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The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University gets many requests from companies — who may or may not be members of our Industrial Affiliate Program — interested in hiring our students.

TAMUHack, a new student run organization in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, hosted its very first hackathon Oct. 24-25.

The Texas A&M University Department of Computer Science and Engineering sent 21 students, including four male students, to the 2014 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference (GHC).

The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at Texas A&M University received two prestigious awards during the SWE annual conference, WE14, which was held recently in Los Angeles.

Dr. Robin R. Murphy, Raytheon Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and director of the Center for Robot Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR) has identified nine ways robots can protect Ebola workers.

Texas A&M University’s Dwight Look College of Engineering has accepted a $1 million contribution from Phillips 66, a growing energy manufacturing and logistics company.

Dr. Mahmoud El-Halwagi, holder of the McFerrin Professorship in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been elected as a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

When Yukiya Amano, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, made his first trip to the U.S. this week, Texas A&M was the first public university he visited.

Dr. B. Don Russell, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been named a Distinguished Member by the Council of Large Electric Power Systems (CIGRE).

Dr. Valerie E. Taylor spoke about the recent partnership between The Texas A&M University System and IBM at the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable meeting on October 15, 2014 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.

Sravani Nuti has been named recipient of the 2014-2015 Outstanding Engineering Master's Graduate Student Award.

Dr. Lewis Ntaimo, associate professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been recognized by the Journal of Global Optimization (JOGO) for having one of the top five papers published in the journal during the proceeding year.

Current statistics indicate over 900 mobile apps are created daily. Aashish Priye, a Ph.D. student studying chemical engineering at Texas A&M University, and Nan Shi, who earned his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Texas A&M, have created apps that are more than just statistics.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering hosted its 2014 Donor Recognition & Scholarship/Fellowship Banquet on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 at Pebble Creek Country Club in College Station.

The 100 fastest-growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world were recognized recently at the 10th Annual Aggie 100 program, sponsored by the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship in the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University.

The first all-Aggie Engineering Tailgate is slated for Nov. 15, three hours prior to the kickoff of the Texas A&M vs. Missouri football game.

Sophomore students are familiar with the demands of an engineering academic schedule; now their focus turns to gaining professional skills and learning about various resources beyond the classroom.

Dr. Chanan Singh, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, recently received a prestigious award from the Brazilian Research Council.

A student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University was recently awarded the UNICEF Member of the Year 2014-2015 Award.

The Science Coalition presented Congressman John Culberson with its Champion of Science Award during a ceremony in Houston on Tuesday (Oct. 21).

Dr. Teri Reed and Dr. P.K. Imbrie are co-authors of an article that was published in the September issue of PRISM, a publication of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). The article is also featured on the ASEE website.

In the microelectronics world, the military and private sectors alike need solutions to technologic challenges.

Lainy Dromgoole has been awarded the 2014-2015 Robert Gardner Memorial Fellowship from the Health Physics Society.

Dr. Jennifer L. Welch presented a tutorial on "Link Reversal Algorithms" as part of the 28th International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC) held Oct. 12-15 in Austin, Texas.

Texas A&M University's Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Student Chapter held its SPE Career Enhancement Event (CEE) recently at Texas A&M’s Memorial Student Center. Over 600 students interested in a career in the petroleum industry attended the CEE.

Holly Gibbs, graduate student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been named recipient of the 2014-2015 Outstanding Engineering Doctoral Graduate Student Award.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering hosted its Fall 2014 Industrial Advisory Council (IAC) meeting on October 17th at the Mechanical Engineering office Building at Texas A&M University.

Computer Science and Engineering student, Joanne Bruno, is the Student Engineers’ Council executive secretary at Texas A&M University.

Professor John Valasek in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Assistant Professor Thomas Ferris in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering have been awarded a two-year research project by the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Weather Technology in the Cockpit (WTIC) program titled “General Aviation Weather Alerting.”

The Dwight Look College of Engineering hosted 35 high school counselors at the inaugural High School Counselor’s Retreat and Focus Group on Oct. 9-10.

Dr. M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering, has appointed Dr. Miroslav M. Begovic head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University. The appointment is effective Jan. 5, 2015.

The recent awarding of the Noble Prize in Physics to a team of researchers for its invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes (LED) brings to light the work of Texas A&M University faculty member, Dr. James R. “Bob” Biard.

Nearly 200 students, faculty and staff of the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering assembled for a scholarship banquet the evening of Friday, Oct. 10 at the Hilton College Station & Conference Center.

A little rainy weather could not dampen the Aggie spirits at the CSE Tailgate, which preceded the Texas A&M vs. Ole Miss game this past Saturday. Current and former students, advisory council members, faculty and staff all enjoyed barbecue and fellowship in Spence Park before the 2014 Maroon Out game at Kyle Field.

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University is on the start of a growth period as part of the Dwight Look College of Engineering's 25 by 25 initiative.

Dr. Sheng-Jen (“Tony”) Hsieh, professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution (ETID) at Texas A&M University, served as manufacturing division program chair for the 2014 American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference in Indianapolis.

The Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University recently recognized the 2014 recipients of the department’s Distinguished Graduate Award.

The Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute (NSSPI) recently hosted a delegation of students and faculty from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech).

Todd Landsman, graduate student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has earned top honors at the 2014 BioInterface Conference for his research poster detailing a new type of wound dressings for trauma situations.

Texas A&M University’s Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering held a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday, October 7 for the newly established Chaparral-Fischer CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Center.

Dr. Xiaoning Qian, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, was recently awarded a grant from the USDA entitled, "Molecular and biochemical mechanisms of oxidized lipids signaling in regulating drought tolerance in maize."

Professor P. R. Kumar of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University is featured in an interview on the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) website.

The Board of Directors of the Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA) has selected Dr. F. Barry Lawrence of the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution to receive the ECIA Distinguished Service Award.

Dr. M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering, has appointed Dr. Ying Li as the Pioneer Natural Resources Faculty Fellow III in Mechanical Engineering. The faculty fellowship appointment was effective Oct. 1.

Dr. M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering, has appointed Dr. Matthew A. Kuttolamadom as the Corrie and Jim Furber ’64 Faculty Fellow in Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution.

Dr. M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering, has appointed Dr. Jorge Alvarado as the Charlotte and Walter Buchanan Faculty Fellow in Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution. The faculty fellowship appointment was effective Oct. 1.

Dr. Tim Davis, professor of computer science and engineering at Texas A&M University, developed SuiteSparse, a software package that supports GPU-based CUDA acceleration.

Three faculty members from the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University are part of a team working on a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project researching asynchronous PDE algorithms for turbulent flows at exascale.

On Sept. 27, almost 250 computer science and engineering students, faculty, staff and families gathered at Bachmann (Southwood) Pavilion to enjoy a highly successful evening of fun, food and friends.

Vladislav Yakovlev, professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been named recipient of the 2015 Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics for his work on random lasers.

Four graduate students in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University have been awarded fellowships by the Texas A&M University System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (TAMUS LSAMP).

YAKIMA — The world needs nuclear power.

I. Yucel Akkultu, associate professor in the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University, will be receiving the AIME Rossiter W. Raymond Memorial Award at the Society of Petroleum Engineers annual banquet on Oct. 28 in Amsterdam.

Ten Texas A&M University Computer Science and Engineering students, who are also part of TAMUHack, made their mark last month while participating in the GeauxHack and PennApps X: Health events.

Dr. Dylan Shell, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at Texas A&M University, was a co-organizer of "The Future of Multiple Robot Research and its Multiple Identities."

John E. Richardson and his wife Susan created the Susan D. and John E. Richardson ’71 Scholarship for junior or senior level students in the Department of Aerospace Engineering.

Dr. Tracy Anne Hammond, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, was one of four speakers at Evolution of the Warfighter, Technology Version, an event designed to showcase the relationship between government funded research and general innovations.

Dr. M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering, has appointed Dr. Luis San Andres holder of the Mast-Childs Chair in Mechanical Engineering. The endowed appointment is effective Oct. 1.

Dr. M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering, has appointed Dr. Rodney Bowersox holder of the Ford Motor Company Design Professorship I in engineering. The endowed professorship is effective Oct. 1.

Dr. M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering, has appointed Dr. Victor Ugaz holder of the Charles D. Holland ’53 Professorship in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering.

Dr. M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering, has appointed Dr. Dilma Da Silva holder of the Ford Motor Company Design Professorship II in engineering. The endowed professorship is effective Oct. 1.