The Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine held its annual meeting Jan. 7 – 11 in Washington, D.C., and faculty from Texas A&M University were recognized for their contributions to the civil engineering discipline.
The Department of Ocean Engineering’s Center for Dredging Studies (CDS) at Texas A&M University recently hosted the 47th annual Dredging Engineering Short Course (DSC) with a record-setting number of participants from the United States, Canada, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia and Peru.
Dr. Huajian Gao is seeking to initiate collaborations with the Department of Mechanical Engineering as a Faculty Fellow in the 2017 class of the Hagler Institute for Advanced Study at Texas A&M University.
Dr. H. Gene Hawkins, a professor in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University, was elected chair of the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (NCUTD) at the organization’s annual January 2018 meeting for a two-year appointment. Hawkins formerly served as the NCUTD’s vice chair for programs.
Christine Greve, a master’s student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been selected as a recipient of the 2018 “Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders: The 20 Twenties” awards by Aviation Week Network.
David Coleman, a graduate student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, won first place in the Annual International Student Paper Competition at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Science and Technology Forum (SciTech) held Jan. 7.
The upcoming Aggie Boss Talk is considered an incredible opportunity for students to learn from a panel of highly successful Texas A&M University graduates and discover ways to find success after graduation. CEOs and executives from an array of industries have been invited to this event. Former student of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Tammira Philippe ‘95, a chief financial analysis will be participating in the panel.
The senior capstone design experience in the Department of Ocean Engineering at Texas A&M University aims to bridge the gap between classroom and industry. This semester, senior ocean engineering students will have the opportunity to work on projects with Anadarko, the Army Corps of Engineers, DNV GL, HDR, InterMoor and Stress Engineering Services.
Dr. Swaroop Darbha, professor in Texas A&M University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been elevated to the status of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow.
Researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, led by doctoral student Victor Selin and Dr. Svetlana Sukhishvili, are making headway in understanding fundamental principles that will help to create the next generation of biomedical coatings.
Dr. Phanourios Tamamis, assistant professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been awarded a grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for his research on potential therapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and type 2 diabetes.
Dr. Jun Kyun Oh was highlighted in the Materials Today journal for his work which was funded by the National Science Foundation that aims to understand how forces at the molecular level determine adhesion kinetics and dynamics.
Dr. Merrideth Holub, senior academic advisor for the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution (ETID), knows that motivating kids to pursue STEM careers has to begin early in their education. Based on this understanding, she recently hosted a campus visit for 120 fourth grade students from Forest Ridge Elementary School to ETID at Texas A&M University.
Dr. Darren Hartl, associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, whose research is featured in Wired magazine, is part of a team working on using SMAs to shift parts of an aircraft in mid-flight.
Dr. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) research professor and professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University was selected to deliver the inaugural lecture of the newly convened Interdisciplinary Science Seminar Series at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (WUST), Wroclaw, Poland.
Jin Li, a graduate student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been awarded the American Vacuum Society (AVS) – Applied Surface Science Division 1st Place Student Award. This honor is in recognition of his work focusing on the understanding of irradiation damage, as well as design irradiation-resistant materials.
S. Shariq Yosufzai, a former student in the Texas A&M University Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, has been named the chair of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Foundation.
Dr. Matt Pharr, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has received grant funds to benefit his research of lithium metal anodes in batteries.
Researchers from Texas A&M University report significant advances in their understanding and control of a chameleon-like material that could be key to next-generation computers that are even more powerful than today’s silicon-based machines.
Dr. Akhilesh K. Gaharwar was selected to receive the 2018 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Rising Star Award at the 2018 CMBE Annual Conference--Discovering the Keys: Transformative and Translational Mechanobiology, which was held Jan. 2-6, 2018 in Key Largo, Florida.
Dr. Robert S. Balog, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, was selected as a 2018 Distinguished Lecturer of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power Electronics Society (PELS) for his contributions to the field of power engineering.
Texas A&M University’s online graduate engineering program was ranked first in the state of Texas according to the 2018 rankings released Jan. 9 by U.S. News & World Report Best Online Graduate Engineering Programs. The program was ranked No. 8 in the U.S. overall and No. 6 among public institutions.
A team of mechanical engineering seniors at Texas A&M University has risen to the challenge and has been selected as one of five finalists in the 2018 NASA Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-Changing (BIG) Idea Challenge.
Jose Cazares, a doctoral student with the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University, was selected as a recipient of the 2018 Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship. The fellowship includes a $5,000 award and was presented to Cazares at the annual Transportation Research Board meeting in January.
Yuan Yue, lead author of the published manuscript and a graduate student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Dr. Hong Liang, the Oscar S. Wyatt Jr. Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and affiliated faculty member in materials science and engineering have identified two factors that can be used to measure the performance of batteries.
The newly formed Engineering Studio for Advanced Instruction and Learning (eSAIL) at Texas A&M University is offering a Technology Clinic for all faculty teaching distance courses in the Spring of 2018.
Dr. Wonmuk Hwang, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, researches motor proteins, which act as vehicles to carry cargo inside a cell in the body. His latest research has been focused on kinesin, the smallest protein in the human body that can walk with two “legs” and carry material throughout the body on intracellular filaments called microtubules.
The state of Texas has more bridges than any other state in the nation, with over 50,000 total. Maintaining structurally sound, shorter- and longer-span bridges was the driving force in two collaborative projects recently completed by Dr. Mary Beth Hueste and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).
