2007 Feature Stories
UTSA tests potential lifesaving device
Every day nearly 1,000 people in the United States die outside of the hospital from sudden cardiac arrest. Despite the application of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), fewer than 5 percent of these sudden cardiac arrest patients survive.
UTSA track and field champion balances a busy schedule with Olympic aspirations
Ryanne Dupree has a dream, and you’d better believe she will do everything in her power to make it come true.
UTSA professor and doctoral student spend Christmas in Antartica
Cicek, a doctoral student at The University of Texas at San Antonio, had studied polar sea ice from afar using remote-sensing technology. But she had seen only satellite images, never an actual ice floe.
Colleges launch joint Center for Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship
"One of our goals for the center is to help unlock the entrepreneur in both faculty and students through education and experiential activities," said Cory Hallam, director.
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
Architecture students learn about life on the other side of the blueprints.
If everything goes according to plan, students in Diane Hays' fourth-year architecture studio will be spending most of their class time during the spring semester outdoors.
Teaching the Teachers
Collaborative helps teachers add confidence in math
UTSA mathematics professors know that their subject can be daunting for middle school and high school students -and if they didn't know, their own children would tell them.
From Workbench to Workplace
Technology transfer connects the academic world with the corporate world.
Ruben Lopez's phone is starting to ring more. And it's not surprising. As the head of UTSA's Intellectual Property and Technology Development Office, Lopez is the first point of contact for faculty members who want to find out if their discovery can, or even should, be patented. As UTSA pursues its goal of becoming a tier-one research institution, Lopez expects his office to become even more popular.