College of Engineering graduate students Kam Loong Kong and
Justice Edge with College of Sciences graduate Hugo Quintero
Engineering graduate students help design UTSA buildings
(June 24, 2003)--Construction on the $83.7 million Biotechnology, Sciences and Engineering Building is underway, and three University of Texas at San Antonio students had a hand in designing and detailing the facility.
UTSA engineering graduate students Kam Loong Kong and Justice Edge,
along with Hugo Quintero, a UTSA science alumnus, are employees
of Jaster-Quintanilla San Antonio, a structural and civil engineering consultant
company. Under the direction of Gary Jaster, the trio spent 10 months
working on the design for the 227,000-square-foot biotechnology facility.
For Quintero, helping to design a UTSA building is nothing new. He assisted
senior engineers in planning the Institute for Economic Development, set to
open this summer at the Downtown Campus, and the Academic Building III, slated
to open Fall 2004 at the 1604 Campus. Quintero plans to begin graduate work
this fall in the UTSA College of Engineering.
Edge and Kong worked together on other projects including the SBC Center,
the expansion of San Antonio International Airport and an 18-story condominium
under construction on South Padre Island.
All three say they enjoy taking courses at UTSA and talking with the engineering
professors about design concepts they employ at work.
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