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TAMUHack, student organization in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University held its second annual hackathon on campus in October.

Cassandra Bub, undergraduate student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, created a guitar tuner and metronome that was developed by Microsoft.

Dr. Nancy Amato, Unocal professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, was named to Robohub’s list of “25 Women in Robotics You Need to Know About.”

Distance education students, who are seeking a master’s degree from the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University, have the opportunity to save up to $4,500 a year on tuition with a new scholarship opportunity.

Dr. Walter C. Daugherity, senior lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, will be honored as the Mathematics and Computer Science Alumnus of the Year by Oklahoma Christian University.

Dr. Robin Murphy, Raytheon professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, was named an Agent of Change by TIME.

Dr. Mark H. Weichold has been named executive director for the Halliburton Global Engineering Program within the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University.

Three faculty members from the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University were honored during the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Houston.

Dr. Zachary Grasley, associate professor and Peter C. Forster Faculty Fellow I in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University, recently spoke at the 10th annual Concreep-10 Conference held in Vienna, Austria.

Dr. Aakash Tyagi has been awarded an instructional grant to develop a one-of-a-kind course in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University.

Dr. Zixiang Xiong, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, won a top 10 percent paper award at the 17th annual Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP) Workshop in Xiamen, China.

Texas A&M University has established two new interdisciplinary graduate programs in energy: the Master of Science in Energy and the Certificate in Energy.

M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering, has appointed Dr. Berna Hascakir the Stephen A. Holditch Faculty Fellow in the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering in recognition of her accomplishments and future potential.

M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering, has appointed Dr. W. John Lee the Chevron Faculty Fellow in the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering in recognition of his accomplishments and future potential.

M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering, has appointed Dr. Eyad Masad the Zachry Professor in Design and Construction Integration II in recognition of his accomplishments and future potential.

M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering, has appointed Dr. Joseph Morgan the Charlotte and Walter Buchanan Faculty Fellow in Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution in recognition of his accomplishments and future potential.

Guatemalan farmers could soon have a solution to deshelling their pigeon pea crops thanks to a mechanical device from Team Peas-Makers, which was awarded first prize and $1,000 at the most recent Aggies Invent competition held at Texas A&M University.

Texas A&M University at Qatar’s bachelor’s degree programs in chemical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and petroleum engineering have been accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, the global accreditor of college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering and engineering technology.

Texas A&M University at Qatar in collaboration with founding supporter ORYX GTL has launched the ORYX GTL – Gas-to-Liquid Excellence Program to prepare the highly skilled engineers and technical staff needed to lead and operate Qatar’s world-class industrial facilities.

Amy Bolon, doctoral student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, is a leading example of women pushing the boundaries in engineering research and leadership.

Dr. Nick Duffield, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, and professor by courtesy in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, is part of a group that was awarded a multi-million dollar contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to help develop new networking and security technologies at the Wide Area Network (WAN) edge.

Melissa Grunlan, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering Distinguished Visiting Fellowship.

Dr. Jean-Louis Briaud, distinguished professor and holder of the Spencer J. Buchanan Chair in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University, was selected to be the 2015-2016 Cross-USA lecturer for the Geo-Institute (GI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

The Society of Asian Scientists (SASE), a student-run organization at Texas A&M University, has tripled its membership in the last year, making it a runner up for “Most Improved Chapter” during the SASE national conference held recently.

Three-dimensional printing continues to grow in popularity and have varying applications across many industries; prosthetics for children is one of them.

Air pollution remains a major health hazard for our nation despite significant improvement in the United States' air quality since the passage of the Clean Air Act and formation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970.

This past summer Drs. Ivan Damnjanovic and Luca Quadrifoglio of the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University led the first study abroad Italy trip for the civil engineering department.

The 2015 Buchanan lecturer is Dr. William F. Marcuson III, director emeritus, from the Geotechnical Laboratory of the U.S. Army Engineers Research and Development Center for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Dr. Jodie Lutkenhaus, William and Ruth Neely Faculty Fellow and associate professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, is a finalist in the energy category of the 2015 World Technology Network Awards.

Dr. S.P. Bhattacharyya, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, was named a Foreign Member of the Academia Nacional de Engenharia (ANE), Brazil, at the Academy's annual meeting in Rio de Janeiro.

Texas A&M University predoctoral research fellow Gleb Kuzmin and scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are conducting research to understand the negative effects proton therapy cancer treatments can have on normal human tissue.

Vladislav Yakovlev, professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).

Yunyun Chen, doctoral student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, won the Neville B. Smith Student Poster Award third prize at Advanced Light Source’s (ALS) annual user meeting held at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University has opened a new student collaboration space on the second floor of the James J. Cain ‘51 Building (ENPH).

Faculty and staff from the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station's Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute (NSSPI) at Texas A&M University organized the second Nuclear Facilities Experience (NFE) for American students and young professionals through a grant from the National Nuclear Security Administration's Next Generation Safeguards Initiative.

A research team from Texas A&M University that includes two professors from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has received an Early Concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to research and test a transformative building system that engages interdisciplinary teams from the College of Architecture and the Dwight Look College of Engineering.

Dr. Christodoulos A. Floudas, director of the Texas A&M Energy Institute and the Erle Nye ’59 Chair Professor for Engineering Excellence in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, presented the 2015 P.V. Danckwerts Memorial Lecture at the 10th European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE10) in Nice, France on Sept. 28.

The Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University honored seven students with its Craig C. Brown Outstanding Senior Engineering Award during a banquet Oct. 1 at the Memorial Student Center on the Texas A&M campus.

Dr. Sara Abedi, assistant professor in the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University, was one of two recipients of this year’s prestigious SPE New Faculty Research Grant.

Students from the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University have out-earned students from other universities for National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) scholarships.

It’s not every day undergraduate students are surrounded by world-renowned leaders in engineering fields, but three Texas A&M University engineering students had that opportunity at the Global Grand Challenges Summit in Beijing, China.

The Texas A&M University Institute for Advanced Study (TIAS) announced its Faculty Fellows for the 2015-16 academic year and Dr. Kumares Sinha will be joining the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering.

David S. Zachry ’85, former student and advisory council co-chair of the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been elected 2015-2016 chairman by the members of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA).

Texas A&M University’s Marine Technology Society (MTS) and Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME), a joint chapter of student organizations in the Department of Ocean Engineering recently adopted and cleaned a mile of beach in Galveston, Texas, through the Texas General Land Office’s Adopt-a-Beach Program.

A device intended to more effectively treat abdominal aortic aneurysms as well as uncontrolled internal bleeding after serious injuries is a step closer to reality thanks to a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant received by Todd Landsman, graduate student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University.

Andrea Locke, graduate student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been named recipient of the 2015-2016 Outstanding Engineering Doctoral Graduate Student Award.

Faculty members in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University work diligently to prepare students for the engineering profession.

The Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University will hold its Centennial Celebration on Oct. 9-10 to celebrate the department’s past, present and future.

Dr. J.N. Reddy, professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) during a ceremony Sunday (Oct. 4) in Washington, D.C.