UTSA wins $3M NASA award to launch extreme environments center

(July 31, 2019) – UTSA, a public university that is nationally recognized for research excellence, will receive $3 million dollars from NASA to develop a new interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Measurements in Extreme Environments (CAMEE). Climate change has created extreme environmental conditions such as ocean and polar warming, and sea ice reduction. Severe weather including stronger
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Fall 2019 Tech Symposium date announced

The Fall 2019 Tech Symposium will be held on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 in the H-E-B Ballrooms at UTSA’s Main Campus. All engineering classes will be cancelled on the day of the event to allow engineering students to support Senior Design I and II students participating in the event.  In addition to the Tech Symposium,
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Q&A: Mohammadali Sharzehee: Grad student research helps keep hearts flowing

(Jan. 15, 2019) — Mohammadali Sharzehee is a doctoral student in the UTSA Department of Mechanical Engineering who studies cardiovascular mechanics and builds computer simulations to understand how blood vessels operate under adverse conditions that lead to cardiovascular diseases. In 2017, Sharzehee moved from Iran to the United States and started his Ph.D. program at UTSA.
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Preparing for Chemical Attacks with Improved Computer Models

University of Texas at San Antonio researchers develop tools to predict the dispersal of chemical plumes, pollutants.  Originally published by Aaron Dubrow at Texas Advanced Computing Center on August 21, 2018. Click here to see the original article. On April 4, 2017, the town of Khan Sheikhoun in northwest Syria experienced one of the worst
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Excellence in research and discovery recognized at UTSA Innovation Awards

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) recognized UTSA professor Bing Dong as its 2017 Innovator of the Year at its fifth annual Innovation Awards. His selection was based on a number of factors including the launch of his startup, grant awards, I-Corps participation and licensing of his numerous technologies. Dong earned his Ph.D. at
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New Faculty Positions

Mechanical Engineering has two open faculty positions in Advanced Materials and Aerodynamics. Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2017 and will continue until the position is filled.
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Doctoral students Krishnan Krishnaiyer and Sue Stankus are finalists in the 3MT Finals Competition

Post date: 03/23/2016 The Department of Mechanical Engineering is proud to announce that mechanical engineering Doctoral students Krishnan Krishnaiyer and Sue Stankus have been selected to compete in the 3MT (Three Minute Thesis) Finals Competition on Friday, March 25th in the UC Retama Auditorium from 1:00-4:00pm.3MT is a competition providing graduate students the opportunity to
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Dr. Krystel Castillo Wins Best Paper Award at ISERC 2016

Post date: 03/28/2016 Dr. Krystel Castillo’s paper, “Stochastic multi-objective simulated annealing for the optimization of machining parameters,” has been selected as the winner of the ISERC 2016 Manufacturing and Engineering Design Track Best Paper Award
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Dr. Wan Receives Institute of Industrial Engineers Award

Post date: 09/12/2016 Hung-Da Wan, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been awarded the Institute of Industrial Engineers’ Lean Teaching Award for 2015. The award was offered by IIE’s Lean Division for the remarkable work Wan has been doing to advance the knowledge and practice of lean concepts. The lean division’s teaching
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April 2017: American Physics Society awards the Woman Physicist of the Month to Kiran Bhaganagar, University of Texas, San Antonio

Post date: 05/11/2017 A program of the APS’s Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (CSWP), the Woman Physicist of the Month highlights exceptional female physicists. The award recognizes female physicists who have positively impacted other lives and careers. More: https://www.aps.org/programs/women/scholarships/month/
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