UTSA Research News

Congressman Castro Announces $798K for UTSA Earthquake Resilience Research

August 9, 2017

San Antonio, TX (August 8, 2017) – Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) announced $798,892.00 of federal funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to develop a new generation of computer simulation models that will characterize the impact of severe earthquake conditions on reinforced concrete columns. The grants are awarded through the Disaster Resilience (DR) Grants Research Program, which supports research aimed at advancing the ...
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UTSA Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Works Journal is Accepting Submissions

August 4, 2017

The UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Works (URSW), a peer-reviewed academic journal, features research abstracts, poster presentations, summary reports, research manuscripts, and other presentation formats highlighting undergraduate creativity and scholarly inquiry from a wide variety of disciplines. It is published annually by the Office of the Vice President for Research at the end of the spring semester. The Journal's editorial board is comprised of faculty from across the academic units of the University, as well as Library and Core ...
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Effort Certification Redesign

July 27, 2017

The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to announce a new, streamlined process will be used for viewing and certifying your research effort. Benefits include more flexibility; less faculty time; simple to use; free of charge; and all data and responses are time-stamped. The effort certification period for 9/1/2016 – 2/28/2017 is now open. The deadline for submission is Friday, August 11, 2017. New Effort Certification System – How Does it Work? You will not be required to login to ...
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UTSA Academy of Distinguished Researchers Welcomes Two New Members

July 20, 2017

Dr. George Perry, Dr. C. Mauli Agrawal, Dr. Joo L. Ong, Dr. Jose L. Lopez-Ribot, Dr. Bernard Arulanandam (July 20, 2017) – Today, the UTSA Academy of Distinguished Researchers (ADR) is inducting two new members: Dr. Joo L. Ong and Dr. Jose L. Lopez-Ribot. The Academy of Distinguished Researchers was established in 2015 to select and honor outstanding faculty who are accomplished scholars and who share UTSA’s continuing commitment to research excellence; to foster the highest quality of ...
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Castro Announces $5 Million for UTSA Cybersecurity Research

July 14, 2017

Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) announced a five-year federal grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), expected to total $5,000,000.00, for the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). UTSA will receive the grant through the NSF’s Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program, which supports the enhancement of research capabilities of minority-serving institutions. The funding will go towards the establishment of a multi-disciplinary Center for Security and Privacy Enhanced Cloud Computing dedicated to integrated education and ...
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