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murphy who is the raytheon professor in the department of computer science and engineering at texas a&m university was also recently awarded a national science foundation national robotics initiative grant funded by the department of energy the grant will allow murphy to continue her current research on autonomous robot assistants for this three-year project murphy will be studying the use of autonomous robot assistants which will improve the efficiency of and help overcome the perceptual limitations of just one robot in various situations by providing an external and secondary viewpoint this project will enable co-robots to build more resilience to disasters and public safety incidents although the use of a secondary robot to assist is not a new concept research on assistant robots has been limited because users tend to rule out the use of aerial robots and instead consider only ground robots additionally users often choose suboptimal viewpoints which reasonably diminishes efficiency having the assistant robot act autonomously should reduce the work demands on the operator as long as the operator trusts the assistant and the actual motion of the assistant does not move so quickly so as to distract or disorient the operator trust that an autonomous robot will perform correctly without supervision has not been widely explored the project will create the fundamental principled understanding of perception and control needed to tackle the cognitive demands on co-robot operators which will increase productivity and reduce costly errors this research aims to contribute to practical methods for human supervisory control of multiple robots and quantification of risk murphy was previously awarded the department of energy science of safety grant this summer which was used to develop the prototype of the air-ground collaborative system that will be used for this current project murphys research in this area has the potential to change the landscape of co-robotics by increasing the effectiveness of future ground and aerial robots in turn this can impact our society and economy in a positive way by increasing the countrys resilience in disasters and daily routine emergencies there will be numerous life-saving co-robot applications such as bomb-squads swat teams and disaster robots
for the past three years the southwest research institute (swri) has partnered with the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) to invite select graduate students from across the texas a&m university system to participate in the graduate student research experience (gsre) gsre is a part of the national science foundations research coordination network climate energy environment and engagement in semi-arid regions (rcn ce3sar) multi-year grant awarded to texas a&m university-corpus christi a regional division of tees dr luis cifuentes vice president for research commercialization and outreach at texas a&m-corpus christi is the principal investigator for the grant that not only supports the gsre but also establishes deeper and more extensive research relationships to address the critical water and coastal issues in south texas while researching the nexus between water energy and food the gsre has promoted research collaboration among rcn ce3sar institutions and improved the work and resumes of our students said cifuentes dr [wesley] patricks leadership at swri and cindy walls involvement at tees made it possible to successfully implement the gsre although the rcn ce3sar project ends in june 2017 we are looking for other sources of funds to sustain it swri is a private non-profit organization with a particular interest in applied research and development dr wesley patrick vice president of swris geosciences and engineering division said they wanted to be the gsre location so graduate students would have a commercial research and development experience to complement the academic one they receive in the typical pursuit of their degrees in order to be eligible for a gsre assignment graduate students first participated in an externship at swri where they learned about the available research opportunities in several divisions of swri this year more than 40 students participated in the externship and 12 students applied to the gsre program the first two years of the gsre swri provided mentorship for two graduate students; but this year we selected five said patrick its worth the investment of time from our perspective the students were interested in the work being done at swri and made really strong connections with their swri mentors relationships that are maintained beyond the completion of gsre i see the students come in with bright ideas and i see firsthand how their new and creative thinking has a place in the world he said there are so many responsible companies and firms today that care not just about the bottom line but about the communities where they live and work the gsre students experience what it is like to put their academic endeavors into practice in order to have a real impact on industry and in communities we hope theyll complete the internships with a desire to work for companies that do well economically while servicing a fragile world in meaningful ways
the engineering genesis award for multidisciplinary research was presented to four texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) researchers and their research teams during the tees external advisory board meeting november 18 the award which is presented to tees researchers who have secured significant research grants of $1 million or more was given to dr nimir elbashir dr shehab ahmed dr raymundo arroyave and dr alvin yeh elbashir who holds a joint appointment as a professor in the chemical engineering program and the petroleum engineering program at texas a&m university at qatar and is the director of the gas and fuels research center was awarded a grant for $48 million from the qatar national research fund for his proposal design of novel catalysts and processes for co2 conversion from micro to macroscale his research team included co-pis dr konstantinos kakosimos dr dragomir bukur dr mahmoud el-halwagi and dr patrick linke all from chemical engineering their research seeks to develop new catalysts and novel technologies that scale the conversion of co2 into value-added chemicals and clean fuels which could significantly impact gas processing technology and co2 conversion worldwide ahmed an associate professor in the electrical and computer engineering program was awarded a grant from the rasgas company limited for his proposal an intelligent open hole wireline tool conveyance system his co-pi is dr hussein alnuweiri (electrical and computer engineering) their research is focused on developing an intelligent open hole wireline tool conveyance system to overcome challenges in deploying logging tools in deviated and horizontal wellbores the proposed intelligent wireline system can potentially save significant rig and crew time which contributes to a safer and more cost effective operation arroyave was awarded $15 million from the national science foundation for his proposal dmref: accelerating the development of high temperature shape memory alloys his co-pis are dr ibrahim karaman (department of material science and engineering) dr edward dougherty (department of electrical and computer engineering); dr dimitris lagoudas (department of aerospace engineering and deputy director of tees); dr amine benzerga (aerospace engineering) and dr theo baxevanis (department of mechanical engineering at the university of houston) this interdisciplinary research project combines ideas from materials science mechanics computer science machine learning and design to develop high-temperature solid-state actuators for the aerospace and automotive industries
yeh was awarded $11 million from the dhhs-nih-national institute of neurological disorders and stroke for his proposal imaging dynamics and interactions of developmental lineages in the early embryo his co-pi is dr lekven arne (department of biology) yehs research is focused on developing the tools and methodology needed to understand the earliest events in brain formation using zebra fish understanding how the midbrain-hindbrain boundary (mhb) forms with zebra fish will probably provide insight into the development of the human brain more specifically the tectum and the cerebellum top photo from left: m katherine banks vice chancellor and dean of engineering and director of tees; el-halwagi; dr hassan bazzi assistant dean for research and tees division head at texas a&m at qatar; and lagoudas bottom right: banks dougherty and lagoudas
the texas a&m engineering experiment stations (tees) nuclear security science and policy institute (nsspi) collaborated with the universidade federal do rio de janeiro (ufrj) to coordinate two events in brazil between nov 3 and 11 both events were sponsored by the us department of states partnership for nuclear security (pns) and provided opportunities for nsspi to interact with brazilian professionals and students respectively and to provide outreach and training to these groups on the issue of nuclear security dr craig marianno nsspi deputy director and texas a&m university assistant professor of nuclear engineering and claudio gariazzo nsspi research engineer traveled to brazil to represent nsspi at these events the first event was a two-day workforce development workshop on nuclear security led by nsspi and ufrj for employees at the eletronuclear angra nuclear power plant (angra npp) in angra dos reis brazil twenty-eight eletronuclear employees participated in the workshop ranging from administrators to security and safety personnel the workshop consisted of lectures and exercises on the integration of safety and security as well as insider threat analysis the second event was the second annual nuclear security week event on the ufrj campus for undergraduate and graduate-level nuclear engineering students nsspi organized the first nuclear security week at ufrj in october 2015 and the events success motivated ufrj faculty to repeat the event in 2016 to include topics not covered in the original nuclear security week this years event focused specifically on security culture cyber-security transportation security and security system design and involved course instructors from nsspi the university of brandenburg kings college london the university of sao paulo eletronuclear and the brazilian nuclear energy commission the subject matter experts presented lectures on brazilian security regulations transportation security cyber security consequence analysis nuclear forensics security culture and insider threat analysis and students had the opportunity to enhance their conceptual knowledge through two practical exercises gariazzo also lectured on the world institute for nuclear security and the institute of nuclear materials management (inmm) and ufrj students gave presentations on the universitys young generation of nuclear professionals group and the ufrj student inmm chapter and its activities at the end of nuclear security week all participants were given the opportunity to visit the angra npp
creating and maintaining a long-term environment friendly to innovation was the topic of conversation at the exploring innovation frontiers initiative (eifi) southern regional dialogue hosted by the texas a&m engineering experiment station texas a&m university college of engineering and the us council on competitiveness on nov 15 in houston the eifi southern regional dialogue focused on some of the regions already strong innovation-intensive industries like energy manufacturing transportation and healthcare dr greg powers vice president of technology at halliburton gave the keynote address he focused on the need for firms and organizations to be open to unexpected cross-disciplinary innovation opportunities outside of traditional silos as examples he pointed to a range of productivity-enhancing innovations underway at halliburton inspired by advances from other industries like healthcare and telecommunications a welcome address from m katherine banks vice chancellor and dean of texas a&m engineering and director of the texas a&m engineering experiment station focused on the importance of texas a&ms continued role in helping create an innovation-friendly environment in the state of texas to compete in the global ecosystem the nation relies upon innovation banks said this event brings together our peers across higher education industry and government agencies to explore how we can work together to advance us competitiveness in the global economy and enhance american prosperity panels featuring experts from academia industry and government discussed several topics throughout starting with an exploration of the frontier of energy and manufacturing technologies critical sectors for the united states future in innovation a second panel focused on autonomous vehicles and their impact on moving people as well as products the third centered on the potential for new technology to create unique healthcare solutions such as personalized medicine and the importance of engineered medicine to the future of the united states competitiveness the aim for eifi – a multi-year progressive dialogue series taking place in creative hotspots across the nation– is to craft a transformative strategy to spark a larger us innovation movement and to increase dramatically the number of institutions businesses and people engaged actively in americas innovation economy this dialogue in houston added a range of best practices fresh ideas and inspirational technology paths to this conversation – and will help frame a national innovation strategy for the incoming administration and congress said deborah l wince-smith president and ceo of the us council on competitiveness the daylong event was the third in a progressive series across the united states
dr mladen kezunovic and lisa k akin were named recipients of the texas a&m university systems regents professor award and regents fellow service award respectively kezunovic is the eugene e webb professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering and serves as the director of the texas a&m engineering experiment stations (tees) smart grid center akin is the director of risk and compliance for tees the board established the regents professor awards program in 1996 and the regents fellow service awards program in 1998 to recognize employees who have made exemplary contributions to their university or agency and to the people of texas cliff thomas chairman of the texas a&m university system board of regents said the newest regents professors and regents fellows are vital members of the texas a&m system family who bring with them unique skills and perspectives these folks are integral to steering the system toward continued excellence chairman thomas said with them at the helm the universities and agencies under the texas a&m system can only keep improving texas a&m system chancellor john sharp said the new regents professors and regents fellows have proven their commitment to the systems success the recently recognized professors and professionals represent the best of our great system and higher education in texas sharp said their work consistently elevates texas a&m system campuses and agencies the regents professor award honors individuals at the rank of professor or equivalent whose distinguished performance in teaching research and service have been exemplary the award is the highest honor bestowed by the a&m system on faculty members the performance of those selected is considered meritorious and worthy of recognition of their achievements that had an impact on not only their institution or agency but also the community the state of texas and/or at the national and international levels the regents fellow service award honors and recognizes extension research and service professionals within the agricultural and engineering agencies health science center and veterinary medical diagnostic laboratory these professionals must have demonstrated a significant commitment and contributions to their respective agency by providing exceptional leadership in educational or program delivery/scholarship research or service that have resulted in significant impact and lasting benefits to the state of texas and beyond
dr mian riaz director of the texas a&m engineering experiment stations process engineering r&d center and head of the extrusion technology program at texas a&m university has been awarded the 2016 bernard lown 42 alumni humanitarian award from the university of maine alumni association riaz earned his phd in food science from the university in 1992 and was the universitys first doctoral student in the program the award named in honor of nobel laureate dr bernard lown is given in recognition of university of maine graduates who have distinguished themselves in their service to humanity as one of the worlds leading authorities on extrusion technology and a leader in food protein and research riaz has spent his career to improve the publics understanding of nutrition and food customs in both the united states and around the world he shares his expertise with underdeveloped countries by providing access to extrusion technology which is used to create low cost foods such as cereals and snack food riaz has worked for the texas a&m university system for 24 years and has published five books 22 chapters and more than 100 papers on extrusion and other related topics he is a frequent speaker at international and national conferences and meetings and to date has delivered more than 300 presentations in 55 countries riaz holds an ms in food technology (1987) and a bs in food technology and agriculture (1985) from the university of agriculture in faisalabad pakistan photo: riaz (third from left) accepts his award during a ceremony hosted by the university of maine alumni association
many of our nations returning war veterans suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) a psychiatric disorder that can occur after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event the number of veterans who were diagnosed with ptsd varies by service era for every 100 veterans who took part in the war in afghanistan about 11 to 20 percent experience ptsd in a given year researchers from the department of industrial and systems engineering school of public health and college of medicine at texas a&m university are collaborating to develop an intelligent information system for veterans with ptsd that has the potential to save millions of lives were designing a system that utilizes sensor-enabled wearable technologies to monitor ptsd patients remotely and to monitor their condition outside of a clinical setting said dr farzan sasangohar an assistant professor in industrial and systems engineering people with ptsd can suffer from what are known as arousal symptoms which causes them to constantly be on the look-out for any signs of danger and can lead to outbursts of anger or irritability or flashbacks to a traumatic moment these symptoms can happen at any time and make ones daily routine extremely difficult or in some cases impossible to get through to help manage their condition some veterans engage in in-person therapy sessions with a specialized clinician however with the rising popularity of sensor-enabled wearable technologies and the emergence of mhealth applications patients now have the ability to continue their care outside of their regularly scheduled sessions by completing periodical assessments and being engaged in therapeutic activities although ptsd apps are used by many they are standalone devices that have significant usability issues and do not have the ability to report helpful feedback to the clinician
user engagement is a general limitation of current remote health technologies including current ptsd mhealth apps said sasangohar they do not provide a closed loop so no information is being sent to the clinician the new system the research group is developing will be able to passively collect continuous information on a patients well-being and send it to their clinician the information clinicians receive will help them make more holistic evaluations of their patients which then leads to more informed therapy sessions in addition to helping out clinicians using remote health technology is a more cost effective and efficient method for patients to get the help they need sasangohars new system will use wearable devices such as smartwatches and smartphones to identify episodes of non-normal activities (physical or biophysical) primarily using the patients heart rate during periods of hyper-arousal which is a state of increased psychological and physiological responses and will engage the patient in an interactive assessment to get an idea of their condition in that moment based on the patients answers the system will either route them to an emergency support system connect them to a clinician or engage them in an activity like relaxation or breathing techniques the system will have the ability to pick up a patients heart rate identify the patients physical state and use it to identify if a ptsd symptom is emerging the group has evidence that shows mental state change is correlated to heart rate variability the research group started work on this project in 2015 and is currently conducting validation testing on a prototype of the new system to ensure that when given to ptsd patients for field testing various noises from their surrounding environments will not adversely affect the physiological feedback once validation testing is completed and it has a final product the group would like to collaborate with the us department of veteran affairs in order to share the technology with veterans in july sasangohar received a seed grant from the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) the texas a&m university college of engineering and the texas a&m university division of research for his proposal effective management of ptsd: a systematic design and investigation of a novel ptsd information system for veterans this project is part of a portfolio of smart sensing projects in sasangohars cognitive ergonomics lab this new system will not only be able to help ptsd patients but also those with general depression or dementia the goal of all the projects is to provide affordable non-intrusive bio-sensing systems to improve patient safety in a wide range of healthcare environment solutions he said if i know the technology that i provide or contribute to will save even one life personally that satisfies me this kind of technology has the prospect of saving millions of lives it really paves the way for affordable solutions to improve the quality of care patient safety and help patients with mental disorders in general
the texas a&m university system is collaborating with the army research laboratory (arl) in establishing arl south the texas a&m system looks forward to this collaboration with one of the premier research labs in the nation in the service of our armed forces texas a&m university is proud to be the civilian institution that graduates the largest number of trained officers and texas a&m engineering is one of the largest engineering programs in the nation this collaboration will enable us to further our research contributions in a unique environment of co-creation said texas a&m system chancellor john sharp arl south will leverage regional expertise and facilities throughout the south central region to accelerate discovery innovation and transition of science and technology in support of the department of defenses third offset strategy and the army of 2050 "arls plan is to locate research staff at key locations in the us such as the south central region this extension of arl to the nations innovation hubs will allow us to establish new relationships with other researchers in academia and industry " said dr philip perconti acting arl director perconti said the global academic community industry small businesses and other government laboratories benefit from this kind of engagement through "collaboration with arls specialized research staff and unique technical facilities as well as its understanding of army technology needs" the initial focus areas of arl south will be primarily materials and manufacturing including additive manufacturing biosciences energy and power research in cyber sciences and intelligent systems will also be included the headquarters of arl south will be located on the university of texas campus in austin
a multidisciplinary team of researchers from the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) has partnered with higher education institutions from across the southern united states to form the transportation consortium of south-central states (tran- set) a research consortium funded by the department of transportation (dot) the researchers from tees will focus on projects associated with the use of multifunctional materials in new component construction remote sensing of signals potentially generated by these materials development of new environmentally friendly cement alternatives and the understanding and investigation of corrosion in aging infrastructure components dr ibrahim karaman chevron professor i and department head in the department of materials science and engineering at texas a&m university will lead the tees team the consortium has the potential to highlight next generation materials needed for safer and smarter transportation infrastructure said karaman we need new and improved materials to develop our infrastructure and im excited that our faculty will be joining other research from across several southern states dr darren hartl assistant professor in the department of aerospace engineering will work with karaman to design optimization and development of embedded smart material sensors i am excited to work with this local texas a&m team in addressing materials and mechanics challenges in an area that is new and exciting to all of us hartl said i also look forward to our interactions with the other trans-set members dr aydin karsilayan associate professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering will develop new methods for broadcasting sensor signals at low powers dr miladin radovic associate professor and associate department head in the materials science and engineering department will develop new polymer-based concrete substitutes for reduced greenhouse gas emissions dr homero castenada associate professor in the materials science and engineering department will be involved in addressing new methods for corrosion control and mitigation in existing transportation structures dr marwa hassan of louisiana state university will lead tran-set which will address novel materials and innovative construction methodologies as applied throughout the transportation infrastructure it will also include economic limitations by considering research topics with strong potential for transition to implementation the dot will support the consortium with $25 million for the first year and determine future funding based on research success in addition to tees other members of the consortium include arkansas state university baton rouge community college navajo technical university new mexico state university oklahoma state university prairie view a&m university texas a&m university the university of new mexico the university of texas at arlington and the university of texas at san antonio
the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure summit had a successful inaugural event last week on the texas a&m university campus the summit brought together experts from government private industry and academia to debate and share ideas about protecting the united states from growing cybersecurity threats around the world overall the three-day event had a theme of optimism keynote speaker dr john launchbury director of the information innovation office at the us defense advanced research projects agency said he believes its a battle that can be won despite what people may read in the news other keynote speakers included: ray rothrock chairman and ceo of redseal and former general partner at venrock the venture capital arm of the rockefeller family dan ennis former director of the threat operations center at the national security agency (nsa) rhonda maclean ceo maclean risk partners and former chief information security officer (ciso) for the boeing corporation bank of america and barclays plc global retail and commercial bank in london for more about the issues discussed the bryan-college station eagle was on hand for the event and covered both the keynote from launchbury and the keynotes and panel discussions launchbury says issues serious but solvable cyber experts debate security priorities at texas a&m summit the event was sponsored by the lynde and harry bradley foundation and hosted by the texas a&m college of engineering and the bush school of government and public service the event organizers were the texas a&m institute for advanced study and the texas a&m cybersecurity center a join partnership between texas a&m and the texas a&m engineering experiment station the second cybersecurity of critical infrastructure summit is currently scheduled for april 2018
dr robert skelton tees distinguished professor in the department of aerospace engineering at texas a&m university has been selected to receive the american institute of aeronautics and astronautics (aiaa) mechanics and control of flight award for 2017 the award presented for an outstanding recent technical or scientific contribution in the mechanics guidance or control of flight in space or the atmosphere honors skeltons lasting contributions at the interfaces of mechanics and control of flight and leading the world in analysis design modeling and control of tensegrity structures he will receive a medal and certificate of citation during a recognition luncheon at the aiaa science and technology forum and exposition (scitech 2017) on jan 10 skelton pioneered the mathematical description of tensegrity structures derived by combining tension and integrity the term tensegrity describes materials composed of strings and rods his papers have explained the tensegrity nature of the cytoskeleton of red blood cells and of the molecular structure of natures strongest tensile material the spider fiber tensegrity materials can change shape by altering their string tension this ability to adapt allows tensegrity to produce materials systems that can modify their acoustic electromagnetic or mechanical properties in addition tensegrity structures may include built-in actuators sensors and power-storage devices this versatility makes tensegrity an attractive alternative to conventional design skelton joined the department in 2015 he became a member of the national academy of engineering in 2012 he is a fellow of the institute of electrical and electronics engineers a fellow of the american institute of aeronautics and astronautics and a life member of the alexander von humboldt foundation a non-profit foundation in germany established to promote cooperation in international research
m katherine banks vice chancellor and dean of engineering has appointed dr richard miles (left) dr thomas overbye (center) and dr zhijian zj pei (right) texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) distinguished research professors peis appointment was effective aug 27 2016 overbyes was effective jan 1 and miless was effective feb 15 miles is a joint professor in the departments of aerospace engineering and mechanical engineering which he joined on feb 15 as part of the guri grant initiative he is a member of the national academy of engineering miles will establish and lead the center of excellence in interdisciplinary optical and laser detection systems for national security and safety at texas a&m one application of his innovative research is the development of state-of-the-art instrumentation for remote detection that will identify hazardous gases and dangerous contaminants such as anthrax or the ebola virus hidden explosives such as ieds and/or greenhouse gases and pollutants overbye is a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering which he joined jan 1 as part of the guri grant initiative he is a member of the national academy of engineering his research interests are in the domains of smart grid cybersecurity renewable electric energy systems power system visualization power system analysis by computer methods power system stability and power systems operation and control pei is a professor in the department of industrial and systems engineering which he joined in august 2016 he brings years of experience from working in industry academia and government environments and was named a society of manufacturing engineers fellow and american society of mechanical engineers fellow he received a national science foundation (nsf) directors award for excellence program director and an nsf career award his interests include cybermanufacturing systems additive manufacturing and subtractive manufacturing processes
the polymer nanocomposites laboratory at texas a&m university directed by dr jaime grunlan is working with scientists at the sandia national laboratory to reduce or eliminate arc faults and corrosion in solar cells corrosion in photovoltaic cells which convert light into electricity can damage connections and reduce or destroy the ability to generate electricity sandia labs recently issued a press release detailing multiple approaches to corrosion research which has been picked up by several news outlets the specific goal of grunlans research with sandia is to prevent arc faults which are discharges of electricity that can occur when electrical connections are corroded initial testing suggests the thin clay-based nanocomposite coatings developed at texas a&m could also be used as anti-corrosive layers within the cells to improve durability/lifetime the coatings developed within grunlans research group are being evaluated as barriers to moisture and corrosive gases testing is being done at sandia as part of the larger durable module materials national lab consortium (duramat) which is seeking to benefit the photovoltaic industry its exciting to see how our long-term research in gas barrier and flame retardant coatings is being used to improve the efficiency and longevity of solar cells we are solving complicated problems using low-cost and environmentally benign materials which is an added bonus grunlan said in the release erik spoerke of sandias electronic optical and nano materials department compared the development of these nanocomposite films some of which can be 100 times thinner than a human hair to building a house "its about assembling those structures in the right way so that you can use inexpensive materials and still get the benefits you want " spoerke said "if you build a house its not just piling together the drywall and two-by-fours and shingles youve got to use the two-by-fours to make the frame set the drywall on the two-by-fours and assemble the shingles on the roof" the overall goal of the research is to bring down the long-term cost of solar panels and solar technology being able to slow down corrosion in solar panels using inexpensive materials like clay so that they last longer and stay efficient could help facilitate faster adoptions of solar technology grunlans project with sandia is an industry-sponsored project through the texas a&m engineering experiment station grunlan is the linda & ralph schmidt 68 professor in the texas a&m department of mechanical engineering
dr jim e morel director of the center for large-scale scientific simulations (class) and professor of nuclear engineering at texas a&m university has been recognized as a recipient of the gerald c pomraning memorial award the award recognizes key contributions within the field of computational methods and its applications to the field of nuclear engineering the award is presented by the mathematics and computation division of the american nuclear society (ans) morel was designated as a recipient for his contributions to the development of discretization and multi-level solution techniques for neutral and charged particle transport on unstructured and structured meshes with adaptive refinement monte carlo methods and hybrid deterministic methods as well as discretization and solution techniques for the radiation-hydrodynamics equations in april morel will provide a presentation on some of his research at a banquet hosted by the international conference on mathematics and computational methods applied to nuclear science and engineering in korea morels contributions to both the department of nuclear engineering and the field of nuclear engineering are well documented morel has served as the director of class for 10 years facilitating and promoting multidisciplinary multiphysics computational research collaborations among texas a&m faculty across a broad range of departments as well as collaborative work among other universities and national laboratories morel has been a professor at texas a&m since 2005 where he has taught both undergraduate and graduate engineering courses and continued to pursue research in the areas of computational transport methods computational radiation-hydrodynamics methods and computational multiphysics methods prior to his service at texas a&m morel served as a staff member group leader and in a variety of other positions within los alamos national laboratory (lanl) providing direction for research projects project leadership and other duties morels established career has also included service at sandia national laboratories among other positions morel has previously been recognized as a fellow of ans and received the department of energy weapons program award of excellence and the lanl distinguished performance award
the focus of the fifth annual smart grid workshop on the texas a&m university campus was using smart grids big data the workshop was organized by the texas a&m engineering experiment stations (tees) smart grid center after receiving a $1 million grant from the national science foundations (nsf) big data spokes program to extend collaboration and innovation using big data for the smart power grid area
the significance of smart grids big data is in the diversity of its sources growth rate correlations and spatiotemporal (belonging to space and time) characteristics big data is measured all over and monitored at a fine temporal scale in smart electric grids but largely unexploited for its transformational impact in discovering new knowledge and solutions resulting in major improvements in smart grid operation (eg power generation and distribution renewable energy interfacing transmission grid resiliency) and smart grid user necessities (microgrids smart cities transportation etc) the use of big data in implementing the automation of data analytics and data management and the implementation and benefits of utilizing big data in advanced power grids were discussed at the workshop as invited keynote speaker todd horsman senior director of strategy and product development at cps energy discussed data and the evolving utility business model
during lunch the featured speaker was kevin nowka director of ibm research in austin who discussed big data landscape: challenges and opportunities panel sessions included the topics big data availability and management international experiences: synchrophasors bd data analytics and tools and future efforts posters reflecting on graduate student research areas and outcomes were also presented and participants attended focus group sessions on topics related to big data this event was a great start toward forming a global partnership for big data research education and training relevant to the smart grids which the nsf grant was awarded for said dr mladen kezunovic principal investigator of the nsf grant and director of the smart grid center we are quite happy to serve as coordinators together with pis from temple university and the georgia institute of technology and expand the network of over 100 organizations and 200 individuals that have shown their interest so far overall 130 people attended the workshop including participants from texas a&m government and non-profit organizations and industry for more information about the workshop visit the smart grid centers website the next workshop on the topic will take place in april 2018
this research is drawing the attention of others as well shape memory medical a company founded by maitland with industry veteran ted ruppel as ceo was selected as one of the top 40 best university startups of 2017 and was featured at the national council of entrepreneurial tech transfers university startups conference and demo day in april it was a great honor to be recognized as a top university startup maitland said i am a strong believer of making an impact with research in addition to the students that we train and papers that we publish i am such a fan of commercial technology translation that i was the founding director of the commercialization and entrepreneurship office in (the texas a&m engineering experiment station) tees he said i am thrilled with the opportunity to connect with other university startups the national council of entrepreneurial tech transfer and the whole community that believes in and supports academic entrepreneurism i also personally wish to thank dean and vice chancellor (m katherine) banks president (michael) young and chancellor (john) sharp for all of their support for the entrepreneurial ecosystem that the texas a&m system is building maitlands other funding resources include the lawrence livermore national laboratory tees texas a&m and the state of texas emerging technology fund
before the industrial revolution custom products were handmade by highly skilled individuals basic products that most people have in their homes today were very expensive and considered luxuries because of the time and skill that it took to make just one what the industrial revolution brought about was the ability to mass-produce identical items the result millions of units of a single product could be manufactured in short amount of time increasing availability and reducing the cost for consumers
efstratios (stratos) pistikopoulos tees distinguished research professor in the artie mcferrin department of chemical engineering at texas a&m university was recently appointed deputy director of the texas a&m energy institute in this role he will administer the institutes initiatives with manufacturing as well as its academic programs and will participate in the overall management of the institute pistikopoulos will continue to serve as interim co-director until a director is appointed pistikopoulos received his doctorate in chemical engineering from carnegie mellon university before joining texas a&m in 2015 he was a professor of chemical engineering at imperial college london and director of its centre for process systems engineering he is a fellow of the royal academy of engineering and the institution of chemical engineers and serves as editor-in-chief of the journal computers & chemical engineering pistikopoulos has authored or co-authored more than 350 major research publications in the areas of modeling control and optimization of process and energy and systems engineering applications along with 10 books he is responsible for two patents in 2012 he received the computing in chemical engineering award of the computing and systems technology division of the american institute of chemical engineers pistikopoulos received the title of doctor honoris causa from the university of politehnica of bucharest in 2014 and from the university of pannonia in 2015
m katherine banks vice chancellor and dean of engineering at texas a&m university has appointed dr mark lawley head of the department of industrial and systems engineering the appointment of lawley who has been serving as interim head of the department is effective june 1 lawley is a texas a&m engineering experiment station research professor and joined the industrial and systems engineering department in 2014 after serving for 17 years on the faculty at purdue university and two years as a faculty member at the university of alabama he has also held engineering positions with emerson electric company and westinghouse corporation and has done extensive consulting lawley assumed the position of interim head of the industrial and systems engineering department in july 2016 and holds appointments in the departments of biomedical engineering and epidemiology and biostatistics and serves as deputy director of the center for remote health technologies and systems as a researcher in academics lawley has published more than 130 technical papers which have garnered four best paper awards and has supervised more than 30 graduate students in the completion of their dissertations and theses for his work in graduate education lawley received the 2006 james h greene graduate educator award from the school of industrial engineering at purdue university he earned his bachelors degree in industrial engineering from tennessee technological university in 1982 his masters degree manufacturing systems engineering from auburn university in 1988 and his doctoral degree in mechanical engineering from the university of illinois at urbana champaign in 1995 he is a registered professional engineer in the state of texas
giving birth can be a stressful time for all involved it is of the utmost importance that the oxygen levels for the baby are accurately monitored which is currently done by using a fetal heart rate monitor introduced in the 1970s the monitor is an elastic band that has sensors on it and is used during the late stages of labor despite it being the only current method of fetal monitoring the heart rate monitor does not provide a direct measurement of fetal brain oxygenation and cannot accurately predict when a babys oxygen levels are low as a result the number of new cerebral palsy cases in the united states has not diminished since the introduction of the fetal heart rate monitor
dr jonathan burns an associate research scientist with the nuclear security science and policy institute (nsspi) was recently awarded a research and development award of nearly $400 000 from the us department of energy as part of their nuclear energy university program (neup) burns project which focuses on group actinide separation by crystallization was one of two proposals selected in the area of separations and the only one dealing with recovering the actinides from used nuclear fuel the neup was developed to support university-led research in advanced nuclear science and technology as well as funding equipment upgrades at us colleges and universities and providing student educational support according to burns the technique he proposes is a paradigm shift away from the traditional approach of solvent extraction and the neup award is evidence of the concept gaining visibility "with the support of this neup award " said burns "i anticipate significant progress in not only the technical development of the separation but also in general interest and an adoption of the separation technique with the scientific community at large" burns will be collaborating with researchers at oak ridge national laboratory on this project
since 1981 the turbomachinery research consortium (trc) at texas a&m university has connected students with major industry leaders through cutting-edge research initiatives the trc is a group of more than 40 companies that contribute annual grants of $25 000 to fund projects that are investigated by 15 to 20 texas a&m graduate students and faculty in the turbomachinery laboratory (turbo lab) each year the turbo lab a center of the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) hosts a meeting for the trc where faculty members and students present research proposals for trc member representatives who provide feedback on the projects then select which proposals receive funding ­­ thats the great part about itthe feedback turbo lab graduate student clay norrbin said ive presented at trc for the last three years and each time after my presentation people from industry approach me and ask if i have tried a certain approach to my project or tell me they have experienced similar issues in the real world it really helps to give us guidance whether to narrow or expand the scope of the project