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See all of the Texas A&M University College of Engineering's stories from April 2022.

Roshawn Bowers '03, '05 has been named a Northrop Grumman Fellow for Vehicle Management Systems and Flight Control Systems Integration. She is also co-sponsoring a new program at Northrop Grumman that focuses on recruiting and retaining women in senior technical roles.

Grace and Jeff Sober have established the Grace (UT ’09) and Jeff Sober ’05 Graduate Fellowship to provide one or more fellowships to full-time students in good standing pursuing a graduate degree in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Dr. J.N. Reddy and Dr. Matt Pharr were honored with The Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award for graduate mentoring and teaching, respectively.

A collaboration between researchers in the colleges of engineering and medicine can open novel avenues for designing clinically relevant mineral therapeutics for regenerative medicine, drug delivery and immunomodulation.

Student teams gathered to compete in the semester’s final Aggies Invent competition to find innovative ways for law enforcement to work safely. First-, second- and third-place winners were awarded.

This year, the student-run organization TAMUhack held its eighth annual hackathon. During the two-day event, student teams are tasked with developing innovative software and hardware solutions to solve real-world problems faced by industry today.

Dr. Jason T. George ’12 will establish his research group in the Texas Medical Center in Houston. He received a statewide award from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to support his cancer research.

A shape memory alloy was discovered by researchers using an Artificial Intelligence Materials Selection framework. The alloy is confirmed to have the highest efficiency during operation to date, showcasing the framework’s potential for future materials advancement.

5G technology is poised to offer manufacturers the ability to make rapid, real-time decisions — bridging existing gaps in the nation’s industrial base.

A group of civil engineering students embarked on a study abroad trip to discover Peru, learning to use geographic information systems in a different cultural frame.

Dr. Keshawa Shukla investigates cooldown times for the operation of subsea pipe-in-pipe flowline systems. By doing so, he hopes to prevent the solid wax deposition of hydrocarbons and ultimately streamline the production process.

Researchers at Texas A&M University reveal a novel monitoring system for carbon dioxide sequestered underground and out of the environment that provides high accuracy and rapid modeling.

Researchers have designed a device that can destroy colorectal cancer cells using photodynamic therapy techniques. This, when used alongside surgery, can reduce the need for additional treatments.

Dr. Justin Wilkerson explored the effects of high-powered pulsed microwave and radiofrequency energy. What he found has the potential to change the way we view directed energy and traumatic brain injuries.

Nuclear engineering researcher Dr. Karen Kirkland is developing cost-saving methods for nuclear microreactor physical protection systems, thanks to a Department of Energy Nuclear Energy University Program grant.

Four former students from the College of Engineering were recently recognized with the Outstanding Alumni Award, which is the highest honor presented by the college.

Senior Lauren Lugo has been able to bring together her interests in space and coding during her NASA internship experiences. She is also passionate about cultivating a strong community of women in engineering and continues to champion this effort.

Texas A&M University’s team placed first in the finals of Invent for the Planet 2022. All seven teams were congratulated during judging for the feasibility and potential behind their innovations.

Raiyan Seede will receive the 2022 Association of Former Students Distinguished Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research – Doctoral at an on-campus ceremony. The award recognizes students from different disciplines from across the university.

Dr. Amir Asadi has been awarded a Faculty Career Development Award by the National Science Foundation. The award funded the development of a thermoplastic composites manufacturing method that uses hybrid nanomaterials and is complete within minutes.

Researchers at Texas A&M University, in collaboration with Cornell University, created prototypes of a soft-robotics assistive actuator. The development builds on the SmartSuit design proposed by Dr. Ana Diaz Artiles to enhance the current gas-pressurized spacesuits.

Four faculty members from the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering were among those recognized for their achievements in the College of Engineering and Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station at the March 29 ceremony.

Dr. Jeffrey Bullard was recognized with a 2019 Le Châtelier Distinguished Paper award. These awards recognize the significant contributions in research regarding the chemical reactions and physical processes of cementitious materials.

Dr. Nitesh Saxena and his team designed new, easy-to-use methods to improve the security of push notification-based second-factor authentication systems against concurrency attacks that acquire a password and launch a login session simultaneously as the primary user.

This year, eight students from the College of Engineering were presented with The Association of Former Students’ Distinguished Graduate Student Award, one of the highest honors given by the university for graduate students’ accomplishments.

Autumn Leveridge was recently awarded the Legion of Merit from the United States Army for her 22 years of service prior to joining the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University.

Dr. Aakash Tyagi is one of 10 Texas A&M University faculty members selected to receive the 2022 Provost Academic Professional Track Faculty Teaching Excellence Award.

Joe Caram ’86, ’89, the program lead for the Systems Engineering and Integration Office, describes Gateway and how watching the first lunar landing inspired him to become an aerospace engineer and pursue a career at NASA.

Dr. Chao Ma has received the Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation. Ma will use the award to create a new granulated powder and an innovative powder bed formation method that will work synergistically to strengthen the use of advanced ceramics.

Hypersonic weapons and aircraft travel at least five times the speed of sound. Texas A&M University researchers and collaborators across the country are working with the Department of Defense to lead the charge in developing innovations in hypersonic technology, such as high-speed aviation and missiles.

Since its inception in 2010, the Hagler Institute for Advanced Study at Texas A&M University has fostered collaborations between Texas A&M’s innovative faculty and students with prestigious scholars from around the world.

Dr. Byul Hur has received a 2022 Outstanding Young Faculty Award presented by the American Society for Engineering Education Gulf-Southwest Section.

For every molecule of ammonia produced by its current process, two molecules of carbon dioxide are made. To reduce carbon emissions and energy consumption, researchers from Texas A&M University are developing a method to produce ammonia through electrochemical processes.

Congress confirmed President Joe Biden’s appointment of Dr. Marvin L. Adams to deputy administrator for defense programs within the Department of Energy. Adams will oversee federal programs that ensure the safety, security and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile.

Architectural engineering student Carlos Mendoza and his two team members Bobby Boone and Logan Rath took home first place at the Texas A&M University College of Architecture’s debut Station Zero Design Competition.

Three biomedical engineering faculty members are collaborating on research to investigate how a new class of bioinks could impact how engineers 3D print living tissues and organs.

Karen and Wayne Klotz have established the Karen and D. Wayne Klotz ’74 Environmental Endowed Fellowship to support graduate students specializing in water resources engineering in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Faculty from the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University were recently recognized for their achievements including teaching, service and research impact.

Dr. Vladislav Yakovlev aims to advance the capabilities of imaging technology by applying quantum light to the process to achieve a spatial resolution or sensitivity of detection beyond what is possible in classical optics.

Named one of the world’s top 2% of scientists in a Stanford University survey, Dr. J.N. Reddy discusses how the Texas A&M University College of Engineering has progressed.

Dr. Thomas Overbye and Dr. Adam Birchfield co-authored a new edition of the book titled "Power System Analysis and Design,” which is updated with the latest case studies, fresh problems and examples, and a new chapter on power system economics and optimization.

Seven teams from five different countries are coming together to Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, to pitch their designs for grand prizes at the fourth annual Invent for the Planet competition.

Outstanding faculty from the Texas A&M University College of Engineering were recognized for their achievements during an event on March 29. Faculty awards ranged from teaching and service to research impact and engineering excellence.