NASA Funded System Engineering Workshops

PURPOSE

* To disseminate an undergraduate systems engineering curriculum to interested universities operating within NASA's Space Grant Consortia.
* To discuss effectiveness of the pilot systems engineering activities at The University of Texas at Austin.

This is directed to benefit Aerospace Engineering Departments in particular. For more information and to register please go to www.tsgc.utexas.edu/workshop

Summer Workshops Available for Graduate Students

The Thomas Rivera Center is offering workshops for UTSA graduate students.

Schedule of Events (all at 11am in MB 0.208)
• 6/6/08– Manage Your Grad Studies with Confidence
• 6/13/08– Grad Library Skills
• 6/20/08– Blueprint Your Course & Readings
• 7/11/08– Grad Writing
• 7/18/08– Cite Right with APA
• 7/25/08– Improve Your Presentation Skills

If you are interested please RSVP to melissa.thomas@utsa.edu
Grad News April Edition

Reception to Honor Dr Matthew Wayner

A reception to honor the career of Dr Matthew J Wayner will be held on April 24th in the Bioscience building Loeffler room (BSB-3.03.02) from 1PM-3PM. Please join us along with friends, family, and colleagues to celebrate the career and retirement of one of the Biology department's distingushed tenure reseach faculty. Dr Wayner, a professor in Neurobiology, has conducted work with UTSA since 1983.

Reception flyer
Dr Wayner's UTSA lab page

Mario R. Capecchi, 2007 Nobel Prize winner, guest speaking at UTSA

The Biology Department welcomes distinguished guest speaker Mario R. Capecchi, winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his “groundbreaking discoveries concerning embryonic stem cells and DNA recombination in mammals.” Dr Capecchi's lecture will be "Gene Targeting in the 21st Century: Mouse Models of Human Disease from Cancer to Psychiatric Disorders" and will occur April 14th at 6:30-7:30 PM in the Main Building Auditorium (MB-0.104)

UTSA Today link
Informational Flyer
Dr Capecchi's Lab Site