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Ivonne Santiago, Ph.D., clinical professor of civil engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso, has been named the 2019 El Paso Engineer of the Year by the Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE) El Paso Chapter. Photo: UTEP Communications

UTEP Civil Engineering Professor Named El Paso’s Engineer of the Year

Ivonne Santiago, Ph.D., clinical professor of civil engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso, has been named the 2019 El Paso Engineer of the Year by the Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE) El Paso Chapter.

The “topping out” of the Interdisciplinary Research Building was celebrated on Feb. 11, 2019, in the El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center. University leaders and construction workers who participated in the project signed an orange flag with a rooster on it that will remain on top of the building through the remainder of the project. The rooster has a special cultural significance in Bhutan, the small Himalayan kingdom that has influenced the University’s architecture since 1917. Photo: JR Hernandez / UTEP Communications

UTEP Celebrates 'Topping Out' of Interdisciplinary Research Building

On the heels of its recent designation as an R1 research institution, The University of Texas at El Paso reached a major construction milestone for a facility that will support the continued growth of UTEP's research agenda for decades to come.

Fadi Khasawneh, B.Pharm., Ph.D, and Fatima Z. Alshbool, Pharm.D., Ph.D., are married researchers in UTEP's School of Pharmacy who specialize in thirdhand smoke and vaping. Photo: J.R. Hernandez/UTEP Communications.

Smoking Alternatives Concern UTEP Researchers

Since electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, first came on the market in 2007, tobacco manufacturers have been touting their vaping products as a safe alternative to traditional cigarettes.

Sergio Iñiguez, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology, was awarded a three-year, $400,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to study the possible long-range side effects of a drug treatment for pediatric depressive disorder. Photo by UTEP Communications

NIH to Fund UTEP Study into Anti-Depression Drug

The National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences awarded a three-year, $400,000 grant to The University of Texas at El Paso's Sergio Iñiguez, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology, to study the possible long-range side effects of a drug treatment for pediatric depressive disorder.

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