6. Dr. Susan Naylor
& Dawn K Garcia
“Initial sequencing and
analysis of the human
genome”
Dr. Susan Naylor
Feb. 12, 2001,
Journal Nature
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7. SwRI
TIBR
Founder Thomas
Baker Slick Jr. -
businessman,
inventor, oilman,
rancher,
engineer,
philanthropist,
peacemaker,
adventurer, and
visionary.
Tom Slick Professorship of World Peace at the University of Texas
Institute for
Inventive
Research, 1949,
Reader’s Digest,
1000 a week,
Circus Tent, 114
Viable
Mind
Science
Foundation
Wednesday, April 24, 13
15. What do you think
of when I say San
Antonio?
Wednesday, April 24, 13
16. What do you think
of when I say San
Antonio?
Do you think
Science & Tech,
or ed innovation?
Wednesday, April 24, 13
17. Wright
Model
B
on
the
ground,
in
front
of
a
hangar,
at
Fort
Sam
Houston,
Texas,
1910.
Wednesday, April 24, 13
18. Captain
Benjamin
D.
Foulois
seated
at
the
controls
of
a
Wright
Military
biplane;
a
radio
transmitter
is
tied
into
the
passenger
seat;
1911.
Wednesday, April 24, 13
23. Of the two million U.S. arts jobs requiring
significant technology proficiency:
• 10% architects
• 11% artists, art directors and animators
• 7% producers and directors and
• 7% photographers
The products of these disciplines
represent 6.4% of the U.S. economy and
over $126 billion annually in revenue from
foreign trade. Read more at Arts in the
Workforce. http://www.nea.gov/research/ArtistsInWorkforce.pdf
Wednesday, April 24, 13
24. 1912
Night skywriter
Loop-the Loop
Snap roll on top of the loop
Flying school in world
U.S. Airmail
Japan and China
Fly alone at night
Only to enlist WWI
Trained WWI fighter pilots
Airport in San Antonio
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25. In 1925, he graduated from the Army's flight-
training school at Brooks and Kelly fields. In
1927 he flew the Spirit of ST Louis from New
York to France. http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/index.asp
Wednesday, April 24, 13
32. Since 1979, 32,768 middle school and high school students
have successfully completed at least one summer component of
TexPREP. Of these students, 81% have been members of minority
groups and 53% have been women. Of the 16,617 who are of
college age 5,711 responded to the 2011 annual survey.
- 99.99% are high school graduates.
- 90% of the college attendees are college graduates.
- 74% of the senior college graduates are members of
underrepresented minority groups.
- 44% of the senior college graduates are engineering,
mathematics, science or computer science majors.
Wednesday, April 24, 13
37. There are between 3.8 and 5.8 million
people in the US employed in NIT.
Computer and mathematical occupations
are projected to add 785,700 new jobs from
2008 to 2018.
As a group, these jobs are forecast to grow
more than twice as fast as the average for
all occupations in the economy.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/pcast-nitrd-report-2010.pdf
Wednesday, April 24, 13
45. General Bernard
Schriever
Feb. 19, 1957
Inaugural Air Force Office of
Scientific Research
Astronautics Symposium in
San Diego.
Commander of Western
Development Division
Headquarters
Charles Wilson
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64. Julio C. Palmaz, M.D., UTHSC
Richard Schatz, M.D., Brooks
1988
Palmaz-Schatz Stent®
Wednesday, April 24, 13
65. Robert Rodriguez
Edgar Rice Burrough
science fiction classi
'Princess of Mars' for
Paramount Pictures.
1992
Wednesday, April 24, 13
66. WheelGroup Network Security
Cisco Extends Leadership in End-
To End Network Security Products
SAN JOSE, Calif. February 18,
1998 Cisco Systems, Inc. today
announced it has signed a definitive
agreement to acquire privately-held
WheelGroup Corporation of San
Antonio, Texas. Under the terms of
the acquisition, between 1.8 and 2.0
million shares of Cisco common
stock will be exchanged for the
outstanding shares and options of
WheelGroup. Based upon Ciscos
February 18 closing price of $65.50
the stock exchanged would have a
value of approximately $124 million.
1995 - 1998
Wednesday, April 24, 13
70. First VLSI
implementation
of the IEEE
802.11b wireless
LAN protocol
known as Wi-Fi
(Michael Fischer,
Intersil)
Very large-scale integration allowing over 100,000 transistors on a
chip
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71. Richard V. Butler, Ph.D.
Mary E. Stefl, Ph.D.
Trinity University
SFBR is home to the world's
largest computer cluster devoted
to statistical genetic analysis.
Home of military
medicine.
2005
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74. Miguel Yacaman, who heads UTSA's physics and astronomy department, shows off images taken by the
world's most powerful electron microscope, nicknamed 'Helenita' after King Ranch heiress Helen Groves,
whose gift was used to buy the device. / SA
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/education/article/UTSA-boasts-world-class-gift-794295.php
Wednesday, April 24, 13
75. Avatar, Star Wars: Episode 2,
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban, Lord of the Rings,
The Passion of the Christ,
Spider-Man 2, The Matrix,
Pirates of the Caribbean, Black
Hawk Down, Star Trek
Nemesis, AI, Jimmy Neutron,
Jurassic Park III, Spy Kids,
Charlie’s Angels, The Gladiator,
Red Planet, Titanic.
Tim
Jenison
Wednesday, April 24, 13
77. Since going public on August 8, 2008, the
company’s stock has soared from $12.50 a share
to more than $56 a share today. The company has
a market capitalization of $6.5 billion.
http://www.siliconhillsnews.com/2012/03/23/rackspace-and-graham-westons-impact-on-silicon-hills/
2008
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