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Cheyenne Stowers, a master’s student in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University, recently received a fellowship from the Environmental Engineers of the Future program.

Several people affiliated with the graduate program in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University were recognized for their accomplishments at the 2016 Graduate Student Awards Banquet (pictured in order).

A team led by Dr. Arum Han, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, recently had its paper on droplet microfluidics-based systems for algal biofuel development published in the journal Biotechnology and Bioengineering as a front cover.

The Texas A&M University College of Engineering honored five students with its Craig C. Brown Outstanding Senior Engineering Award during a banquet on Oct. 6 at the Memorial Student Center on the Texas A&M campus.

Students from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University competed in a local programming competition that was hosted by the Texas A&M Computing Society.

BUILD, a student-led organization that is aimed at unifying the student body through a physically uniting effort, is making waves across the Texas A&M University campus for its innovative and aspirational endeavors.

Bruce Hamilton, a Texas A&M University alumni and a member of the Defense Nuclear Securities Safety Board (DNFSB), delivered a seminar to the students and faculty of the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M.

Dr. Tracy Hammond, professor and director of the Sketch Recognition Lab (SRL) in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, recently received the Information and Intelligent Systems’ EAGER grant from the National Science Foundation, which was given in support of the social media platform, KidGab.

Dr. Helen Reed, professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, was inducted into the inaugural class of the Academy of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Excellence at her alma mater Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University on Oct. 22.

Dr. Na Zou, instructional assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University, will be featured in the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineer’s (IISE) Industrial and Systems Engineer magazine.

Trey Roady, Ph.D. student in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University, was on the winning team of the UX Guerilla Design Challenge at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society's (HFES) annual meeting.

Valero Energy Corp., a Fortune 500 company headquartered in San Antonio, has given $1.5 million through the Texas A&M Foundation to support the construction of the Zachry Engineering Education Complex (EEC).

The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Honorable Stephen G. Burns, spoke to the students, staff and faculty of the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University as part of a special seminar.

Dr. Raktim Bhattacharya, associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been selected by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) as a 2017 AIAA Associate Fellow.

Dr. Jean-Briac le Graverend, assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, is one of 58 scientists and engineers who will receive approximately $20.8 million in grants from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) through its Young Investigator Research Program (YIP).

TAMUHack is Texas A&M University’s annual hackathon event that brings together students from around the nation to share their passion for learning, creativity and self-expression through technology.

Dr. Robin Murphy, director of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station’s Center for Emergency Informatics, presented at the White House Frontiers Conference on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Nick Duffield, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) that will allow him to research network traffic classification.

Ali Pourghorban Saghati, a graduate student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been awarded the Fouraker Fellowship from the department.

Faculty, staff, advisory board members and students of the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M won several awards, volunteered time and effort, and presented academic papers at the recent Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) held Sept 26-28 in Dubai.

Hyosung An (pictured above), Ph.D. candidate in The Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, won the award for the best oral presentation in the Energy Storage Technologies category at the Inaugural Texas A&M Conference on Energy, the brainchild of late Christodoulos A. Floudas.

Roughly 1,400 satellites surround the word today, with 500 of those launched by the United States.

The Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University organized and sponsored the first of its type industry luncheon at the 2016 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) annual meeting.

This summer, 19 undergraduate students in the Industrial Distribution program at Texas A&M University took part in a 16-day study abroad trip to Scotland and Germany led by Dr. Ismail Capar.

Purvit Soni, master’s student in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University, and his team recently participated in Aggies Invent.

Four professors in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University are part of a three-year National Science Foundation Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers grant that includes Blinn College.

Dr. Yossef Elabd, professor and associate department head in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).

Cynthia ’82 and Fred ’82 Balda have contributed $25,000 to the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering Endowed Excellence Fund and also have established the Cynthia ’82 and Fred ’82 Endowed Scholarship.

With a long history of contributing to Texas A&M University, Joe B. Foster’s most recent contribution is to the Newfield DVG Developmental Professorship in the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering.

Angie B. ’84 and William R. “Billy” ’83 Lemmons, Jr. have contributed to the William “Doug” Von Gonten ’56 Excellence Fund for Faculty Enrichment.

Sallie and Don Davis ’61 have contributed $1 million to support the teaching, research, service and professional development activities of faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University.

M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering, has appointed Dr. Sharath Girimaji holder of the Wofford Cain Chair II in Offshore Technology.

Matthew Johnson and Matthew Gardner (center), researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, and their adviser, Dr. Hamid Toliyat (left), received the Second Prize Paper Award during the prestigious 2016 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition (ECCE) in Milwaukee.

This summer, over 40 students participated in various sectors of the Research Experience for Undergraduates program in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University.

The 2016 winner of the Rice Business Plan Competition — TriFusion Devices from Texas A&M University's Startup Aggieland — rang the Nasdaq Stock Market opening bell in New York City on Monday (Oct. 10).

Mikayla Barry, senior biomedical engineering student at Texas A&M University, is a pioneer in more ways than one.

The Defense Sciences Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Dr. James Caverlee and Dr. Xia “Ben” Hu a Next Generation Social Science (NGS2) grant to complete their collaborative research project, HELIOS, named after the Greek god with the ability to see the invisible.

Christopher Mentzer, manager of the Unmanned Systems R&D Branch at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in San Antonio, recently visited the Department of Engineering Technology and Distribution (ETID) at Texas A&M University for recruiting and outreach meetings.

Looking to explore new horizons — literally and figuratively — 99 students from the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University traveled the world this summer to study the ways civil engineers build our world.

Ahmed 'Aziz' Ezzat, Ph.D. student and research assistant in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University, was selected to receive the Best Presentation Award from the Texas A&M Energy Conference for his presentation “Space-time modeling of asymmetric local wind fields.”

The Texas A&M University College of Engineering and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) are hosting a National Manufacturing Day event on Friday, Oct. 7 beginning at 1:30 p.m. at the Engineering Innovation Center on the Texas A&M campus.

The Texas A&M University College of Engineering has added to the strength of its teaching and research faculty with the addition five members of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).

Two researchers from the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)-AgriLife Center for Bioinformatics and Genomic Systems Engineering (CBGSE) and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University have received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) that will allow them to explore the use of system theoretic approaches to carry out cancer drug identification.

Jana and Quentin A. Baker ’78 have established the Jana and Quentin A. Baker ’78 Faculty Fellowship in Mechanical Engineering.

Petro-King International Co., Ltd. has contributed $100,000 to the PETE Faculty Gifts – Valko Fund.

Rebecca L. ’03 and Robert J. “Bobby” Jee Jr. ’02 have established the Rebecca L. ’03 and Robert J. “Bobby” Jee Jr. ’02 Scholarship in Engineering Technology.

Dr. Raymundo Case has joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University as a professor of practice.

A team of researchers led by Dr. Darren Hartl, assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been selected for the second consecutive year by NASA’s Johnson Space Center (NASA JSC) to continue development of an advanced passively morphing radiator concept for manned spaceflight.

Between track practices, student athletic advisory committee meetings, Kappa Alpha Psi activities and working in the office of the Board of Regents, Kohl Anderson has little time to ponder the opportunities that arise.

Lambert Fick, a doctoral student in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University, received the Akiyama Medal for the best overall student paper as a part of the Student Paper Competition at the International Nuclear Engineering Conference (ICONE 24), held in Charlotte, North Carolina.

For a living, Lt. Col. Daniel Lehoski travels 20 miles per minute, in three-dimensions, at nine times the force of gravity while neutralizing threats.

Dr. Dinakar Sagapuram, assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University, was part of a team whose research was selected for the cover of the September issue of Proceedings of the Royal Society A (PRSA).

Representatives from Texas Instruments were on the Texas A&M University campus recently for a ribbon cutting at the renovated Texas Instruments Mixed Signal Test Laboratory and Product Innovation Cellar (PIC) in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution (ETID).

Dr. B. Don Russell, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, has received the Philip Sporn Award from the International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE) for cumulative career contributions to the advancement of large high voltage electric systems in the United States.

It is Saturday in Aggieland and thousands of maroon-clad fans are filing into Texas A&M University’s Kyle Field, anxiously anticipating the football game that will soon unfold on the turf.

Dr. Xingfu Wu and Dr. Valerie Taylor from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, have received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct research that aims to improve energy efficiency of scientific applications on large-scale high-performance computing (HPC) systems by focusing on three key factors: execution time, power and resilience.