General STEM News Section

MAY 3, 2024 — UTSA recently broadened the sphere of collaborators in its space research enterprise by joining the Universities Space Research Association (USRA). The association facilitates cooperation between federal government, foreign governments, higher-education institutions and other organizations in the development and application of space-related science, technology and engineering programs. 

DECEMBER 15, 2022 — The UTSA-led Consortium on Nuclear Security Technologies (CONNECT) has received a five-year, $5 million renewal grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration. The funds will go toward UTSA’s efforts to educate and train the next generation of scientists and engineers…

Explore interstellar objects and the search for extraterrestrial life with Professor Avi Loeb. This AIAA lecture features a presentation and Q&A covering 3IATLAS, unidentified aerial phenomena, and the Galileo Project's observatories. Learn about anomalies in interstellar objects and the implications for astronomy and beyond.

The FBI has received reports of more than 5,000 reported drone sightings, and the government has done little to shed light on what is happening in the skies. TPR's Jerry Clayton recently spoke with aerospace expert Chris Combs, Dee Howard Endowed Associate Professor in Aerodynamics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Christopher S. Combs, Ph.D., Dee Howard Memorial Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Mechanical Engineering at UTSA Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design has been named a Class of 2025 Associate Fellow by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Single Largest Philanthropic Investment in Organization’s 45-Year History Will Establish a Fund to Help Schools Across the Country Reduce Inequities in Education

As the executive director of Mentoring Mission and Project AMPLiFI, Carol Valentino-Barry is working with high school students across the U.S. to prepare them for careers in the MRO industry.

Chancellor Sharp thanked Dr. Banks for her years of service and named Welsh as acting president until the Board of Regents can meet to name an Interim President. Chancellor Sharp is recommending Welsh continue as Interim President until a national search can find Dr. Banks’ successor.

You wouldn’t think there would have been many firsts in flight left for someone who wasn’t born until 1920 — the year of the first transcontinental air-mail service, the first U.S. Navy flight and the first vapor trail, left by the first turbo-charged aircraft. 

The Dee Howard Foundation has officially released the details,  including Honorees, for the 2025 San Antonio Aviation & Aerospace Hall of Fame Awards Luncheon see:

Recently, nearly 250 middle and high school students from across Texas filled the Boeing Center at Tech Port for the 2025 Dee Howard Foundation Drone Competition.

MAY 3, 2024 — UTSA Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Heather Shipley today announced the selection of Eric Brey as dean of the Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design (Klesse College) and David and Jennifer Spencer Distinguished Chair.

Teachers can get kids comfortable with math concepts by using numeracy-focused vocabulary in everyday classroom activities.

(DAYTON, Ohio – August 11, 2023) The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) announced today that Megan Tucker STEAM Specialist and Dean of Curriculum at Hillsboro Charter Academy in Hillsboro, Virginia, has been selected as the NAHF’s 2023 A. Scott Crossfield Educator of the Year.

Presented by Dr. Dan Wuori, Author of The Daycare Myth, and Founder and President of Early Childhood Policy Solutions; Anna E. Williamson, M.A., Ed., and H.D., Chief Program Officer, Agenda for Children; Dr. Bridget Hamre, Co-Founder and Board Chair, Teachstone; and Dr. Veronica Fernandez, Vice President, Content Development & Social Impact, Teachstone