Dr. Mark Kimber, assistant professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University, is working to make advanced thermal reactors safer by establishing trusted uncertainty guidelines regarding advanced reactor turbulent mixing processes.
Dr. César O. Malavé, professor and holder of the Sugar and Mike Barnes Department Head Chair in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been named the new dean and chief operating officer (COO) at Texas A&M University at Qatar
Drs. Zachary Grasley and Mary Beth Hueste of the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University received awards at the spring 2016 American Concrete Institute (ACI) Concrete Convention and Exposition in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Dr. Nancy M. Amato, Unocal Professor and Regents Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, was honored with the 2015 Distinguished Educator Award from the University of Illinois, where she received her Ph.D. in computer science.
Eight computer science and engineering students received recognition for their research during Texas A&M University’s 2016 Student Research Week (SRW).
Dr. William Schneider, Zachry Professor of Engineering Practice in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, was spotlighted in a recent article, “This Expandable Structure Could Become the Future of Living in Space” for Smithsonian Magazine.
Tamara Becejac, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, received a travel grant to participate in the 2016 IEEE Woman In Engineering (WIE) International Leadership Conference (ILC).
Four seniors in the Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University assembled individual strengths under a team identity — DVDT — to undertake a capstone project that was effectively launched into outer space on April 9 from Hillsboro Airport in Hillsboro, Texas.
Ahad Esmaeilian, Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, was awarded the Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments (DEED) Student Research Grant provided by American Public Power Association.
Dr. Diego Gómez-Gualdrón, former graduate student of materials science and engineering at Texas A&M University, has accepted an assistant professor position at Chemical and Biological Engineering Department Colorado School of Mines.
Prerna Jain, graduate student in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, won second place in the Engineering and Architecture subject area at the university’s annual Student Research Week (SRW) event.
Dr. Reza Langari, J.R. Thompson Department Head Chair of the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution and professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, presented an invited lecture at Ford Research and Innovation Center in Dearborn, Michigan, on April 13.
Brent Bielefeldt, graduate student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, has received the Science, Mathematics, & Research for Transformation (SMART) Fellowship through the Department of Defense (DoD).
For the first time, a robust, low-cost and portable technology deployed using drones can be used to monitor and control infectious disease outbreaks in remote locations, says Texas A&M University researcher, Dr. Victor Ugaz, who has built the instrument.
The elevator pitch, a short, easily understandable description of a project that instantly attracts interest and support, is a skill that can be perfected with practice and is not sufficiently covered in graduate curriculum.
Texas A&M University's American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Steel Bridge and Concrete Canoe student teams competed in the regional competitions held April 7-9 at Texas Tech University.
Nasan Tsengeg, sophomore in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, placed first for undergraduate research in the engineering category of Texas A&M’s student research week.
The Department of Aerospace Engineering in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University inducted 12 individuals into the Aerospace Engineering Distinguished Alumni Academy during the Aerospace Engineering Annual Awards Banquet on April 1.
Payman Dehghanian, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, received several recent honors for leadership and scholarly activities.
Saving lives, improving patient comfort and streamlining procedures in dangerous situations were just a few of the topics covered in the latest Aggies Invent held at Texas A&M University.
More than a dozen nuclear engineering students from Texas A&M University presented at the 2016 American Nuclear Society (ANS) Student Conference in Madison, Wisconsin.
Dr. Nick Duffield, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, was appointed a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
Three students in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University have received the prestigious Gulf Coast Power Association (GCPA) Scholarship.
M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering, has appointed Dr. Andreas A. Polycarpou the James J. Cain Chair in Mechanical Engineering in recognition of his exceptional record as a researcher and educator.
Dr. Gang Sun, instructional assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University, is a recipient of the 2016 American Society for Agricultural and Biological Engineers Superior Paper Award.
It was an eventful retirement for former Texas A&M University nuclear engineering student Patrick Pfanz ’93, who attended his retirement ceremony in College Station, Texas on March 25 after serving 21 years in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear submarine officer.
Texas A&M University nuclear engineering doctoral student and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) research scientist Vishal Patel is designing the space ships of tomorrow, developing rockets powered by nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) that may one day take humans on their journey to Mars.
The Texas A&M Institute for Preclinical Studies (TIPS) and the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University, under the direction of associate professor Dr. Gamal Akabani, have installed and commissioned a new multimodal Albira Si micro-PET/SPECT/CT system for preclinical small animal imaging.
Shawna Fletcher, director of the Women in Engineering (WE) program at Texas A&M University, was recently awarded the 2015 Student Employment Impact Award for her work with student employees.
The Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Association (ChEGSA) at Texas A&M University organized its third annual research symposium, giving graduate students in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering an opportunity to present their research and network with industry partners.
Dr. Diego Donzis, associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, was awarded the 2016 McElmurry Teaching Excellence Award at the Aerospace Engineering Annual Awards banquet held April 1.
Carl Runco, a graduate student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, was named the international winner of the American Helicopter Society’s (AHS) 2016 Robert L. Lichten award competition for his paper, “Development and Flight Testing of a Meso-Scale Cyclocopter.”
Students from the Advanced Vertical Flight Laboratory (AVFL) in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University won first and second place at the 2016 AIAA Region IV Student Conference.
Of the four recipients of the College of Engineering’s 2016 Instructional Faculty Teaching Awards, two are from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University.
Approximately 700 students will participate in one of the largest nationwide events of its kind — the fourth annual Texas A&M University Engineering Project Showcase — on April 29 from noon to 4 p.m.
Dr. Mladen Kezunovic, the Eugene E. Webb Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, served on a review panel of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, which was charged with assessing the scientific and technical work performed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML).
Six students from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University notched seven awards, including two first-place finishes, for their research presentations at the university’s annual Student Research Week (SRW) event.
Timothy Brown, doctoral student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, has received the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship.
Dr. I-Hong Hou, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, received a research instrumentation award from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for his proposal, “Equipment for Research in Network and Systems.”
Dr. Jenn-Tai Liang, professor and holder of the John E. & Deborah F. Bethancourt Endowed Professorship in the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University, was selected to receive the prestigious 2016 Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) Pioneer Award.
Researchers in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University are working to make life easier through research that is revolutionizing society.
Three professors in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University presented aspects of their research at Texas Optimization Day, held recently at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center.
Dr. John Niedzwecki, Cain '13 Senior Chair in Offshore Technology and Regents Professor in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering and the Department of Ocean Engineering at Texas A&M University, was invited to join the international advisory board for the Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Ship and Deep-Sea Exploration (CISSE).
The Texas A&M Energy Institute hosted a one-day conference on Monday, April 4, 2016, to create an opportunity for researchers across the state to share their research and educational developments in the field.
The 2016 Texas A&M Robotics Workshop, held recently, hosted an array of distinguished speakers from institutions around the world, whose research is rooted in robotics.
Dr. Darren Hartl, TEES Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been selected to receive the Gary Anderson Early Achievement Award from the Aerospace Division of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Dr. Kyle T. Alfriend, professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been selected to receive the 2016 Texas A&M University Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award for research.
The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station’s Turbomachinery Laboratory’s first Asia Turbomachinery and Pump Symposium (ATPS) was recently featured in an article in International Turbomachinery.
Dr. P.R. Kumar, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, received the prestigious IEEE INFOCOM Achievement Award at the IEEE INFOCOM conference.
Of the five faculty members selected to receive 2015-2016 College of Engineering Faculty Fellow Awards, two recipients are from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University.
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University will host the Shannon Event on Saturday (April 9) in conjunction with the Texas A&M Physics and Engineering Festival.
Payman Dehghanian, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been named the recipient of the IEEE Region 5 Outstanding Individual Award.
Dr. Akhil Datta-Gupta, Regents Professor in the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University and holder of the L. F. Peterson '36 Endowed Chair in Petroleum Engineering, has been appointed a University Distinguished Professor, one of the highest honors awarded to Texas A&M faculty members.
The Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University invite audiences across Texas, the nation and even the world to get up close and personal with science and technology this spring at the 2016 Physics & Engineering Festival, an entertaining and informative weekend scientific extravaganza for all ages.
Ray Rothrock, a venture capitalist and former student of the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University, has established the Ray Rothrock Lecture Series.
The inaugural Asia Turbomachinery and Pump Symposium (ATPS), organized by the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station’s Turbomachinery Laboratory, debuted Feb. 22-26, 2016, at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, Asia’s market center.
The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station’s Smart Grid Center will host the fourth annual Smart Grid Workshop at the Memorial Student Center on the Texas A&M University campus on April 28.
Dr. Daniele Mortari, professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been invited to present the theory of flower constellations to several academic and industry audiences.
Dr. Dallas Little, Snead Chair Professor and Regents Professor in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University, was selected by the Transportation and Development Institute to receive the 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Francis C.
A Texas A&M University team of 12 female engineering students recently placed fourth out of 11 other university teams at a VEX U Robotics competition in League City, Texas.
Dr. Alan Palazzolo, TEES Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, recently published a book, Vibration Theory and Applications with Finite Elements and Active Vibration Control.
Dr. Michael Moreno, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, is a recipient of the 2016 Dean of Engineering Excellence Award.
