Faculty Spotlight: Manuel Diaz
Thursday, 30 April 2020
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Manuel Diaz is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Please tell us about yourself. I am originally from Lima, Peru. After finishing my undergraduate and master’s degrees in civil engineering, I came to the United States to pursue my Ph.D. at The University of Texas at Austin. After receiving my Ph.D.
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Engineering student shine at the University Life Awards
Friday, 24 April 2020
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(April 24, 2020) – Several College of Engineering students and one COE student organization were honored at the 44th Annual UTSA University Life Awards on Thursday, April 23. The University Life Awards recognize outstanding students, student organizations, staff and faculty for their contributions to the quality of student life at UTSA. College of Engineering students
Two Honors College juniors receive prestigious Goldwater scholarship
Monday, 06 April 2020
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APRIL 6, 2020 — UTSA students Naomi Alyafei and Christian Strong have been awarded the 2020 Barry Goldwater Scholarship, one of the oldest and most prestigious scholarships for natural sciences, engineering and mathematics students in the United States. The Goldwater Scholarship Foundation awarded 396 scholarships to college sophomores and juniors around the nation who were identified
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Staff Spotlight: Carlos Velez
Thursday, 02 April 2020
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Carlos Velez is the Diversity and Outreach Program Coordinator for the College of Engineering Student Success Center. Please tell us about yourself. I was born and raised here in San Antonio. I’m a second generation American, with my parents’ families coming from Mexico and Puerto Rico. I have a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology and a
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Faculty Spotlight: Yufei Huang
Wednesday, 01 April 2020
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Yufei Huang is a Professor and Associate Chair of Research in the College of Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Please tell us about yourself. I have been with UTSA and ECE for almost 18 years, since 2002. I came to UTSA from the University of Stony Brook, where I studied and conducted research
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2020 EWeek Lab Exhibit Winner
Tuesday, 03 March 2020
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Congratulations to Dr. Benavides and his team in the ACE Lab, who were crowned the winning E-Week Lab Exhibit on Friday, February 28, 2020! Students from Brandeis, Construction Careers, Highlands, Lutheran and Memorial High Schools visited five College of Engineering labs to learn more about the different research opportunities at UTSA. After a vote, they
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New Employee: Henry Griffith
Monday, 02 March 2020
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Henry Griffith, Ph.D., is the new Research Program Coordinator for the UTSA AI Consortium. Within this role, Henry will manage the financial and administrative operations of the Consortium. He was most recently at Texas State University, where he led various machine learning and hardware design projects for eye movement sensor technology within virtual and augmented reality applications.
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Staff Spotlight: Maria Alvarez
Thursday, 27 February 2020
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Maria Alvarez is a Business Service Center Specialist II in the College of Engineering Business Service Center. Please tell us about yourself. I have proudly served UTSA for 21 years. My first 11 years of service were in Business Affairs. I started in the Disbursements Office, then promoted several times while working in the Budget
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Faculty Spotlight: Christopher Rathbone
Thursday, 27 February 2020
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Christopher Rathbone, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering. Please tell us about yourself. I am originally from Iowa, the youngest of three siblings, the husband of an extremely supportive wife, and the proud father of two amazing kids. What is your job title and what do you
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Engineering to host NASA expert to shed light on Mars
Tuesday, 04 February 2020
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FEBRUARY 4, 2020 — UTSA will welcome Firouz Naderi, former director of solar system exploration at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to present NASA’s Exploration of Mars; Past, Present and Future, a College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Seminar, on Feb. 7. Mars exploration creates many questions. Was Mars ever habitable 4.5 billion years ago? If so,