1. College of Engineering Support for Teaching Lab Technicians
October 11, 2017

2. Teaching Laboratory Technicians
Create safety policies and maintain safety in all teaching labs.
Maintain all laboratory equipment.
Set-up and take-down labs for each section.
Provide demonstrations/training for proper operations of equipment.
Provide continuity in lab instruction over years.

3. Currently
All teaching labs are managed by GTA’s and/or Instructors, or left out
COE technicians (teaching and research):
Shop (2) – senior design projects
IT (2) – maintain and advance computing needs

4. Teaching Laboratories
Biomedical
Chemical
Biomechanics & biomaterials
Instrumentation
Transport
Cell biology
Heat transfer
Fluids
Process safety and risk management
Unit operations

5. Teaching Laboratories
Civil & Environmental
Electrical & Computer
Mechanics of materials
Materials – composition
Fluids
Soils
Environmental
Structural design
Circuits
Materials
Digital systems design
VLSI
Power
Controls
UT Tyler
Trinity

6. Teaching Laboratories
Mechanical
All Engineering
Vibration and controls
Thermofluids & heat transfer
Materials
Manufacturing
Mechatronics
Instrumentation
Senior Design

7. UTSA COE Current Student Fees

8. Needed 1 technician in each department (+ Chem E)
5 x $75,000 salary with benefits (x1.3) = $487,500
Replace all materials fees ($750k) + support techs
Average SCH for COE students = 50,000
($750k + $500k) / 50,000 hrs = $25/SCH
Request $35/SCH

9. Public Engineering Institution Rate Courses Total/ semester/ Student
15 SCH
(5 courses)
Over 4 years
(8 semesters)
Tuition & Other Fees Fall 2016 for 15 SCH
Total Tuition & Fees Fall 2016
(all engineering)
4 years
(half engineering)
TX Rank
UT Dallas
$40/SCH
Engineering courses (half)
$600
$2400
$6081
$6681
$51,048 1
Texas Tech
all
$4800
$5539
$6139
$49,114 2
University of Houston -
$6041
$48,328 3
Texas A&M
$6015
$48,122 4
University of North Texas
$5452
$43,619 5
UT Austin  - - 
$5260
$42,080 6
Proposed UTSA
$35/SCH
$525
$4200
$4522
$5047
$40,374 7
Prairie View A&M
$5029
$40,236 8
UT Arlington
$19/SCH
$285
$2280
$4601
$4886
$39,088 9
Current UTSA
$10/SCH
+ $20/Course
$250
$1000
$4772
$37,174
Texas A&M Kingsville
$4025
$32,198 10
UTRGV
$3794
$30,350 11
UT Tyler
$3776
$30,208 12
UTEP
$3674
$29,390 13
UTPB
$3423
$27,406 14