Cheng Sun, a Ph.D. candidate in the Materials Science and Engineering Program at Texas A&M University, has received the Student Best Paper Contest Graduate Level First-Place Award from TMS, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society. Cheng received the award for his paper, “In situ evidence o…

Dr. Phillip Hemmer, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, and several co-authors recently had their paper published in the prestigious research publication Nature Communications. The paper, "Optical detection of a single rare-earth ion in …

Dr. Arum Han, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, received a $2 million award from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) office to lead a multidisciplinary team of investigato…

Dr. P.R. Kumar, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, has received the prestigious Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Mobility of Systems (ACM SIGMOBILE) Outstanding Contribution Award. The Outstanding Contributi…

Dr. Bimal Nepal has been appointed associate editor for the Engineering Management Journal.  Nepal is an assistant professor in the Industrial Distribution Program in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution. He earned his Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Wayne State…

A research team at Texas A&M University led by Dr. Richard J. Malak Jr., an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant through the Emerging Frontiers of Research and Innovation (EFRI) program. The grant, which i…

Two professors in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University have received a grant from MathWorks to develop virtual labs for medical imaging courses. Drs. Jim Ji, associate professor in the department, and Rafaella Righetti, assistant professor, along with Dr…

The Board of Regents of the Texas A&M University System established the Texas Engineering Experiment Station’s (TEES) Center for Emergency Informatics (CEI) at its Aug. 3 meeting, recognizing the faculty effort in radically changing disaster response through advances in technology.  Thirty facu…

For people suffering from diabetes and other hormonal disorders, staying healthy means staying vigilant; effective treatment requires periodic and precise doses of drugs throughout the day. The constant upkeep can make for an inconvenient and stressful way of life, but managing these disorders coul…

Substantial risk remains for serious industrial incidents that could cost property and lives, but effectively integrating science and engineering principles into academia and industry can help mitigate and even prevent these incidents, according to a new publication released by the Mary Kay O’Connor…

Dr. M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering, has announced that Dr. Andreas Polycarpou has been appointed head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. Polycarpou will hold the Meinhard J Kotzebue '14 Professorship in Mechanical Engineering when h…

Laura Hill, a food engineering Ph.D. student in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, was awarded first place in the Ph.D. category of the 2012 Boyd-Scott Graduate Research Award competition held at the 2012 Annual American Society of Biological and Agricultural Engineers (ASABE…

Delbert A. Whitaker of Dallas has teamed with Texas Instruments to provide an annual graduate student fellowship award in electrical and computer engineering for Texas A&M University. Whitaker has donated $350,000 to establish theDelbert A. Whitaker ’65 Analog Fellowship, which will be funded t…

Dr. M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering, has announced that Dr. M. Nazmul Karim will be head of the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering effective Sept. 1, 2012. Karim will hold the Mike O'Connor Chair II. Karim comes to Texas A&M from Texas Tech University…

Lantao Liu, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, has been awarded a Dissertation Fellowship for 2012-2013 by the Texas A&M University Office of Graduate Studies. The fellowship will last for nine months and is designed to support awardees while they are concl…

Biomedical Engineering graduate student Tony Akl (pictured on the right) and recent Ph.D. graduate Ryan Shelton won Outstanding Poster Awards at the 2012 Gordon Research Conference on Lasers in Medicine and Biology July 26. Started in 1965, the conference is one of the premier scientific meetings fo…

Dr. Hamid Toliyat, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been selected an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) Distinguished Lecturer. The Distinguished Lecturer Program provides a m…

Dr. Srinivas Shakkottai, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, has received the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Shakkottai received his CAREER award for his pr…

Low Earth Orbit is overcluttered with rogue objects and collision shrapnel that are a constant threat to spacecraft. Experts say that a traditional satellite mission to go capture each object is not efficient enough to make an appreciable difference due to the high cost of orbit transfers. Many alt…

Edwin R. Daniels ’48 of Dallas has pledged to endow a prestigious faculty position at Texas A&M University in honor of his grandson. The $500,000 pledge gift, to be funded through the Texas A&M Foundation, will establish the Eric D. Rubin ’06 Endowed Professorship in Electrical and Computer…