Eileen Hoy, undergraduate academic advisor, has enjoyed teaching and working with students since she left graduate school. Now, she uses that love to help students navigate through the many student resources biomedical engineering and Texas A&M University have to offer.
Researchers at Texas A&M University, along with seven universities and three industry partners, are working to make on-demand metal additive manufacturing possible through the Habitats Optimized for Missions of Exploration (HOME) Institute at NASA.
Gerald “Gerry” Grogin ’47 has established the Gerald “Gerry” Grogin ’47 Endowed Excellence Fund in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University.
Texas A&M Corps of Cadets member Seth Dopp was the highest-ranked graduate of his 181-member class at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School and a recipient of the Commandant’s Trophy for Accomplishment.
Kelly (Christy) ’99 and Cory Simmons have established the Kelly ’99 and Cory Simmons Dean’s Scholar Award. Their generous gift will be used to support high school seniors who excelled academically, have demonstrated outstanding leadership, are entering their freshman year and who are pursuing an undergraduate degree in the Texas A&M University College of Engineering.
Darryl and Bettye Heath and their family have established the Bettye and H. Darryl Heath ’84 Dean’s Scholar Award to support high school seniors entering their freshman year and pursuing an undergraduate degree in the Texas A&M University College of Engineering.
Dr. Mladen Kezunovic from the Texas A&M University College of Engineering was recently named as one of the U.S. Department of Energy's latest Electricity Advisory Committee members, an important component of their strategy to improve its research and development portfolio and program activities.
Dr. Alex Walsh's research in microscopy imaging is featured in a new study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering. The research looked at a novel label-free imaging technique that may help assess T cell involvement in immunotherapies for cancer treatment or autoimmune diseases.
Dr. Edgar Sánchez-Sinencio has been a professor and researcher in the Texas A&M College of Engineering since 1984. Recently, his former students and colleagues came together to support an endowed chair and scholarship fund in his honor and celebrated with the college's first virtual event.
Dr. Ruihong Huang was selected to receive the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development Award to create document-level event graphs that can identify the relationship between events mentioned anywhere in a document.
Dr. Jodie Lutkenhaus has been selected as the winner of the 2019 Molecular Systems Design & Engineering (MSDE) Outstanding Early Career Paper Award. In the paper, the research team examined the selection and design of supercapacitor electrodes for application in structural energy and power
Mahmoud El-Halwagi has been awarded the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Computing in Chemical Engineering Award. The prestigious award recognizes outstanding contributions in the application of computing and systems technology to chemical engineering.
Garrett Jares and Hannah Stroud, doctoral students from the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, have each received a 2020 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship.
Researchers have designed a power electronics box that might help solar-powered homes reduce their dependency on the power grid. Utility companies could also program the same technology to limit the grid current to these homes during natural disasters and divert power to places affected by outages.
Dr. Chanan Singh was named a 2020 foreign fellow of the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering, which is the highest professional distinction in the society.
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is supporting a project led by Dr. Zheng O'Neill to improve the cybersecurity and energy efficiency of commercial buildings.
Dr. Tanmay Lele uses his research background in mechanobiology to better understand why both cellular mechanical forces and the mechanical properties of resisting cellular structures go awry in cancer cells.
Using an unconventional aircraft design, Texas A&M University took first place in the 2020 SAE Aero Design East competition. This achievement is one Texas A&M has only seen once before in its 10-year history competing.
Dr. Yucel Akkutlu, Dr. Dan Hill, Dr. Marcelo Laprea-Bigott and Dr. Hisham Nasr-El-Din were all named international award winners by the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Three doctoral students from the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University won first place with their paper in the 2020 Excellence in Highway Safety Data Award Competition jointly administered by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE).
Rainbow Suh, a graduate student with the Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives (NSSPI), is part of a research team investigating the polyvinyl toluene plastic fogging of radiation portal monitors.
Dr. Amy Epps Martin, professor in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University and a researcher at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, has been named one of 20 Women of Asphalt to Watch in 2020.
Lithium batteries can damage internally and catch fire. Researchers at Texas A&M University have designed a new type of fast-charging lithium battery using carbon nanotubes that can prevent such mishaps from happening.
Deborah ’83 and Kenneth Delano, Jr. ‘84 have established the Deborah ’83 and Kenneth Delano, Jr. ’84 Dean’s Scholars Award. This award will provide one or more scholarships to full-time incoming freshman students who have excelled academically, demonstrated outstanding leadership and are pursuing an undergraduate degree in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University.
The National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing is producing spike proteins to identify antibodies that can attach to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein receptor-binding domain and prevent the virus from binding to key sites, thus obstructing the virus from entering and infecting human cells.
Dr. Hae-Kwon Jeong, professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded the 2020 Institute Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for his work with chemical purification and separation, utilizing ZIF membranes.
Dr. Hisham Nasr-El-Din, dedicated engineer, esteemed educator and beloved mentor, leaves behind a legacy of service and outreach memorialized by those who knew him.
A team led by Dr. Darren Hartl developed a novel fluid-structure interaction algorithm. This will provide the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory with a vital tool in their pursuit of a transforming drone.
To investigate efficient ways to tap into renewable energy sources, the Department of Energy has awarded a three-year grant award of $1.5 million to Dr. Patrick Shamberger, assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, together with a team of faculty from Texas A&M.
Four interdisciplinary projects led by researchers in the Texas A&M University College of Engineering will share $7 million in funding from Round 3 of Texas A&M’s X-Grants program, an initiative of the 10-year, $100 million President’s Excellence Fund.
One in three American adults has high blood pressure. To combat this, Dr. Roozbeh Jafari and his team received a $3.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to create a blood pressure system a user can wear all night while they sleep for constant readings.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers is paying tribute to Dr. Je-Chin Han for his lifetime of service to engineering with a 2020 ASME Honorary Membership.
Col. Rosendo “Ross” Guieb has been named the first executive director of the George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex. In his new role, Guieb, a former Army Futures Command senior staff member, will help to accelerate military innovation.
