UTSA Research News

Impending Government Shutdown: UTSA Research Update #1

January 19, 2018

**Government shutdown ended January 22, 2018** *Issued Friday, January 19 at 4:00pm * Due to the impending government shutdown which will likely occur at the end of the day (1/19/18), a number of grant-making federal agencies will be closed and/or working with limited staff and resources. UTSA’s Office of the Vice President for Research is monitoring the situation. We will compile and share a list of specific closures and directives as information becomes available. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget will post their ...
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Cross-College and International Collaboration: UTSA Research Year in Review

January 8, 2018

(Jan. 8, 2018) -- In fiscal year 2016-2017, UTSA grew its institutional research portfolio, engaged more students, and built partnerships with industry and government to expand funded research, leading UTSA research expenditures to reach an institutional record high. Total research expenditures increased from US $56.8 million in FY 2016 to US $68.1 million in FY 2017, an uptick of 19.9 percent. The university’s restricted research expenditures grew from US $36.4 million in FY 2016 to US $40.1 million in FY 2017. ...
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UTSA now a member of the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC)

December 22, 2017

UTSA is now a member of the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC), a nationally-dispersed consortium with members from industry, academia and the nonprofit sector. MTEC is a biomedical technology consortium collaborating with multiple government agencies under a 10-year renewable Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC). MTEC fosters integrated research partnerships and speeds the availability of solutions to the military, veterans the civilian population. With more than 100 members currently, the consortium is always seeking ...
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San Antonio’s smart city innovations startup emerges: Leaptran, Inc. launches out of UTSA

December 11, 2017

A recent spinout from The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), Leaptran, Inc., is bringing to market products that will optimize whole building energy use while providing room-level comfort for individuals. Using artificial-intelligence and smart building features, these integrated hardware and software products will optimize energy use among micro-grid distributed energy resources (DERs) such as solar power generation and battery energy storage systems (BESS). Leaptran’s technologies are licensed from UTSA and are based on co-founder and UTSA Assistant Professor Bing Dong’s ...
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2017 COE Tech Symposium and CITE Winners

December 4, 2017

More than 30 student teams from the College of Engineering presented their projects and ideas at the Fall 2017 Tech Symposium. The competition, a snapshot of the university’s discovery ecosystem, highlights projects and research that students have been working on throughout their senior year. In conjunction, the UTSA Center for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CITE) held its “What’s your Big Rowdy Idea?” Business Model Competition. Open to all UTSA students, faculty and staff, this competition prepares them to launch scalable ventures ...
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