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

Susan and Keith MacIvor ‘85 support students who have graduated from Kansas, Oklahoma or Texas high schools through a scholarship founded to increase financial opportunity within higher education for aspiring petroleum engineers.

Aggies from the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution competed against teams from three other universities in the 2022 Southeastern Conference Machining Competition in Knoxville, Tennessee.

When scientists alter a cell's DNA to make it behave a certain way, they have little control over the way it reacts over time. Researchers at Texas A&M University are working to change this so that engineered cells can be used to resolve challenges facing humanity.

Faculty and graduate students from the Wm Michael Barnes ’64 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University took part in the 2022 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society annual meeting to share their research.

A former student and current student in biomedical engineering recently competed in Aggie PITCH, a competition designed to hone the skills and networking connections needed for entrepreneurship.

Members of the Department of Biomedical Engineering have developed a faculty-driven framework for reviewing and updating curriculum to meet their undergraduate program’s rise of enrollment as well as ongoing industry needs.

A team led by Dr. Dion Antao has developed improved silane self-assembled monolayer coatings, which offer a dramatically longer lifespan than the previous methods.

Dr. J.N. Reddy was recognized by the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering, the European Academy of Sciences and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts for outstanding and continued contributions to the field of engineering.

Eli Norris, a senior in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, helped build latrines in Rwanda over the summer with his Engineers Without Borders team.

Sponsored by Sling Health, the latest Aggies Invent-Medical encouraged students to gather and solve some of health care’s complex and challenging needs. Permaclear was awarded first place, while Cowboy Dental and Patho-Gone were both awarded second place.

Susanne and Rudy Dismuke ’78 generously established a scholarship in honor of Rudy’s parents to help first-generation chemical engineering students who demonstrate financial need.

Dr. Dorrin Jarrahbashi is the recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Award to support her research into advancing liquid fuel combustion technology.

Vikram Torpunuri ’90 has established a fellowship for out-of-state master’s and doctoral civil engineering students at Texas A&M University to open the doors of higher education for those with a story similar to his.

The Texas A&M University Electric Boat Racing Team is a new student organization that focuses on designing and testing electric propulsion boats. The team of five students placed first in the unmanned category of the 2022 Promoting Electric Propulsion race in Virginia.

Hayder Alhilo graduates from Texas A&M University this December. He shared his experiences with the Wm Michael Barnes ’64 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and how his courses have prepared him for a career.

Ann Piccolo Chandra ’87, Ajey Chandra ’86 and their children gave back to the College of Engineering by establishing a scholarship for undergraduates pursuing a degree in chemical engineering.

A team of Aggies from the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution won the Judge’s Choice–Teamwork award in the Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge organized by the National Fluid Power Association held in Littleton, Colorado.

Dr. Mohamed Gharib from the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution jointly mentored the Afghan Dreamers robotics team in preparation for their participation in the 2022 FIRST Global Challenge held in Geneva, Switzerland.

Eleven students in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University were named recipients of various graduate fellowships to help ease their financial strain.

Four former students were recently honored by the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University for their career achievements in the engineering industry.

Researchers at Texas A&M University are applying metal additive manufacturing techniques to embed a hidden cache of information within products to help combat counterfeited goods.

After receiving scholarships that helped him attain his petroleum engineering degree, John Kalyondo ’20 was inspired by the generosity of the Aggie family to establish the PETE Class of ’20 Endowed Scholarship.

A junior in the architectural engineering program, Ashley Saquic Tax is passionate about female engineers in STEM. She was selected for a sponsorship to attend the International Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants and Architectural Engineering Institute Symposium.

Cultivating excellence and building an Aggie community was at the forefront of Dr. Teddy and Mary Jane Hirsch’s lives. To continue their legacy, the Hirsch siblings established the Dr. Teddy J. ’52 and Mary J. Munson-Hirsch Civil Engineering Memorial Scholarship.

An international team led by Dr. Shoufeng Lan is researching the fundamental aspects of dark excitons, with potential implementation in next-generation devices, quantum computers and more efficient solar panels.

Dr. Guillermo Aguilar led the multidisciplinary project to determine how cavitation bubbles within micro- or nano-structures could mitigate surface erosion and enhance the efficiency in microfluidic mixing devices.