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

Dr. Stratos Pistikopoulos recently received the 2022 Distinguished Achievement Award for his research efforts. Pistikopoulos was presented the award for his significant impact at the Texas A&M Energy Institute and his extensive work with doctoral and post-doctoral students.

Dr. Jiang Hu is working alongside three faculty members from two universities to integrate machine-learning techniques into electronic design automation for integrated circuits.

Charlie Stegemoeller ’85 recounts how his time in industrial and systems engineering helped kickstart his career and how he now aims to give back to the department.

Undergraduate petroleum engineering student Blake Ropers is succeeding in his studies thanks to a thirst for knowledge, a strong work ethic, and an attention to people skills.

Twelve members of the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering were honored at the department's 2022 Awards and Recognition Banquet.

Dr. Katherine Davis and her team are working on a solution to help utility providers respond against multi-stage, cyber-physical threats. The U.S. Department of Energy project will develop a physics-informed, artificial intelligence-enabled intrusion response solution for energy management systems in support of power resiliency.

Julie and David Hart recently established the Julie and David Hart ’82 Endowed Scholarship. Distributions from this endowment will be used to provide scholarships to first-generation college students pursuing an undergraduate degree in architectural engineering.

Dr. Chanan Singh has been recognized with an award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power and Energy Society for his contributions to the education, research and industrial adoption of reliability theory and practice in large power systems.

David Rice has established the David N. Rice '92 First-Generation Endowed Scholarship for first-generation college students pursuing an undergraduate degree in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

A team of undergraduate students from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University won the first-place award for the Best Project Video in the Steel Founders’ Society of America annual Cast in Steel 2022 competition.

In some human-interactive electronics, such as temperature gauges or health sensors, polymers are used that are capable of changing color depending on stimuli. A team of researchers recently discovered a helicoidal-shaped defect in layered polymers, uncovering how solvents can diffuse through these layers and produce these color changes.

Texas A&M University and Tarrant County College recently announced the launch of the Texas A&M Engineering Academy at Tarrant County College, which will enroll the first cohort of students in fall 2022.

Phillips 66 CEO Greg Garland ‘80 recently visited Texas A&M University to speak to students about his journey from being a first-generation Aggie engineer to becoming the CEO of a multinational energy company.

Using paper-based microfluidics, researchers developed a novel way to fabricate diagnostic devices that can be rapidly prototyped and scaled for manufacturing at a fraction of the cost. These devices could have various applications, such as studying the elasticity of red blood cells or concentrating DNA.

A team led by Dr. Juan Garay has identified the properties needed to prove that bitcoin and other related cryptographic protocols are secure and safe to use.

Results from a Department of Energy-funded project led by Texas A&M University researchers to reduce costs and improve geothermal drilling methods have led to advancements that could significantly enhance oil and gas drilling practices.

Chosen from a pool of 75 nominations, 13 staff members were named recipients of this year’s Texas A&M University Engineering Staff Awards for their outstanding service to the College of Engineering and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station.

Jessica Zamarripa ‘20 has received two prestigious awards, the 2022 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship and the National GEM Consortium Ph.D. Engineering and Science Fellowship, in recognition of her academic excellence and achievements.

Martha Bellens-Martin ’85 was recently recognized by the Wm Michael Barnes ’64 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering with the 2022 Distinguished Former Student Award, honoring her career achievements and impact on the department.

Kristina and Steve Robertson “pay it forward by paying it back” in their establishment of the Kristina S. and Steve K. Robertson '89 Endowed Scholarship for students pursuing an undergraduate degree in engineering technology and are members of the Corps of Cadets.

Dr. Yupeng Zhang received the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Award to develop efficient and scalable zero-knowledge proof schemes that enhance the security, privacy and integrity of data and computations in the digital world.

The Student Engineers’ Council has recently established the Engineering Organization Fund and the First-Generation Engineering Students Mentoring Program Fund to provide resources for student organizations and first-generation students within the College of Engineering.

Texas A&M University will be hosting the Texas Aimbots Spring Showdown, a combat robotics competition, on May 21 at noon in the Memorial Student Center, Room 2400.

The Texas A&M University Concrete Canoe Team won first place in the regional American Society of Civil Engineers Concrete Canoe Competition and will compete in the national competition against 23 teams from around the globe.

A student team used their senior capstone design project to create a scaled-down mechatronic system capable of identifying a mock electric vehicle charging port and connecting itself.

The James H. Averett ’68 Memorial Scholarship Endowed by Donna and Lynn Broyles in honor of their lifelong friend has been established to support mechanical engineering students in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M University.

Dr. Joseph Sang-II Kwon and Dr. Arul Jayaraman recently received the 2021 Premium Award for Best Paper from The Institution of Engineering and Technology in Systems Biology for their work on modeling signaling pathways.

Tanaya Mandal, doctoral student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, will receive the 2020 Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering International University Leader Experience Award at the rescheduled in-person event.

Through internship experiences and student organization involvement, Erin Ingram is paving her own way to the contribution of climate change mitigation.

On April 29, 2022, nearly 250 teams displayed their capstone design projects across the Zachry Engineering Education Complex, and $15,000 in awards were given across departments.

Using laser powder bed fusion, a 3D-printing technique, researchers developed a shape memory alloy with superior tensile superelasticity. These nickel-titanium shape memory alloys have the potential to be used in the biomedical and aerospace industries.

A Texas A&M University research team received a $1 million National Science Foundation grant to improve the resiliency of next-generation wireless systems, leading to consistent, reliable connectivity.

The Texas Chapter American Traffic Safety Services Association recently established a scholarship to support students pursuing an undergraduate degree in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Shauna Noonan, a petroleum engineer from Canada, has established the Shauna Noonan Petroleum Engineering Endowed Scholarship - Honoring Women in the Petroleum Engineering Industry to help alleviate undergraduate students’ financial burden and to support women in the field.

Dr. Kiju Lee attended the 5th annual MARS Conference to present her adaptive Wheel-and-Leg Transformable Robot that can efficiently traverse over varying surfaces using wheels or legs depending on its immediate need — with or without human intervention.

Brent Vela ’20 received the prestigious National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship, which recognizes and supports outstanding students in STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited U.S. institutions.

Dr. Chibueze Amanchukwu was recognized in the 12 Under 12 Young Alumni Spotlight for his innovative research on battery technologies and carbon dioxide, significant work mentoring students and mission to provide underrepresented and minority students opportunities within science, technology, engineering and mathematics.