Campuslink tech event in El Paso

By Robert Gray / El Paso Inc. staff writer The organizers of Campuslink, a two-day technology and innovation event that includes a hackathon, venture competition, tech clinics, a panel featuring women technologists and speakers, are bringing the event to El Paso and Juárez this year. The Autonomous University of Chihuahua, along with the Borderplex Alliance, […]

UTEP, Texas Tech grants aim at propelling faculty research to market

By Lindsey Anderson / El Paso Times /  POSTED:   06/17/2015 09:30:41 PM MDT Rudy Gutierrez — El Paso Times Ubaldo Robles, a graduate student at UTEP shows a Spatially Variant Anisotropic Metamaterial developed at UTEP that won a 50,000 grant during the El Paso Innovation & Commercialization Fund awards at the Hub of Human […]

Engineers in the Running for Global Distinction

NEWS   |   RESEARCH   |   SOCIAL & ENTERTAINMENT   |   MULTIMEDIA   |   PRESS     Engineers in the Running for Global Distinction Last Updated on April 13, 2015 at 8:54 am Originally published April 3, 2015 By Nadia M. Whitehead UTEP News Service This has been a whirlwind year […]

Every Employee Should Think Like An Entrepreneur — Here’s How To Do It

  Article from the Business Insider Author: Murray Newlands There was an interesting study released last year that found “58% of managers are either very willing or extremely willing to support employees who want to capitalize on a new business opportunity within their company.” Why would managers want to encourage this entrepreneurial spirit in employees? […]

Softener sensor, airplane-control system win El Paso venture contest

Softener sensor, airplane-control system win El Paso venture contest – El Paso Times 3-12-14 By Vic Kolenc / El Paso Times A University of Texas at El Paso team with a sensor that reduces the amount of salt needed to operate water softeners, and an El Paso startup developing an automated control system for small […]