UTSA ranks among nation’s top minority-serving institutions for federal science and engineering expenditures

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) ranks No. 7 among the minority-serving institutions in the nation that received the most federal research obligations (expenditures) for science and engineering, according to updated data released by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for fiscal year 2015. In FY 2015, UTSA expended $23.3 million in federal funding
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Foundation work underway for Science and Engineering Building

June, The University of Texas at San Antonio broke ground on its $95 million Science and Engineering Building (SEB), the largest construction project in university history. The building is slated to open in June 2020. The 153,000 square foot building, which will be located on the Main Campus adjacent to the Biotechnology, Sciences and Engineering
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Dr. David Akopian receives National Institute of Health support (May 20, 2014)

Dr. David Akopian, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, has been awarded a five-year grant totaling $275,000 from the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.  This grant is being funded through The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio’s (UTHSCSA) $2.9 million collaborative grant
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Dr. Eugene John receives the 2014 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award (November 2014)

Dr. Eugene John, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was one of four UTSA faculty that was awarded the Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award.  This award recognizes faculty who deliver the highest quality of undergraduate instruction, demonstrate their commitment to teach, and have a history and promising future of sustained excellence with undergraduate
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ECE to host Spring 2015 Student Forum

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering will be hosting their Spring 2015 Student Forum on Friday, February 13th, in the BSE Atrium from 12pm – 2pm.  This event is the perfect opportunity for students to hear the latest news from the department and faculty as well as weigh in on important issues.  All ECE
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NIST Funds twelve projects to make communities more resilient to disasters

Using biological materials as flame retardants, defining the characteristics of soil liquefaction during earthquakes and collecting disaster data with aerial drones are among the twelve disaster resilience research projects awarded just over $6 million by the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST). The University of Texas at San Antonio received $798,892 for research
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ELSS Conference poster competition

This year’s Engineering Lean Six Sigma (ELSS) conference is being held in Orlando, FL, and participants are invited to compete in the poster competition at the conference. The conference is taking place September 25-27, 2017, in Orlando, FL, and is hosted by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). The 2017 ELSS Poster Session
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