Texas A&M University researchers have shown that if electrical transformer bushing systems are reinforced with steel, they are more resistant to damage caused by earthquakes. As a result, the cost of repairs and the general economic losses from power outages can be curbed.
Dr. Yang Shen, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will work on computational methods to unravel how proteins interact in living systems, which will allow for a better understanding of how biological systems work.
U.S. Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy on Sept. 30 visited the George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex, where leading U.S. researchers will work with warriors on high-tech solutions to real-world national security challenges.
Dr. Choongho Yu is now a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), a recognition honoring years of research and innovation in the area of nanotechnology.
Hannah Toerner '18, who received both her graduate and undergraduate degrees from the Department of Ocean Engineering at Texas A&M University, received the 2020 Ocean News and Technology Young Professional Award from the Marine Technology Society.
Dr. Roderic Pettigrew will be presented with the National Science Board's Vannevar Bush Award. It honors lifelong science and technology leaders who have made exceptional contributions to the welfare of the nation through public service in science and technology and in shaping public policy.
Dr. Romina Del Bosque graduated with her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering in May 2020 and now teaches at Vanderbilt University. While at Texas A&M University, she was a member of the Texas A&M System Research Model, which supported her goal to pursue a career in academia.
The National Science Foundation, through the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers program, awarded a team of researchers a grant to design and implement a program for high school students in Career and Technical Education. This program is currently being implemented at the Bryan Independent School District.
The Society of Petroleum Engineers created a new major award, the Stephen A. Holditch Visionary Leadership Award, naming it after former department head Dr. Stephen A. Holditch ’69.
Tracking the spread of COVID-19 is vital for public health decision making. To this end, Dr. Ulisses Braga-Neto is working with undergraduate and doctoral students in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering to model the spread of COVID-19 and estimate its true prevalence from incomplete and noisy testing data.
Dr. Abhishek Jain is taking the study of veins out of the body and onto a chip to develop better ways to address and treat various diseases. His work recently received support from a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.
The National Science Foundation awarded a grant to the mechanical engineering department to promote testing and sharing of teaching methods to transform the department's cultural norms.
A student team from the Texas A&M University College of Engineering has won an international autonomous programming competition hosted by Shell in partnership with the Southwest Research Institute. The team developed a winning algorithm for energy-efficient autonomous vehicles.
While digital technology is extremely good at solving certain problems, it often struggles with tasks that the human brain excels at. In a new study, scientists have leveraged brain-inspired connectivity between artificial neurons to solve a real-world problem of identifying mutations of a new viral species.
Texas A&M University researchers, led by Dr. Ali Mostafavi, have developed a powerful deep-learning computational model that uses artificial intelligence and existing big data related to population activities and mobility to help predict the future spread of COVID-19 cases at a county level.
Ahmadreza Mahmoudzadeh, a doctoral student in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been named to Mass Transit’s 40 Under 40 list for 2020.
Dr. Jacob McFarland is leading a project to understand how tiny droplets behave when subjected to high pressure and temperatures, which could contribute to the development of more efficient engines for propulsion and energy production applications.
Dr. Chanan Singh, Regents Professor and Irma Runyon Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering was named a 2020 foreign fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.
Electrical engineering senior Matija Jankovic transferred to Texas A&M from the University of Western Australia in Perth, Australia, in fall 2019. Since then, he has joined the Texas A&M Undergraduate Research Program and Engineering Honors Program.
Dr. Jaime Grunlan, internationally renowned research leader in the area of flame-retardant materials, is now holder of the Leland T. Jordan '29 Chair Professorship.
Daring themselves in an unprecedented time, a team of three Texas A&M University students participated in the Accenture Innovation Challenge during the spring semester, successfully making it into the final round of the competition.
The Texas A&M University College of Engineering’s undergraduate engineering program climbed two spots, ranking seventh among public engineering schools offering a doctorate (tied with University of Wisconsin-Madison), and No. 13 overall, in the recently released 2021 U.S. News & World Report Best College Rankings.
Dr. Dilma Da Silva and Dr. Raymundo Arroyave from the Texas A&M University College of Engineering are part of a research project that has received a $3.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation that will allow the university to acquire a next-generation, composable high-performance computing platform.
Texas A&M researchers have developed a mathematical framework that simplifies the process of sensor selection and placement for aircraft and other machines.
Dr. Chandler Benjamin and his team are using material characterization and nonlinear models to help health care providers better identify the life threatening condition of aortic dissection.
Jessica Zamarripa, a graduate student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, and a team of international researchers are creating a novel wearable patch to help medical professionals remotely monitor patients’ vitals and reduce hospital overcrowding during and after COVID-19.
What would someone with a career spanning over 50 years say to students just beginning their engineering journeys? “Have fun.” Dr. Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe shares his research, passion and advice from his decades of experience as an engineer.
Kamal M. Ariss ’83 has established the Kamal M. Ariss ’83 Engineering Scholarship to provide one or more scholarships to full-time first-generation students pursuing an undergraduate degree from the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. All recipients of this scholarship will be participants in the First-Generation Engineering Students Mentoring (FGEn) program.
Dr. John Junkins, inspired by aerospace engineer T.N. Edelbaum, set out to answer a question posed over 50 years ago. How many impulses are needed to allow a spacecraft to “fly” from its starting point to reach a specified destination with a minimum total impulse?
Research led by Dr. Wonmuk Hwang has led to better understanding on how components of the body’s immune system find intruding or damaged cells, which could lead to novel approaches to viral and cancer treatments.
Doctoral student Swarnabha Roy is studying the components of modular robots to ultimately create a connected intelligence that can help enhance the capabilities of the robots based on the application.
Dr. Homero Castaneda-Lopez, associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been selected as one of 12 experts to serve on a committee that is a part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Dr. Petros Sideris, assistant professor in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to advance the fundamental understanding and computational simulation of the damage and failure mechanisms of reinforced concrete structures under these extreme natural events.
A mechanism designed by a team of Texas A&M University students from the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering looks to innovatively help those who suffer from seizures by way of a small computer-like device attached to a service dog’s vest.
Dr. Joseph Sang-II Kwon, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded the 2020 Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) Young Investigator Grant for a project entitled “Multiscale Modeling of Pulp Digester for Improved Renewable Resource Efficiency.”
Texas A&M Engineering researchers have been awarded $5 million from the National Science Foundation to develop a mixed-reality learning environment with physical, augmented and virtual reality components for emergency responders.
Researchers have designed a new supercapacitor that is lightweight, flexible and has a much smaller carbon footprint than before. Also, it can store a charge up to 900 times more than state-of-the-art supercapacitors.
The interdisciplinary engineering program has transitioned into the Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering. Susan McCartt, a current student in the department, speaks to the benefits of being a multidisciplinary student.
How does Phil McDivitt ’87, president and CEO of Ascend Performance Materials, help fight the COVID-19 pandemic? By finding a way to manufacture masks with antiviral material.
The first cohort of undergraduate students from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University have been awarded the Best Technical Report, one of the top three awards in the Steel Founders’ Society of America second annual Cast in Steel 2020 Competition.
Texas A&M Engineering researchers have been awarded $1.3 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy to design, fabricate and test a lightweight and ultra-efficient electric powertrain for aircraft propulsion.
Nearly half the world’s population lives within 100 kilometers of a coastline, putting them at risk of rising sea levels, eroding coastlines and more frequent storms and hurricanes. Dr. Jens Figlus and his team are safeguarding these coastal communities through better designed hybrid coastal structures.
Catherine Sliva organized two impressive petroleum engineering undergraduate student summer workshops taught collaboratively by faculty and industry experts.
Dr. Bimal Nepal and a team of researchers have been awarded a National Science Foundation grant that will send three engineering undergraduate students from Texas A&M University to work on energy related big data and machine learning projects for six weeks in Perak, Malaysia.
Texas A&M University has established the Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering. This new department is answering a call from industry to train engineers who understand how different engineering disciplines intersect.
A team of researchers was awarded best paper at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power and Energy Society General Meeting 2020 for their paper which aims to enhance power grids’ resilience against natural disasters.
