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the chandra family has been forever impacted by texas a&m to show their gratitude for the opportunities given to them they have established a scholarship to give back to the college of engineering they hope the chandra family scholarship in chemical engineering will help provide some of the funds needed for future aggies to earn their engineering degrees with this opportunity both ajey and ann chandra can continue to support the university that has provided the best education for not only themselves but their children as well with their gift they hope to inspire future generations of chemical engineers they also want to provide a chance for these students to be part of a university that opens up countless opportunities for aggies futures after graduation aggies always help other aggies chandra said the university and its graduates stand out as a result
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endowments supporting the students in the college have an immeasurable impact on their education if you are interested in supporting the college of engineering and its departments or would like more information on how you can give please contact one of our development officers
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five students from the department of engineering technology and industrial distribution at texas a&m university won the judge's choice–teamwork award at the 2022 fluid power vehicle challenge organized and sponsored by the national fluid power association (nfpa) to design and manufacture a bike that can operate using fluid power the nfpa fluid power vehicle challenge promotes original thinking in a competitive setting by combining two technology platforms that are not generally associated with one another human-powered vehicles and fluid power (hydraulics and pneumatics) for nine months under the supervision of dr ahmed abdelaal the students rhett lee aren davis henry harshfield arden sinclair and sebastian salazar designed hydraulic circuits and fabricated different brackets that were attached to a tricycle "the goal of the competition is to create opportunities for motivated students to join the fluid power industry " abdelaal said "the team first went through a midterm review where they presented their design to a panel of judges and were selected to participate in the final competition in littleton colorado" "our award shows that nobody was left behind " lee said "at the beginning of our project we sat down as a team to talk about our strengths and weaknesses and assigned roles based on our discussion" "everyone was held accountable " davis said "we were cheering and being encouraging to each other if fixing a part of the bike was a one-person job the rest of us were present while it was repaired" the aggies played it safe with a tricycle for its stability and to focus on optimizing the components of their hydraulic system "being able to turn an idea into a tangible item helped me experience all phases of a project " sinclair said "this helped me learn the importance of planning budgeting and assessing risks with various tasks it helped me connect the engineering side of things to the overall scheme of a project and how each process affects another" "working together isn't just about ensuring the work is equally balanced " harshfield said "teamwork is about hearing opposing ideas taking a logical route to determine the best action plan and respecting everyone's perspective through the entire process" "the competition was an excellent opportunity that allowed the students to connect all the theories they learned in the classrooms to real applications " abdelaal said "the team would like to give a special thanks to the nfpa and brian tritle and kensey sydness from iowa fluid power for their technical guidance as industry mentors for the team" "i'm grateful i had an opportunity to compete " salazar said "hard work pays off and i wish all the best to the team who goes out to represent texas a&m university at the competition in april 2023"
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dr mohamed gharib from the department of engineering technology and industrial distribution jointly mentored the afghan dreamers robotics team with their coaches in preparation for their participation in the first global challenge 2022 in geneva switzerland where they competed with teams from 162 countries the afghan dreamers is an all-women robotics team from afghanistan founded in 2017 by roya mahboob as part of the digital citizen fund organization mahboob is the president and a board member of the digital citizen fund formally the women's annex foundation a nonprofit organization focused on digital literacy to empower women and children in developing countries mahboob was named to time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world for 2013 for her work building internet classrooms in high schools in afghanistan team afghanistan consisted of 10 high schoolers and their mentors who worked as part of the digital citizen fund initiative supported by the qatar fund for development and qatar foundation the first global challenge invites teams from each nation to build and program a robot to compete in an annual olympic-style robotics competition in a different country the teams work together to complete tasks in a game-themed form around one of the most significant challenges facing the planet including the 14 grand challenges for engineering to foster understanding and cooperation among the youth as they use their abilities to solve world problems gharib led the digital citizen fund coaches to train and mentor the afghan dreamers in qatar for the virtual first global challenge 2021 he extended his mentorship in 2022 until they participated in the competition held in geneva switzerland
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"it was a great experience mentoring the talented afghan dreamers robotics team " gharib said "the students' enthusiasm and determination to learn motivated me to contribute to developing their future mentors' program" gharib received the outstanding mentor award for leading team qatar in robotics in the first global challenge 2019 and the francisco josé de caldas award for sustainable excellence for mentoring team qatar and team afghanistan in the first global challenge 2021 these awards are bestowed to committed mentors who positively impact students attending the first global challenge who help create solid and sustainable first global programs and inspire students to push forward and overcome challenges "despite incredible obstacles the afghan dreamers have made remarkable advances yearly with previous alums receiving placements in elite colleges " said mahboob "this generation represents even grander promise and is an inspiration to women everywhere we have to ensure that our younger generation has access to the tools and guidance to making a better afghanistan to become the next scientist entrepreneur and technologist" it was great to see the encouragement and support of texas a&m university to be involved in serving local and international communities " said gharib gharib plans to expand his robotics and engineering contribution to brazos county schools by training and mentoring new teams to compete in robotics competitions as part of the science technology engineering and mathematics outreach initiatives in the community led by the department of engineering technology and industrial distribution
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during the years as a graduate student money and tuition become part of the balancing act along with school internships and jobs to help ease their financial strain 11 students in the artie mcferrin department of chemical engineering at texas a&m university were named recipients of various graduate fellowships the students include ahmed elkady anirudh gairola denis johnson dohyun kim harry escobar huaixuan cao jarad yost niranjan sitapure silabrata pahari suyash oka and yufend ouan every day our graduate students make groundbreaking discoveries that provide clean and renewable energy affordable and sustainable products access to abundant food and water and state-of-the-art health care said dr victor ugaz interim department head and chemical engineering professor these experiences uniquely equip our students to be at the forefront of efforts that improve the quality of life for everyone fellowships are crucial for the department because they showcase the students' accomplishments and inspire them to become leaders in their future academic and professional careers he said we are truly fortunate to have so many outstanding graduate students in our program ugaz said each of these students has a different connection with the fellowship they received such as gairola who was awarded the dr mn karim graduate fellowship this fellowship is special for me since dr karim championed my admission to the phd program back in 2019 and he was my first phd co-advisor gairola said he already had a big impact in my life by supporting me receiving a fellowship under his name makes me feel even more honored and special after completing his doctoral studies gairola plans on joining the bio-pharmaceutical industry as a formulation scientist working on drug product development this fellowship has given me a financial and moral boost further galvanizing me to strive for future goals gairola said as a phd researcher i am working on developing targeted drug delivery systems against infectious bacterial diseases such as tuberculosis to receive the fellowships the students had to submit a research summary of their work and how it ties into their future plans yost who was awarded the brunner-barnes graduate fellowship wrote about his research on microfluidics and electrokinetics and how it is an up-and-coming field because of the covid pandemic i study microfluidics and electron kinetics which entails manipulating small amounts of fluid with electricity yost said i work on both improving sample preparation and improving diagnostics through nucleic acid amplification covid is diagnosed through pcr and my research performs the same thing there is a clear need for rapid and portable diagnostic tests and being able to take these small devices out to the field this fellowship has lifted some of the financial burden and has allowed him the peace of mind to focus on his research he said elkady who received the lee (bender) coleman 81 and keith fellowship feels that it gives him the ability to make his research his main priority his research focuses on identifying and assessing the risk factors involved in offshore green hydrogen production to support the growth of emission-free green energy as well as the safety and security of the process mr and mrs coleman's generous funds will help me overcome the expenses of living and studying as well as holster my efforts to make a profound positive impact on the world he said i'm working on the safe and secure remote production of green energy and how to operate similar chemical industries in such a way as to ensure minimum risk to operating personnel equipment or the environment" similarly escobar's research addresses safety and sustainability in different applications for the energy transition he was honored with the jim and cathy holste graduate fellowship since escobar will be graduating this fall the fellowship has allowed him to continue to achieve in his professional and personal pursuits "this fellowship honors fundamental and applied research in chemical engineering " escobar said "with my work i tie together fundamental computational chemistry with applied industrial safety and sustainability research it is a great honor to be the 2022 recipient of this fellowship because it signifies how my contributions to the department and to the texas a&m university system are in line with the values of the holste family and their contributions to texas a&m meet the 2022 chemical engineering graduate fellows
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huaixuan cao: cao is the recipient of the phillips 66 technical fellowship he received his bachelors degree in chemical engineering from east china university of science and technology and joined the texas a&m chemical engineering doctoral program in 2019 he is working with dr micah green professor in the chemical engineering department caos research interests include pickering emulsions 2d nanomaterials and polymer composites he has 17 peer-reviewed journal articles that include three first-author papers
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ahmed h elkady: elkady is the recipient of the coleman fellowship for 2022-23 a testament to his excellent work and success at texas a&m he is a second-year doctoral student in the artie mcferrin department of chemical engineering and completed his masters degree in petroleum engineering at texas a&m and his bachelors degree in petroleum engineering at suez university egypt he is currently a graduate research assistant with the mary kay o'connor process safety center under the supervision of dr faisal khan elkady's research focuses on the safety and security of offshore wind-integrated green hydrogen production through water electrolysis he placed second in the society of petroleum engineers (spe) 2020 gulf coast regional student paper contest he was also awarded the 2021 lamiya zahin memorial safety scholarship and the 2022 harry h west memorial service award
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harry escobar: escobar obtained his bachelors degree in chemical engineering with a focus in environmental science from universidad de los andes colombia he joined the doctoral program in the chemical engineering department at texas a&m in 2017 and his research focused on new technologies' safety and sustainability his career has centered around advancing safety knowledge based on science and multidisciplinary research during his time at texas a&m escobar served as the publicity chair and vice president for the chemical engineering graduate student association and senator of the graduate and professional student government in 2021 he was selected as a christine mirzayan science and technology policy graduate fellow at the national academies of sciences engineering and medicine his professional interests include science and technology policy human rights social justice diversity inclusion equity and contributions to a safer sustainable industry with science-based decisions escobars interests include volunteering for political campaigns and registering voters enjoying the arts (especially cinema) and figure skating
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anirudh gairola: gairola is the recipient of the dr nazmul karim endowed chemical engineering graduate fellowship he earned his bachelors degree in bio-chemical engineering from harcourt butler technical university india in 2016 he joined the chemical engineering department at texas a&m as a masters student and in 2019 he started his doctoral studies under karim he now works alongside dr hung-jen wu in drug delivery research gairola is the recipient of the best presenter award in the 9th annual chemical engineering graduate student association research symposium and the qualifying exam excellence award in 2020 he has published two papers and will have published three more by the time he graduates
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denis johnson: johnson received his bachelors degree in chemical engineering at the university of pittsburgh johnstown in 2020 and joined the chemical engineering doctoral program at texas a&m in the fall of 2020 during his undergraduate studies his research focused on modeling and tools for education he has received travel grants to conferences at electrochemical society and mxene and the phillips 66 technical fellowship in the fall of 2022 his research now focuses on electrocatalysis with a focus on ammonia production utilizing the nitrogen reduction reaction on 2d nitride mxenes and understanding the mechanism through in-situ/operando spectroelectrochemical techniques
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dohyum kim: kim is the recipient of the phillips 66 technical fellowship he completed his bachelors and masters degrees from yonsei university south korea and joined the chemical engineering doctoral program at texas a&m in 2018 he is working with dr joe elabd professor in the chemical engineering department kims research interests include proton exchange membrane fuel cells and solid polymer electrolytes for lithium batteries he has seven peer-reviewed journal articles that include four first-author papers he is the recipient of the best poster presentation award at the 2022 texas a&m conference on energy
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suyash oka: oka was awarded the phillips 66 technical fellowship he received his bachelors degree in dyestuff and organic chemistry technology from the institute of chemical technology india and joined the chemical engineering doctoral program at texas a&m in 2019 he is working with dr jodie lutkenhaus professor in the chemical engineering department okas research focuses on developing mechanically strong fast-charging structural batteries for low-temperature applications using organic redox active polymers so far he has written four peer-reviewed journal articles as a first author for one in the american chemical societys acs applied materials & interfaces journal and has presented his research at multiple conferences he worked as a battery cell engineering process development intern at tesla during the summer of 2022 and looks forward to learning about and making a difference in sustainable energy
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silabrata pahari: pahari is the recipient of the paul & ellen deisler fellowship he received his bachelors degree in chemical engineering from the birla institute of technology and science india and joined the chemical engineering doctoral program at texas a&m in 2019 paharis research interests include stochastic simulations advanced process control and data-driven optimization techniques he has authored and co-authored nine peer-reviewed articles and has published papers in the journal of colloidal and interfacial science the royal society of chemistrys soft matter acs catalysis and the chemical engineering journal alongside other reputed journals
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yufeng quan: quan is the recipient of the brunner-barnes fellowship he received his bachelors and masters degrees at tianjin university china and joined the texas a&m chemical engineering doctoral program in 2019 he is working with dr qingsheng wang associate professor in the chemical engineering department quans research focuses on the efficient and sustainable manufacturing of polymer composites and their applications in flame retardancy he has authored 14 peer-reviewed journal articles and one book chapter has one pending patent and has delivered several technical presentations previously he received the 2022 spe henry kahn memorial scholarship
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niranjan sitapure: sitapure is a fifth-year chemical engineering doctoral student in dr joseph kwons research group he joined the doctoral program after pursuing his undergraduate degree at the institute of chemical technology india his research at texas a&m focuses on multiscale modeling and control of quantum dot (qd) manufacturing which is a timely topic considering the high-value application of qds in solar cells and next-generation display technology sitapure is also an innovation fellow for greentown labs a large-scale climatetech incubator and is the ex-fund manager for the aggie green fund he will soon join bain & companys houston office as a management consultant
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jarad yost: yost is the recipient of the brunner-barnes fellowship he received his bachelors degree in chemical and biological engineering from colorado state university joined the chemical engineering masters program at texas a&m in 2018 and then continued into the doctoral program he is working with dr zachary gagnon associate professor in the chemical engineering department yosts research interests include improving sample preparation and nucleic acid amplification by using microfluidics and electrokinetics he has been the lead author of one publication (with two more on the way) and has co-authored two other publications his work faradaic-free electrokinetic nucleic acid amplification (e-naamp) using localized on-chip high frequency joule heating was published in the journal biomicrofluidics additionally he was co-entrepreneurial lead during the national science foundations innovation corps program
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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 they were recognized during the annual distinguished graduate scholarship and fellowship banquet
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dr james e caffey ‘55a native of rockdale texas dr james e caffey 55 grew up on a small farm he enrolled at texas a&m in 1951 where he was a member of the corps of cadets as a senior he was a cadet lieutenant colonel and served as corps intelligence officeras a member of the student ymca cabinet caffey helped plan a summer camp for incoming students the first year they hosted 35 future freshmen at fort parker state park to teach them about life on campus and texas a&m traditions he was the chairman of the first fish camp which has grown from 35 to more than 6 000 todaycaffey graduated in 1955 with a bachelors degree in civil engineering followed by a masters degree in civil engineering in 1956 he was a member of all the honorary academic organizations at texas a&m he received his doctorate in civil engineering from colorado state university in 1965caffey joined the university of texas at arlington (uta) faculty as an instructor and was promoted to professor in 1971 during his tenure he taught 21 different undergraduate courses and seven graduate coursesafter leaving uta caffey worked in private and governmental sectors he worked as an employee or consultant for such firms as freese and nichols carter and burgess (now jacobs) turner collie and braden state agencies such as the texas department of transportation federal agencies like the fort worth district of the corps of engineers and cities such as arlington texascaffey has also been a member of the century club of the association of former students at texas a&m for the past 44 years and a member of the corps of cadets association
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david b casteel 84as a civil engineering student david casteel 84 was involved in the american society of civil engineers asce chi epsilon tau beta pi and intramural sports his most memorable professor was dr bob gallaway - mr seal coat later in his career the texas asphalt pavement association presented him with the bob m gallaway award it is one of his most prized possessions and recognitionsafter graduating cum laude with a bachelors degree in civil engineering casteel applied for and was accepted as one of the first classes formed between the texas department of transportation (txdot) and texas a&m he was a txdot employee but able to work on research at the texas a&m transportation institute (tti) while obtaining a masters degree in civil engineeringcasteel dedicated 30 years of his career as a licensed professional civil engineer to the people of texas he initially served in roles of increasing responsibility at txdot after spending his early years as a construction and traffic safety research engineer at tti while on dual assignment with txdot he quickly advanced to area engineer in big spring texas and transportation planning and development director in abilene texassince 2016 casteel has served as a vice president of williams brothers construction company his executive-level department of transportation knowledge and experience has bolstered the organization to effect growth and critical organizational improvements he was a pioneer at txdot in developing and implementing alternative deliverycasteel currently serves as president of the associated general contractors of texas one of the countrys oldest and most progressive trade associations
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maj gen timothy green (united states air force ret) ‘86when retired maj gen timothy green joined the us air force in 1987 it was for four years he thought he would return to work in the west texas oil fields but then he fell in love with the people and after a 30-year career he retired as a major generalgreen was in the aggie band at texas a&m and had an academic advisor who was a civil engineer that he looked up to which led him to choose a career in civil engineering after his sophomore year he decided on the air force and was offered a scholarship he received a bachelors degree and masters degree in civil engineering from texas a&mduring his time in active duty he was responsible for overall strategy and technical and financial performances across a broad customer set related to installation operations he has over 30 years of experience as an officer in the air force culminating as director of civil engineers at their headquarters in washington dcgreen is a registered professional engineer in texas and a professor of practice in the civil and environmental engineering department he is also a member of the texas a&m college of architecture development advisory groupin march 2019 he joined the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) as strategic advisor for national security initiatives at the center for infrastructure renewal a joint facility operated by two texas a&m university system state agencies the texas a&m transportation institute and teesgreen led the tees proposal development team that in three months established a $65 million five-year cooperative agreement between the texas a&m system and the united states army futures command he currently advises the team charged with the construction of $130 million in research facilities and test instrumentation supporting national security requirements that will form the backbone of the george hw bush combat development complex at texas a&m-rellis
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dennis wittry 91dennis wittry graduated with a bachelors degree in civil engineering from texas a&m in 1991for more than 28 years he has been a structural engineering leader for walter p moore houston one of the leading structural engineering firms in the country he is a senior principal and regional director of structural engineering services for central texas and chairman of walter p moorefor the past 20 years wittry has been very involved with the civil and environmental engineering department at texas a&m he is actively involved during the fall and spring semesters with the structural engineering capstone course cven 483 analysis and design of structures in cven 483 he and another engineer from walter p moore generally serve as the architect and owners delegate for the class projectwittry has served on multiple industry advisory boards including over a decade on the zachry department of civil and environmental engineering advisory council as an inaugural member of the architectural engineering advisory and the honors college advisoryhe joined walter p moore in 1994 in 2002 he became managing director of the houston office which he recently handed over and is now the regional director for south and central texas he became a principal in 2003 and a managing principal in 2014 he is a licensed engineer in 27 stateswittry is one of the leading structural engineers in texas and has worked on many of walter p moores premier texas a&m projects including the kyle field redevelopment corps dormitories redevelopment and the george p and cynthia woods mitchell institute for fundamental physics and astronomy his extensive and diversified experience with commercial industrial aviation public/civic buildings and sports facilities has included numerous state and nationally awarded projects for engineering excellencewittry is also very engaged in service activities for the profession including the technical committees of the american concrete institute (aci) and the aci foundation through the concrete research council providing critical practitioner feedback on research proposals received through the foundation
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ensuring manufactured goods and components have not been copied and replaced illegally by counterfeited goods is a high-priority concern of the manufacturing and defense industries in the us and around the world a potential solution would hold wide-reaching impacts and implications in various areas ranging from enhancing biomedical implants to protecting national defense assets texas a&m university researchers have developed a method of imprinting a hidden magnetic tag encoded with authentication information within manufactured hardware during the part fabrication process the revolutionary process holds the potential to expose counterfeit goods more easily by replacing physical tags such as barcodes or quick response (qr) codes with these hidden magnetic tags which serve as permanent and unique identifiers the project titled "embedded information in additively manufactured metals via composition gradients for anti-counterfeiting and supply chain traceability " is a faculty partner project supported by the secureamerica institute it includes researchers from the department of materials science and engineering and the j mike walker '66 department of mechanical engineering at texas a&m the team recently published its research in the journal additive manufacturing the faculty investigators on the project include dr ibrahim karaman chevron professor i and department head of the materials science and engineering department; dr raymundo arroyave professor of materials science and engineering and segers family deans excellence professor; and dr richard malak associate professor of mechanical engineering and gulf oil/thomas a dietz career development professor in addition to the faculty dr daniel salas mula a researcher with the texas a&m engineering experiment station and doctoral student deniz ebeperi both members of karamans research group have worked on the project the team has also collaborated with dr jitesh panchal professor of mechanical engineering at purdue university ensuring security and reliable authentication in manufacturing is a critical national concern with the us investing billions of dollars in manufacturing without such a method readily available it can be nearly impossible to differentiate an authentic part or component from its counterfeit copy
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"the issue is that when i come up with an idea device or part it is very easy for others to copy and even fabricate it much more cheaply though maybe at a lower quality " karaman said "sometimes they even put the same brand name so how do you make sure that item isn't yours (the embedded magnetic tag) gives us an opportunity and a new tool to make sure that we can protect our defense and manufacturing industries" the team is implementing metal additive manufacturing techniques to accomplish its goal of successfully embedding readable magnetic tags into metal parts without compromising on performance or longevity researchers used 3d printing to embed these magnetic tags below the surface into nonmagnetic steel hardware other applications for this method include traceability quality control and more largely depending on the industry in which it is used once embedded into a nonmagnetic item the magnetic tag is readable using a magnetic sensor device such as a smartphone by scanning near the correct location on the product allowing the designated information to be accessed by the user while other methods exist for imprinting information they primarily require sophisticated and costly equipment that introduces a barrier to real-world implementation "different approaches have been used to try to locally change the properties of the metals during the manufacturing process to be able to codify information within the part " said salas mula "this is the first time that magnetic properties of the material are being used in this way to introduce information within a nonmagnetic part specifically for the 3d printing of metals" ebeperi said that to map the magnetic reading of the part the team created a custom three-axis magnetic sensor capable of mapping the surface and revealing the regions where the embedded magnetic tag was accessible while the system is more secure than a physical tag or code located on the exterior of an item the team is still working to improve the complexity of the method's security as the project continues karaman said the next steps include developing a more secure method of reading the information possibly through the implementation of a physical "dual-authentication" requiring the user to apply a specific treatment or stimulus to unlock access to the magnetic tag
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as a native of zambia john kalyondo 20 did not grow up dreaming of attending texas a&m university his passion for learning was the motivator behind both coming to america for his college education and later giving others that opportunity through funding a scholarship kalyondo wanted to receive the best education so the prestigious degree offered by the harold vance department of petroleum engineering and the universitys core values made texas a&m his choice for college the community at texas a&m is like no other i have built long-lasting relationships both in my professional and personal life kalyondo saidwhile the transition from zambia to texas a&m was not easy kalyondo quickly fell in love with the university and the aggie family and soon felt at home he got involved with the american association of drilling engineers and the texas a&m student chapter of the society of petroleum engineers experiencing the diverse community that texas a&m fosters to help students succeed is something that kalyondo was proud to be a part of
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one way of leading is helping those who are less fortunate like me in fulfilling their dream kalyondo said the covid-19 pandemic hit during his time as a student in addition to being an international student far from home kalyondo was faced with the additional challenge of finishing school in the middle of a lockdown amidst the hardship he was supported and inspired by the generosity of the aggie family through scholarships and other financial assistance he was able to finish his college education at texas a&m and fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming an engineer two years into his career kalyondo now feels it is important to give back to the university that supported his journey after experiencing the impact that scholarships have in propelling students toward their dreams he established the pete class of 20 endowed scholarship for petroleum engineering students my hope is that this gift transfigures the life of at least one student as mine was transformed by the generous donations of fellow aggies before me kalyondo said growing up kalyondo was taught that knowledge is not worth having if you cannot share it with others he hopes that scholarships from his endowment will allow students to continue chasing their dreams and to share their knowledge with others
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endowments supporting the students in the college have an immeasurable impact on their education if you are interested in supporting the college of engineering and its departments or would like more information on how you can give please contact one of our development officers
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when ashley saquic tax stepped onto texas a&m universitys campus for the first time in august after transferring from texas a&m university at galveston (tamug) it was initially a nerve-wracking experience after one semester she knew she was home saquic tax is a junior studying architectural engineering in the department of multidisciplinary engineering while in her architectural engineering foundations class she heard about an opportunity to attend an educational symposium on building enclosures the concept of building enclosures also known as building envelopes is used in construction to physically separate the exterior of a building from the interior the iibec/aei 2022 building enclosure symposium marked a collaboration between the international institute of building enclosure consultants (iibec) and the architecture engineering institute (aei) the premier professional organization for saquic taxs degree technical building experts and industry members gathered to present educational sessions and share research during the two-day symposium in november in milwaukee saquic tax was one of 20 students sponsored by the rci-iibec foundation which utilizes grants and sponsorships to showcase and advance knowledge in the building enclosure industry "i was in disbelief shocked even " she said "out of all the students who applied i was one of the few chosen for it i am very grateful for such an exciting opportunity to attend the symposium" filza walters professor of practice in multidisciplinary engineering and architectural engineering encouraged her students to apply for the iibec/aei 2022 building enclosure symposium she was delighted when saquic tax was selected "the building façade often referred to as the ‘building envelope or ‘skin of the building can be the single most impactful contributor to a building achieving a net zero energy and carbon footprint " walters said "the façade is a buildings exterior system when designed and engineered well it separates the indoor and outdoor environment to provide a barrier consequently buildings use less energy to keep the occupant safe comfortable and healthy being at the conference among like-minded students and professionals was a life-changing experience for ashley we are very proud of her and grateful for this opportunity from iibec and aei"
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the symposium began with a welcome reception for the students and their individually assigned mentors who were all professional employers in the building industry saquic tax remembers feeling nervous however an event organizer approached her and the other students and advised them to relax and most importantly to remember that this was a unique opportunity to speak with professionals in the industry his advice gave saquic tax the confidence and calmness she needed to begin connecting with guests at the reception "i met wonderful people who told me 'we're here to help you we were once in your shoes and now we're here to guide you into this industry dont be afraid to ask questions '" saquic tax saidduring the symposium she attended panel presentations spoke with exhibitors and cultivated personal connections with the professionals in attendance her biggest takeaway was the importance of architectural engineering "with the state of the world the need for sustainable buildings is higher than ever " she said
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after attending seminars and department information saturdays as a freshman saquic tax knew she wanted to be in stem specifically engineering to her surprise when she shared that aspiration with others many people offered a word of caution "one thing i heard a lot was 'you'll have a difficult time because there arent a lot of female engineers out there she said and that made up my mind i didn't know what type of engineer i wanted to be but i knew i would become one i knew i liked architecture and engineering so in the end i got the best of both worlds" this semester her class with walters has only cemented that decision "she wants us to fully engage with the architectural engineering major " saquic tax said sharing that walters feels like the godmother of architectural engineering in many ways "she reminds us that we're learning about different disciplines – mechanical structural electrical and construction are combined in architectural engineering" as a first-generation student and daughter of guatemalan immigrants saquic tax is proud of the rich culture and stories found in the community she comes from in southwest houston likewise her first two years as a sea aggie at tamug were a formative experience she also cites an early connection as her primary source of inspiration "josue and lizeth campos have seen me grow up and mentored me throughout my early academic years as well as college life " she said "their help and encouragement have led me to where i am today" even now as a proud student in aggieland saquic tax reflects on what it meant when she first joined the aggie family "galveston will always have a special place in my heart and be my first home"
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raised only a few miles from texas a&m university mary hirsch 83 teddy jim hirsch jr 91 and sarah hirsch thompson grew up witnessing their parents devotion to higher education mary jane hirsch 72 and dr teddy hirsch 52 regularly brought their children to campus and exposed them to the aggie core values from a young age now the siblings have collectively established a scholarship named after their parents to honor the familys foundational values in community and education at texas a&mmy parents dedication to education and young people makes our gift a great opportunity to honor their legacy mary hirsch saiddr teddy hirsch pursued an undergraduate degree in civil engineering while actively involved on campus soon after graduation he was hired by hb zachry construction to build a new runway for high-speed jets his talent was quickly recognized and he received a scholarship to return to texas a&m to pursue his masters degree and later his doctoral degree in civil engineeringteddy and mary jane met while teddy was pursuing his masters and they soon began their life as a married couple mary jane attended texas a&m the first semester women were allowed to enroll in the university and she graduated with her masters degree in education she was passionate about creating academic opportunities within the community so she taught algebra at a&m consolidated high school and sponsored the junior engineering technical societyteddy was also heavily invested in education specifically civil engineering he dedicated nearly 40 years of his career to conducting groundbreaking highway safety research teaching as a professor and holding many leadership positions within the college of engineering his expertise brought him across the globe to deliver presentations on his researchmy parents teddy and mary jane always taught us to value education and shared their passion for influencing young minds mary hirsch saidthe hirschs did not focus their time on academics alone teddy and mary jane cultivated an aggie community as they settled down to raise their family close to campus they became active members of their church and hosted many activities for the students in their church mary jane took pride in working to level the playing field for women in the community by bringing girls sports to college stationas firsthand witnesses to their parents academic accomplishments and their ability to cultivate a strong community the hirsch siblings were inspired to establish the dr teddy j 52 and mary j munson-hirsch civil engineering memorial scholarship the scholarship will provide students with financial support to embody excellence and community just as teddy and mary jane did the siblings hope this scholarship will allow their parents legacy to live on in generations of aggie engineersmy hope is that other students in the future will have personal values and pride instilled in them have opportunities to become successful and have a positive impact on the world jim hirsch said
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researchers are working to improve 2d semiconductors by better understanding dark excitons and how they could be applied to future technologies ranging from quantum computers to next-generation solar panels dr shoufeng lan assistant professor in the j mike walker 66 department of mechanical engineering at texas a&m university is leading a project to explore how the optically inactive dark variant of excitons the bound state of an electron and electron-hole pair often found in semiconductors can be accessed and manipulated in a new way this would allow for a variety of applications in quantum materials the discoveries from the research support a better understanding of the fundamental aspects of dark excitons with potential implementation in future next-generation devices quantum computers and more efficient solar panels this demonstration is poised to pave the way for applications such as quantum information processing quantum computing photonic circuitry and valleytronics that use the fascinating features of dark excitons for encoding and transporting information lan said the research titled coherent momentum control of forbidden excitons was published recently in the journal nature communications excitons can be found in two variations: optically bright or dark bright excitons can emit photons massless particles for light whereas dark excitons are typically optically inactive but boast a longer radiative lifetime the latter is a feature that lan said is particularly interesting as the team explores ways to implement dark excitons in quantum information processing the research team was able to outline a more efficient low-loss solution to the dilemma posed by dark excitons by reintroducing photonic bound states in the continuum (bics) to manipulate them in a momentum-space photonic environment lan said this platform could be used to redefine the light-matter interactions produced in nearby quantum materials which would be challenging or impossible to accomplish otherwise using photonic crystals that support photonic bics the research demonstrated the brightening of dark excitons and obtained coherent directional photoemission from them at room temperature lan said compared to approaches that use external stimuli such as a strong magnetic field the teams use of photonic crystals with lossless insulators showed to be more compatible with semiconductors and photonic circuitry while also enabling control of the directionality looking ahead the team is working to improve the design and implementation of their bics with a plan to develop low-threshold lasers and quantum phenomena and devices at the nanoscale one typically uses supercomputers with commercial software to simulate the spectral responses by scanning all parameters experimental conditions geometries material properties etc which can take days if not weeks lan said using artificial intelligence with deep learning we could increase the speed of this process significantly the teams research on using artificial intelligence with deep learning for photonic bics was published earlier this year in the journal laser & photonics reviews faculty collaborators at texas a&m on the project include dr cynthia hipwell oscar s wyatt jr 45 chair ii professor in the mechanical engineering department; dr zi jing wong assistant professor in the department of aerospace engineering; and dr xiaofeng qian associate professor in the department of materials science and engineering collaborators from the national institute for materials science in japan include dr kenji watanabe and dr takashi taniguchi
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researchers embarked on a multidisciplinary project to determine how cavitation bubbles within micro- or nano-structures could mitigate surface erosion and enhance the efficiency in microfluidic mixing devices often used to quickly and effectively mix multiple samples potential applications of the research findings include the creation of more efficient and resilient pumping machinery and implementation in portable high-precision biological tests currently reserved only for laboratory settings the research was recently published in natures scientific reports journal the project was led by dr guillermo aguilar james and ada forsyth professor and department head in the j mike walker 66 department of mechanical engineering at texas a&m university cavitation the rapid formation and collapse of vapor bubbles in a liquid is a widely studied field this project sought to better understand the basic science of cavitation dynamics while also identifying potential applications
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although cavitation has been studied extensively the interaction of cavitation bubbles and jets with micro- or nano-structures and shockwaves are still an active area of research aguilar said this study may also help us better understand and further develop new technologies such as erosion mitigation through surface micropatterning and development of efficient microfluidic mixing devices researchers used high-speed cameras equipped with microscope lenses alongside laser-induced cavitation to document the tiny bubbles which typically boast the size of a single millimeter and last just one-tenth of a millisecond additionally the project used multiple different lasers to serve various purposes throughout the research process including a femtosecond laser to create the micropatterning in the target surface a nano-second laser to induce cavitation and a continuous wave laser to perform particle tracking the methods enabled the team to trap air pockets in a microstructure surface and demonstrate how these air pockets could serve to greatly diminish the erosion typically caused by cavitation phenomena mechanisms at the same time the collapse of cavitation bubbles near micro- and nano-patterned surfaces enhanced the mixing of the contiguous fluid
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we believe that this work has the potential to be the starting point for developing applications in microfluidics and erosion mitigation aguilar said in the future we could have commercial microfluidic devices that use this technique for in-situ high-precision biological tests which are currently restricted to laboratory environments we also believe that this technique can be implemented to allow pumping machinery to work more efficiently and last longer which would translate into cost reduction one of the major challenges for this project came in the preparation while assembling the team a multitude of expertise in various disciplines was needed to effectively execute the project a task for which aguilar said mechanical engineers are well equipped this can be described as a multidisciplinary project as not only fluids but also optics photonics and material science aguilar said as mechanical engineers we have the broad knowledge base to tackle complex problems like this thus this kind of multidisciplinary research relies heavily on teamwork collaborators on this project included aguilars former doctoral students dr juan carlos gonzalez-parra and dr vicente robles alongside dr natanael cuando-espitia from the universidad de guanajuato in mexico