UTSA Engineers Win Funding to Build Vis-Wall System for Scientific Research and Education

By Christi Fish
Public Affairs Specialist

San Antonio … You’ve seen one on the hit television show “24.” And you’ve seen one on the set of American Idol. Soon, you’ll be able to see one in San Antonio, too.

The College of Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) announced today that it plans to build a sophisticated visualization wall (Vis-Wall), following the receipt of a $482,600, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation. The Vis-Wall will be used to display computational models developed in UTSA’s new computation center, the Simulation, Visualization and Real-Time Prediction (SiViRT) Center and by other UTSA faculty, in the course of research and teaching.

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San Antonio Water System Joins Energy Research Alliance of San Antonio

By Christi Fish
Public Affairs Specialist

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.

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UTSA, Southwest Research Institute, CPS Energy form energy research alliance

By Christi Fish
Public Affairs Specialist

United in a common interest to explore new and innovative energy solutions, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and CPS Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding to form the Energy Research Alliance of San Antonio.

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Federal Security Agencies Name UTSA a National Center of Academic Excellence in Research

Want to learn about information assurance and security? You might want to consider The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). The university has received the elite National Center of Academic Excellence in Research (CAE-R) designation from the National Security Administration (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security for five years through 2014.

“This designation is not a college designation, but a designation for the entire university,” said Glen Dietrich, chair of the Information Assurance Department in UTSA’s College of Business. “It takes into account faculty, programs, research and funding from the College of Business, the College of Engineering, the College of Sciences and our Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security.”

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UTSA, SwRI Partner to Join Elite National Research Roundtable

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) today jointly announced they have joined the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR), an elite sub-unit of the National Academies, the nation’s advisers in science, engineering and medicine.

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Stimulus Spending Targets Modernization of the Nation's Research Infrastructure

The $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), allocates billions of dollars to the NIH, NSF, NIST, DOE and state governments for new construction, renovation, and modernization of the nation’s research facilities. These funds will be distributed to research institutions across the country over the next 18 months.

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