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the exxonmobil aggies club have established the exxonmobil aggies mechanical engineering endowed scholarship to provide one or more scholarships to full-time students in good standing pursuing an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from texas a&m university similar to texas a&m exxonmobil has hundreds of internal organizations that allow employees to connect with each other over shared passions carissa mark 15 an engineer with the company shared the exxonmobil aggies mission the exxonmobil a&m club is the first-ever corporate texas a&m club she said our mission is to enable aggies to network within the corporation globally as well as to strengthen the relationship between exxonmobil and texas a&m while the club started as a way for aggies to network within the corporation they now have their own muster host yearly tailgates and luncheons and volunteer at ring day the houston food bank and rebuilding together houston in addition to the fun we have together we have initiated six collaborative texas a&m endowments mark said all of which are in the process of being funded and we are working on starting two more matthew lindblade 14 a fixed equipment engineer said the competitive spirit and drive to help current students afford the cost of an education at texas a&m led to the exxonmobil aggies mechanical engineering endowed scholarship i was reading through one of the exxonmobil aggie newsletters and noticed that there was a chemical engineering and geosciences endowment lindblade said my competitive spirit decided it was time to create one for mechanical engineering the exxonmobil a&m clubs efforts are centered around fostering a sense of community within the corporation with fellow aggies through social and service events supporting and encouraging one another in their career endeavors through mentorship and collectively giving back to their beloved university as a 2014 graduate from the mechanical engineering program my desire is to ‘pass it back to a university that has given me so much and support the mechanical engineering students coming along behind me to pursue and achieve their dreams through an outstanding education lindblade said
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the college of engineering is one of the leading engineering programs in the united states ranking first in undergraduate enrollment and ninth in graduate enrollment endowments supporting the students in the college have an immeasurable impact on their education if you are interested in supporting the college of engineering or would like more information on how you can give please contact jay roberts assistant vice president for development
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patricia 85 and dwayne meloy 85 have established the patricia 85 and dwayne meloy 85 and meloy family scholarship to provide one or more scholarships to full-time students in good standing pursuing an undergraduate degree from the college of engineering at texas a&m university patricia graduated with a bachelors degree in marketing and dwayne graduated with a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering their love for texas a&m led to the creation of a scholarship endowment we have been blessed by the university in so many ways we have many aggie engineers in our immediate and extended family as well as family with degrees from other colleges within the university totaling 19 rings and counting dwayne said tricia and i established an endowed scholarship in the college of engineering to give back to texas a&m and to help incoming students reach their career goals the meloys understand the financial burden of attending college and sought to contribute to the alleviation of this burden for students we hope this scholarship helps extend the aggie network and reduce some of the financial burden of obtaining a quality education dwayne said
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the college of engineering is one of the leading engineering programs in the united states ranking first in undergraduate enrollment and ninth in graduate enrollment endowments supporting the students in the college have an immeasurable impact on their education if you are interested in supporting the college of engineering or would like more information on how you can give please contact thadd hargett senior director of development
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dr mauricio e tano visiting assistant professor in the texas a&m university department of nuclear engineering believes in the future of nuclear energy as a new professor tano hopes to dedicate his research and teaching career to the success of nuclear energy its a clean and low-carbon source of energy and one of the only viable options to secure the health of our planet moving forward said tano the rest of the world is already moving toward renewable energies especially places in europe its time we become more proactive to developing nuclear solutions to current problems tano is no stranger to foreign developments either born in argentina tano received his nuclear engineering diploma from balseiro institute before completing his doctoral degree in fluid mechanics energetics and processes in grenoble france after spending time in europe tano began seeking greater opportunities for his research the answer seemed obvious: move to the states i knew i wanted to continue researching said tano in the united states there are more opportunities available and theres more freedom especially concerning scientific research so i said ‘why not tano arrived at texas a&m in april is currently working with dr jean c ragusa in the department of nuclear engineering he admits that although he wasnt quite sure what nuclear engineering consisted of before he decided to study it there were two motivating factors that stuck with him as he continued his studies worldwide were producing a lot of harm to the planet by continuing to burn fuel explained tano we need to produce clean energy fast and safely so that we can continue to progress as a society also i really like complex systems such as nuclear reactors i enjoy the challenge of trying to understand and model them" tano believes that the biggest strength he brings to the department is his knowledge of machine learning a method of data analysis in which computer systems learn to perform specific tasks without explicit instructions although machine learning is a quickly advancing field of study in regards to artificial intelligence its connection to the science of nuclear engineering remains largely unexplored tano hopes to change that one of my goals as a researcher is to mend the gap between nuclear engineering and machine learning said tano were actually going to offer a course in machine learning next spring with dr ragusa it will be the first of its kind in the country from there tano hopes to create an academic community of students professors and researchers to continue developing the field of machine learning in nuclear engineering he aspires to use the science and technology of machine learning to build new designs of nuclear reactors
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the texas a&m university system national laboratories office hosted nuclear security enterprise (nse) day on sept 9 the nse includes the national nuclear security administration (nnsa) and laboratories and other sites around the country managed by the nnsa that maintain the nations nuclear stockpile the nse is among the nations largest employers of students in stem fields brian m smith deputy associate administrator for management at the nnsa said in his keynote address that the nuclear enterprise would hire more than 8 000 new employees across the stem disciplines this year these opportunities will address some of the worlds most complex engineering and scientific issues involving the safety and security of the nuclear stockpile supporting the us navys nuclear propulsion fleet and responding to nuclear and radiological emergencies in the united states and abroad the workforce demographics are favorable for college students today smith added supervisors are often only a few years older than them so the common ground of shared experiences as well as the visual representation of the possibility for upward mobility is immeasurably valuable and unique
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more than 80 students from the college of engineering attended the annual recruiting event students from west texas a&m university prairie view a&m university and other a&m system universities attended the event as well nse day also featured graduate and undergraduate panel discussions designed to provide students with the opportunity to ask questions and learn about internships and jobs at national labs ryan vrecenar from sandia national laboratories explained that internships are key for recruitment at national labs and expanded on the freedom interns have to shape their own research projects ive worked with students who have done projects in areas such as software analysis software development and machine learning he said the ability to choose their own projects essentially means interns have a hand in molding the future career they want for themselves there are also opportunities to network and collaborate across labs which further opens up future career opportunities for students who arent sure if they have what it takes to pursue an internship or fellowship dustin leclair from the nnsa had a few words of advice show that you have an interest in your major beyond classes be a well-rounded person who can work with others and have an interest in technology good writing skills help as well since effective communication is important no one wants the conversation about a stray comma or grammar mistake to distract from an otherwise sound argument
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at the nse day career fair hiring managers were available to collect resumes for open job postings internships and fellowships technical representatives from various companies and national labs spoke with students about employment opportunities and other benefits such as professional development and tuition reimbursement programs this industry is great about helping employees better themselves by supporting advanced degrees and certifications since all that effort is usually fed back into the job said jd mohundro from honeywell things like tuition reimbursement are usually based on a managers assessment of need but for engineering you often dont even need to make a business case since engineering is the business texas a&m is one of only a handful of prestigious universities selected to host an nse day event to engage stem students interested in a career with the nse this was texas a&ms second nse day
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the association for computing machinery (acm) recently awarded scott kolodziej third place in the grand finals of the student research competition for his work on code documentation earlier this spring kolodziej participated in the initial round of the competition at the acm special interest group on computer science education technical symposium and won first place in the graduate category before competing against first place winners from other acm conferences for the grand prize as a third-place winner kolodziej was invited to attend the acm awards banquet held in san francisco in june where he had the chance to meet and network with prominent computing researchers and practitioners as a graduate student in the department of computer science and engineering at texas a&m university kolodziejs research began when he sought to answer a seemingly basic question: what is the best way to document computer code kolodziej led a team of undergraduates in designing a study in which student participants would read various code samples and then answer questions to measure their comprehension kolodziejs research team found that both good naming and good comments are crucial to clear and understandable code documentation but that good naming is the more important factor while opinions vary on what constitutes good code documentation kolodziej and his team took the first steps toward gathering hard objective data about what makes quality software the project was part of the aggie research leadership program which connects aspiring undergraduate students interested in research with graduate students seeking mentorship opportunities and research assistance the program helped form kolodziejs team of undergraduate students spencer anderson yara mohammed polina golikova sahil patel sagar patel akash rao and srinivas raghav tankasala from the departments of computer science and engineering and industrial and systems engineering the research opportunity proved to be a valuable and rewarding learning experience for all involved and kolodziej became a certified aggie research leader for completing the program given that i ran this study on an almost nonexistent budget with virtually no supervision it was quite powerful to see the research become recognized the way it has kolodziej said my team of undergraduates were fantastic the whole experience helped me see that i have a career in research and the skills necessary to lead a research team to success
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gifted through the texas a&m foundation stephanie and aaron trask '11 have established the stephanie and aaron trask '11 chemical engineering scholarship their generous gift will support undergraduate students pursuing a degree in the artie mcferrin department of chemical engineering who have demonstrated leadership or involvement in a student organization scholarships were a major part of my time at texas a&m said aaron the generosity of former students in the form of scholarships allowed me to leave texas a&m with no student debt and start my career on a strong financial foot whether it was through scholarship banquets or the events attended during my time in maroon coats i realized quickly that scholarships and the former students behind them are one reason that texas a&m is so special and unique in addition to surrounding its students with support aaron explained that the chemical engineering department and his semester-long co-op experience played an integral role in his post-graduation success the ability to problem-solve think outside the box attack problems logically and present information concisely are areas that texas a&ms college of engineering excels at teaching versus other colleges said aaron after starting his career as a production operations engineer at hess corporation a leading global energy company based out of north dakota aaron returned to texas for two years to hold various business development roles in houston now he is returning to hess corporation as an area lead – armed with the lessons learned and insight gained from both industry and academia texas a&m provides a unique opportunity to not only receive a world-class education but also help ‘round students out through organization involvement said aaron i think this plays a crucial role in developing the leaders of tomorrow by equipping students technically and teaching them about leadership relationships and communication i truly believe that the community service-oriented mindset of texas a&m sticks with you after college and makes a big impact in the corporate world
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this summer three gencyber cybersecurity camps were held on the texas a&m university campus the camps were part of a summer computing academy hosted by the texas a&m high performance research computing (hprc) group department of computer science and engineering and the college of education and human development the gencyber program provides summer cybersecurity camp experiences across the nation for k-12 teachers and students to increase awareness of the exciting career opportunities within the field overall 75 high school students from across the united states all sponsored by the program attended the camps during the camp students learned about the problem solving and teamwork aspects of careers in engineering and also participated in computing challenges through various hands-on activities such as enhancing their problem-solving and debugging skills in python the program also introduced the students to cybersecurity principles and addressed topics such as information privacy and ethics the students also had the opportunity to take a tour of the texas a&m campus susu and mark a fischer '72 engineering innovation center the teague data center to see two supercomputers and interacted with current and former students from the departments of computer science and engineering and electrical engineering as our society increases its reliance on computer technology the challenges and opportunities within cybersecurity continue to grow in complexity and importance said dr dilma da silva head of the computer science and engineering department and director of the gencyber camps we need a lot of talent to address these tough problems so by introducing them to the students now we hope it motivates more of them to pursue a career that will lead to a safer more secure society
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just 48 hours is all the time 55 students had to compete in the first aggies invent competition of the new academic year the challenge nuclear security in a first of its kind partnership los alamos national laboratory (lanl) sponsored the event to prepare the nation for a rapidly evolving technological and geopolitical environment that will demand much more technical capability combined with a more rapid and innovative response lloyd brown guest scientist with lanl formerly taught as a professor at the united states naval academy and enjoys helping the students bring the theories and knowledge gained through their studies full circle to the real world a lot of students just dont see why theyre learning this stuff from the classroom brown said they cant see the application so this is where the rubber meets the road
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brown was on the team from lanl that put together the list of 14 needs statements students could choose from to work on over the weekend when a team hit a road block he talked the students through the situation at hand and helped them to simplify the problem they were facing i try to stress to them that this is just a thermodynamics problem and to step back think about it and realize the work they were doing in the classroom or the reason they did that homework was to prepare them for something like this brown said for athena sagadevan doctoral student in nuclear engineering the competition offered an opportunity to further delve into her passion for nuclear security while working with other students from various backgrounds ive never worked with a multidisciplinary team before so my team members all bring extremely different perspectives that i have not seen through my years of studying sagadevan said don quintana division leader for weapons systems engineering at lanl described the topics presented to students as some of the most complex and challenging things the lab is working on those topics are things we have been working on for many years some even 20-30 years quintana said we brought them forward in an unclassified form so the students could give them their best shot with new sets of eyes while encouraging them to think outside of the box liam fortier sophomore nuclear engineering major chose to tackle the design of a shield for a space shuttle or missile to prevent the object from burning up upon re-entry into earths atmosphere this is a pretty dynamic problem that doesnt have a simple fix as of right now fortier said for this there are all kinds of variables you have to take into account such as different materials with aerodynamics stuff going on and heat transfer it also has a lot of application commercially
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the winning team rock-e chose to address how countries can detect materials used in weapons of mass destruction and help prevent conflict between weaponized countries the team included david gregorio electrical engineering senior; carter radocha general engineering freshman; benjamin fenuyi mechanical engineering sophomore; brady trieu general engineering freshman; leonardo escamilla general engineering freshman; and amir rad aerospace engineering in order to be prepared for nuclear threats you need to know where they are coming from said fenuyi thus you need a device that detects nuclear materials before they become dangerous should the threat of a nuclear war arise it is essential that countries be able predict when an enemy is preparing to drop such a bomb nations around the world are reaching their era of nuclear weaponry with nearly 2 000 nuclear tests performed since the bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki fenuyi said cue rock-e the teams answer to the challenge at hand and the reason the judges awarded them the $1 000 first-place prize rock-e is a compact module that can be adapted to any environment however this is no ordinary module the teams concept has the ability to be deployed in teams of one to five to detect any chemical biological or nuclear agent rock-e can also be used as a safety device to detect any chemical or radiation levels in real time said gregorio combined with an alarm it can provide workers in high-risk areas with crucial information before disaster strikes the lightweight design allows a single drone to carry up to a full team of five modules in whatever way best suits the terrain allowing for versatility in any situation the management of lanl has allowed us to explore ways of leveraging both the creativity or our students and their innovative mindsets and the deep understanding of the fundamental technology of lanl said rodney boehm director of engineering entrepreneurship its simply phenomenal and very humbling to be a part of we look forward to next years aggies invent – nuclear security being even more impressive
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radiation is energy traversing space little particles shooting through the air that can be utilized as a means of curing cancer or could cause irreparable damage to a persons health autumn kalinowski a graduate student in the department of nuclear engineering at texas a&m university is developing a computational model that converts raw data and radiation records from thermoluminescent dosimeter (tld) badges into more readily useable values for epidemiological studies as such her model will produce information that can be utilized to investigate the epidemiological – health and disease – effects of radiation especially low doses this ongoing project is part of an internship with oak ridge associated universities in oak ridge tennessee anyone who works in a nuclear field and is potentially exposed to radioisotopes be it technicians reactor operators or people who work in weapons fabrication or national labs wears a tld badge said kalinowski these badges are scanned and read periodically throughout the year the information is culminated annually and the total dose of radiation exposure for each individual is sent to oak ridge associated universities to be input into a massive database this is so that we can go back and look at individuals and see their exposure over time to monitor it and make sure that it is falling within regulatory limits said kalinowski unfortunately with how it is currently recorded and formatted the data cannot be effectively applied to epidemiological studies – limiting how much insight and information can be gained regarding the health effects and disease development of prolonged exposure to low doses of radiation so tackling this issue kalinowski is working on developing a model that can translate the raw database information into a format of values that can be more directly applied to epidemiological studies this will not only be a key element in the advancement of nuclear research but also stands to have a lasting impact on experts and engineers in the nuclear and medical industries at large with access to real-world interpretable data researchers industry leaders and others can track and investigate how radiation – especially at low levels – effects workers health and disease development over time as such her model will also be a vital tool in better understanding radiation and how to keep workers safe in environments in which they are exposed to radioisotopes having received her bachelors degree from the department kalinowski said that her experience as a nuclear engineering student at texas a&m has helped her with her internship the nuclear engineering program is really rigorous in terms of the amount of work that you do in your undergraduate and graduate degree all the classes are super intense and in order to do well in them you have to have a strong motivated work ethic and be willing to put the hours in to get it done said kalinowski learning how to work with tight deadlines and how to juggle priorities really helped prepare me for my internship and make sure i could get everything done while i was on site kalinowski was introduced to key movers and shakers at oak ridge associated universities by dr shaheen dewji assistant professor in the nuclear engineering department my advice is to talk to your professors and see if they know anyone that they can put you in contact with to start pursuing internships because this experience – that i'm very fortunate that dr dewji helped me find – opened up a whole new world of options for me said kalinowski
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james c jones 05 a former student in the zachry department of civil and environmental engineering has established the james c jones '05 study abroad scholarship in engineering this endowment gifted through the texas a&m foundation is the second scholarship created by jones it will provide one or more scholarships to full-time civil engineering students who participate in a study abroad program through the college of engineering or another texas a&m university entity a third-generation aggie civil engineer jones followed in the footsteps of his grandfather truman r jones 43 and father jr bob jones 69 after graduation jones took the opportunity to work abroad in libya from 2009-10 the experience he explained was eye-opening applying his engineering knowledge to solve real-world problems overseas gave him the opportunity to experience a new culture perspective and place since working in libya he has traveled to 40 countries across the globe – each one broadening his horizons and offering something new i think my time overseas made me a better engineer upon my return to the united states he said now he is giving back in order to open the door for students to experience working abroad and reach new heights the civil engineering department has been important to my family personally and professionally for years he said i was inspired at an early age by my fathers example to give back to the university that gave me so much and provide for the next generation of aggie civil engineers
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dr diego donzis and dr chang hsin chen from the department of aerospace engineering at texas a&m university have been looking at new ways in which shock turbulence interactions (sti) can be understood their research was recently featured on the texas advanced computing center website and shared on various websites including hpcwirecom physorg and sciencedailycom stis are observed in a number of contexts including supersonic aerodynamics turbulent combustion and astrophysical flows making them an important topic in fluid dynamics in the study shock-turbulence interactions at high turbulence intensities funded by the national science foundation and the air force office of scientific research and published in the may 2019 journal of fluid mechanics a new theoretical framework was developed and tested to understand turbulent jumps of mean thermodynamic quantities shock structure and amplification factors in order to prove their theories donzis ran a very large data set of shock turbulence interactions at different conditions on stampede2 the most powerful computer in the united states for open science research housed at the texas advanced computing center part of the university of texas at austin see turbulence meets a shock to read more about their research
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bringing together the leaders of tomorrow with the prominent minds of today the senior capstone design program at texas a&m university challenges student teams to tackle real-world engineering problems faced by industry for their project amanda cheek and melanie vincitore both former students of the j mike walker 66 department of mechanical engineering dove into the issues faced by offshore oil rigs namely how robotics could aid in painting on a corrosion-resistant coating to the horizontal vertical and curved surfaces on oil rigs their project now being prototyped by bp aimed to reduce the risk of flaws and human error during the application of the corrosion-resistant coating – a task that is as labor intensive as it is important flaws in the coating are a significant issue because applying the coating takes a very long time and can be tedious for operators to perform said cheek an autonomous robot would mitigate this risk and remove the need for operators to perform this task said vincitore as cheek and vincitore explained coating flaws on oil rigs can be especially dangerous in a salt water environment because salt water is highly corrosive and will quickly damage and break down rig assets if they are not properly protected this has the potential to endanger workers lives and the integrity of the structure
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to combat this the team designed an autonomous robot that could navigate the surfaces of an oil rig much like how a pool cleaner traverses the curves and edges of a pool and paint on the protective coating safety was a large factor the design could not be a source of ignition or a safety hazard to workers (and) had to be robust since finding spare parts is not a feasible option in the middle of the ocean said vincitore in addition to developing a tested design for bp to use the team also made recommendations on building materials for the robots where the equipment and sensors should be located and how the robot should operate as such they reported and demonstrated the potential capabilities and limitations of a robotic painter and the impact it could have on worker safety as well as the reduction of risk and repair costs caused by human error it feels so good to know that our project is being utilized by bp an industry leader it was a daunting project that we are very proud of we hope to see it one day in the future of the industry said cheek (senior capstone design) taught me how to work and communicate with team members manage time and communicate with stakeholders to correctly identify project needs said vincitore its great to know that all of the hard work we put in has paid off and we were able to identify and satisfy the objectives that bp desired for a very broad and challenging project a global leader in oil gas and energy bp manufactures and markets energy fuels and raw materials used in everyday products ranging from cellphones to food packaging to automobiles implementing cutting-edge technologies and engineering advancements the impact of the company and their brands can be seen around the world in addition to being experts in the industry bp supports the education and cultivation of student experiences they have partnered with the senior capstone design program at texas a&m multiple times – their expertise and support helping to give students valuable insight and opportunities now and into the future partnering with texas a&m to sponsor capstone projects has been impactful of bp said collin kleypas ‘11 a subsea engineer at bp and former mechanical engineering student i believe the program is a win-win learning opportunity students gain experience of what it is like to work on a real engineering project in our industry while our company has the opportunity to understand the competency (and) capability of graduating engineers – something that is continuously increasing learn more about how to get involved with the mechanical engineering senior capstone design program
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august is a busy month at texas a&m university faculty are finishing up summer trips students are moving back to campus and the amount of traffic increases exponentially around the city before the hustle and bustle hit full swing for the fall semester the faculty of the department of industrial and systems engineering participated in a retreat with industry professionals faculty and industry professionals discussed various issues within the field including healthcare oil and gas and transportation and how industrial engineers can help them improve current processes or create new systems to help with 21st century challenges two panels of industry professionals visited with faculty during the retreat
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the first panel included speakers dr stephen jones md robert brydia scott livingston and logan havern jones works at the houston regional methodist research institute and focuses on the development of customized clinical informatics systems and databases for clinical research and practice brydia is a program manager for the advanced transportation operations group and senior research scientist with the texas a&m transportation institute his work has produced analyses and case studies that have led to permanent infrastructure improvements livingston is president of the intervention and stimulation equipment area at national oilwell varco delivering solutions to newbuild offshore vessels havern is the co-founder of blip biometrics and currently works for jetblue he is also a senior industrial engineering student who will graduate in december 2019
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the second panel included speakers kendall bruce chris havern hudson high and dr samyukta sethuraman bruce works in innovation and business optimization for forward air solutions with more than 26 years of experience in logistics he has worked with several companies including waste management ryder integrated logistics and the united states postal service havern is the group president of integrity management at shawcor he has more than 25 years of experience in energy services and has also served as vice president of human resources of integrity management and vice president of mobile technologies along with other roles within the company high is the customer supply chain manager for north america with arconic he is a strong advocate for texas a&m and gives guest lectures works at volunteer events and serves on the advisory council for the industrial and systems engineering department sethuraman is a senior research scientist at amazon she has worked on building and implementing a capacity management system for amazon locker to maximize the number of packages that are delivered to the lockers
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the retreat sparked dialogue and created relationships between faculty and industry professionals that will improve industrial engineering and systems in texas and around the world
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dr jeff huang associate professor in the department of computer science and engineering at texas a&m university was recently honored with a young faculty award (yfa) from the defense advanced research projects agency (darpa) the yfa program aims to identify and engage rising stars in junior research positions and expose them to the needs of the department of defense and darpas program development process huang received the award for his project titled smartscript: a learning-based approach to static type and semantic inconsistency analysis of dynamic scripts
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the goal of this project is to develop smartscript a novel static code analysis that automatically detects type and semantic inconsistency errors in dynamic scripts such as shell scripts python lua javascript etc huang said to achieve the goal huang created a machine-learning technique that leverages inconsistency interference and valuable natural language information in the code such as variable names to discover hidden semantic errors the novel insight is that code semantics conveyed through natural language information are typically ignored by rule-based machines but can be spotted easily by human developers huang said by learning such nonstructural semantics smartscript can train a classifier with human intelligence to detect hidden semantic errors significantly beyond the power of existing tools additionally the detected inconsistency errors will be explained with high signals whenever an inconsistency is identified we anticipate that the tool and techniques resulting from this research will transition to industry and enable millions of developers to continuously reveal hidden bugs early in the software development cycle huang said huang is also collaborating with dr ruihong huang assistant professor in the department of computer science and engineering and an expert in natural language processing (nlp) to create advanced nlp techniques for this project
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dr guofei gu professor in the department of computer science and engineering at texas a&m university was named a 2019 distinguished member of the association for computing machinery (acm) for his outstanding scientific contributions to the field all 62 of the 2019 inductees are longstanding members of the acm and were selected by their peers for their significant accomplishments in the field of computing computer science or information technology that have contributed to technologies that support how people live work and play gu is also the director of the success (secure communication and computer systems) lab at texas a&m where he and his students are involved in cutting-edge network and system security research his research interests include network and system security internet malware/botnet/advanced persistent threat detection defense and analysis software-defined programmable security mobile and internet of things security artificial intelligence security web and social networking security and intrusion/anomaly detection view a full list of the 2019 acm distinguished members inductees
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sixteen students from the department of computer science and engineering at texas a&m university recently attended the 2019 richard tapia celebration of diversity in computing conference in san diego california the group was led by dr david kebo houngninou instructional assistant professor in the department founded in 2001 the three-day event brings together students faculty and professionals from all backgrounds and ethnicities to acknowledge promote and celebrate the significant contributions of diverse people in computing the theme of this years conference diversity: building a stronger future highlighted the importance of diversity in computing innovation for the future and the critical role that the contributions of a diverse workplace plays during the conference attendees could participate in technical and development workshops a poster session and several networking opportunities with recruiters from various universities and companies that were in attendance as it was my first time attending i didnt know what to expect in the end it turned out to be a rich and colorful experience for me where i learned a lot about not only tech but also about diversity and inclusive behaviors in general said graduate student sarra bounouh all in all the tapia conference was such a positive and impactful moment for me and i would love to attend another one in the future the 2020 tapia conference will be held in dallas texas the computer science and engineering department has been a long-time supporter of the annual conference the tapia conferences are sponsored by the association for computing machinery presented by the center for minorities and people with disabilities in information technology and are in cooperation with the computing research association
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its been 44 years since ronald ledbetter graduated from texas a&m university with a degree in engineering technology now hes back in aggieland serving his alma mater as a professor of practice and training the next generation of subsea engineers as the saying goes the apple doesnt fall far from the tree this rings true for ledbetter whose father worked in the oil and gas industry for texaco oil company as a child ledbetter moved around quite a bit due to his fathers job he lived in several texas cities corpus christi san antonio tyler and houston when it came time for ledbetter to choose his own path he decided to work in the oil and gas industry too ledbetter first arrived at texas a&m in 1965 then left a couple years later to serve his country in vietnam he returned in 1971 and graduated in 1975 for the next 42 years ledbetter worked in the oil and gas industry serving in multiple positions of leadership his career took him around the world from australia and france to england scotland canada guyana and mexico to name a few an expert in subsea engineering systems and offshore field development ledbetter helped develop the curriculum for the specialized masters program in subsea engineering at texas a&m several years ago hes excited for the opportunity to now work full time with students and help grow the program this concept of bringing professors in who have learned so much from the experience of their careers to teach from the perspective of having been there and done that is a brilliant addition to the theory and engineering processes already taught he said my overall goal is to make this program not just successful but also regarded as one of the top masters programs in the nation i want the program to grow and be self-sustaining
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this concept of bringing professors in who have learned so much from the experience of their careers to teach from the perspective of having been there and done that is a brilliant addition to the theory and engineering processes already taught he said my overall goal is to make this program not just successful but also regarded as one of the top masters programs in the nation i want the program to grow and be self-sustaining for ledbetter the best part of his job is working with students i have been very impressed by their intelligence and their hunger for knowledge he said ledbetter said the oil and gas industry needs inquisitive minds to tackle immense challenges below the surface of the sea he likened the challenges of the subsea environment to the challenges faced by the space program where external pressures reach thousands of psi and internal pressures are even higher subsea equipment and systems are remote and operate in a highly corrosive environment both internally and externally as well as being inaccessible for maintenance or repair all in all it is an extremely challenging setting for engineering and design he said the oil and gas industry still has many difficult technical challenges and we need young lively minds with ideas to solve these challenges visit our website to learn more about texas a&ms master of engineering in engineering with a specialization in subsea engineering program
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in july of 2019 nuclear science technology and education for molten salt reactors (nustem) and safety assessment of molten salt fast reactor (samofar) led the molten salt reactor (msr) summer bootcamp on the campus of the delft university of technology in the netherlands this event brought together participants from universities across europe and north america to learn more about msrs through seminars hands-on activities a capstone assignment a poster session and a round table presentation both nustem and samofar are large-scale multi-institution research projects investigating msr technologies with an eye to training new experts in this important field dr jean ragusa professor of nuclear engineering at texas a&m university leads the nustem project which was funded by the department of energys nuclear energy university program as an integrated research program over three years nustem funds numerous faculty researchers and students from texas a&m the university of california-berkeley and the university of wisconsin-madison to contribute to the development of enabling technologies for molten salt reactor concepts and to educate young professionals in molten salt reactor technologies other texas a&m nuclear engineering researchers working on the nustem project include dr mark kimber dr cable kurwitz dr sean mcdeavitt dr luis ortega dr lin shao and dr pavel tsvetkov samofar is a consortium of 11 universities and research centers throughout europe funded by euratoms horizon 2020 program and tasked with proving the innovative safety concepts of the molten salt fast reactor by advanced experimental and numerical techniques delivering a breakthrough in nuclear safety and optimal waste management and creating a consortium of stakeholders to demonstrate the molten salt fast reactor beyond samofar the workshop consisted of a series of five modules representing five major components of msr research with faculty members actively working in each area presenting the modules the bootcamp consisted of a thematic mixture of research topics related to msrs said dr mauricio tano visiting assistant professor in the nuclear engineering department at texas a&m who participated in the event this included multiphysics thermal-hydraulics reactor control materials corrosion and the nuclear fuel cycle among others tano also found it very enriching to be presented with the practices and challenges of each of these fields in addition to these presentations each module also included a hands-on practical exercise intended to teach the students and researchers a new skill that they could bring into their research
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the summer school broke the traditional lecturing model said texas a&m graduate student mohammed bani ahmad who works on the nustem project with kurwitz the workshop turned classes into interactive sessions where we solved problems and did calculations during class time this kept us students involved and interested the whole time overall it was an exceptional experience the participants also worked together in teams throughout the session on capstone assignments each team developed an msr research proposal in which they detailed the background to their research question the methods they would use to investigate the topic the impact of their proposed research the resources needed to pursue their intended topics along with potential timelines and milestones the challenges to the topic and how they would handle quality assurance during the lifetime of the project this exercise gave the participants valuable experience in writing a competitive proposal for research an award for best capstone submission went to the group of franziska schmidt (uc-berkeley) tano (texas a&m) and nicholas winner (uc-berkely) for a project proposal titled in situ salt composition observation using optical techniques peter german of texas a&m won the award for best poster at the workshop through working together on the capstone teams presenting posters and talking about their research in round table discussions participants in the molten salt reactor summer bootcamp had the opportunity to share their work and network with other students and faculty in europe and north america working on msr research projects ramiro freile a texas a&m graduate student working on the nustem project with kimber said the connection with other students and professors who are working on the same project was extremely helpful it allowed me to discuss about future projects and possible collaborations with research centers and universities from all over the world
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finding her sea legs on a 40-day research expedition loicka baille a senior in the department of ocean engineering at texas a&m university spent last semester on the global ocean ship-based hydrographic investigation program (go-ship) cruise the only undergraduate student on a team of researchers she traveled from cape town south africa to antarctica and back on a voyage to collect water samples along the i06s hydrographic line – a stretch in the southern indian ocean running between the two continents – for further research there is a lot more to oceanography and to engineering if you combine both of them the program was not ocean engineering-based but being able to go out on a boat see how it works and see how the engine works was definitely a rewarding and useful experience said baille
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the go-ship cruise in partnership with the national science foundation is an ongoing collaboration between the department of oceanography at texas a&m the scripps institution of oceanography at the university of california san diego and the university of washington every 10 years the program sends a ship out to sea to collect samples in order to analyze the physical chemical and biological properties of ocean water in key areas around the globe these findings are then compared to previous expeditions thus allowing researchers to track and gain further insight into the changes occurring within the earths oceans introduced to the opportunity through dr alejandro orsi a professor in the department of oceanography who led the study baille was excited to apply her education to a real-world setting although the program was focused on oceanography rather than engineering baille found her background to be advantageous during the program as she analyzed the technology used throughout the cruise i noticed that when we had very bad storms we had some technical issues with the boat she said and that's when details like rolling angle were critical – which means that the boat is rocking way too much to the point of tipping along with bridging the two disciplines baille was tasked with operating the collection equipment called a rosette this mechanism which is made up of 36 bottles that hold 11 liters of water each is sent to the bottom of the ocean before being raised slowly each bottle is able to be closed individually by the operator allowing water to be collected from different depths
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her experience renewed her passion and interest in engineering new technologies as she recalled that many of the measurements on the expedition were done by hand rather than through computational means we were part of one of the best programs that exists for oceanography said baille we used high-tech equipment still with all of that i can see how much improvement can be done on the technology side i realized how much potential there is still to reach in those areas now as she looks forward to pursuing a doctoral degree in ocean engineering baille has found herself face to face with another exploration of the events taking place around antarctica i would love to create technology for oceanography purposes she said for example i was talking to this professor up in boston and he creates technology to follow whale migration through antarctica or to study the health of emperor penguins all of those would use acoustics and that's definitely ocean engineering but for more science-based purposes
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texas a&m university hosted the third workshop for the transatlantic partnership between the texas a&m engineering experiment station and arts et métiers institute of technology jointly referred to as the am2 partnership the workshop held oct 16-18 built on the two before it in hopes of presenting the vision for the am2 consortium on industry 40 which seeks to strengthen this partnership and advance technology surrounding artificial intelligence and data science for smart manufacturing in the future two years ago the president of france emmanuel macron launched a national strategy for artificial intelligence in context of the european union as it is key for the sovereignty of our nations and states said the honorable alexis andres consul general from the french consulate in houston however he continued in order to have a successful strategy you need to have adequate training progressive research and companies that excel in this area france cannot succeed in such a challenge alone
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but ushering in progress to a global manufacturing industry has been challenging since companies do not share data with one another so collaborative solutions are rarely developed with any efficiency share your data and you will be stronger advised ivan iordanoff vice president of research and innovation at arts et métiers institute of technology of course data is high value so i understand the impulse to protect it iordanoff proposed a relaunch of the am2 innovation pillar to bring together industry giants as well as small-to-medium enterprises technological providers and startups we have 3 000 years of scientists and good knowledge of what we want to simulate he said now we need to determine how to collect data securely so that we can actually use our knowledge the french government has launched a plan called open data meant to make more data accessible by categorizing what kind of data it is based on whether it should be available to the wider public certain companies or no one at all for example all data relating to health of citizens should not be made available publicly said andres we need to be very clear on what can be used with artificial intelligence and development efforts the opportunity to discuss such topics is one of the many benefits of collaborating with so many professionals from academia and industry in attendance at this workshop
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since november 2017 we have been making significant progress toward forging a strong academia-industry partnership to address the emerging scientific technology and workforce development challenges for industry especially in the context of advanced materials and intelligent manufacturing said satish bukkapatnam professor in the department of industrial and systems engineering at texas a&m director of the tees institute for manufacturing systems and co-lead of the am2 initiative
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the am2 partnership is of immense strategic benefit to both france and the us because it seeks to effect change to a global manufacturing industry through extensive research collaborations education programs and mutual faculty and student exchange initiatives that serve to elevate the am2 partnership as well over 100 aggies and gadzarts (students at arts et métiers) have participated in am2 global programs with aggies spending time in france and gadzarts in college station the arts et métiers and texas a&m partnership is a great example of how powerful the synergy of research and education can be remarked maria alves senior director of halliburton engineering global programs at texas a&m besides the great research collaboration solving problems that are relevant to the manufacturing industry around the world this partnership also allows our students to develop a global understanding of the engineering industry and the skills needed to lead in the global industry and society texas a&m is a tier-one research institution and among the top 10 engineering programs in the united states boasting over 35 faculty members with a focus on manufacturing and arts et métiers institute of technology is one of the most reputable engineering programs in france
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dr melissa grunlans contributions to the biomedical engineering community have been recognized by the american chemical society (acs) which named her as a 2019 fellow the award recognizes members for outstanding achievements in and contributions to science the profession and the society grunlan professor and holder of the charles h and bettye barclay professorship in engineering in the department of biomedical engineering at texas a&m university said receiving the recognition is an honor and it is especially meaningful as several fellows have served as mentors to her during her career since becoming an acs member over 20 years ago as an undergraduate student the society has been an immense asset to my scientific and professional growth grunlan said i am humbled to be part of this group of individuals whose research and service contributions have made lasting impacts" grunlans research is focused on regenerative medicine specifically to develop tissue engineering scaffolds that can help heal orthopedic tissues by improving the material properties and thus functionality of scaffolds we can improve the outcomes of tissue regeneration grunlan said grunlan said she thinks acs fellows have an obligation to both continue to make scientific contributions as well as elevate others to do so as an acs fellow i want to carry on my efforts to provide opportunities to students and young professionals to showcase their work grunlan said as well as to have opportunities for professional development including taking on leadership roles other projects in grunlans lab have included production of coatings hydrogels elastomers and porous foams from hybrid systems based on combining inorganic and organic polymers her projects include the development of self-cleaning membranes for implanted biosensors and clot-resistant coatings for blood-contacting devices another program that allows grunlan to give back to the biomedical engineering student community is texas a&m universitys presidential impact fellow program which was established to recognize rising stars in their respective fields fellows embody the universitys commitment to advancing knowledge through transformational learning discovery innovation and impact grunlan said the program has been instrumental in helping her mentor students to date i have advised over 60 undergraduate students in research in my lab grunlan said many of these students have co-authored research articles in journals written theses presented their work at conferences and gone on to earn advanced degrees the training and guidance that these students receive from their graduate student mentors is an invaluable asset
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emergency response workers are in dangerous situations every day but technology can facilitate safer work environments and protect workers from danger researchers at texas a&m university the texas a&m engineering experiment station virginia tech and the university of florida are working to accelerate the use of new technologies in emergency response by developing an adaptive personalized mixed-reality learning platform that empowers first responders to perform their jobs more safely and effectively dr ranjana mehta co-lead and associate professor in industrial engineering along with her collaborators have been awarded a $1 million national science foundation convergence accelerator grant to create technology-based solutions supporting emergency response worker safety and performance on the job this award focuses on one of the nsfs 10 big ideas in the future of work category at the human-technology frontier their project learning environments with advanced robotics for next-generation emergency responders (learner) focuses on integrating innovative robotics and augmented/virtual reality (ar/vr) technologies into emergency response work through use-inspired technology development a mixed-reality learning platform and the creation of an open source knowledge sharing platform which will help share the information learned over the duration of the project the research aims to create technology in close partnership with industry and public safety stakeholders that is centered around the emergency response worker specific for the situation and adapted for a particular use this research will use three different technologies ground robots exoskeletons (or wearable robots) and ar to accomplish the research goals
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ground robots could aid (emergency response) workers during surveillance and search and rescue operations by going into areas humans cannot safely access said mehta powered exoskeletons allow workers to enhance their physical capacity while still maintaining autonomy from the machine ar allows (emergency response) workers to increase their teamwork skills including wayfinding collaboration and decision making during a stressful situation successfully operate robotic machinery in the field and learn new skills safely she said emergency response workers are in need of near constant training to reinforce current strategies and tactics and develop the knowledge skills and abilities they need to handle the next emergency the technology generated through this research will help address the workers requirement for constant learning and reduce the barriers to technology acceptance and adoption this project is currently in phase one for nine months and will have the opportunity to apply for phase two funding next year phase two would provide additional funding for two years mehta will collaborate with texas a&m researchers dr jason moats and dr robin murphy along with researchers in the cognitive engineering for novel technologies lab occupational ergonomics and biomechanics lab and terrestrial robotics engineering and controls lab lab at virginia tech and with dr jing du of the university of florida during phase one industrial partners include imaginate ekso bionics and the florida institute for human and machine cognition
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research on human-robot interactions in the workplace will empower diverse populations of workers to be more productive in the future researchers at texas a&m university and across the nation are collaborating to improve the understanding of human-robot interactions in high-risk industries such as manufacturing and offshore oil and gas dr ranjana mehta lead researcher and associate professor in industrial and systems engineering and dr prabhakar pagilla professor in mechanical engineering along with collaborators around the country have been awarded a $12 million national science foundation grant for their work in human-computer interactions human-robot interactions and neuroergonomics the project augmenting human cognition with collaborative robots will contribute new information to human-robot interaction research through the development of safer and more efficient collaborative robot interactions collaborative robots work directly with humans in a shared space to perform tasks these robots are used in many industries including manufacturing mining construction and energy increasing the safety and efficiency of these collaborations between humans and robots by predicting human emotional states and how the robots will adapt to these states is a major goal of the research collaborative robotics is a growing area in robot technology and will be an estimated $13 billion business by 2025 it is thus timely to develop technical intelligent support mechanisms to enhance safer human-robot interactions and teaming mehta said to accomplish this goal and increase worker safety the researchers will use wearable brain imaging to understand fatigue and stress states of workers as they interact with the robots in manufacturing facilities in texas the use of machine learning will enable the robots to react to workers' cognitive and contextual states researchers will also use this information to develop an augmented reality assistant that will provide workers with information needed to safely perform their jobs with collaborative robots the project also seeks to empower new populations of workers such as workers with disabilities allow older workers to remain in the workforce and potentially assist novice workers thereby reducing skills gaps and improving work efficiency mehta said the research will also shed light on the socio-economic and behavioral challenges encountered as workers interact with robots such as workforce education trust and technology acceptance this research will be conducted with collaborations at the advanced robotics lab at texas a&m the human interaction lab at montana state university and the human-systems integration lab at clemson university
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many students participate in internships but not all internships give students a chance to present a project to a four-star general three industrial engineering students from texas a&m university had the opportunity of a lifetime to do just that with the us army futures command (afc) this summer the afc which is headquartered in austin texas had nine interns who worked at different army research laboratories (arl) across the nation later this year arl will be moving some of their research and development programs to rellis campus the students spent the first two weeks of the internship visiting bases learning about the army and how research impacts the soldiers of today and the future we were able to fly on blackhawk helicopters and use simulators to get a feel for what it is like for a solider said kiran topiwala junior industrial engineering major this helped me put myself in a soldiers shoes after their introduction the students were sent to different army research laboratories across the country to work on research projects for seven weeks topiwala was sent to alabama his work focused on integrating human systems into rotorcraft – helicopters and other rotary-wing aircraft – in environments with poor visibility for pilots i made incredible connections during this internship and the opportunity to present in front of army futures command leadership taught me a lot topiwala said
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jessica patino who graduated with an undergraduate degree in industrial engineering in may 2019 worked in alabama on a project involving army pilot training she focused on virtual and augmented reality technology for pilots i created a training scenario for pilots that simulated degraded visual environments such as sand snow smoke or rain patino said her project determined if more time should be spent creating high-fidelity environments – environments created in a simulation that are very realistic – or on effective and detailed mission objectives patino knew that she wanted to work with the military but thought the only way she could do that would be through enlisting this internship is an experience that allows civilians to work with the military she said the research being done by the army futures command is directly affecting soldiers lives the research i did this summer could save lives one day after her internship patino was offered a full-time position to continue her research with the afc she accepted and will be continuing her research this fall i have learned how important civilians are in the military and how much of an impact i am making as an industrial engineer for our current and future soldiers patino said syed hussain senior industrial engineering student interned at the army research laboratory west in california where he worked in the human object identification laboratory i used my industrial engineering education to solve problems and think critically hussain said at the end of the internship all of the students traveled back to austin and presented their research to afc leadership this opportunity along with the research they conducted has made a lasting impact on the interns i was blown away by how broad army research is and how it can be applied to bring soldiers back home safely topiwala said
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the master of industrial distribution (mid) program at texas a&m university is a four-semester part-time mobile learning graduate program designed for working professionals it offers value through the incorporation of both academic professor and industry leaders who co-teach each course allowing you to learn not only academic theories but relevant and practical applicability with industry the mid program focuses on supply chain management logistics and profitability of distributors and manufacturers (suppliers) in industrial channels it specifically targets a variety of seasoned professionals in management and leadership roles on aug 11-16 a total of 96 mid students from the 2020 and 2021 cohorts attended a one-week residency at the zachry engineering education complex on the texas a&m campus residency week is an intensive learning experience designed to teach students the latest in distribution and to help them form successful working relationships with fellow students and faculty the lessons learned were immediately applicable to my job and company and the connections i made with cohorts and professors were invaluable said mid student and 2021 class president renata morgan in the 12 years i have spent in distribution i can easily say the five days spent in residency at a&m have been the most impactful on my career and im already seeing the return on investment both in the sense of time and money spent the mid program has modernized its curriculum with current and relevant research and with industry needs in mind it has incorporated new elements into all courses such as distribution customer experience digital distributor profitability and leading people and managing performance the program is especially excited about the development of a distribution channel development course that addresses strategy for development of distribution business within channels mid student and 2020 class president ryan johnson had some words of wisdom for potential applicants if i had to give one piece of advice to a student thinking about applying it would be to know that the mid program has no peers and to research for yourself why that is johnson said the college of engineering and specifically the (industrial distribution) program is the epicenter for the entire industry all of the current research and partnerships with industry are continually being updated and added back into the coursework learning from the professors as well as professors of practice helps to apply the knowledge in a real-world environment mid is currently accepting applications for the fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters information sessions for prospective students are being held in october both in person and digitally during the information sessions faculty staff and current students will discuss the program structure course content and the benefits the program can offer students and their employers to learn more about the program application requirements and information sessions visit the mid website
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biopharmaceuticals represent one of the fastest growing product segments in the pharmaceutical industry with more than $229 billion in global annual sales systems that can analyze the production of molecules needed to produce therapeutics can add enormous value to this industry by increasing target molecule output and reducing inefficiencies in the process dr arum han and dr pao-tai lin from the texas a&m university college of engineering and dr paul de figueiredo from the texas a&m college of medicine were awarded a grant from the national institutes of health (nih) for their collaborative project titled mirror: a chip-scale mid-ir ring resonance system for on-the-fly report of analytes their project aims to overcome challenges with the generation and monitoring of cells to produce therapeutics and other value-added products cell-based bioproduction is a very exciting up and coming area of both basic research and translational research but in-line monitoring of these processes is currently very difficult or costly so we are trying to develop new sensor technologies with integrated microfluidics to overcome these challenges han said the team believes that providing a means for continuous monitoring of the bioreactor used to grow these cells versus occasional monitoring can have significant impact to this growing field the co-principal investigators are relying heavily on lins photonics work for this research i am very excited about the opportunity to demonstrate mid-infrared integrated photonics for bioproduction lin said mid-infrared has great advantages in cell analyses because of its capability of label-free and real-time reporting the challenge was how to scale down a benchtop mid-infrared instrument down to the size of a chip our strategy is to miniaturize the optical system through complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (cmos) processes eventually the mid-infrared-based optical sensors can be embedded into various bio-manufacturing platforms to improve their bioproduction efficiency han is a professor and presidential impact fellow and lin is an assistant professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering; de figueiredo is an associate professor in the department of microbial pathogenesis and microbiology
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a car enthusiast since he was a teenager matt lawrence 81 and his wife lisa 81 have established the matt 81 and lisa lawrence 81 formula sae team fund to support the building of a new race car for the formula sae competition ive autocrossed various sports cars and formula cars from 1983 to 2011 said matt i have also built or rebuilt three replicas of classic sports cars gifted through the texas a&m foundation their generous gift will provide students in the j mike walker 66 department of mechanical engineering at texas a&m university the continued opportunity to gain hands-on project experience while working with a team of peers to create a competition-ready race car the formula sae competition hosted by the society of automotive engineers (sae) brings together more than 500 university teams from around the world to design build and develop formula-style race cars part of the mechanical engineering senior capstone design course at texas a&m the program consists of approximately 20 senior students each year
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as a retired mechanical engineer and manager with exxonmobil i wanted to support a program in the mechanical engineering department that inspires students to use their minds and hands to engineer create and defend a finished design using imagination technology teamwork and communication said matt upon graduation in 1981 matt started full-time as a project engineer at the beaumont texas exxonmobil refinery there he held multiple individual contributor and managerial positions in engineering production and maintenance after the exxonmobil merger in 1999 he advanced through maintenance management assignments in the beaumont challmette and baytown refineries in 2017 he retired as the baytown complex mechanical manager i strongly believe my education at texas a&m provided me a strong understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals and how to apply this understanding to the best of my abilities said matt i hope my donation along with the existing oem (original equipment manufacturer) funding will continue to enable the formula sae program to produce a world-class finished product
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cody williams a senior computer science and engineering student at texas a&m university participated in the latest us cyber fasttrack competition where he made it to the finals and was awarded a $22 000 scholarship to attend the sans technology institutes undergraduate certificate program in applied cybersecurity us cyber fasttrack is an innovative nationwide competition that provides high-aptitude students with the practical cybersecurity training that employers demand from april 5 to september 16 more than 13 000 students from across the united states competed to solve more than 250 cybersecurity challenges the 100 finalists represented undergraduate and graduate students from 63 schools in 23 states the cyber fasttrack competition was one of the greatest challenges and learning experiences that ive had in my career as a student of computer science said williams the knowledge and skills that i gained through the five-month program have greatly increased my literacy in cybersecurity and various networking topics i was very fortunate to be selected as one of the 100 scholarship recipients from such a large pool of candidates it is an awesome honor and opportunity to be able to continue my cybersecurity journey through the scholarship provided by the sans institute with his scholarship williams will attend the sans applied cybersecurity program where students will complete three advanced immersion courses accredited by the middle states commission on higher education and will earn a professional global information assurance certification at the end of each which employers recognize as validation of their skill set upon completion of the program they will be introduced to various cyber employers for internships and employment the aim of the program is to prepare students with the knowledge tools and techniques needed to launch a rewarding career in cybersecurity the program is designed to produce graduates who are among the top 1% of all students in the united states in reliably measured cybersecurity aptitude embody a high level of tenacity curiosity and rapid learning capabilities and have fully mastered the skills critical to success as cybersecurity professionals ranging from networking to operating systems and programming cybersecurity is a fast-growing field where the demand for skilled workers surpasses the current supply said alan paller president of the sans technology institute which sponsors the competition these winners will set a new high bar for candidates for entry-level positions and demonstrate to employers that cyber fasttrack graduates are the among the best prepared and most effective new cybersecurity employees they have ever hired registration for the next cyber fasttrack competition opens in march 2020 see the full list of cyber fasttrack competition finalists
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a team of researchers led by dr svetlana sukhishvili professor in the materials science and engineering department and director of the soft matter facility at texas a&m university is developing the next generation of biomedical soft materials their ultrathin coatings which react to increases in temperature will be able to deliver molecular treatments such as antibiotics to patients the project funded by the national science foundation is a continuation of a previous study that created the framework for designing soft biomedical materials for chronic wound repair consider a fever or inflammation around a wound as a patients temperature increases it becomes imperative to treat the symptoms to keep them on the road to recovery however that has not been the focus of past studies and innovations when temperature is used as a trigger for nanocontainers attached to surfaces most previous works have focused on coatings that respond to a decrease in temperature said sukhishvili here we are expanding this platform to become more practical and respond to an increase in temperature in real-world situations involving antibacterial or drug delivery coating on medical implants or wound dressing sukhishvili explained protective molecules are needed to decrease the risk of infection when temperatures increase not decrease to fill this gap we have been studying ultrathin coatings which contain nanocontainers (star molecules micellar spheres) which provide controlled delivery of functional molecules upon heating said sukhishvili in doing so the researchers whose synthetic efforts were led by post doctoral research associate anbazhagan palanisamy and graduate student qing zhou are not only creating more applicable and effective medical materials but are also gaining a fundamental understanding of how stimuli-responsive materials behave in practice developing stimuli-responsive materials that can deliver antibiotics only when needed is critical for the prevention of the spread of antimicrobial resistance a rapidly increasing problem said victoria albright graduate student in the department of materials science and engineering who leads the antibacterial drive of the sukhishvili lab the team included collaborators from texas a&m university and oak ridge national laboratorytheir findings were electronically published on the cover of langmuir these materials also gained recognition at the fall 2019 american chemical society conference when victoria presented a poster entitled surface modification of nanofibrous mats with polymeric micelles for enhanced tissue regeneration that won outstanding student poster award from the american chemical society colloid and surface chemistry division an award that is only given to three graduate student posters out of the entire division
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taught to value family time from an early age virginia limon is now pursuing a second bachelors degree to pursue her passion for the ocean i was raised by a single mom who started her own business when i was in fourth grade so she could spend more time with my sister and i limon said money was tight when we were growing up but my mom was there for everything and i wouldnt change that for the world in 2013 limon earned her first degree from sam houston state university in instructional technology and landed a position as an instructional technology supervisor for the west campus open access labs at texas a&m university today she is working toward a degree in ocean engineering at texas a&m university at galveston and has started a marine technology society/society of naval architects and marine engineers (mts/sname) chapter on campus to bring more opportunities and exposure to her fellow ocean engineers q what is your dream job a my dream job is an engineering project manager that allows me to travel the world but still make time for my family q what drew you to ocean engineering a i specifically chose ocean engineering because the water has always been my passion when i was in middle school i wanted to be a marine biologist because i loved the ocean that plus a love for the water it is what i was born for
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q why did you decide to pursue a second undergraduate degree in a field different from your first a i decided to go back to school to pursue this degree because i come from a family of engineers and accountants so engineering is in my blood and my mind is always thinking about solutions to problems we all enjoy solving puzzles i love seeing problems and designing solutions so i wanted to come back for a degree in engineering with my environmental degree and my ocean engineering degree i can be closer and more knowledgeable about my passions: the ocean and problem solving q what has been your greatest accomplishment in school outside of the classroom a i had to retake every math from college algebra because i hadnt taken a math class in almost 10 years i completed college algebra through calculus 3 in a year while taking physics 1 and 2 my greatest accomplishment outside of the classroom would be establishing a local mts/sname chapter at texas a&m galveston our campus didnt have any active professional engineering societies and i wanted to change that to help my fellow engineers make the contacts that will be so important for their future careers q what are you most proud of a being an aggie i am always very proud to see my fellow sea aggies making an impact in our community and in their careers q do you have any key mentors or people that have greatly influenced your career choice or who you are a my mom has been my biggest influencer and supporter she is just an amazing person she goes out of her way to help others she knows me better than anyone even though she is a former longhorn shes always supported my decision to be an aggie q if you had to provide some advice to a junior in high school thinking about taking a similar path to yours what kind of advice would you give them and why a itll be tough and require more dedication and time than most other non-engineering majors but it will be worth it youll make friends along the way with similar interests and goals which will help keep you focused they will also cheer you on when you are struggling
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dr roderic pettigrew has been named the recipient of the 2019 national academy of engineerings (nae) arthur m bueche award for his contributions to technology research policy and national and international cooperation pettigrew is ceo of engineering health (enhealth) and executive dean for engineering medicine (enmed) at texas a&m university and houston methodist hospital as well as the robert a welch professor in the department of biomedical engineering though i did not personally know arthur bueche i have marveled at his history and his professional life pettigrew said an international statesman for engineering; a steadfast advocate for science and technology; an advisor to the government and academia; a top level industrial executive; and an innovator relentlessly focused on the application of research to societal needs truly a man for all seasons so what a humbling experience to receive an award named in recognition of such a person and what a great honor for ones life work to be recognized by your colleagues and peers the award recognizes an engineer who has shown dedication in science and technology as well as active involvement in determining us science and technology policy pettigrews award was given for leadership at the national institutes of health (nih) and for academic and industrial convergence research and education resulting in innovations that have improved global health care pettigrew received the award during the naes annual meeting on oct 6 as ceo of enhealth pettigrew leads the nations first comprehensive educational and research program to fully integrate engineering into all health-related disciplines enmed the first constituent program is a partnership of the colleges of engineering and medicine at texas a&m and houston methodist hospital located in houstons texas medical center enmed was created to develop a new type of invention-minded doctor or physicianeer students earn both an md and mengineering in four years through a unique blended curriculum the big driver for these new concept initiatives is to better meet societal needs in health the driver for enmed immediately and enhealth subsequently is to accelerate the transformation in health care that technological innovation can bring pettigrew said engineering converged with medicine and all other disciplines of the health care ecosystem will help catalyze new fundamental discoveries and translate these discoveries into practical advances that improve well-being the overarching goal for engineering being purposefully integrated into medicine and health care education research and translational science is to achieve good health for everyone everywhere for the entirety of our lives
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pettigrew said tomorrows innovation will come from the students who are trained inspired and equipped today with such training there is no limit to the innovations their bright young minds can envision and realize we know this it abounds around us in other sectors of society pettigrew said we eagerly anticipate the health care contributions to the global society that this new generation of physicianeers will create and contribute he recognized the inaugural class of enmed students and faculty as trailblazers through a well-founded and compelling new concept in medical education it is our first implementation of an innovative initiative pettigrew said with it as with any first there are risks and initiation challenges to be met our inaugural class is brilliant and committed and our faculty exceptionally dedicated this promises that our vision of enmed and its physicianeers helping to transform the future of health will be realized before coming to texas a&m pettigrew served as founding director of the us national institute of biomedical imaging and bioengineering (nibib) of the nih where he oversaw $5 billion in research investments and is credited with building it into the signature nih institute for emerging medical technologies before his nih appointment he was professor of radiology at emory university school of medicine professor of bioengineering at the georgia institute of technology and director of the emory center for magnetic resonance research at emory university in atlanta pettigrews accomplishments have been recognized by election to the nae national academy of medicine national academy of inventors and the indian national academy of sciences as a foreign member other national honors include the bennie award for achievement from morehouse college most distinguished alumnus award of the university of miami the pritzker achievement award of the biomedical engineering society the distinguished service award of the national medical association the pierre galletti award of the american institute of medical and biological engineering the inaugural gold medal of the academy of radiology and biomedical imaging research university of miami miller medical school hall of fame the distinguished service medal of the international society of magnetic resonance in medicine the spirit of the heart award of the association of black cardiologists and the gold medal of the radiological society of north america
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cybercrime continues to increase around the country and the state of texas has been hit particularly hard this year in august 22 cities across the state were hit in coordinated ransomeware attacks when cities near college station were impacted local officials turned to the cybersecurity experts at the texas a&m university system who contributed their skill sets as a part of response efforts by the texas division of emergency management thats why texas comptroller glenn hegar stopped by texas a&m as part of his good for texas tour: cybersecurity edition the purpose of the tour is to highlight the impact of texas colleges and universities in the fight against cybercriminals according to a study released by office of the state comptroller of public accounts in 2017 texas ranked third among states in the number of cybercrime victims and second in the number of financial losses as a result as an emerging leader in cybersecurity education and research and workforce development texas a&m engineering continues to develop the tools needed to face global security challenges said hegar texas a&m university has steadily been building its reputation in cybersecurity research education and outreach over the past few years and is one of only a handful of colleges and universities in the nation designated as a center for academic excellence in all three national security agency focus areas: cyber operations cyber defense and research the texas a&m college of engineering is also educating the next generation of cyber warriors as part of its master of engineering in engineering degree with a specialization in cybersecurity the degree program gives graduates a unique skill set within the engineering workforce empowering them to anticipate identify assess and mitigate threats to cyber systems they can also receive an industry-recognized certification combined the degree and certification elevate students to highly qualified job candidates as they pursue careers post-graduation the degrees and certifications conferred are regularly reported to the texas higher education coordinating board as metrics for its 60x30tx plan which has a goal of at least 60% of texans between the ages of 25-34 having a certificate or degree by 2030 graduates from any texas a&m academic or professional training program in cybersecurity are highly recruited with 90% of graduates accepting jobs upon graduation these students are very marketable after graduation due in part to the in-depth on-the-job training they receive as students the texas a&m college of engineerings research curriculum and workforce development programs are consistently recognized among the best in the nation in cybersecurity said dr m katherine banks vice chancellor and dean of texas a&m engineering our reputation for excellence in this field will expand as we address the important national problems of cybersecurity in critical infrastructure and manufacturing cybersecurity experts across the texas a&m system are frequently also sought after by government officials and peer institutions for their expertise that expertise was lauded recently by fbi director christopher wray who praised texas a&m for their outreach efforts in this important field during a us senate committee on the judiciary hearing in july texas a&ms reputation is also attracting cybersecurity heavyweights like dr stephen cambone who joined the texas a&m system in 2017 as associate vice chancellor for cybersecurity initiatives and is also a professor of practice in the college of engineering cambone is the former us undersecretary of defense for intelligence and brings with him a wealth of global perspective in which knowledge or experience in the cybersecurity realm is pertinent for graduates to be best prepared for important jobs in either the public or private industry sector earlier this year the us department of energy announced awards of up to $28 million as support for research development and demonstration of next-generation tools and technologies that will improve the cybersecurity and resilience of the nations critical energy infrastructure including the electric grid as well as oil and natural gas infrastructure networks among the 11 teams to receive an award includes the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) led by dr kate davis from the department of electrical and computer engineering daviss team from tees will develop a next-generation secure energy management system that can detect malicious and abnormal events through a fusion of cyber and physical data and algorithms effective integrated analytics and visualization
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the texas a&m system is also home to two research centers devoted to cybersecurity: the texas a&m cybersecurity center and the tees center for nuclear security science and policy initiatives during this visit comptroller hegar toured several assets and met with many subject matter experts from across the texas a&m system including texas a&ms west campus data center; the texas a&m system security operations center and the college of engineerings zachry engineering education complex additionally he spoke with current students who are employed at various cybersecurity-related offices and a group from the texas a&m corps of cadets cyber corps the texas a&m system has some of the countrys best cybersecurity experts right here in the brazos valley said chancellor john sharp and that expertise has been recognized by the state and federal governments comptroller hegar is working hard to make sure the citizens of texas are protected against cybercrimes and so are we together we can help root out these cybercrimes before they happen
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lauren borden 19 is one of several seniors graduating this december with a coveted bachelors degree in petroleum engineering from texas a&m university while she is proud of her accomplishment she chose to expand her education by applying and being accepted into the petroleum ventures certificate program (pvp) during her junior year this way she has a certificate to go with her degree one that shows she augmented her engineering education with business and finance studies when i learned pvp was a joint effort between the finance department (of mays business school) and this department (the harold vance department of petroleum engineering) i knew this was an opportunity to integrate business courses into my degree said borden borden recognized the value of being a well-rounded student when she came to texas a&m she pursued leadership roles and social involvement with opportunities such as the zachry leadership program she also enhanced her engineering studies with programs like the titans of investing and the pvp the pvp stood out as an investment in her future for several reasons: undergraduate petroleum engineering students work with business students on interdisciplinary projects that study real-world energy companies the courses in the program allow students to understand better how engineering projects can impact a business commercially industry leaders are available for networking opportunities through events and professional development opportunities while her decision to participate in the interdisciplinary program meant she would graduate a little later in the year than most petroleum students she felt the time investment was worth it i have seen doors open for individuals since this program specifically has set them apart in a way that is uniquely important in our industry said borden who begins her promising career in january with conocophillips petroleum has a significant impact on the economy making it a highly valued industry the work of petroleum engineers is also diverse meaning borden might experience role and responsibility changes throughout her career she believes the pvp provided her with a solid foundation of business concepts she might not have learned otherwise this foundation could help her move from a more traditional engineering role to a financial or managerial position in her future this industry is a business and it is extremely important to understand how our engineering projects will be of impact commercially said borden my internship experiences and projects have challenged me in a positive way and i have been motivated by learning how i can make a direct impact on the company and the team that i work with as a freshman borden was looking for a major that positively impacted society she felt that petroleum engineering provided the energy needed to empower future change and though it is a global diverse industry it has had a close-knit feel that highly values relationships that sense of belonging is also a part of the pvp which has been instrumental in helping her build connections with fellow students and mentors these connections will serve her well after graduation something she values as much as she does her degree i genuinely enjoy the classes here at texas a&m as well as the relationships i have built with my peers said borden we are supported by industry leaders who have found the value in supporting student engineers my favorite aspect by far has been the people
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a study conducted by stanford university recently recognized dr jn reddy and dr alan needleman as the most highly cited researchers in the texas a&m university college of engineering reddy is ranked no 13 in all engineering fields and needleman is ranked 22 texas a&m and harvard are the only universities with two researchers ranked in the top 25 the study was published in plos and analyzed data collected during the period of 1996-2017 covering more than six million scientists in 22 major fields and 176 subfields reddy a university distinguished professor regents professor and the oscar s wyatt jr chair professor in the j mike walker 66 department of mechanical engineering is the author of 21 textbooks and nearly 700 journal papers and has been a leader in the applied mechanics field for more than 45 years he is widely known for his significant contributions to the field of applied mechanics through the authorship of widely used textbooks on the linear and nonlinear finite element analysis variational methods composite materials and structures and continuum mechanics and elasticity needleman a university distinguished professor tees eminent professor and professor in the department of materials science and engineering with a joint appointment in the mechanical engineering department is a preeminent leader in the area of mathematical modeling of materials his contributions include the development of a ductile fracture computational methodology the development of cohesive surface methods for fracture analysis and creation of a framework that enables the use of discrete dislocation plasticity to solve general boundary value problems he is a member of the national academy of engineering and the american academy of arts and sciences
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entering college with mathematics credits and experience in python programming bora oztekin an engineering freshman at texas a&m university is no stranger to tackling challenges and going the extra mile i feel like a lot of people are just waiting for their passion to come to them said oztekin but it usually doesn't come knocking on your door to say ‘i'm here hi i'm passion you have to go find it yourself so he did joining the aggie_challenge which aims to engage engineering undergraduate students in multidisciplinary team research projects that tackle real-world issues oztekin is applying his passion and experience in data coding to disaster relief and resilience led by dr ali mostafavi assistant professor in the zachry department of civil and environmental engineering and dr xia "ben" hu assistant professor in the department of computer science and engineering oztekin and his fellow researchers are developing a web-based system to boost resilience in times of catastrophe this disaster informatics project – which has the ultimate goal of creating a simulation akin to sims city for those in charge of disaster relief – will provide a vital tool to cities and communities with the ability to run different disaster and response scenarios the system will not only aid in a more efficient and effective response to disaster but will provide a method to help support and strengthen city infrastructure
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learn more about this project in the texas a&m engineering: soundbytes podcast episode featuring dr mostafavi
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what we're trying to do is use all sorts of data to essentially establish a better response to emergency situations like hurricane harvey said oztekin when you think from an engineering standpoint there are inefficiencies with any disaster response the goal of this project if i were to sum it up is to minimize (those inefficiencies) to hopefully be able to save more lives and make the most out of the resources that we have focusing on coding and data processing oztekin is transforming datasets into visualizations that resonate with the general public – turning such information as census tracts into a map of neighborhoods labeled with commonly used names like sugar land and the woodlands i make the data understandable so that people can make more out of it and understand how to respond said oztekin it is critical for users to be able to interpret the impact of a disaster and decide how to effectively respond this not only aides in boosting the resilience – the ability to bounce back – of a city and its infrastructure but also helps first responders and engineers to save the lives of victims in need oztekin is pleased hes able to turn his passion into something that can help people i've been interested in computer science since second grade oztekin said and now that im at texas a&m im working with professors and researchers who are at the top of their field there's so many opportunities here and so many people who want to get you involved in something so i think people should just go for it
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in an effort to support first-year graduate engineering students the college of engineering has created a new peer mentorship program to aid students in their transition to graduate school benefiting both their academic and social lives not only is this program a growth experience for mentees but it also offers opportunities for mentors to help other students find their place this program is currently designed to accommodate 75 mentees; however this number is expected to expand in the future interested students can sign up at the graduate programs office and mentors can submit an application in april 2020 for the 2020-21 academic year
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alexandra hardman program specialist for engineering graduate programs said that mentors provide academic and professional guidance including research skills networking time-management advisor relationship advice and more peer mentors have completed at least one year of graduate school and are in good academic standing we believe that graduate students need to put time and energy into their overall well-being which is why our mentorship program is designed to focus on various aspects of graduate life hardman said the program is designed in a way that each mentor is matched with three mentees based on preferences and majors while graduate school is expected to be a fulfilling and enjoyable experience most graduate students will face challenges along the way hardman said our peer mentors serve as a helpful guide providing experience and advice to help mentees navigate those challenges the programs overall objective is to help students meet their academic and personal goals as they transition into graduate school the outcomes are expected to be different for everyone but we anticipate that students will have a more enjoyable experience throughout their first year at texas a&m minimizing stress and increasing the number of positive experiences they take part in to reach their goals hardman said learn more about the program here: txag/gradmentor
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its been 21 years since dr chuck wolf graduated from texas a&m university with a bachelors degree in civil engineering despite having a successful career in industry which took him to avondale arizona for several years and then los angeles california wolf did what many other aggies have done he came back to college station to give back to the university that he loves since 2014 wolf has been teaching courses in the zachry department of civil and environmental engineering as a professor of practice one of 85 professors of practice within the college of engineering wolf brings real-world experience and advice into the classroom hes hopeful that hell play a small role in molding young civil engineers who will one day define the industry themselves having the opportunity to work at texas a&m has easily been the bright spot of my professional life since returning wolf said while most of my professors have retired the faculty team here is still the best i have ever worked with at connecting with people they have helped me improve my teaching and engage in meaningful research inspiring kids to explore stem while wolf said he feels excited for the future of engineering hes also concerned that the number of students entering college to study engineering is far below what it should be in order to meet the current and future demand according to the united states department of labor nearly 140 000 new jobs are expected to be created for engineers by 2026 recent data collected by junior achievement found that the percentage of boys who are interested in stem dropped from 36% in 2018 to 24% in 2017 the same survey found that only 11% of girls are interested in stem i have been disturbed for pretty much my entire career by the fact that we are producing woefully fewer engineers than we need as a country he said i have joked at times that i dont want to reach retirement and feel guilty that we still dont have enough professionals to maintain and improve our infrastructure and make a big impact on quality of life wolf wants to change this so he has invested time in several volunteer activities over the years including efforts to inspire kids to study engineering at the schools where his wife jackie has taught middle school science from middle schoolers to doctorate students wolf is also passionate about educating undergraduate and graduate students about an academic path often overlooked the doctor of engineering (deng) after completing his bachelors degree in 1998 wolf stayed at texas a&m and completed a masters degree and eventually earned a doctor of engineering a few years later unlike a phd program the deng focuses less on research and more on developing industry leaders i love working with people and leading and supporting teams but the skills pertinent to doing this in a business setting are not part of a traditional engineering degree program he said when faced with office and project leadership opportunities early in my career i knew i needed to add these skills and add them in a way that connected to the engineering profession not just business in general the deng program was the perfect solution fewer than 100 aggies have earned the deng degree even though its been around since the 1970s wolf thinks this is a shame because the degree benefited his career exponentially becoming an industry leader when wolf graduated with his deng degree and re-entered the workforce at a civil engineering consultancy firm in 2001 he found he was far better prepared to handle higher level business-facing assignments than some of his peers i also was able to fill out my technical capabilities to be a more well-rounded design professional and project manager he said this combination of business understanding and technical skills which is unique to the deng degree allowed me to confidently say ‘yes when opportunities for advancement were presented wolf was able to advance his career quickly from a deputy project manager to project manager staff manager and finally a business manager the skills he learned also helped him in other areas of his life like the few years he spent as vice mayor of avondale arizona within 10 years of completing the deng degree i had the opportunity to take on roles that i didnt expect to have within the first 20 years of my career before the degree he said in the end however wolf simply wants to make a difference hes passionate about engineering education and the impact that engineers can have on society thats why hes back in aggieland inspiring the next generation of civil engineers
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with only 48 hours on the clock student teams participating in aggies invent: energy solutions took on real-world challenges facing industry that ranged from combating climate change to keeping the electricity on during natural disasters sponsored by the society of petroleum engineers and the texas a&m energy club aggies invent: energy solutions brought together students from across the college of engineering to navigate the constantly evolving technologies that are reshaping peoples daily lives and seek solutions to power future generations their designs were presented to and judged by industry experts at the end of the make-a-thon you learn a lot on my end about how to mentor students without giving them the answers said sam rogers a wellsite leader at bp its just amazing in a 48-hour period watching them go from nothing to a prototype that may be feasible its overwhelming but its really empowering to see students doing that themselves jose flores a civil engineering senior with an arabic studies minor explained that he was inspired to design a reliable means of powering refrigerators in developing countries after spending 10 weeks in morocco learning the arabic language
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i experienced what it's like to live there and propane was a big part of the living there because they would use it to warm their water and cook and do absolutely everything so as soon as i saw the need statement i thought you know propane to produce electricity to run the refrigerators said flores in response his team created an attachment that would allow a refrigerator to have a power redundancy – keeping it working during power outages for up to eight hours so that food is properly stored with or without electricity another team represented by abdul khan an industrial distribution senior tackled how to make cities more energy conservative i'm actually a climate change minor and its something i have an avid interest in said khan we thought (our need statement) was important because as cities are growing there's going to be more emissions from cars and people so we're making plans to reduce the amount of emissions from cars to decrease pollution
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we captured the intensity (and fun) during aggies invent: energy solutions see for yourself!
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the 48-hour limit put us under pressure like we never experienced before said taha rahman a general engineering sophomore and member of the winning team power protected with a lot of us being underclassmen it was a great opportunity for us to learn the team also included general engineering freshmen rudransh dikshit and tyler calhoun mechanical engineering sophomore meghan truong nuclear engineering senior trent tutko and computer science and engineering sophomore alex soudah together they developed a means to provide households with sustainable energy when electric power grids are either damaged or compromised by a natural disaster – cutting families and companies off from a stable flow of electricity the devastating effects of natural disasters are ample including causing detrimental impact to electrical power grids said tutko this impact will often times lead to thousands of individuals being without power allowing for the potential of life-threatening situations to arise such as when hurricane harvey left over 300 000 individuals without power – including those on life-preserving machines in hospitals and homes enter power protected a microgrid that uses solar thermal panels to collect energy and store it in thermal batteries for when it is needed microgrids function as a safety net for small areas or buildings and theyre unique in that they can function independently from a failing main electric grid said dikshit this is essential for areas effected by natural disasters because they are often cut off from the main electric grid
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by storing energy until a disaster arises power protected ensures that those effected will not be left in the dark a backup generator is there in case of a disaster said truong a microgrid is there 24/7 when there is not a disaster and is storing energy and also feeding and supporting your main grid implemented mainly at disaster relief centers the teams design acts as a second path to power as an electric power grid supplies energy to homes power protected charges its thermal batteries with energy that is always at the ready when the power grid goes down power protected seamlessly takes over – making it so that the electricity never goes out in the building it is serving
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the second-place team lux energy included multidisciplinary engineering technology senior jorge roa electrical engineering senior patience biyeh mechanical engineering junior sebastian chirinos mechanical engineering sophomore noah huerta industrial and systems engineering junior tuan hoang and biomedical engineering senior brandon look fong in order to provide sustainable energy to areas threatened by natural disasters the team designed an energy box to provide illumination at night communication abilities and power for sanitation and medical operations their project run off of solar power and packaged in a rectangular box includes fold-out solar panels a refrigeration unit and a chargeable battery the third-place team included petroleum engineering graduate student mojoolaolu malomo petroleum engineering junior xabier palacios electrical engineering graduate student bharathikannan gandhi mechanical engineering graduate student sai raviteja bhamidipati and petroleum engineering sophomore nifemi esan their project gas finders is designed to detect gas in the risers of offshore oil rigs as such it will reduce the risk of dangerous blowouts and explosive disasters and increase worker safety and environment protection learn more about engineering entrepreneurship and the many programs it offers
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recruiting preeminent students is paramount to texas a&m universitys goal of becoming the premier engineering college in the country dr m katherine banks vice chancellor and dean of the college of engineering understands that the vitality of a program is dependent on the level of which the college is willing to invest in its students to meet this need banks has established the deans scholar award program to offer competitive scholarship packages to the brightest emerging students in engineering freshman students the deans scholar award program provides scholarships to high school seniors who have excelled academically and have demonstrated outstanding leadership potential the deans scholars will have exclusive opportunities to participate in annual meetings with the dean lecture series leadership development and a mentorship program with select former students and senior engineering students valued and generous donors have contributed to the deans scholar award program and the first eight students will be awarded the scholarship this fall their support and investment in the program provide students with the opportunity to attend a world-class university while simultaneously transforming engineering education at texas a&m current deans scholar award donors include:m katherine banksmargaret peggy ‘85 and graham w bacon ‘85the boyette familythe student engineers councilgeorge hickox jr 80mary kay jackson 83james e wiley ‘46the wiley familyshari 83 and charles meloy 82linda and delbert a whitaker 65emily 92 and randy pogue ‘92
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a deans scholar award can be established as an endowment of $100 000 or by committing to a four-year contribution of $4 000 each year for a total of $16 000 if you are interested in supporting the deans scholars award program or would like more information on how you can give please contact true brown director of development
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imagine a child playing with a magnifying glass – focusing the sunlight down into a single heated ring of light that light is the basis of solar energy a team of researchers led by dr christi madsen professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at texas a&m university is fabricating new solar technology their project funded by the department of energy's advanced research projects agency-energy laid the groundwork for the future of solar concentrators using advanced photovoltaics (pv) cells at the heart of solar panels are pv cells that absorb light and transform optical energy into clean electricity solar energy begins like a child holding a magnifying glass: with components called concentrators the veritable magnifying glass focusing light into a single beam that beam is channeled through waveguides – tunnel-like paths for photons to move down – that all lead to the pv cell originally they aimed to both increase efficiency and shrink the large volume box-like concentrator array down to something akin to the residential solar panels found on house rooftops but the team found their focus in fabrication
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we wanted to use the purest glass possible to get all the light – get all those photons – to the pv cell said madsen so we started pursuing this technique where we would use a femtosecond laser and would shine the laser on an area of a glass plate that we would then put into an etch bath and remove just that section in addition to being able to cut out various shapes and angles that would help reflect and guide the light toward the pv cell the fabrication method is also able to utilize a laser to smooth the glass smoothness is key to efficiently harvesting photons we set a target of very high efficiencies to get everything that the sun gave us out to the photovoltaic cell said madsen the way we were thinking about it was that every photon that comes in from the sunlight we want to get through our structure if the surface is rough then you're going to scatter light so its not going to reach the pv cell
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the less photons that make it to the pv cell the less electricity that is produced and thus the lower the efficiency of the solar panel it's all about getting the ultimate efficiency that we can get from the sunlight said madsen so instead of playing with magnifying glasses we're producing electricity looking forward madsen is setting her sights on the future of solar technology and optical devices the fabrication techniques her team is continuing to develop has the potential to create glass structures of all shapes that will be useful to both research energy and consumers i think (this method is) going to make devices that will eventually make it into consumer products but right now we're just starting to flesh it out said madsen my goal is to get the fabrication and processes more repeatable and finer tuned we really want to be able to make interesting optical devices and this is a nice way to do it
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texas a&m university system us army and army futures command (afc) officials and members of the bush family were on the rellis campus today for the official groundbreaking and naming of the new bush combat development complex (bcdc) named in honor of former president george hw bush we face a complex security environment one that requires we maintain our competitive edge today while simultaneously building tomorrow's i am grateful for the commitment from the people of texas and especially the texas a&m university system to help the army ensure we never send our service members into a fair fight now and in the future said james mcpherson senior official performing the duties of the under secretary of the army neil bush son of the president and the late barbara bush was in attendance and spoke on behalf of the bush family about the name my father loved texas a&m university and this community he also loved his country and was both a proud veteran and commander in chief having a facility dedicated to providing this nations military men and women with the most technologically advanced equipment possible is a tremendous honor to my fathers memory and his service to this country said bush the $135 million bush combat development complex will allow the texas a&m system to provide an ecosystem to accelerate research and technology development to modernize the army this investment is comprised of $50 million from the texas legislature during the 2019 session for establishing an innovative proving ground at rellis and $85 million from the texas a&m system board of regents for constructing a research innovation center and affiliated infrastructure also at rellis when we first envisioned how we could use the rellis campus to support the army one name came to mind george herbert walker bush the 41st us president the bush combat development complex will provide a living laboratory unlike any other and will uphold the highest values of service to our nation said john sharp chancellor of the texas a&m system last week us senator john cornyn the afc and the texas a&m system announced a cooperative agreement that will provide up to $65 million over the next five years to the texas a&m system to support research into new technologies to help the afc advance national security the goal is to shorten the time it takes to get emerging technologies from the lab to the field and maximize technology capabilities through soldier feedback a team of army and texas a&m system researchers will quickly evaluate prototypes that can be tested by soldiers in a real-world environment using a vast array of sensors and instruments at rellis achieving the goals of the agreement will result in more capable and survivable hypersonic flight systems and materials more lethal directed energy systems and more effective autonomous maneuvering vehicles
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texas continues to be at the epicenter of development in advanced technologies and the new bush combat development complex at texas a&m systems rellis campus is a perfect example to continue that momentum said state rep greg bonnen (r-league city) the technology which will be created and tested here will not only help advance our military but it will also keep our soldiers safer in the field the agreement between the texas a&m system and us army combat capabilities development command army research laboratory is the first step in a long-term partnership with the army futures command said sharp the combat development complex will bring together diverse partners from businesses - large and small - academia and most importantly our soldiers said gen john mike murray commanding general for the army futures command that's an important lesson weve learned here at army futures command: when we bring the team together we can innovate faster to develop game-changing solutions by testing emerging technology in an operationally relevant environment with soldiers providing feedback we can evaluate it early to ensure we're getting exactly what our troops need in the field
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the bcdc will be a full complement of facilities equipment and instrumentation consisting of the innovation proving ground (ipg); research integration center (ric); ballistic aero-optics and materials (bam); and the technology innovation and modernization catalyst (timc) the ipg will provide a challenging outdoor test site for autonomous aerial ground and subterranean vehicles the technological systems involved are highly complex involving networks and sensors and innovative operating systems the ric will be a state-of-the-art innovation hub where researchers students industry government and the military can collaborate to create emerging technologies that will modernize the army the use of high-tech maker spaces will lead to product development that is tested and evaluated by soldiers allowing for continual and real-time design feedback the bam will be a one-of-a-kind facility in which hypersonics and directed energy research will be conducted bam will feature an above-ground tunnel that is 1 kilometer long and 2 meters in diameter with integrated sensors in addition to bams use by the afc it will be available to other military branches and defense contractors the timc will support the management and transfer of intellectual property and technology to industry for commercial applications the facility will provide space for early stage technology ventures business services commercialization training and startup launch support services to inventors and innovators army futures command has tasked texas a&m system researchers to focus on several key areas specifically the research will address hypersonic and laser systems; materials for withstanding hypervelocity blasts; coordinated maneuvering of air and ground vehicles; and resilient computer networks for autonomous vehicles to share up-to-the-moment battlefield information the target date for completion of the bcdcs innovative proving ground and research innovation center is june 2021
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the american institute of aeronautics and astronautics (aiaa) announced its class of 2020 associate fellows which included dr diego donzis from the department of aerospace engineering and dr eric petersen from the j mike walker 66 department of mechanical engineering at texas a&m university the grade of associate fellow recognizes individuals who have accomplished or been in charge of important engineering or scientific work or who have done original work of outstanding merit or who have otherwise made outstanding contributions to the arts sciences or technology of aeronautics or astronautics to be selected an individual must be an aiaa senior member in good standing with at least 12 years of professional experience and be recommended by a minimum of three current associate fellows donzis is an associate professor co-director of the graduate studies program and director of the turbulence and advanced computations laboratory his research interests include large-scale high-performance computing fluid dynamics turbulence and turbulent mixing he received his doctoral and masters degrees in aerospace engineering from the georgia institute of technology and his bachelors degree in aeronautical engineering from the national technological university in argentina in 2018 donzis was named a presidential impact fellow by texas a&m for his scholarly influence petersen is a nelson-jackson professor and director of the turbomachinery laboratory his research interests include energy conversion and combustion materials and fluid mechanics he received his doctoral degree from stanford university his masters degree from the university of florida and his bachelors degree from the university of central florida each in mechanical engineering earlier this year he received the dean of engineering excellence award from texas a&m engineering for his contributions as professor the class of 2020 associate fellows will be formally recognized at the aiaa associate fellows induction ceremony on jan 6 in orlando florida
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sarah macias often finds that her identity as a hispanic female influences her academic experiences although it never diminishes her passion for engineering she feels that being a hispanic female engineer is not easy because there are unspoken expectations that society has of her that dont line up with her own macias hometown is san antonio texas which is predominantly hispanic as the only one from her high school graduating class to pursue engineering she attributes a great deal of that to cultural influences macias a chemical engineering junior participates in the zachry leadership program the women in engineering program the society of women engineers student organization and is a member of the all-women autonomous underwater vehicle team she realized she wanted to be an engineer after a visit to houstons johnson space center i learned that an engineer only needs to have an idea and the tenacity to make that idea a reality to change the world macias said i left the space center that day knowing that i was meant to be an engineer although she found her calling in engineering macias came from a place where the concept of pursuing higher education was unfamiliar and where she was encouraged and expected to stay home while at first unsupportive of her decision to study at texas a&m macias said that her large family has since fallen in love with the campus and the beauty that comes with texas a&m
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above anything macias said that she ultimately wants to make her parents beam with pride after she is able to show them her diploma when she walks the stage at graduation all the tears phone calls and sacrifices will have been worth it macias said it will be at this moment when i tell them that they can live worry-free because i can take care of them she said she is grateful for the chance to attend school because of the sacrifices her parents have made for her after all having the opportunity to attend college was not something her parents were able to have there will be no greater feeling than showing my parents my diploma because i wasnt supposed to leave home but i knew i had to chase my dream of becoming an engineer macias said macias wishes to spend her remaining two years as a student encouraging other female engineers to pursue their passion for engineering do not let anyone attempt to control the fire that you have within you macias said we all have a passion but it does no good for you or the world if you do not act on it and persevere through the obstacles it brings
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with the aim of providing freshman women engineering students a chance to engage with other incoming peers and industry professionals the college of engineerings women in engineering (we) program partnered with accenture to host a mini-conference the programs purpose is to bring together women and increase their retention rate in college after their admission to texas a&m university this conference stands as the students first introduction to we and all of the opportunities the program holds for self-empowerment and the beginnings of their academic network shawna fletcher program director helped coordinate this event as well as other events similar to the conference to encourage academic opportunities for women engineers campuswide
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fletcher hopes that this conference will help students discover that we was developed to support women engineering students with their academic and career goals megan rodriguez 18 former student and consulting analyst for accenture visited campus again to volunteer for this event and make it a success i want these women to know that they've got to own their experience here rodriguez said you're going to remember the people you met the classes you took and whether you let a failed class stop that experience or pushed you harder learn more about the women in engineering program at texas a&m university
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martha bellens-martin 85 has established the martha bellens-martin 85 scholarship to provide one or more scholarships to full-time students in good standing pursuing an undergraduate degree in industrial and systems engineering from texas a&m university preference will be given to texas residents graduating from high schools within bell county texas bellens-martin is a graduate of the industrial engineering department and was inspired to establish a scholarship within the department in support of the 80 for 80 campaign celebrating the 80th year of the departments existence the mentorship and education i received at texas a&m plus the lifelong friendships are unmatched and i hope the recipients of this scholarship will have a similar experience that sets them on the best course for their future career bellens-martin said she graduated with her bachelors degree in 1985 and her masters degree in engineering management in 1986 while attending texas a&m she held officer positions in the society of women engineers off-campus aggies and texas a&m student senate i started college as a petroleum engineering major in 1981 bellens-martin said at the time the oil market was booming and the discipline was a large one but when the market dropped in 1982 i realized it might not be the best chance for employment after graduation bellens-martin attributes the start of her career in industrial engineering to dr james k (jim) hennigan 54 in 1967 he developed a laboratory for the study of human factors which led to a second-generation human factors laboratory located in what is now the zachry engineering education complex where he conducted his research in addition to teaching full time he served as the department's academic advisor for undergraduate students for over 15 years and was a charter member of texas a&m mentors i never had someone ask me why i had chosen petroleum engineering as my major bellens-martin said when i met with hennigan he helped me understand that industrial engineering is the personal aspect of engineering focusing on how the individual human fits into an engineering environment and it sold me on the discipline to this day everyone who has worked for martha has said that what makes her a good manager and colleague is her willingness to listen and give feedback based on what she knows her colleagues are passionate about because of hennigan mentoring has become a hobby of sorts for bellens-martin and she has continued to do so since her time at texas a&m i am so grateful and thankful for my time as a student at texas a&m and hope this scholarship will give students the opportunity to attend a university that places a high priority on stewarding students for the short- and long-term goals they have set for themselves bellens-martin said mentors make an unbelievable difference in the course of a students life and can serve as a springboard into a fantastic career bellens-martin is a senior manager at vmware leading a team of technical account managers vmware is a global leader in cloud computing and virtualization software and services in her freebelltime she enjoys volunteering and spending time with her family in march 2019 she co-hosted a muster ceremony in the middle of the arabian sea she is also an avid traveler who has visited all 50 us states and 52 countries on her quest to visit at least 100 she stays connected to the university via the traveling aggies trips and reunions
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the department of industrial and systems engineering is celebrating its 80th anniversary in the next year the departments goal for this celebration is to have 80 scholarships for the 80 years the department has existed endowments supporting the students in the department have an immeasurable impact on their education if you are interested in supporting the departments goal or would like more information on how you can give please contact john bernheim senior director of development
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conventional gas-processing techniques emit carbon dioxide (co2) and raise the carbon footprint but a novel process developed by researchers from the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) could help gas-producing countries process their wealth of natural gas without significantly contributing to co2 emissions developed in qatar a country with a wealth of natural gas resources and unfortunately the high carbon footprint that comes with it the cargen (carbon-generator) reactor technology was conceived and designed by dr nimir o elbashir and his research team at texas a&m universitys qatar campus in collaboration with dr mahmoud m el-halwagi and dr debalina sengupta from the artie mcferrin department of chemical engineering at texas a&ms main campus in college station texas this technology is believed to be the first of its kind that processes natural gas (methane) and captured co2 to produce both syngas a valuable precursor to numerous hydrocarbon feedstocks that drive qatars economy and high-quality solid carbon nanotubes (cnts) and unlike conventional processes all without releasing more co2 into the atmosphere elbashirs research focuses on converting natural gas into valuable hydrocarbon products including ultraclean fuels or useful chemicals in a process called gas-to-liquid conversion or gtl a major drawback of gtl processing is that it produces a lot of co2 which increases qatars carbon footprint and has led to the tiny country being named the worlds leading producer of co2 per capita under the umbrella of the tees gas and fuels research center (gfrc) headquartered at the qatar campus elbashir and researchers at both campuses have focused on how to reduce these co2 emissions elbashir directs the gfrc one of the largest tees research centers and a major initiative bringing together 32 multidisciplinary scientists and professors from texas a&ms campuses in texas and qatar all working in the same area but from different angles to speed up technology development in natural gas processing the cargen technology was developed to advance the dry reforming of natural gas which is especially attractive as it converts methane and co2 (both greenhouse gases) through a reactor to produce syngas a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen that is then processed to make liquid hydrocarbons and ultraclean fuels this process however requires a lot of heat to drive the chemical reactions this heat usually comes from burning fuels which emits even more co2 elbashirs team has designed the novel cargen reactor a second reactor added to the reforming process along with a catalyst to drive the chemical reactions to produce expensive carbon nanotubes and syngas from co2 and methane these high-quality carbon nanotubes can be used in several industries including steel and cement while the syngas can be turned into ultra-clean fuels and value-added products the process can be driven by either electric or solar power eliminating the need to burn fuel and thereby resulting in much lower co2 emissions than conventional technologies we are making co2 emissions into two products that are important to the economy in gas-processing countries such as the united states and qatar and will broaden the role of hydrocarbons in qatars manufacturing facilities elbashir said cnts are very expensive and extremely versatile and can be used to manufacture products such as computers and other high-quality materials and at the same time we are also producing syngas which can then be used to make the chemicals that the chemical processing industries rely on
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phd student mohamed sufiyan challiwala who has been a significant contributor to the project said the cargen reactor is a result of a nearly $5 million exceptional proposal grant from the qatar national research funds national priorities research program challiwala started working on the project as a masters student in chemical engineering at texas a&m at qatar before pursuing his phd through the main campus and beginning his doctoral research in qatar cargen provides a new perspective on the implementation of natural gas reforming technology rather than considering carbon or ‘coke formation as a process challenge cargen treats it as an opportunity to convert at least 65 percent of co2 per pass with 50 percent lower energy requirements challiwala said most importantly it produces cnts and carbon fibers that are considered next-generation materials with tremendous applications because of its uniqueness this process is now patented with the support of qatar foundation dr hanif choudhury a research scientist in elbashirs research group said the cargen concept of cnt generation has been validated at the micro- milli- and gram scales with the quality of the carbon nanotubes controlled and preserved at every scale the next step is partnering with industry collaborators to scale up the technology even further this is a major achievement in the way people will look at co2 utilization in the future elbashir said its a homegrown technology developed in qatar based on the interest of qatar to utilize and sequester co2 and reduce the countrys carbon footprint but its applicable in any and all gas-processing countries we are producing material out of it not just liquid fuel that will be burned to produce something else or power a car for example which then puts co2 back into the atmosphere if we can scale up this technology it will be a turning point for everyone worried about co2
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if youve ever used a smartphone or a fitness tracker youve likely been using a device thats a part of the internet of things a group of interconnected devices that communicate via remote servers but these central servers process huge amounts of data coming in from multiple devices that in turn cause processing delays diminishing user experience to boost data processing speeds dr zhangyang (atlas) wang assistant professor in the department of computer science and engineering has been awarded two grants from the national science foundation (nsf) for developing highly efficient and energy-saving machine learning algorithms for use on local devices rather than on remote servers wed like to develop algorithms that make devices like your phone run faster have low memory use and be more energy efficient wang says so if you want to use your iphone to take a photo with a facial recognition software for example energy efficient algorithms like the ones we develop are what ensure your battery doesnt drain within five minutes wangs first project enabling intelligent cameras in internet-of-things via a holistic platform algorithm and hardware co-design was awarded by the nsf energy power control and networks program and is a collaboration with yingyan lin and richard baraniuk from rice university this project will improve machine learning algorithms for object recognition and other computer vision applications such as traffic monitoring and self-driving cars particularly wangs team will optimize a type of machine learning algorithm called deep neural networks to process images
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for the second project harmonizing predictive algorithms and mixed-signal/precision circuits via computation-data access exchange and adaptive dataflows wangs research team has been awarded a total of $138 million from the nsf real-time machine learning (rtml) program with collaborators lin and baraniuk from rice university boris murmann from stanford university and yiran chen from duke university wang aims to enhance machine learning programs by training these algorithms in real time for a particular task like object recognition this approach will make the algorithms progressively better at doing the task over time one of the many applications of his research is drone-based object detection systems that can learn new environments without human supervision if we think of monitoring wide terrains for rescue operations drones using our algorithms will be able to survey a large area more efficiently while continuously learning the layout of the new environment wang says when their algorithms are ready for public use wang and his collaborators plan to post them on openstax a nonprofit online education company created by baraniuk so as to lower the cost for people to access educational resources and encourage a global effort to address challenges in developing and improving software related to computer vision the nsf and defense advanced research projects agency (darpa) have teamed up to issue these grants through the rtml crosscutting program to explore high-performance energy-efficient hardware and machine learning architectures that can learn from a continuous stream of new data in real time the rtml program is a part of darpas electronics resurgence initiative a five-year $15 billion investment in the future of domestic us government and defense electronics systems out of over 100 submissions wangs team was one of only six selected for large grants further solidifying his groups leading role in the machine learning field
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the global grand challenges summit (ggcs) is a collaborative lab and conference event bringing together engineering minds from all over the world the summit which took place on sept 16-18 in london was hosted by the uk royal academy of engineering us national academy of engineering (nae) and chinese academy of engineering engineering deans from participating institutions were asked to nominate student delegates to represent their institution at the summit jainita chauhan brian welsh and jessica zamarripa attended the event representing aggie_challenge headed by magda lagoudas executive director of the industry and nonprofit partnerships program and the grand challenge scholars program (gcsp) headed by dr kristi shryock director of gcsp both programs while different introduce students to multidisciplinary research aimed at solving engineering grand challenges being able to participate in the global grand challenge summit as a first-generation mexican american student was a wonderful inspirational and humbling experience said zamarripa a senior electrical engineering student the program gave me a better insight on real-world problems that i was able to relate back to the undergraduate research topics i currently work on the summit theme was "engineering in an unpredictable world " with two subthemes: will ai and other transformational technologies change humanity for the better and can we sustain 10 billion people it brought together over 900 of the next generation's engineers researchers innovators entrepreneurs and policymakers pauline wade assistant program director of the gcsp accompanied the students and served as a mentor working as a mentor reinforced the importance of working with other disciplines in proposing a sustainable solution wade said the top teams clearly explained the engineering innovation but also quantified global impact revenue sources financial sustainability distribution methods and market penetration the first five days of the summit were structured as a collaboration lab where students from universities in each of the three academies were able to network attend personal development sessions and work in multinational teams in a hackathon event to propose a solution addressing at least one of the nae's engineering grand challenges or one of the unesco sustainable development goals i was blown away with the work and communications that occurred in my team - a team of myself another us student a student from spain studying at imperial college in london and two chinese students said chauhan a sophomore industrial and systems engineering student we were tasked with developing a full-fledged business proposal to solve a global grand challenge and address the united nations sustainable development goals all in the short time of 24 hours we produced a problem statement solution market plan financial analysis and many more aspects of the solution
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prior to the summit chauhan and welsh were each conducting research centered on the nae grand challenge restore and improve urban infrastructure just with very different approaches chauhan joined an aggie challenge team called disaster city digital twin focusing on disaster relief my team developed online software that solves the communication and coordination gap between humanitarian actor networks at the time of a disaster she said thus allowing them to provide relief to disaster victims in a more efficient and systematic manner welsh focused on determining the strength of concrete in buildings after they have been exposed to repeated cyclic loading like earthquakes by being able to quickly and effectively determine the residual strength of concrete buildings after being damaged disaster relief teams could safely clear buildings for resumed usage much more quickly allowing people to return to their daily lives sooner said welsh a senior civil and environmental engineering student the team i work on has been developing a machine learning-based algorithm to accomplish this and we are currently comparing the results to existing concrete strength simulations welsh aspires to one day work for a company revolutionizing urban development to create buildings and cities that function more cohesively serve the public more efficiently and reduce environmental impact after attending this conference i've had my eyes opened to so many other pressing problems our world faces and ways i can contribute to solving them that i'm having second thoughts about the classic ‘safe job path that i thought i wanted he said i'm not planning on completely shifting my career path but i believe my priorities in selecting a job have changed whether we like it or not the world is changing and as engineers welsh said we have a responsibility to ensure we are keeping on top of the problems that arise and are creating a sustainable future for everyone everyone is capable of playing a role in shaping this change whether it be large or small and if you feel you want to be involved in some way take initiative and find a way
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sitting in a small rural elementary school auditorium with approximately 200 students encompassing grades k-5 i sat quietly eagerly squinting at the large state-of-the-art 35-inch color cathode ray tube television on stage streaming live the first space shuttle launch said laurrie cordes that small slightly blurred image encouraged this timid but curious and determined fifth-grader to be an astronaut cordes a doctoral student in the department of ocean engineering at texas a&m university earned her bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering from texas a&m in 1991 at the time she was determined to pursue a career with the aerospace corporation in california they didnt hire undergrads cordes said and since the aerospace field was in an economic downturn at the time dr allen convinced me to pursue my masters degree with his guidance thats when i decided i wanted to be a professor while studying under dr david allen now a senior lecturer in ocean engineering cordes learned just how much she enjoyed research teaching and the whole academic environment in an effort to add diversity to her education she left texas a&m after her masters degree to pursue a phd at northwestern university in theoretical and applied mechanics with an inevitable change of heart along the way cordes began applying for industry jobs and accepted a position with stress engineering services (ses) in houston texas focusing in ocean and offshore-related projects unable to finish the research for her dissertation before the start date she left northwestern fully intending to see her project through the pace of the work at ses was exciting and intense not leaving much time for my dissertation especially with a growing family and some obstacles with health issues cordes said i decided to take a step back and focus on my family and my health though putting her degree on the back burner was a difficult decision cordes said it was the best decision for her and her family given the circumstances my first project at stress engineering lasted four years: designing and analyzing the riser systems for a spar platform cordes said i was able to get intimately involved with the project from design to manufacturing to installation it was fascinating ses was the first time cordes worked in the ocean environment but she says there are many areas in which the two fields of aerospace and ocean are similar they both deal with fluids: water and air she said low-speed aerodynamics have the same fundamentals as hydrodynamics by focusing and learning the engineering mechanics fundamentals the transition was straightforward and working for a consulting company like ses that focused on applying engineering fundamentals to multiple industries the job was stimulating cordes decided to resume her education and finish her phd under allen in ocean engineering 25 years after she received her masters degree in aerospace engineering we can either view this as i'm taking 25 years to do my phd or i'm starting over she said i consider it as i'm continuing my phd and finally completing that goal–showing my children its never too late to achieve your dreams or even change your career path always determined to earn her phd she decided now was the perfect time to redirect her career toward academia–students and research i thoroughly enjoyed my consulting job working with my colleagues and clients but i find i get more satisfaction from working with students and being in an academic environment cordes said you can see the ‘aha moment and know you impacted that student her love of learning translates easily to the research lab as she takes on projects from a different lens working with finite elements and computational mechanics is my focus she said my research as a phd student was on 3d nonlinear finite deformations there are similar fundamentals exploring moisture infusion into foundations and substructure for ocean engineering coastal projects such as sea walls engineering is cross disciplinary and its exciting applying alternative approaches in investigating engineering problems with an undeniable servants heart students and faculty alike who collaborate with cordes will learn that she genuinely enjoys learning and takes great pride in showing that everything is rooted in basic fundamental engineering concepts in addition to finishing her doctoral degree cordes will soon begin her teaching career as an assistant lecturer i want to spend my next 30-plus years teaching and performing research in solid mechanics/ocean engineering focusing on protecting coastal communities from rising oceans and extreme storm events and developing environmentally sustainable structural solutions she said i hope to inspire the next generation through my love for teaching and excitement for engineering this is what i want to be my legacy
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the mary kay oconnor process safety center (mkopsc) will host its 2019 international symposium in memory of dr sam mannan oct 22-24 the symposium will take place at the texas a&m hotel and conference center and registration is free for texas a&m students faculty and staff with a valid universal identification number the conference will be held on the main texas a&m university campus in college station texas and includes expert panels student poster presentations an exhibition of industry partners an early career forum industry tours awards ceremony a scavenger hunt and door prizes keynote speakers include jerry wascom vice president of operational excellencesafety health and environment at the exxon mobil corporation; dr elaine oran tees eminent professor in the department of aerospace engineering at texas a&m; and dr andrew hopkins emeritus professor for the college of arts and social science at australian national university
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this symposium serves as the crossroads for process safety where industry academia government agencies and other stakeholders come together to discuss critical issues of research in process safety more than 500 expert researchers and industry representatives from around the world will gather as a part of this two and a half-day symposium to share the latest information on important topics aimed at making the process industry safer the mkopsc was established in 1995 in memory of mary kay oconnor an operations superintendent killed in an explosion on oct 23 1989 at the phillips petroleum complex in pasadena texas in 1997 dr sam mannan because of his reputation as a world-renowned expert in process safety was appointed director of the center he served as director until his passing on sept 11 2018 this years symposium theme beyond regulatory compliance: making safety second nature is inspired by a quote from dr mannan that captures his approach to teaching and practicing process safety: safety should not be a priority; priorities change safety should be a core value a second nature the mkopsc mission is to promote safety as second nature in industry around the world with goals to prevent future incidents in addition the center develops safer processes equipment procedures and management strategies to minimize losses within the processing industry other functions of the center include serving all stakeholders providing a common forum and developing programs and activities that will forever change the paradigm of process safety
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electrical and computer engineering doctoral candidate elif kaya is working with dr kamran entesari on a device to assist with early breast cancer detection in the hope of saving millions of lives worldwide breast cancer statistics are staggering: on average a woman is diagnosed with this type of cancer every 19 seconds and one woman will die every 13 minutes one in eight women will be diagnosed in their lifetime this project was born from kayas involvement with the national science foundation innovation corps (i-corps) site program during summer 2019 in the college of engineering at texas a&m university which supports up to 150 undergraduate and graduate student teams with highly innovative technical strategies as they explore the commercial aspects of these ideas over five years by participating in the site program kaya received training to develop her value proposition and pursue customer discovery to gain better understanding of how her technology meets the needs of patients and physicians kaya said her own sister passed through the breast cancer detection process and even though she was cleared it was very difficult on everyone in her family the first time you dont want to accept it you worry about whether she has something or not i decided to focus my research on cancer detection so if i can find a way to solve this problem in a shorter time it can help lots of people kaya said
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early detection can increase a patients chance of finding breast cancer before it spreads the first process for breast cancer detection is a hand examination but a lack of comfortability with this type of examination among some patients has been shown to be a large issue with late diagnosis and high mortality rates other available techniques and devices currently used to detect breast cancer can be lengthy bulky and expensive a large portion of survivors detected the cancer early due to self-examination she said however lack of better self-examination education can be another reason for the high number of statistics of breast cancer unlike existing devices our specific device is concerned with creating and developing a technology that would be a near-field contact-less compact and portable device enabling easy use to combat the uneasiness associated with current self-examination and provide a comfortable interaction between doctors and patients by eliminating the hand examination and use artificial intelligence for detection to enhance accuracy while still in the early stages of the process the team is working on the idea for the device to be used in place of an ultrasound or mammogram in a doctors office to provide results in 10-20 minutes versus several days in a modern city and up to several months in a rural area kaya and entesari are using chemical detection to create a prototype of this device we have demonstrated that the first broadband time domain contact-less cmos (complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor) homodyne-transceiver works as a complex dielectric spectroscopy with an exceptional accuracy that can characterize the materials such as liquid/solid materials chemical/biological materials or body tissues kaya said i presented this work at the worlds biggest rf/microwave (radio frequency) event ieee (institute of electrical and electronics engineers) international microwave symposium this year in june which was then selected among the top three finalists of over approximately 400 accepted papers for the best advanced practice paper award which recognizes outstanding technical contributions that apply to practical applications the most difficult part of the project is having the system work for all patients accounting for the varying factors of body type and age although there are already some research projects focused on breast cancer detection kayas team is proposing to make a more cost-effective miniaturized portable device with greater accuracy ease of use and quick results if it is possible for you to make things to change the world why not even if we are not physicians we can help the physicians to save lives kaya said i dont care if people know my name i want to make people happy and save lives using my research and thats why i chose this project
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i would like to take a few minutes to talk about this remarkable man bill mccain was a gentleman and a soldier and a scholar this tireless individual worked for 68 years and was in the classroom just a week or so before he died let me share with you his history in 1951 bill enlisted in the us army he served in the korean war and was discharged at the rank of sergeant in 1953 only three years later he received a bachelors degree in chemical engineering from mississippi state college upon graduation he went to work for esso research laboratories in baton rouge where he worked from 1956-1963 this is where he must have begun learning about what became his lifelong specialty: the properties of petroleum fluids during this period he managed to receive a master of science degree from the georgia institute of technology and a phd from georgia tech again in chemical engineering in 1963 bill returned to mississippi state to serve on the petroleum engineering faculty and after a couple of years became the department head a position he held for 11 years throughout his time at mississippi state he also served in the mississippi national guard eventually rising to the position of commander in 1976 the army called again and bill resumed his full-time military career this time as an officer he served in a variety of leadership roles mainly at the pentagon and retired from the army in 1984 with the rank of brigadier general after his last army stint bill resumed his academic career joining our petroleum engineering department as a visiting professor he took two breaks from teaching to be a full-time consultant but always returned to texas a&m university as a visiting professor he visited us for 27 years which must be some kind of record between mississippi state and texas a&m bills academic career spanned 46 years for eight or nine of those a&m years he had another full-time job as executive vice president and chief engineer at sa holditch & associates i find this career of bills remarkable but what i personally admired the most was his scholarship when you listened to what bill said you quickly realized this was a man of extraordinary intellect he was a brilliant thermodynamicist and in my opinion knew more about the physical behavior of petroleum fluids than anyone else in the world the properties of petroleum fluids the book that he wrote and re-wrote and re-wrote will be his legacy it has sold tens of thousands of copies and will be on the bookshelves of petroleum engineers for many years to come the second trait i most admired was his skill as a teacher bill was absolutely passionate about his subject and wanted all his students to learn what he knew his enthusiasm and dedication were unmatched on our faculty students flocked to his courses because of how valuable what they learned could be in their careers bill was also in high demand to conduct industry short courses i doubt anyone in petroleum engineering education other than perhaps john lee has trained as many industry practitioners he presented a graduate seminar in our department a number of years ago the subject was global warming and the relationship with the co2 concentration in the atmosphere this is a multicomponent gas-phase equilibrium problem – right in the middle of bills specialty i dont want to share bills conclusions here but i recall that he attacked the problem using fundamental principles of thermodynamics that he clearly explained his approach and the results and that it was completely original it is to this day one of the best lectures i have ever heard i close with one last observation about bill mccain – what a tough old bird what a fighter! he was diagnosed with cancer in 2012 and fought it tooth and nail ever since none of us win this fight against death but in bills case i would say it was pretty close to a draw we are all sad that he is gone and will miss him but we are also happy he is no longer suffering
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dr warren pete miller was appointed to professor of practice with the department of nuclear engineering at texas a&m university miller served as the assistant secretary of energy for nuclear energy in 2009 under the obama administration where he oversaw the countrys research development and advancement of nuclear energy miller has over 27 years of experience working with los alamos national laboratory and is also responsible for the creation of the center for nuclear security science and policy initiatives (nsspi) at texas a&m q: you served as the assistant secretary of energy for nuclear energy under the obama administration what was that likea: its kind of a funny story i wasnt the first choice for the position i actually knew steven chu the first secretary of energy under president obama through the national academy of engineering when he was assembling his team he called me to ask who i thought should be the next assistant secretary for nuclear energy so i gave him the name of someone i imagined was well-suited to the role it must not have worked out because eventually chu called me again and instead asked if i would fill the position after a bit of haggling i finally agreed as assistant secretary for nuclear energy my primary responsibilities were to promote research and development and to help develop nuclear energy technologies before they were mature enough to be introduced to industry i oversaw and defended the budget before the united states congress and tracked our successes and failures q: did you ever meet former president barack obamaa: i did i never worked with him personally but i shook hands with him at an event celebrating nuclear energy accomplishments it wasnt just me either there were a lot of us there shaking his hand when i called my son to tell him who i had just met my son told me that barack obama went home and told michelle that he would never wash his hands again because he met me ha! q: how did you find your way to texas a&m and what is it that you do herea: well i had just retired from los alamos national laboratory where i served as deputy laboratory director and i was living in albuquerque new mexico the board of regents of the texas a&m university system called to tell me that i had been nominated for the a&m system chancellors position my first thought was i dont even know much about texas a&m how was i nominated as it turns out an old friend of mine had nominated me i didnt end up becoming the chancellor but i was so impressed with texas a&m that i still wanted to remain affiliated with the university i talked with the dean of engineering at the time about how i could best contribute to the university thats how the center for nuclear security science and policy initiatives (nsspi) was born i wanted to create a program for nuclear security where we could research problems related to safeguarding nuclear materials and the reduction of nuclear threats so i worked closely with former texas a&m professor bill charlton and others to propose nsspi we also included the bush school of government and public serve to address policy issues related to nuclear security q: you were appointed to a professor of practice position due to your industry experience do you teacha: i have a quarter time nine-month appointment during the academic year i give guest lectures in nuen 101 and i also help with professional development and strategic planning throughout the department q: what are your plans for after retirementa: im already retired being retired simply means that you have enough income to do what you want to do i am now free to do what i want to do which is this ive always enjoyed texas a&m and the mission-oriented can-do attitude we have i think its what makes us exceptional and its something im glad to be a part of
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us senator john cornyn joined the us army futures command and the texas a&m university system to announce a cooperative agreement that will provide up to $65 million over five years to texas a&m supporting research into new technologies to help the army futures command modernize the nations fighting force our countrys military readiness depends on innovation and the army futures command is on the front line of that fight said sen cornyn this partnership with the texas a&m university system will ensure we have the best and the brightest working to address rapidly evolving threats and maintain our strategic advantage around the world the senator appeared at a press conference with gen john mike murray and chancellor john sharp after being briefed on the details of the agreement and plans for a $130 million combat development complex at the rellis campus in bryan and the armys plans for modernization this investment is comprised of $50 million from the texas legislature during 2019 session for establishing an innovative proving ground at rellis and $80 million from the texas a&m system board of regents for constructing a research innovation center also at rellis the agreement between the texas a&m system and the us army combat capabilities development command army research laboratory is the first step in a long-term partnership with the army futures command army futures command is excited to continue our collaboration with various partners in texas to successfully modernize our army the work conducted at the rellis campus in the coming years will directly impact our soldiers readiness equipment and capabilities said gen murray essential to that relationship is the creation of the combat development complex at rellis a 2 000-acre campus with already almost half-billion dollars in new construction and with more on the drawing boards the combat development complex will help develop prototypes for defense-related hypersonics and directed energy in a one-of-a-kind kilometer-long tunnel it will have laboratories runways underground and open-air battlefields and a resilient network of sensors and systems for data collection analysis and storage the texas a&m system is already contributing significantly to our nations defense with our duties helping manage the los alamos national laboratory said sharp we are proud that army futures command has chosen to work with us on their important mission through the cooperative agreement army futures command has tasked texas a&m system researchers to focus on several key areas specifically the research will address hypersonic and laser weaponry; materials for withstanding hypervelocity blasts; coordinated maneuvering of air and ground vehicles; and resilient computer networks for autonomous vehicles to share up-to-the-moment battlefield information hypersonic is speeds of mach 5 or faster the us military is making a major push to advance laser and hypersonic defense systems senator john cornyn a republican from texas is a member of the senate finance intelligence and judiciary committees
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