COSE News and Headlines 2024

November 2024

November 18 | Student Experience

TXST names winners of the 2024 Three-Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition


November 14 | Research and Innovation

X-Bow Systems, Texas State announce cooperative research agreement for solid rocket motor advancement


November 12 | Research and Innovation

Agricultural Sciences adds VR welding units, reequips construction lab with NIFA grants


November 8 | Student Experience

TXST doctoral student awarded prestigious fellowship for conservation research


October 2024

October 28 | Student Experience

Graduate students leverage travel funding to enhance research, build professional networks


October 15 | Research and Innovation

USDA Invests in Hispanic-serving Institutions to Strengthen Higher Education in Agriculture 


October 7 | Research and Innovation

Celestial Sleuth pinpoints van Gogh’s iconic ‘Treehenge Lane’ 


September 2024

September 1 | Inside TXST

Materials Application Research Center (MARC) Leadership


August 2024

August 19 | Research and Innovation

TXST researchers discover hybridization plays crucial role in evolution of Xiphophorus fish


August 16 | Inside TXST

TXST hosts groundbreaking for STEM classroom building


August 15 | Inside TXST

Excelencia in Education names TXST’s STEM Communities Learning Assistant Program as a Program to Watch


August 14 | Inside TXST

Texas State to offer 3 CoSE B.S. Degrees at Colin College


August 9 | Faculty Achievement

Dr. Sean Kerwin, Director of Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization, named Regents' Professor


August 7 | Student Experience

TXST students study unique habitats at Mayo's Lough Carra


July 2024

July 29 | Research and Innovation

TXST researchers discover anti-cancer properties in fungal compound


July 19 | Research and Innovation

TXST named part of Texas Institute for Electronics consortium to advance U.S. semiconductor industry


July 15 | Research and Innovation

TXST chemistry researchers unlock new understanding of photosensitizer compounds


June 2024

June 26 | Research and Innovation

TXST researchers receive NIH grant to bolster student agency in science education


June 25 | Student Experience

Doctoral student is the first at TXST to receive NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship


June 24 | Student Experience

Five Texas State University College of Science and Engineering graduate students have received awards from the P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship (IPS) Fund for 2024-2025. 

16 TXST graduate students awarded P.E.O. International Peace Scholarships


June 21 | Faculty Achievement

Dr. Stacey E. Kulesza, Associate Professor in the Ingram School of Engineering, has been awarded the 2024 Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, given annually to faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding performance in scholarship.

Presidential Award Winners 2024


June 18 | Inside TXST

Congressman Greg Casar, San Marcos Leaders Celebrate $500K Federal Investment in Meadows Center Research


June 17 | Student Experience

Brother and sister-in-law awarded graduate degrees at Spring 2024 Commencement


June 16 | Student Experience

Teaching San Marcos children how Mathworks | San Marcos Record


May 2024

May 29 | Student Experience

TXST incoming graduate students, alumni receive NSF GRFP awards, honorable mention


May 21 | Inside TXST

THECB approves new TXST doctoral programs in Civil Engineering, Biophysical Chemistry


May 16 | Research and Innovation

TXST researchers look to improve wildfire mitigation collaboration


May 10 | Student Experience

HKN chapter installed in memory of beloved  professor and mentor


May 7 | Research and Innovation

Bathed in Sunlight


May 7 | Research and Innovation

Sipping sustainability


May 7 | Research and Innovation

Fortifying the coast


May 6 | Student Experience

Master’s Degrees at Work: Bringing Work to School to Solve Real-World Challenges


April 2024

April 26 | Research and Innovation

USBR grant funds research into photobiological process to improve desalination


April 19 | Inside TXST

TXST convenes West Texas scientists and the public for the Christmas Mountains Research Symposium


April 12 | Inside TXST

Festival to showcase fun, relevance of math in daily life


April 11 | Research and Innovation

TXST’s Dutton to lead investigation into Matagorda Bay mercury exposure


April 11 | Inside TXST

‘U.S. News’ lists 9 Texas State graduate programs among best in nation for 2024


April 5 | Student Experience

Celebrating TXST graduate students for Graduate Student Appreciation Week


April 4 | Research Symposium

Christmas Mountains Research Symposium


March 2024

March 29 | Faculty Achievement

NASA Names Finalists to Help Deal with Dust in Human Lander Challenge


March 27 | Research and Innovation

TXST sets all-time record with $141 million in research spending, fueled by Run to R1 efforts 


March 25 | Featured Faculty

TXST Provost Pranesh Aswath inducted into 2024 AIMBE College of Fellows


March 7 | Faculty Achievement

Dr. Ivan Ojeda-Ruiz 2024 SIAM Science Policy Fellow


February 2024

February 28 | Research and Innovation

Texas springs in crisis: New study highlights overwhelming increase in dry springs


February 28 | Student Experience

Engineering student wins CEIA Student Achievement Award


February 22 | Student Experience

Texas State civil engineering students to compete at national competition in Vancouver


February 21 | Inside TXST

Jim and Ann Nell Gann named TXST Heroes following $1 million gift


February 21 | Student Experience

TXST graduate students collaborate for NASA mission to the International Space Station


February 20 | Student Experience

Engineering students attend leadership summit, secure summer internships with Cargill


January 2024

January 29 | Inside TXST

Physics department introduces “Space Lab” to Texas State community


January 23 | Research & Innovation

TXST professor studies climate resiliency in Southeast Asian nations


January 4 | Research & Innovation

TXST Faculty, Students Test Quality of Workplace Products for the Texas Workforce Commission