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a member of the texas a&m engineering experiment stations polymer technology centers research consortium has opened a flagship oil and gas material technology center in houston element materials technology a member of the advancing performance polymers in energy applications (appeal) consortium is the nations largest independent materials testing and product qualification testing provider the polymers lab portion of the houston facility will promote further close collaboration with the polymer technology center which is led by dr hung-jue sue linda and ralph schmidt professor and a professor in the department of mechanical engineering at texas a&m university the sites state-of-the-art testing facilities offer clients significantly extended capabilities in fracture mechanics engineering critical assessment nondestructive testing and corrosion testing of ferrous metals non-ferrous metals alloys thermoplastics composites and elastomers (pictured from left: dr tim bremner tees research engineer co-director of appeal research consortium and chairman of the board of directors for the center for advancement of non metallics in energy sectors; charles noall president and ceo of element; and dr rod martin executive vice president--oil & gas of element)
today the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) celebrates a century of engineering innovation and public service since its establishment on august 25 1914 reaching this 100 year milestone is exciting and significant as few of the traditional experiment stations still exist today said dr m katherine banks vice chancellor and dean of texas a&m engineering and director of tees the key to tees longevity and relevance has been its ability to remain flexible and adapt to the constant evolution of technology and remain committed to a culture of innovation tees mission has changed little since its inception and today focuses on performing quality research to address societys needs supporting the states workforce through education and training and developing and transferring technology to industry tees research first focused on building roads for the newly created automobile but rapidly expanded to meet the growing needs of society today tees has established leadership engineering innovation in energy systems and services safety and security healthcare materials and manufacturing information systems and sensors and education and training tees administers more than 4 600 research projects with more than 2 700 industry partners supports small businesses with technology challenges and contributes to the development of a trained technology workforce the agency also has 17 regional partners at institutions of higher education in texas and affiliations with community colleges tees operates a statewide network of more than 30 research centers across the state of texas to find out more about more read more about tees history related link: coverage from the eagle
dr mladen kezunovic director of the texas a&m engineering experiment station smart grid center recently gave a briefing on capitol hill before key members of the appropriations energy and commerce homeland security and science committees as well as a texas delegation that attended the event during the briefing kezunovic was able to highlight texas a&ms expertise in smart grid research and discussed the need for the united states to execute a large-scale test bed kezunovic is the eugene e webb professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at texas a&m as well as the site director of the power engineering research center
a proposal submitted by dr mladen kezunovic was selected for seed grant funding from the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) for two years kezunovic the eugene e webb professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering received the award for his proposal "energy cyberphysical systems: experimental open source ecosystem for synchrophasor research" his co-pis on this project are drs chanan singh (ece) pr kumar (ece) erick moreno-centeno (ise) alex sprintson (ece) radu stoleru (cse) and le xie (ece) the overall objective of the project is offering a realistic research infrastructure named the experimental open source ecosystem (expose) for synchrophasor research for implementation and evaluation of new synchrophasor-based applications the preliminary results are expected to include: creating an initial pool of test data; developing algorithms for precise synchrophasor estimation to be compared with the existing phasor measurement unit (pmu) calculations; and evaluating performance of pmus and quality of synchrophasor data further funding will be attracted by targeting the national science foundation industry (ibm ni alstom) government labs (lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl) oak ridge national laboratory (ornl) national renewable energy laboratory (nrel) and the electrical and computer engineering department at texas a&m this project has been funded through the "interdisciplinary seed grants for strategic initiatives" announced by texas a&m engineering in partnership with the texas a&m university division of research kezunovic who also is the director of the tees smart grid center currently serves as the site director of the power engineering research center (pserc) and before joining texas a&m in 1986 he worked for westinghouse electric corp among his many honors kezunovic has been named an ieee fellow and a cigre fellow he has published more than 450 papers in journals and conference proceedings and was invited to give more than 100 lectures worldwide and is listed as a distinguished speaker of the ieee pes while at texas a&m he has been the principal investigator on more than 100 research projects and supervised more than 40 graduate students
in july teess nuclear security science and policy institute (nsspi) graduated its first class of students in the summer certificate in nuclear security program sponsored by the us state departments partnership for nuclear security (pns) the certificate program is an eight-week intensive course designed to produce nuclear professionals who will lead efforts to reduce the security risks associated with nuclear and radiological materials while ensuring the peaceful use of nuclear energy is available to all participants earned academic credit by completing three university courses taught by nsspi faculty the program also included tours of nuclear and radiological facilities executive seminars and security-focused simulations the course is intended to raise the awareness of nuclear security as a key requirement for all nuclear and radiological systems and instill a culture of nuclear security in nuclear professionals working in industry research facilities government or academia this years class included participants from the nigerian nuclear regulatory authority the national atomic energy commission in yemen the jordan atomic energy commission the indonesia nuclear energy agency and pandit deendayal petroleum university in india
the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) was recently awarded a $100 000 grant by the texas workforce commission (twc) to invest in summer youth camps focused on science technology engineering and math (stem) tees grant will provide 75 scholarships for three camps including the bioforce academy where campers learn about careers in health sciences biotechnology research medical discoveries and biomanufacturing at the national center for therapeutics manufacturing administered by twc the effort is part of the governors summer merit program which aims to inspire texas youth to pursue stem-related careers the camps introduce campers to one or more of six industry clusters: advanced technologies and manufacturing aerospace and defense biotechnology and life sciences information and computer technology petroleum refining and chemical products and energy these camps allow students to explore stem disciplines outside the classroom while showing them the possibilities of a career in those fields governor rick perry said the texas economy is becoming more and more technologically advanced and our continuing success depends on the skills these bright young scientists and engineers will bring to the workforce
dr tracy anne hammond a researcher with the texas a&m experiment station (tees) associate professor and charles h barclay jr 45 college of engineering faculty fellow in the department of computer science and engineering and director of the sketch recognition lab in the dwight look college of engineering at texas a&m university and other university collaborators are establishing the texas a&m university coalition for healthy active living (tamu-chal) the planned coalition has garnered support from clinical partners at baylor scott & white health in temple and a seed grant from tees tamu-chal will engineer technologies and techniques for data collection and analyses facilitate new forms of health research and analyses and enable novel lines of health interventions monitoring and promotion for targeted populations of at-risk individuals " said hammond tees the college of engineering the texas a&m university division of research the college of geoscience and the texas a&m health science center school of public health have joined forces in this effort hammond said she envisions that tamu-chal and the new coalition will provide the perfect opportunity to integrate multiple perspectives and disciplines to improve public and individual health health care system and delivery and the value of health care solutions several pilot studies are currently in development including testing the efficacy of health tools for assessing health behaviors improving patient-physician interactions and enhancing healthy lifestyle behaviors another project attempts to automatically recognize a users exercise patterns and suggest specific changes to a persons daily activity a third study is examining innovative ways of testing environmental impacts on the spatial and temporal patterning of physical activity the multidisciplinary team includes hammond; co-pi dr marcia ory dr yan hong and dr samuel towne school of public health; dr daniel w goldberg department of geography; and dr samuel forjuoh director of research in the department of family and community medicine baylor scott & white health
former navy captain james pettigrew has been named director of operations for the ocean energy safety institute (oesi) oesi is a collaborative initiative between the texas a&m engineering experiment stations (tees) mary kay oconnor process safety center partnering with texas a&m university the university of texas at austin and the university of houston the institute provides a forum for dialogue shared learning and cooperative research among academia government industry and other non-government organizations in offshore-related technologies and activities that help ensure environmentally safe and responsible offshore operations jim pettigrew comes to us with three decades of worldwide maritime experience including operations risk assessment and program management said dr m sam mannan oesi principal investigator as we develop and mature oesi while striving toward environmentally safe and responsible offshore operations i believe jim has the experience drive and leadership abilities to be a great asset to the oesi team and our partners in the navy pettigrew worked predominantly in operational oceanography surface warfare and information dominance he served most recently as chief of staff for the commander of naval meteorology and oceanography there he was responsible for the direction and leadership of a team of 150 people executing a $300 million annual budget the operations of 4 000 personnel worldwide the nations master clock two world-class supercomputing facilities and six military oceanographic survey ships pettigrew graduated from texas a&m in 1983 with a bachelors degree in ocean engineering he received his master of science degree from the naval postgraduate school find more information about oesi visit: http://oesitamuedu/
the texas a&m university system board of regents recently approved the establishment of the center for autonomous vehicles and sensor systems (canvass) the center which was established in response to the ubiquitous future of unmanned autonomous systems will be part of the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) canvass will enable interdisciplinary research to solve issues of significant importance to texas and the united states including: networked operations health adaptive mission management and on-board decision making in complex gps-denied outdoor environments navigation in global navigation satellite system denied environments operations in space field-based and large-scale human-machine interactions and agricultural cyber-physical systems the mission of canvass is to unify research and development of autonomous vehicles and systems for the purpose of better serving our state and country research by canvass will follow a progression from basic research at technology readiness level (trl) 1 (basic technology research) to trl 7 (technology demonstration) canvass will initially be composed of researchers from 18 laboratories throughout tees aligned within three technology areas integrated autonomous systems; sensors information and controls; and test and evaluation canvass will connect the relevant research talents from these labs to develop multidisciplinary teams that pursue large integrative research projects in addition canvass will develop a new test site and demonstration capability the riverside range the 900-acre riverside range will make tees one of only a handful of major university systems worldwide with a large-scale instrumented outdoors laboratory located on campus canvass complements the lone star unmanned aircraft systems center of excellence and innovation a joint texas a&m university-corpus christi and tees center by focusing basic research and testing for all types of unmanned systems (air land and water)
the ocean energy safety institute (oesi) will convene top academic and research experts from various companies universities and organizations throughout the world for an unprecedented think-tank workshop to address the development of an ocean energy safety research roadmap for the 21st century the workshop will be held october 7-8 at the memorial student center on the campus of texas a&m university one of the primary missions for the institute is to identify gaps that may be present within and between areas of ocean energy research now and into the future said jim pettigrew oesi director of operations this workshop will be a great opportunity to bring together diverse members of the ocean energy research realm and candidly discuss how to identify and address these gaps areas expected to be discussed include emerging technologies risk management and safety management systems and operating in the arctic environment presenters will include the center for offshore safety and the national academy of sciences as well as a number of companies from the offshore oil and gas industry additional information on the workshop can be found on the oesi website
dr mladen kezunovic director of texas a&m engineering experiment stations smart grid center and the eugene e webb professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at texas a&m university recently published a book as part of an initiative funded by the department of energy (doe) kezunovic along with co-authors sakis meliopoulos (georgia tech) vaithianathan venkatasubramanian (washington state university) and vijay vittal (arizona state university) wrote the book application of time-synchronized measurements in power system transmission networks the focus of the book is an overview of the new most critical power system applications during disturbances: state estimation voltage stability oscillation monitoring transient stability and fault location the book which was published by springer in the series of power electronics and power systems was created through the "future grid initiative" funded by the doe under a grant to the national science foundations power systems engineering research center (pserc) kezunovic currently serves as the site director of pserc
the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) the research agency of the state of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system and the japan atomic energy agency (jaea) a comprehensive research and development institution in nuclear energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (mou) with the purpose of exchanging information about robotics for the decommissioning of the fukushima daiichi nuclear power station representatives from jaea were in college station aug 13 to sign the mou with tees which could pave the way for collaborative work on creating facilities for the test and evaluation of robots sensors and other cyber-physical systems as well as training robot operators for the decommissioning of the fukushima daiichi nuclear power station three tees research centers were involved in the initial collaboration with jaea: the center for robot assisted search and rescue (crasar) the nuclear security science and policy institute and the mary kay oconner process safety center the idea for the facility originated from a visit to college station that dr robin r murphy raytheon professor in the department of computer science and engineering and director of crasar arranged for japans vice minister of the ministry of economy trade and industry in february 2013 she recommended that they create a facility similar to the texas a&m engineering extension services disaster city which is what jaea is working to accomplish
dr m katherine banks vice chancellor and dean of engineering has appointed dr debjyoti banerjee the leland t jordan career development professor in mechanical engineering in recognition of his many accomplishments and future potential the endowed development fellowship appointment was effective sept 1 banerjee is an associate professor in the department of mechanical engineering banerjee received his phd in mechanical engineering from the university of california los angeles he received three masters degrees and was invited to four national honor societies he attended the indian institute of technology (iit) kharagpur for his bachelors degree he received the morris foster fellowship (2007-2008) from the department of mechanical engineering the tees select young faculty fellowship (2008-2009) from the dwight look college of engineering and was designated as a faculty fellow at the mary kay oconnor process safety center at texas a&m university
dr sunil chirayath associate director of the texas a&m engineering experiment stations nuclear security science and policy institute traveled to universitas gadjah mada (ugm) in yogyakarta indonesia to speak at the workshop on the enhancement of nuclear engineering curriculum with nuclear security subjects the workshop was sponsored by the us state departments partnership for nuclear security and was aimed at enhancing ugm educators understanding of nuclear security ugms department of engineering physics is the only university in indonesia offering a nuclear engineering curriculum therefore they are ready to play an important role in the development of nuclear security and nuclear security culture in indonesia especially in human resources development the workshop also had three participants from one of the hospitals in indonesia that handles a large number of radioactive sources for diagnosis and treatment workshop sessions focused on introducing nuclear security issues to these faculty members so that the design of their nuclear engineering courses can be informed by a basic knowledge of nuclear security topics covered included inter alia threats legal framework nuclear security culture information security integration of nuclear safety security and safeguards (3s) planning nuclear security at state and facility level and also best practices in nuclear security education
the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) and tech mahindra ltd have signed a memorandum of understanding (mou) to open a joint innovation center for computer science in houston the mou will enable texas a&m university to expand its presence in the computer science industry the initial focus will be on big data analytics and cloud and mobile computing research tech mahindra will spearhead development of the center as well as provide funding for potential research "we are excited to partner with texas a&m university in building the innovation center and leveraging the local talent pool as they take a leadership role in the global computer science industry " said bk mishra senior vice president of tech mahindra "between the talent at texas a&m and our strong commitment to state-of-the-art research and development i strongly believe that this collaboration can help develop the next level of solution offerings for our customers especially in the rapidly developing areas of big data analytics and cloud and mobile computing" the partnership will provide students at texas a&m an opportunity to develop industry skills through involvement in tech mahindra research and development projects and allow tech mahindra to build a local pool of trained computer science developers researchers and engineers to service its global network of clients as well as facilitate cooperative initiatives and innovative computer science research projects "this is a great development for both texas a&m and tech mahindra said dr nk anand associate director of tees as a research-focused university we are always looking for new research opportunities for our computer science students especially in big data analytics and cloud and mobile computing this center will allow them to gain real-world experience in a global industry setting while allowing tech mahindra access to our brightest stars and our lab capabilities
dr robin r murphy director of the texas a&m engineering experiment stations center for robot assisted search and rescue (crasar) and raytheon professor in the department of computer science and engineering has identified nine ways robots can protect ebola workers murphy also cautions that military and civilian robots often do not directly transfer to disaster situations and more work is needed to identify the use cases for robots murphy who is a pioneer in the field of rescue robotics has been trained for biological response and has participated in medical disaster exercises with the us marines corps chemical biological incident response forces making her a perfect fit for the project which she has been working on since september murphy has deployed ground aerial and marine robots to 16 disasters including the world trade center hurricane katrina the japanese tsunami and the fukushima daiichi nuclear accident crasar will be hosting one of four concurrent workshops with the white house office of science and technology policy/national robotics initiative on safety robotics for ebola workers on nov 7-8 the texas a&m workshop will focus on learning from medical and humanitarian relief experts and the invitation-only workshop will have a second day focused on developing use cases and requirements suitable for industry to better understand how their technologies might be used the workshop will also identify what technological barriers require further research investments the real issue to me is what are the real needs that robots can play in such a complex event said murphy according to murphy the ways ground aerial and marine robots can protect ebola workers include: mortuary robots to respectfully transport the deceased reducing the number of health professionals within the biosafety labs and field hospitals detection of contamination disinfection telepresence robots for experts to consult/advise on medical issues train and supervise worker decontamination to catch accidental self-contamination and serve as rolling interpreters for the different languages and dialects physical security for workers waste handling humanitarian relief reconnaissance about crasar: crasar is a tees center whose mission is to improve disaster preparedness prevention response and recovery through the development and adoption of robots and related technologies its goal is to create a community of practice throughout the world for rescue robots that motivates fundamental research supports technology transfer and educates students response professionals and the public crasar is a dynamic mix of university researchers industry and responders for more information contact dr robin r murphy by email: murphy@csetamuedu or by phone: 979-845-8737
the texas a&m engineering experiment stations mary kay oconnor process safety center has announced an alliance with petrotechnics the leading provider of operational performance and predictive risk management solutions we are looking forward to petrotechnics contribution to the centers strategic direction said dr sam mannan director of the mary kay oconnor process safety center members such as petrotechnics bring technical experience and extensive knowledge of process safety best practices and are instrumental to advancing the centers vision the mary kay oconnor process safety center develops and promotes safer processes equipment procedures and management strategies with the goal of minimizing losses within the processing industry for more than 25 years petrotechnics has helped companies in hazardous industries around the world reduce operational risk and improve the productivity of their operations petrotechnics north american president mike neill will sit on the centers steering committee bringing more than 35 years of oil and gas and petrochemical engineering experience petrotechnics will also participate in the annual mary kay oconnor process safety centers international symposium hosted in association with the institution of chemical engineers which will be held oct 26-30 in college station texas it is an honor to support the mary kay oconnor process safety center said neill at petrotechnics we believe connecting the impact of process safety management performance to daily operations in a practical manner is essential for hazardous industries our goal in working with the mary kay oconnor process safety center is to provide practical ways to see understand and manage the impact of operational risk across the chemical processing industry this enables organizations to change the safety-productivity dynamic in all levels of their organization to make the right decisions in terms of the effectiveness efficiency and safety of their operations
in september the nuclear security science and policy institute (nsspi) hosted a delegation of students and faculty from the tokyo institute of technology (tokyo tech) the visit was the second academic exchange held at texas a&m university between students at texas a&m and the dojo nuclear security education program at tokyo tech who are studying nuclear nonproliferation and security issues texas a&m students have previously attended two international symposia on nuclear safety security and safeguards conducted by tokyo tech in japan the visit consisted of a series of student presentations on relevant research projects being conducted at both institutions they also toured laboratory facilities at texas a&m including the fuel cycle and materials laboratory the nsspi nuclear security and emergency response laboratory the department of nuclear engineerings undergraduate teaching laboratories and the nuclear science center tokyo tech faculty and students participated in a radiological event exercise at the texas a&m engineering extension services disaster city facility under the guidance of nsspi faculty member dr craig marianno in this exercise a 30 mille-curie size cs-137 source was placed on rubble pile 1 (rp1) a pile of concrete and rebar containing a series of interior tunnels that is part of the disaster city training compound using health physics instrumentation the students had to map out the radiation field and determine the best entry point into the pile the source was then placed inside the tunnel network of rp1 the students had to determine the safest tunnels to use in the pile to locate an area of low but elevated activity once in this area students used radio-isotopic identifiers (riids) to locate and identify a set of hidden sources the exercise exhibited the actions a similarly equipped emergency response team must achieve in order to safely address such a radiological event tokyo tech faculty discussed future research and academic activities with faculty and staff from nsspi and faculty in the department of nuclear engineering they discussed the possibility for joint research projects and hosting future tokyo tech doctoral students at texas a&m during their required 12 month-long internships
texas a&m engineering experiment station researchers are part of a team working on a national science foundation-funded project researching asynchronous partial differential equations (pde) algorithms for turbulent flows at exascale the principal investigator is dr diego donzis assistant professor in the department of aerospace engineering co-principal investigators are dr raktim bhattacharya associate professor and dr sharath girimaji professor aerospace engineering; and dr nancy amato unocal professor and dr lawrence rauchwerger professor department of computer science and engineering future exascale computing systems will be available to study important compute-intensive applications such as multi-physics multi-scale natural phenomena and engineering systems typically modeled accurately by pdes a prime example is turbulence at high reynolds numbers typically found in natural and engineering systems which comprise an extremely wide range of spatial and temporal scales and has thus became a grand challenge in scientific computing however many challenges exist that must be overcome before exascale systems can be utilized effectively these include communication between processing elements as well as global synchronizations both of which will likely be a main bottleneck when millions of billions of processing elements are utilized in a simulation for this project the team will develop novel exascale numerical schemes for pdes especially those describing turbulent flows that exploit asynchrony from the mathematical to the software level these will be based on widely used finite differences compact differentiation and spectral schemes asynchrony offers better performance but also introduces errors in the solution the teams schemes will be able to trade-off accuracy and performance in a quantitative and predictable manner a feature thought to be critical at exascale their approach includes rigorous mathematical studies of stability and accuracy which will also provide a framework for the development of new schemes and quantify its uncertainty as well as the development of specific elements in a scalable library for parallel computing to enable portable implementations on current and future machines the tools techniques and simulation data in this project will be integrated in the principal investigators educational efforts through graduate mentoring undergraduate research and as material for courses they teach in high-performance computing fluid dynamics and dynamical systems
a record-breaking 6 200 people registered for the recent 43rd turbomachinery and 30th international pump users symposia which was organized by the texas a&m engineering experiment stations turbomachinery laboratory and the texas a&m university system the event was held sept 22 – 25 at the george r brown convention center in houston registered attendance exceeded the 6 000 mark for the first time in event history since 2012 the number of attendees has increased by 13 percent the annual symposia also attracted a record-number of exhibiting companies and booths more than 340 leading companies from the turbomachinery and pump industries displayed full-size equipment cutting-edge technology and emerging industry trends the symposias technical program included of 13 short courses 18 lectures 22 tutorials 27 discussion groups and 21 case studies led by industry experts from around the world topics included compressors steam and gas turbines expanders pumps and drivers and auxiliary equipment such as couplings bearings gearboxes dry gas seals and annular seals the turbomachinery symposium began in 1971 and the pump symposium began in 1984 in 2011 the symposia were combined and are now held jointly every fall in houston the pump & turbo symposia has become a staple event for industry professionals and leading companies built on a history of success this annual event promotes professional development technology transfer peer networking and information exchange among industry professionals for more information on pump & turbo 2014 including the full technical program list exhibiting company list and more email info@turbo-labtamuedu proceedings from previous symposia are available free to download online http://turbolabtamuedu/proc/ the technical content from pump & turbo 2014 will be added to this collection in march 2015
the aerospace vehicle systems institute (avsi) a research center within the texas a&m engineering experiment station recently renewed a memorandum of agreement with the us federal aviation administration (faa) the agreement authorizes funding for faa participation in avsi projects for an additional five-year period avsi is an international research cooperative of leading aircraft manufacturers systems suppliers government organizations and research universities the faa has been a liaison member of avsi since 2003 avsi projects supported by the faa include research into the challenges posed by use of modern complex microprocessors and other commercial off the shelf (cots) electronic devices in safety critical aerospace applications and reliability of avionics in severe aerospace environments the faa also actively participates in the avsi system architecture virtual integration (savi) project this project is investigating technologies necessary to enable virtual integration of aircraft systems in order to reduce the errors traditionally found during physical integration the project is developing a standard virtual integration process that will allow integrators and multiple suppliers to integrate and test models in an architecture-centric system-modeling environment such technologies are necessary to manage the development of increasingly complex aircraft the faas participation ensures that certifiers will understand these technologies as they are being developed and continue to assure the safety of the aircraft they certify
its never too early to engage children in science technology engineering and math (stem) in fact studies show the earlier the better an innovative program is training prekindergarten through fifth grade educators in school districts in the valley how to do it in an easy to use hands-on series of classroom modules that appeal to children while meeting and exceeding state-mandated educational requirements to remain competitive in the global marketplace we must significantly increase the number of stem graduates we produce said dr m katherine banks vice chancellor and dean of texas a&m engineering and director of the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) early exposure to engineering as a career path is critical and this particular approach ignites the imagination through hands-on experiential learning while helping students of all ages understand how engineering is at work in everything we touch in the world around us during two separate workshops 85 assistant superintendents math science and stem coordinators and teachers experienced hands-on standards (hos) stem in action learning modules designed and packaged to appeal to kids and developed by early education experts in engineering mathematics and science teachers are given tools to enable the students to develop critical problem-solving skills in even the earliest learners said dr johannes strobel director of educational outreach programs dwight look college of engineering at texas a&m university and tees one of the co-developers of hos stem in action for instance one module has first graders design shoes that have stronger grip students explore the connection between the natural and the human-made worlds by designing better hiking shoes using nature for inspiration teachers are able to engage students in a real-world stem experience that is easy to implement and fun to teach young children are naturally inquisitive about the world around them said belinda hinojosa coordinator for elementary science in the mission consolidated independent school district and a participant in the workshop they touch feel experiment and create; attempting to make sense of how things work the hand2mind learning modules presented by dr strobel provide active learning opportunities that satisfies the curiosity of the young mind at a pivotal stage this active learning results in the building of confidence and the belief that they (children) are capable learners and designers of their world
gaharwar and his colleagues employ two-dimensional disc-shaped particles known as synthetic silicate nanoplatelets because of their shape these platelets have a high surface area he explains the structure composition and arrangement of the platelets result in both positive and negative charges on each particle these charges gaharwar explains cause the platelets to interact with the hydrogel in a unique way specifically the interaction causes the gel to temporarily undergo a change in its viscosity when mechanical force is applied much like ketchup being squeezed from a bottle this change allows the hydrogel to be injected and regain its shape once inside the body gaharwar explains in addition to changing the mechanical properties of the hydrogel these disc-shaped nanoplatelets interact with blood to promote clotting gaharwar says noting that animal models have shown clot formation occurring in about one minute as opposed to five minutes without the presence of these nanoparticles animal model he adds also have demonstrated the formation of life-saving clot formations when the enhanced biomaterial was used these 2d silicate nanoparticles are unprecedented in the biomedical field and their use promises to lead to both conceptual and therapeutic advances in the important and emerging field of tissue engineering drug delivery cancer therapies and immune engineering gaharwar says encouraged by its results the team plans on further enhancing the biomaterial so that it can initiate regeneration of damaged tissues through the formation of new blood vessels gaharwar says the result he adds could be a two-pronged wound treatment – one that not only aids in damage control but also assists the bodys natural healing process contact: akhilesh gaharwar assistant professor in the department of biomedical engineering at texas a&m university at (979) 458-5540 or via email: gaharwar@tamuedu or ryan a garcia at (979) 847-5833 or via email: ryangarcia99@tamuedu
the texas a&m engineering experiment stations center for robotic-assisted search and rescue (crasar) with funding from the center for emergency informatics and the texas a&m engineering extension services (teex) product development center recently held two days of robotics workshops specifically geared toward medical disasters the first days activities were hosted by crasar and held at the national center for therapeutic manufacturing the day was separated into two portions the first was a simulcast of shared presentations with the other three sites and brainstorming as part of the planning workshops on safety robotics for ebola workers for the white houses office of science and technology policy national robotic initiative the texas a&m workshop on robotic automation and cyber physical systems for medical response to disasters was held during the second portion of the day and provided additional discussions and brainstorming on general domestic medical response these covered the state of the practice in department of defense robots and casualty evacuation systems that can be repurposed lessons learned so far in using robots at the fukushima daiichi decommissioning (university of tokyo) and opportunities for community recovery (texas a&m hazards reduction and recovery center) the day concluded with a reception and a keynote talk by andrew natsios from texas a&ms bush school of government and public service who served as administrator of usaid for several years the infectious disease response workshop hosted by caleb holt and the teex product development center was held at the teex emergency operations training center/disaster city® complex the second day various aspects of medical response were the emphasis of the day and are included in many of the teex courses taught a major portion of the day was spent demonstrating the current practices in medical response by walking participants through various scenarios including a field hospital and showing how contaminated waste is stored and over-packed and how first responders equipment and vehicles are decontaminated the major takeaway was that robots do exist that could be immediately repurposed now to protect ebola health workers but how robots fit into the medical response enterprise is as important as what the robots can actually do said dr robin murphy raytheon professor and director of crasar "it was an honor to be one of the four sites hosting a workshop with the white house office of science technology and policy and it is another example of how texas a&m is a leader in emergency informatics and field robotics murphy said
the mary kay oconnor process safety center drew record attendance at its 17th annual international symposium held oct 28-30 in college station more than 640 participants from industry and academia including representatives from 31 countries attended the symposium which serves as the conduit for process safety research and networking the symposium "beyond regulatory compliance making safety second nature " was held in association with the institution of chemical engineers the three keynote lecturers included brian salerno director of the bureau of safety and environmental enforcement; eamonn naughton group head of risk learning and hse at bp; and dwight johnston vice president of safety environment and social performance in shells deepwater business unit in addition to the highlighted keynote addresses nearly 100 presentations were given on various safety-related topics including safety culture/ operational discipline risk analysis process management for safety and inherent safety the symposium also featured exhibits from more than 38 companies that demonstrated products technology and software related to process safety the next symposium is scheduled for oct 27-29 2015 in college station the call for papers is open with abstracts due march 13 2015 for more information call 979-845-5981 or 979-845-6884
two faculty members from the department of aerospace engineering at texas a&m university have been recognized by the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) as tees fellows dr diego donzis has been selected as a tees select young faculty fellow and dr sharath girimaji has been selected as a tees senior faculty fellow the tees fellow designation recognizes established faculty members with a history of continuous performance tees is an engineering research agency of the state of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system texas a&m engineering faculty hold joint appointments as tees researchers dr diego donzis is an assistant professor in the department his research interests include large-scale high-performance computing fluid dynamics turbulence and turbulent mixing he joined the aerospace department in fall 2009 he received his bachelors degree in aeronautical engineering from universidad tecnologica nacional argentina in 2001 his masters degree in aerospace engineering from georgia institute of technology in 2004 and phd in aerospace engineering from georgia institute of technology in 2007 in addition to this award he has received the francois frenkiel the nsf career award a previous tees select young faculty award two incite awards by doe and best graduates from argentina by the national academy of engineering of argentina dr sharath girimaji is a professor in the department he teaches general dynamics of aerospace engineering and maintains one of the top producing research programs in the department in addition to teaching and mentoring high level graduate students he provides extracurricular activities within the college of engineering including the high-altitude balloon club space propulsion and air-swimmers he is also involved in outreach to the high school programs such as project aether and camp soar girimaji received his bachelors in mechanical engineering from iit madras india and his masters and phd in mechanical and aerospace engineering from cornell university he has been a member of the aerospace faculty for 14 years
norman roy garza jr has been named assistant vice chancellor for government relations with texas a&m engineering dr m katherine banks vice chancellor and dean of engineering announced today (nov 10) garza comes to texas a&m engineering from texas farm bureau where he has served as associate legislative director since december 2008 while with texas farm bureau he was responsible for influencing public policy affecting agriculture production in texas and landowners who are members of the largest agricultural organization in the state as assistant vice chancellor garza will be responsible for growing a state legislative program and a federal congressional program for the texas a&m engineering agencies that coordinate with the overall texas a&m university system legislative agenda garza will represent texas a&m engineering agencies on the a&m system state and federal relations team with responsibility for the subject areas of workforce development transportation environment energy technology homeland security and emergency response garza earned a bachelors degree in political science from saint edwards university in austin and is currently pursuing a graduate degree in business administration
texas a&m engineering experiment station researcher dr b don russell has been named a fellow of the national academy of inventors (nai) russell is the harry e bovay jr chair professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering as well as a regents professor and distinguished professor at texas a&m university nai fellows are academic inventors and innovators who are named on us patents and were nominated by their peers for outstanding contributions to innovation russell holds 13 us patents and is a member of the national academy of engineering he is also a fellow of five other societies including the institute of electrical and electronics engineers the national society of professional engineers the national academy of forensic engineers and the british institution of engineering and technology russell and dr darwin j prockop stearman chair in genomic medicine and a professor in the department of internal medicine at the texas a&m health science center college of medicine are among 170 new fellows to be inducted during the nais 4th annual conference on march 20 at the california institute of technology in pasadena california i am pleased and excited that these outstanding faculty members have been recognized for their applied research which contributes to our mission as a land grant institution said dr glen a laine texas a&m vice president for research