College of Engineering Signs Agreement with Top Engineering School in India

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.

In September, C. Mauli Agrawal, dean of the UTSA College of Engineering, traveled to India to sign a more comprehensive memorandum of understanding with the IIT-K, which is the top-ranked engineering school in India. The memo calls for the two educational institutions to focus on research collaboration and faculty and student exchange programs in multiple engineering areas.

Above: C. Mauli Agrawal, dean of the UTSA College of Engineering, and Sanjay Dhande, Ph.D, Director of IIT-K sign the MoU.

Sanjay Dhande, Ph.D., Director, IIT-K, signed the agreement at a special ceremony and indicated that he looked forward to a close working relationship between the two institutions.

The first joint seminar held between UTSA and India took place last Friday morning using video conferencing. Mark Appleford, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at UTSA, presented while faculty and students from IIT-K and UTSA participated.

Above: Mark Appleford of UTSA gives a presentation during the first joint seminar between UTSA and IIT-K.