadrunners’ undergraduate studies and
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Tuesday, April 20, 2021: Join the Virtual Awards Ceremony for The Dee Howard Foundation and UTSA Art Contest!

DHF and UTSA are pleased to announce that the Virtual Awards Ceremony for the DHF/UTSA Art Contest – Mission to Mars (visit the event page here) will be held at 6 pm CDT on Tuesday, 20 April 2021, via Zoom. Opening remarks will be delivered by numerous distinguished guests, including Dr. Adriana Rocha Garcia, San Antonio City Council
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Open Position at UTSA: Assistant/Associate Professor in Data Science and Human Performance

View this announcement in PDF format The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has recently embarked on a focused cluster hiring plan in the area of Human Performance with hires in multiple areas (Biomedical Engineering, Kinesiology, Mechanical Engineering, Nutrition, Psychology, Public Health). The Human Performance initiative focuses on applied and fundamental research for the
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Endowed scholarship memorializes UTSA alumna, civil engineer Susan Landreth

Family, employer come together to memorialize a trailblazer’s memory When Susan Landreth (’89) passed away in the summer of 2018, her family and friends wanted to honor her memory. Susan, a professional engineer with 30 years of civil engineering experience, served as a mentor and trailblazer for women in the field. With that in mind,
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NASA looks to UTSA to help expand field of STEM researchers

NASA has tapped UTSA to explore creating a strategy to develop its next generation workforce. The space agency wants to create early awareness opportunities for K–12 students, in particular more females and minorities, to become interested in classes in science, technology, engineering and math, known as STEM fields. This area of study is the foundation
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Equity Advocacy Initiative

UTSA Equity Advocacy Initiative Through the Equity Advocacy Initiative, UTSA will develop an overarching framework for implementing the recommendations put forth by the 21st Century Learning Environments Task Group to foster healthy and inclusive learning environments. The initiative will formally connect those efforts to the work of tactical teams on degree pathways and higher education
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Faculty Spotlight: Drew Johnson

Drew Johnson, Ph.D. is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Please tell us about yourself. I was raised in Minnesota in a suburb of Minneapolis. After high school, my family relocated to Austin, TX where I studied engineering at UT Austin. I returned to Minnesota for my Ph.D. and prior to coming to work at
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Staff Spotlight: Ben Campos

Ben Campos is the Administrative Manager of the Mechanical Engineering Department. Please tell us about yourself. I am currently the Administrative Manager of the Mechanical Engineering Department and have been with UTSA since 2003. My previous positions were in Research Administration with the Office of Sponsored Programs and Center for Simulation, Visualization & Real-Time Prediction
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Staff Spotlight: Amy Ossola-Phillips

Amy Ossola-Phillips is the Director of the Research Service Center for Sciences and Engineering. Please tell us about yourself. I have been employed at UTSA for 12 years. Prior to that, I worked at UT Health San Antonio making my total UT System time 16 years. I have two children and two fur babies; all
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