Last June, the University of Texas at San Antonio paid homage to the moment UTSA was created fifty years ago on June 5, 1969. Throughout 2019, the largest university in the San Antonio metro region continued the celebration at its four campuses across the city.
Some of the signature events included the Alumni Association Birthday Party, UTSA’s Golden Gala, and the Speaker Scholar Series, which covered topics from faculty talking about the path that led them to UTSA to “What’s Bugging Us? The Rise of Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs,” and a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) festival.
This year, it was a more low-key celebration because of the impact of the virus, but alumni rallied on social media. “We’re turning 51 today. Let’s celebrate!” UTSA wrote on Facebook. One of the top comments came from Rob Saldaña, who said he was “especially proud to be an alum lately.”
On June 9, UTSA announced that it had played a big role in the University of Texas (UT) System’s move up to third place on the Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents for 2019 released by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO).
“UTSA is a key player in the innovation ecosystem, not only in the region but also within the overall UT System,” said Bernard Arulanandam in a statement. The vice president for research, economic development, and knowledge enterprise also said that UTSA’s “dynamic research community helped move the rankings with their contributions in life and physical sciences, computing and wireless inventions.”
UTSA’s 21 issued patents include a design for a power microgrid that balances power demanded by customers with the energy supplied by sustainable sources such as solar; a technique that is able to localize individuals indoors using wireless devices on local area networks, and improvements to medical devices that reduce the processing power needed to execute an electrocardiogram.
“Issued patents are an important metric to measure output and success in commercialization,” said Christine Burke, director of the Office of Commercialization and Innovation. “We look forward to seeing the impact of UTSA’s innovations benefit the community as development accelerates for many more.”
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