Texas A&M Engineer : Premiere Issue 2006
THE ENERGY ISSUE
Professor Mark Holtzapple, pictured in this photo illustration filling a vehicle with fuel from biomass, says that biofuels combined with high-efficency vehicles could be the answer to skyrocketing prices at the gas pumps. Read More ...
To drill or not to drill
Petroleum engineers like information — the more, the better, usually. It helps them decide where to drill for oil. But sometimes having the right information is more valuable than having a lot of it.
Batteries not required
Magnetic shape memory alloys that change shape to produce power could change our lives, from powering your iPod as you run to refrigerating your food. Oh, and protecting borders, too.
Biomass and clean air
Cattle manure may be the key ingredient in a newly patented process that takes almost all of an important pollutant out of power plant smokestack emissions.
It is easy being green
There’s more to recycling a cell phone than putting it out by the curb on collection day. Texas A&M engineers are working to make product recycling and remanufacturing more efficient.
Energy 101
A new course and certificate program introduces undergrads to all kinds of energy and new ways of thinking about them.
Why the levees broke
Understanding why levees and flood walls failed instead of protecting New Orleans from Katrina’s surging waters is the job of three Texas A&M civil engineers.