The Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI) on “Microscopy Techniques for Nanomaterials” will take place in Cancun Mexico, from August 21 to 29 of 2008 in The Marriot Casamagna Hotel. The event will convene scientists in the field to promote interactions and develop cooperative programs between diverse groups in the American continent. It will be aimed at the young investigator and it will include tutorials, specialized lectures, hands-on laboratory modules, and poster sessions for the participating students (half from the US and half from Latin America). more...
2007
July
- Dr. Luis A. Diaz Torres begins a sabbatical stay with Prof. Yacaman research group.
- Visit of two weeks of Dr. Monica Cerro, students Jesus Sampedro and Martha Audiffred (Chemistry), and Esteban Morales Murillo (Nanotechnology) from University of The Americas, Puebla. They worked with Professor Yacaman research group. (See pictures)
June
- Dr. José Egberto Bedolla Becerril from Instituto de Investigaciones Metalúrgicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. Spent two weeks working with Professor Miguel Jose Yacaman.
May
- PhD student Jose Bonilla from CIQA begins a research stay of five months to work with Professor Donald Paul’s research group.
- Visit of student Brenda I. Hernandez from CIQA to meet with Professor Donald Paul’s research group.
April
- PhD student Diana Barraza, CIMAV, joins Prof. Miguel Jose Yacaman Research Group. She is working on computational simulations of effects produced by functional group substitution in organic semiconductors.
January
- Visit to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) of Dr. Sergio Fuentes, Dr. Amelia Olivas, and Dr. Noboru Takeuchi from CCMC-UNAM, to work with Dr. Mike White.
2006
October
- Dr. Gabriel Alonso and Francisco Paraguay (CIMAV). Use TEM at the Microelectronics Research Center.
- Dr. Ysmael Verde, Instituto Tecnológico de Cancún. Visit to promote collaboration between ITC and UT Austin.
- Dr. Jaime Ruiz Garcia, (UASLP). Collaboration with Dr. Harry Swinney, Department of Physics, UT Austin.
- PhD student Gerardo Martinez, ITESM. Use of Lab facilities with Prof, Alex de Lozanne’s research group.
- Professor Donald Paul, Department of Chemical Engineering, was in Puerto Vallarta during October 18-20, 2005 to give a Plenary Lecture 'Polymer Nanocomposites" at the Mexican Polymer Society meeting. While there, he had conferences with Gabriel Luna and Enrique Saldivar concerning their project.
September
- Dr. Facundo Ruiz and PhD student Gabriel Martinez (UASLP). Use of TEM at the Microelectronics Research Center.
July
- Visit of Dr. Gabriel Alonso and Dr. Francisco Paraguay. Use of TEM at the Microelectronics Research Center.
June
- Visit of Dr. Lynn Loo to CIQA. She gave two talks on General Dynamics and had a series of meetings.
- Visit of Dr. Ronald Ziolo to UT to work on project called “Conducting Nanocables and Electromagnetically Active Coaxial Nanostructures”. Use of TEM.
- Visit of Dr. Emilio Muñoz and PhD student David Meneses to work with Professor Alex de Lozanne, and to use the TEM.
- PhD. Student Irma Sanchez, ITESM joins Professor Nicholas Peppa’s research group. She is working on bioMEMS and the applications of control theory to biosensors, especially glucose/insulin devices.
May
- Visit of Dr. Ramiro Guerrero Santos, CIQA. Use of TEM.
April
- Visit of Dr. P.K. Nair to meet with Dr. Kenneth M. Liechti and work on their project.
March
- Visit of Prof. Gabriel Alonso Nunez, CIMAV, to work on project called “Transition Metal Sulfide and Nanostructures/CNT as Catalysts for Environmental and Fuel Cells Applications” with Prof. Miguel Jose Yacaman.
February
- Dr. Sergio Mejia, UANL. A visit to work with Professor Miguel Jose Yacaman.
- A visit of one month of graduate student Jose Bonilla from CIQA to work on TEM with Florencia Chavarria (Prof. Donald Paul’s research group)
January
- From CIMAV; Dr. Jesus Gonzalez, Director; Dr. Erasmo Orrantia, Dr. Roberto Martinez, Dr. Daniel Glossman, Dr. Gabriel Alonso, Dr. Alejandro Lopez. Meetings with Dr. Manthiram, Dr. Paulo Ferreira (Mechanical Engineering) and Dr. Gyeong S. Hwang (Chemical Engineering) to work on their projects.
2005
December
- Dr. Gabriel Luna Barcenas, CINVESTAV Unidad Querétaro. A visit of one month to work with Dr. Isaac Sanchez.
- Dr. Arturo Mendoza, CINVESTAV Unidad Querétaro. A visit of one week to work with Dr. Donald Paul, and student Francisco Louvier.
- PhD student Francisco Louvier, CINVESTAV Unidad Querétaro. A visit to work with Dr. Isaac Sanchez (UT), Gabriel Luna and Arturo Mendoza (CINVESTAV).
- Dr. Velumani Subramaniam, Physics Department, ITESM. He met with Dr. Manthiram to start a collaboration between ITESM and UT.
- Dr. Sergio Mejia and PhD student Daniel Santiago. UANL.
November
- Dr. Mario Guzmán Vega, Dr. Ramiro Pérez Campos, Dr. Francisco Hernández Beltrán, Dr. Pedro Anguiano Rojas, and D. I. Raúl Cruz Marqués. Mexican Institute of Petroleum (IMP). Visit to promote collaboration between IMP and UT Austin.
- Dr. Nina Bogdanchikova, Centro de Ciencias de la Materia Condensada (CECIMAC-UNAM). Project 12. Use of TEM.
- PhD student Alejandro Torres, UANL. Use of TEM.
- PhD student Marco Antonio Garza Navarro, UANL. Use of TEM.
- Professor Donald Paul traveled to Merida during November 13-17, 2005 to teach a short course on "Polymer Nanocomposites" for CICY.
October
- Dr. Gerardo Contreras, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN). Mexico. One month visit to work on Optical Properties of Mater and to promote collaboration between IPN and UT Austin.
- Dr. Hugo Barrera from UANL, Dr. Sergio Martinez, Director of the Dep. of Electrical Engineering and Dr. Daniel Jimenez, Physics Department, ITESM. They met with Dr. Peppas and he agreed to have PhD student Irma Sanchez joint his research group to work on bioMEMS and the applications of control theory to biosensors, especially glucose/insulin devices. For this project, they will collaborate with Professor Tom Edgar, Department of Chemical Engineering.
- Dr. Sergio Mejia. UANL. A visit to work with Prof. Miguel Jose Yacaman.
- Dr. Juan Mendez, Director of CIQA; Dr. Ramiro Guerrero, Polymers; Dr. Oliverio Rodríguez, Advanced Materials, CIQA. They met with Dr. Freeman and Dr. Lynn Loo of Chemical Engineering Department.
- Dr. Elder de La Rosa, Centro de Investigaciones en Optica. Visit to promote collaboration between CIO and UT Austin.
- Dr. Carlos Guerrero, Vice-Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies, and Dr. Virgilio Gonzalez, UANL. A visit to promote graduate students exchange, post doctoral exchanges, and senior researcher exchanges between both universities.
September
- Dr. Cristina Rodriguez, Head of the Immunology and Virology Lab, and Dr. Humberto Lara from UANL. Visit to promote collaboration between both universities.
- Dr. Facundo Ruiz, College of Sciences, and PhD student Gabriel Martinez from UASLP. Project; Synthesis of ZnS–CdS Core-shell Nanoparticles Using an Aqueous Precipitation Method.
July
- Dr. Eduardo Perez, and Dr. Sergio Mejia from Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon (UANL). Visit to meet with Dr. Miguel Jose Yacaman and work on their project.
- Dr. Jorge Manriquez and Dr. Genaro Zavala, Physics Department. ITESM. Visit to work with Dr. Alex de Lozanne.
UT engineering graduate programs rank highly
April 2, 2007
In the annual rankings of graduate program quality by U.S. News and World Report, the College of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin ranked 11th in the nation among 199 accredited engineering schools offering doctoral programs, and fifth among the public institutions.
The University of Texas at Austin’s engineering programs were all ranked in the top 20: Aerospace (11th), Biomedical (18th), Chemical (7th), Civil (4th), Computer (6th), Electrical/Electronics (10th), Environmental (4th), Mechanical (12th), and Petroleum (1st).
The college rankings are based on entrance exam scores, student acceptance rates, faculty/student ratios, research expenditures, reputation among engineers in academia and industry, Ph.D.s produced, and percentage of faculty elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering.
“The quality of our faculty and students is clearly reflected in these rankings,” noted Ben Streetman, dean of UT’s College of Engineering. "We continue to focus on recruiting and supporting the best faculty and students, who in turn make significant contributions to developing technologies that improve the lives of people everywhere.”
About UT's College of Engineering:
The University of Texas at Austin's College of Engineering ranks among the top six public engineering schools in the United States. With the nation's fourth highest number of faculty elected members of the National Academy of Engineering, the College's more than 7,000 students gain exposure to the nation's finest engineering practitioners. Appropriately, the Colleges logo, an embellished checkmark used by the first UT engineering dean to denote high quality student work, is the nations oldest quality symbol. The College maintains a Web site at http://www.engr.utexas.edu
