Dedicated to exploring new and innovative energy solutions, San Antonio Water System (SAWS) announced today it has joined the Energy Research Alliance of San Antonio, established in June by The University of Texas at San Antonio, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and CPS Energy. The four organizations will collaborate to define and implement new and alternative strategies for the development of energy technology.
This fall, the UTSA College of Engineering welcomes five new faculty members to its staff who bring a wealth of academic, research and industry experiences to the college.
Students are invited to nominate engineering faculty for an award recognizing oustanding classroom teaching.
Drop nominations in the ballot box located in either BSE 2.106, EB 3.04.04 or EB 3.04.61.
The deadline for submitting your nomination is NOVEMBER 21, 2008.
Mo Jamshidi, UTSA’s Lutcher Brown Endowed Chair of Electrical Engineering, will deliver a two-hour lecture tomorrow by video-conference about System of Systems Engineering. The video-conference will be broadcast live to researchers in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Madrid, Spain. UTSA students, faculty, staff and alumni are invited to attend.
Earlier this year, The University of Texas at San Antonio College of Engineering and the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K), India, became founding members of the Indo-US Public-Private Joint Center on Biomaterials for Health Care. The center, funded by the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, brings together researchers from the United States and India committed to improving public health through the development of artificial organs made from biomaterials.
Michael D. Burke, Michael J. Burke, Ben Streetman and Philip Howlett joined the advisory council of the College of Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio.
“The support of our advisory council is essential to the success of the College,” said Mauli Agrawal, dean of the College of Engineering. “We count on the council to help direct and support our growth, and we work with its members to raise awareness of the wonderful achievements of our students, faculty and alumni. Our advisory council members are our biggest fans and most trusted advisors. I am delighted that four outstanding leaders in their respective fields have agreed to join the council.”