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11th UTSA Architecture, Business, Engineering and Science Students' Conference 2017

Friday April 27th, 2017
University of Texas at San Antonio

Welcome to ABES 2017

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is hosting the 11th Annual Architecture, Business, Engineering and Science Student Conference on April 2017. This Conference is designed to showcase student accomplishment, promote research excellence at UTSA, and highlight science, engineering, business, and architecture education in San Antonio. The conference theme is "Cloud, Big Data Analytics and Network Data Mining" reflecting expectations for UTSA and its alumni to emerge at the forefront of research and development excellence at state and national levels.

The 11th Annual UTSA ABES Student Conference 2017 will provide UTSA science, engineering, business, and architecture students with an exceptional opportunity to present research projects or to exhibit other significant accomplishments, such as capstone senior projects, to the UTSA and San Antonio community.Participants and attendees will gain professional presentation experience, network with their peers and faculty, and learn about graduate education and science as a career.

 


Topics (not limited to):

Cloud Computing, Energy-efficient Clouds, Smart Grids, Energy Efficiency, Management, Energy storage and Batteries, Image Processing, Water resources systems, Energy markets and pricing, Biological Studies, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science, Earth and Environmental Science, Engineering - Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, Civil, Environmental, Bio-engineering, Energy Systems, Mathematics, Psychology, Management, Finance, Business, Accounting, Career Plan, Job search, Graduate school, and Entrepreneurship for startup companies.


Awards:

This year we have the following awards provided by our sponsors each (up to 4 individual awards):

  1. Best Paper Award for Architecture

  2. Best Paper Award for Business

  3. Best Paper Award for Engineering

  4. Best Paper Award for Science

Important Deadlines:

  1. Submission of abstracts: 
    April 13, 2017

  2. Acceptance/Rejection notification: 
    April 20, 2017

  3. UTSA ABES Student Conference 2017: 
    April 27, 2017

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Conference Program
Contact Us

Authors

authors

Abstract Submission:

Abstracts are submitted via Eventbrite

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Questions:

For any questions on the abstract submission process, please contact Ramin Sahba (ramin.sahba@gmail.com).

Program Chairs

chairs

Conference General Chair:

Mevlut Demir (mevlut.demir@utsa.edu), 
The University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, USA 

 

Program Co-Chairs:

Abdurrahman Akuzum (a.akuzum@gmail.com), 
The University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, USA 

Halid Kaplan ( halid88@gmail.com), 
The University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, USA 

 

Exhibition Chair:

Jacqueline Ortiz (jaqdandori@gmail.com
 

Publicity Chair:

Divya Bhaskaran (ioa034@my.utsa.edu )

Parsa Yousefi (parsa.yousefi@gmail.com)

 

Awards Chair:

Amin Sahba (amin.sahba@gmail.com
 

Webmaster:

Nicholas Gomez (jyi358@my.utsa.edu) 
 

Advisors:

Mo Jamshidi (moj@wacong.org)
Jeff Prevost (jeff.prevost@utsa.edu)
Patrick Benavidez (p_b_2003@hotmail.com)
Aldo Jaimes (aldo.jaimes@gmail.com)
Elmira Bonab (elmiramb@yahoo.com)
Amy Daali (wdaali99@gmail.com)
Gail Taylor (gail.taylor@utsa.edu)
Paul Rad (paul.rad@rackspace.com)

Registration

register

Registration and abstract submissions must be done through Eventbrite

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Registration Information

Registration is free for all attendees. Students who want to present their work should register as a presenter under with the Presenter Registration option. General attendees, those who are not presenting, should register under the General Attendee Registration option.
 

Submission Information

Submitted abstracts should not exceed 2 pages in length, double spaced.
Oral and poster presenters will be selected from those who submit abstracts.

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Who Should Present

Students from the Architecture, Business, Engineering or Science colleges are welcome.
Students performing research that are looking to improve their presentation skills, overcome a fear of public speaking, or that simply want to show off their work to others.
Non-UTSA students are also welcome and encouraged to present. We have had students from local universities and high schools come to present at the conference.

keynote

Keynote Speakers

Gerardo Trevino

Research Engineer

Southwest Research Institute 

Venue

venue
UTSA Main Campus
One UTSA Circle, BSE Atrium and Dean's Multipurpose Room 2.102
San Antonio, TX 78249 

Please click here for the map.

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