UTSA engineering students sweep steel bridge regional competition

(April 22, 2019) — UTSA civil engineering students applied knowledge learned in the classroom to practical use, sweeping the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Regional Steel Bridge Competition held at UTSA over the weekend. The UTSA American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Steel Bridge Team placed first overall and took first in the following
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UT System Chancellor McRaven issues statement on DACA

UT System Chancellor William H. McRaven issued a statement today in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Chancellor McRaven joins UTSA President Taylor Eighmy in supporting the DACA program, which provides all students with the opportunity to be successful. McRaven’s complete statement is printed below: (Jan. 22, 2018) — As the date
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Registration now open for summer high school engineering camps

College of Engineering’s Center for Excellence in Engineering Education Engineering Summer Camp for High School Students Summer 2018 Overnight Camp: June 17th to June 22nd Day Camp: June 18th to June 22nd This exciting and interactive camp is designed for high school students and will allow for engineering design and problem solving approaches using out
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Fall 2017 Tech Symposium and CITE Big Rowdy Idea Business Competition

By Monica Sierra/College of Engineering Over 30 student teams are getting ready to compete at the fall 2017 Tech Symposium. The event, which will be held on November 28 at the HEB University Center Ballroom, will showcase both Senior Design 1 and 2 projects and research that students have been working on throughout their senior
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Fall 2017 Tech Symposium and Big Rowdy Idea competition

The UTSA College of Engineering Technology Symposium will be held November 28, 2017 in the HEB University Center Ballroom. This event showcases innovative student projects and research performed across multiple disciplines including engineering, science and business. The symposium is designed to provide a public venue where UTSA senior engineering students to present advances achieved in
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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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Mikayla Rahman has spirit for biomedical engineering

Meet Mikayla Rahman. This UTSA Honors College student is balancing life as a biomedical engineering major and UTSA cheerleader. Rahman was born in China and was adopted when she was 13 months old. That’s when she moved to Colorado Springs to live with her new family. Rahman lived in Colorado for most of her life, but she
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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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