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the space engineering research center (serc) the department of aerospace engineering at texas a&m university and the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) hosted the texas commercial space workshop at rudder tower and memorial student center oct 2 to discuss the development of commercial space operations in texas and their impact on the states economic prosperity amid space company representatives investors aerospace experts faculty and students from around the nation "the purpose of this workshop was to engage participants representing a broad cross-section of constituencies across texas to determine the needs and visions of commercial space companies " said charles hill serc director "until this point in history the operations of spacecraft and humans in space have primarily been the purview of government organizations instead a wide array of new space initiatives sponsored by private companies are emerging and along with them bringing a large boost to the texas economy" the workshops panel discussions consisted of representatives from xcor aerospace space exploration technologies (spacex) blue origin deep space industries silicon valley space center nanoracks and space services inc discussion focused on the acceleration of commercial space activities inside texas ways to facilitate the growing industry and a statewide effort to establish commercial space as part of texas economic sphere "the legislatures last two sessions actively opened the door to commercial space in texas " said andrew nelson coo of xcor aerospace "it is this sort of leader that will continue to attract companies like xcor" keynote speakers included rep john davis from district 129 of the texas house of representatives and dr s alan stern a planetary scientist space program executive and president and ceo of the golden spike company a commercial space corporation planning human lunar expeditions rep davis said "we should be constantly working to entice new commercial space companies to come to texas and to incentivize those already here to grow their existing businesses recognizing that this is the direction the industry is headed the legislature has taken some preliminary steps to help ensure that texas remains a leader in the commercial space industry" hill concluded "ongoing changes to government space programs coupled with the emergence of entrepreneur-driven commercial space programs indicates that there will be a significantly different space industry a decade from now this is only the first of many events we will be facilitating for texas to help those who are passionate about the commercial space industry and to also position texas as home to commercial space and at the forefront of the industry" about the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) as an engineering research agency of texas tees conducts research to provide practical answers to critical state and national needs tees partners with academic institutions governmental agencies industries and communities to solve problems to help improve the quality of life promote economic development and enhance the educational systems of texas
the aerospace vehicle systems institute (avsi) has executed a memorandum of understanding with the aerospace valley association in toulouse france that will greatly enhance its presence within the european aerospace community avsi is a texas a&m engineering experimentation station (tees) center organized under the aerospace engineering division and an important partner of the department of aerospace engineering at texas a&m university avsi addresses issues that impact the aerospace community through international cooperative research and pre-competitive collaboration among industry government and academia first established in 1998 by a team of original industrial members that included only us-based companies the center expanded to include the us department of defense and the federal aviation administration in 2003 international collaboration began with the participation of researchers from european business units of existing avsi members and later grew to include the first international partner airbus which joined in 2008 brazilian airframer embraer followed in 2011 rolls royce in 2012 and most recently saab in 2013 this fall avsi has moved to further grow its partnership with european companies at its annual executive board meeting in toulouse france director dr dave redman formalized the relationship between the center and aerospace valley a "world competitiveness cluster" located in toulouse the objective of the cluster is to foster relationships and promote collaborative research among its 625 member companies according to avsi assistant director dr darren hartl "by teaming with aerospace valley avsi greatly increases its visibility and access to new research among the many aerospace companies located in southern france" in a separate development at the same meeting the role of avsi executive board chair was passed by unanimous vote to pascal joly director of engineering at airbus north america this is the first leadership appointment of a representative from an internationally based company moving forward avsi is exploring the possibility of establishing a new position "assistant director-europe " to more directly support european participation given our global and interconnected economy avsi will continue to promote new aerospace research partnerships to address issues shared by aerospace industry stakeholders worldwide
the energy systems laboratory (esl) and the texas chapters of the us green building council (usgbc) announced the annual clean air through energy efficiency (catee) awards at a ceremony held recently in san antonio esl is a center within the texas a&m engineering experiment station the awards were presented to individuals and organizations whose actions or programs were exemplary in contributing to clean air and a more sustainable environment through energy efficiency and renewable energy actions or programs the categories and honorees selected for recognition this year were: outstanding individual gary g olp principal ggo architects outstanding government official the hon james "jim" keffer texas state representative district 60 outstanding government organization - educational institution alamo community college district outstanding government organization - state agency texas workforce commission outstanding government organization - local government city of san antonio outstanding commercial enterprise dell inc "legacy of good" plan renewable energy leadership award william "bill" sinkin the awards ceremony was held during the clean air through energy efficiency (catee) conference on dec 18 at the hyatt regency san antonio riverwalk the awards were presented by dr david claridge director of the energy systems laboratory and pam losefsky executive director of the central texas-balcones chapter of the usgbc gary olp was presented his award to start the program the award to representative keffer was accepted on his behalf by bernice espinosa committee clerk for the energy resources committee which keffer chairs in the texas house of representatives the award to alamo colleges was accepted by john strybos associate vice chancellor of facilities the award to texas workforce commission was accepted by jeanette bradfield director of infrastructure planning & budget the award to the city of san antonio was accepted by philip gates energy manager in the office of sustainability the award to dell was accepted by john pflueger principal environmental strategist for dell the award to bill sinkin age 100 was accepted by mr sinkin accompanied by his son lanny sinkin executive director of solar san antonio to a standing ovation the elder sinkin thanked the crowd for the work they were doing for the environment and said "your work is not done"
faculty and students from gadjah mada university in yogyakarta indonesia spent a week at the tees nuclear security science and policy institute (nsspi) in november to discuss nuclear security education and experience the nsspi curriculum firsthand their stop at nsspi was part of a longer trip to prominent university programs in nuclear security throughout the us meant to expose the students and educators to the state-of-the-art in the field gmu is the only university in indonesia offering a nuclear-engineering curriculum the universitys nuclear engineering study program was established in 1977 in order to fulfill the demand for nuclear engineers who could develop nuclear technology in indonesia especially in the form of nuclear power the program boasts approximately 230 current students and 1 100 alumni working in the nuclear industry nuclear research institutes the nuclear regulatory body and more while at nsspi the indonesian delegation attended presentations on current nsspi courses and distance education modules they also visited nsspis teaching laboratories where they completed an exercise in the radiation detection lab they met with the local student chapter of the institute of nuclear materials management (inmm) and discussed the steps required to form a similar student chapter at gmu the participants were also able to speak with students and faculty members in a casual setting at the inmm barbecue at lake bryan
the smart grid center of the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) held the inaugural meeting of its advisory board dec 19 at the memorial student center at texas a&m university in 2012 tees established the smart grid center to promote creation of interdisciplinary research teams for modernization of the electrical grid the center director is dr mladen kezunovic the eugene e webb professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at texas a&m the smart grid center advisory board includes national leaders working in the smart grid area of industry education and standardization including dr george arnold national institute of standards and technology (nist); dr miroslav begovic georgia tech and president-elect of the ieee power and engineering society; jorge a bermudez president and ceo of the byebrook group and texas a&m former student; john d mcdonald ge energy management digital energy; michael g oquinn vice president for government relations at texas a&m; dr j martin scholtz executive associate vice president for research and professor of molecular and cellular medicine biochemistry and biophysics at texas a&m; dr le tang vice president and head of the us corporate research center abb inc; and pat wood iii principal of wood3 resources the board reviewed the achievements of the first year since the smart grid center was established and discussed strategic future plans more about the smart grid center can be found at http://smartgridcentertamuedu/sgc/web/
the texas a&m university system board of regents on thursday approved a ground lease for construction of an engineering laboratory building in texas a&ms research park the lease consists of 37 acres for construction of an engineering research laboratory that will be privately developed and leased back to the a&m system on behalf of the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) for use by the engineering nano laboratories at texas a&m completion of the building is expected to be december 2014 the laboratories are currently located in the zachry engineering center which is expected to be vacated by december 2014 to allow for construction of the engineering education complex as part of the dwight look college of engineerings 25 by 25 initiative the 25 by 25 initiative is a transformational program to increase access for qualified students to pursue engineering education at texas a&m university to an enrollment of 25 000 engineering students by 2025
in 2011 texas experienced around 31 453 fires that burned more than 4 million acres during that time 2 947 homes were lost and more than 2 700 other structures were lost or damaged the texas a&m engineering extension service (teex) product development center coordinated the testing of a product called tetrako in partnership with the texas a&m forest service and texas a&m engineering experiment stations (tees) texas center for applied technology (tcat) tcat a center housed within tees was responsible for setting up the test and measurement for the wildfire test and reducing and evaluating/analyzing the data additionally tcat developed the test protocol for the testing and validated it with the product development center and the client tetrako is the only epa-approved designed for the environment fire suppressant the test will evaluate this new high-impact water efficient fire chemical for use in the state of texas teex conducted the first phase of testing in college station in 2013 determining tetrakos compatibility with fire apparatus on the ground and during aerial application this second phase of testing will evaluate the products ability to retard a fires progress during a wildfire scenario "this is an exciting opportunity for three texas a&m university system members to work together to find new solutions for wildfires in texas us and the world "said caleb holt teex product development center manager
the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) smart grid center is organizing the second smart grid workshop on april 8 2014 the overall goals of this workshop are to strengthen partnerships between faculty industry end-users and government agencies; to expand on-going projects; and to develop white papers leading to collaborative research proposals specific objectives and expected outcomes: • discuss smart grid-related potential advances in the following areas: 1) energy management for buildings and other facilities; 2) big data visualization data analytics and optimization; 3) synchrophasors gps and signal processing; 4) communications cyber-physical security and embedded systems; 5) transmission distribution and renewables interfacing electricity markets; 6) flexible load energy storage on-site generation and demand-side management • identify means of partnerships within specific research areas above focusing on formulation of research problems demonstration projects technology evaluation student internships and joint proposal for selected solicitations detailed information on the program and the open registration site can be found athttp://smartgridcentertamuedu/sgc/
the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) and texas a&m university at qatar (tamuq) held an international research meeting on the campus of texas a&m university to discuss and plan research collaborations between the faculty at the qatar campus and those within the dwight look college of engineering attendees also discussed developing plans for the establishment of extensions of research centers at tamuq one of which the mary k oconnor process safety center has already been established at the middle east campus the process safety center gives tees and texas a&m a footprint in the middle east that no other agency or university has "the a&m system is uniquely positioned to facilitate international opportunities through its branch campus in qatar and because the degree program is engineering expanding and enhancing research partnership opportunities with tees is a natural fit " said dr m katherine banks tees director and vice chancellor of engineering for the texas a&m university system "the collaboration between tees researchers with their counterparts in qatar provides both an opportunity for important joint research projects as well as global experiences for our students at texas a&m" building on that successful endeavor tees is currently looking to establish an extension of the smart grid center at tamuq as a branch to the center currently established in college station and housed within tees "i am encouraged by the discussions and the potentials brought forward for faculty and students to engage in collaborative activities at levels never before experienced " said mark h weichold dean and ceo of tamuq "this reflects the core reasons for the establishment of the branch campus in doha in the first place" texas a&m qatar was established in 2003 and has offered undergraduate degrees in chemical electrical mechanical and petroleum engineering and graduate courses in chemical engineering since the fall of 2011 more than 400 engineers have graduated from tamuq since 2007
dr duncan j maitland has been appointed assistant agency director for commercialization for the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) dr m katherine banks vice chancellor and dean of texas a&m engineering announced recently "dr maitland has a broad background as a successful faculty member and experience in developing and commercializing biomedical devices " said banks "his service in this capacity for tees will enhance our commercialization efforts by helping our researchers identify promising technologies and pursue their commercialization which ultimately contributes to economic development for the state of texas" maitland currently serves as an associate professor in the department of biomedical engineering and is also the director of graduate programs for the department his research focuses on novel treatments of cardiovascular disease with a focus on strokes maitlands research projects include endovascular interventional devices microactuators optical therapeutic devices and basic device-body interactions/physics including computational and experimental techniques maitland also is the group leader of the biomedical device laboratory that develops a number of interventional devices including those based on shape memory polymer (smp) smps have attracted increased attention from the scientific community for numerous applications ranging from aerospace applications to the biomedical industry
texas a&m technology commercialization recently presented patent awards to individuals and teams who are currently employed by the a&m system and whose inventions were granted patent protection from the united states patent & trademark office in 2013 our researchers are working diligently behind the scenes developing innovations that will help us in our everyday lives said texas a&m university system chancellor john sharp "by commercializing these advancements we are able to take their research to the marketplace where it can help the most people" dr yue kuo the dow chemical professor in the artie mcferrin department of chemical engineering was a recipient of the 2104 innovation award while 13 individuals from tees were named patent award winners texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) researchers honored were: dr b don russell electrical and computer engineering dr karthick muthu-manivannan electrical and computer engineering dr peng xu electrical and computer engineering dr gwan s choi electrical and computer engineering dr john c criscione biomedical engineering dr charles h culp energy systems laboratory dr david e claridge energy systems laboratory dr mark t holtzapple chemical engineering dr jun kameoka electrical and computer engineering dr hung-jue sue mechanical engineering carl l benner electrical and computer engineering sebastian taco-vasquez chemical engineering dazhi sun energy systems laboratory about the a&m system the a&m system is one of the largest systems of higher education in the nation with a budget of $38 billion through a statewide network of 11 universities seven state agencies and a comprehensive health science center the a&m system educates more than 131 000 students and makes more than 22 million additional educational contacts through service and outreach programs each year externally funded research expenditures exceed $820 million and help drive the states economy
the texas a&m university system offers engineering services that can help companies bring their technologies to market and the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) is starting a new program to provide low-cost technical assistance for small businesses in texas to address their technical challenges unlike other institutions that focus on developing their own technologies tees mission is to assist companies with technology development and commercialization as part of this technical assistance program (tap) tees and other organizations within the a&m system are offering workshops across texas for companies to learn how to use available engineering services to expand their business during the half-day workshop companies learn about the vast resources and expertise available within but not limited to the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) the texas a&m engineering extension service (teex) the texas a&m transportation institute (tti) local small business development centers (sbdcs) and the regional centers of innovation and commercialization (rcics) along with other available resources each workshop is tailored to the surrounding area and the local available resources february 28th began the kickoff of the series of workshops and the first workshop was held in college station at texas a&m university at the end of the day companies were provided the opportunity to visit personally with subject matter experts on topics such as technical assistance intellectual property and contract agreements and small business assistance each of the companies represented made a connection with one or more of the provided resources upcoming tap workshops are scheduled for may 13th in weslaco may 14th in corpus christi and may 15th in san antonio additional workshops and locations will be available late 2014 individuals and companies interested in participating please contact dale cope at (979) 458-7477 dalecope@teestamusedu or ande brenckman at (979) 458-7552 andreabrenckman@teestamusedu
the tees smart grid center will bring together experts in smart grid issues for a workshop april 8 at the texas a&m university memorial student center registration will open at 7:30 am tuesday in msc room 2400 the workshop will begin at 8 am with an introduction by mladen kezunovic smart grid center director and a welcome by glen a laine texas a&ms vice president for research the workshop aims to strengthen partnerships between faculty industry end-users and government agencies; expand on-going projects; and develop white papers leading to collaborative research proposals kezunovic said workshop presentations will include: "smart grids for improved grid performance and reliability" walter r bartel director of grid performance & reliability center point energy "the advanced smart grid: edge power driving sustainability" andres carvallo ceo compass management group "doe r&d initiatives" gilbert bindewald project manager office of electricity delivery and reliability doe energy management for buildings and other facilities four focus group sessions will be held topics are big data visualization data analytics optimization synchrophasors gps signal processing wampac communications cyber-physical security sensors embedded systems transmission distribution & renewables interfacing electricity markets: flexible load energy storage on-site generation demand-side management two panel discussions also will be held topics are: "research needs: industry/government/university collaboration" chair: george arnold nist; co-chair: mladen kezunovic director smart grid center tees; panelists: shay bahramirad comed; liang min lawrence livermore national laboratory; pr kumar texas a&m university "large-scale smart grid test beds: research education training " chair: john mcdonald ge digital energy; co-chair: chanan singh texas a&m university; panelists: haitham abu-rub texas a&m university-qatar; mark bruckner oak ridge national laboratory; slavko vasilic dnv gl energy; paul wattles energy reliability council of texas
the inaugural engineering genesis award for multidisciplinary research was presented to three texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) researchers and their research teams during the tees inaugural advisory board meeting held may 29 the award which is presented to tees researchers who have secured significant research grants of $1 million or more was given to dr richard j malak dr arum han and dr m sam mannan malak a tees assistant research engineer and an assistant professor in the department of mechanical engineering was awarded a national science foundation (nsf) grant through the emerging frontiers of research and innovation (efri) program malak and his team are working to discover new techniques for synthesizing complex 3d structures from programmable self-folding 2d elements malaks research team includes co-principal investigators dr dimitris lagoudas (aerospace engineering) dr nancy amato (computer science and engineering) dr ergun akleman (department of visualization) dr daniel mcadams (mechanical engineering) and senior personnel dr darren hartl (aerospace engineering) han also was awarded a nsf efri award for his teams proposal "microlage lab-on-chip photobioreactor platform for genetic screening and metabolic analysis leading to scalable biofuel production hans collaborators include dr tim devarenne (department of biochemistry and biophysics at texas a&m) dr david stern (boyce thompson institute for plant research) dr jefferson tester (cornell university) and dr tzachi samocha (texas a&m-corpus christi) mannan the director of the mary k oconnor process safety center and regents professor in the artie mcferrin department of chemical engineering is the principal investigator on a five-year agreement with the bureau of safety and environmental enforcement (bsee) to lead a team of texas institutions to manage the ocean energy safety institute the group will provide 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 tees is partnering with texas a&m university the university of texas at austin and the university of houston to manage the institute
experts from the national weather service texas task force 1 the texas a&m forest service the national guard american red cross the texas commission on environmental quality emergency management and the insurance industry will spend june 3-4 2014 with texas a&m researchers and partner industries to create a roadmap for using information technology to prevent prepare respond and recover from all types of flooding "flooding is costing the us over 80 lives and $8 billion in damages each year and those numbers dont include storm surge from hurricanes " said dr robin murphy director of the center for robot-assisted search and rescue "texas is especially vulnerable and the texas a&m system has the right mix of engineering social science and geospatial researchers along with industry partners to make a difference" the resulting roadmap will identify existing technologies that can be used immediately by agencies and citizens and prioritize additional research and development needs the texas a&m engineering experiment stations center for emergency informatics (cei) is hosting the summer institute at disaster city® the summer institute combines invited talks with hands-on demonstrations and a mini-exercise faculty and industry participants will show off innovations in wireless technologies multi-touch devices unmanned marine vehicles and computer simulations along with unmanned aerial vehicles and 3d reconstruction software used at the washington state sr350 mudslide about the center for emergency informatics (cei): cei serves to connect members of the texas a&m family such as the texas a&m engineering extension service (teex); tees center for robot-assisted search and rescue; hazards reduction and recovery center; institute for science technology and public policy; internet2 technology evaluation center; and the teex product development center it includes emergency informatics edge® innovation center which is the nucleus for the 300-plus member industry consortium led by general dynamics the cei holds summer and winter institutes to facilitate research and development and accelerate technology adoption this will be the sixth summer institute previous institutes have been on chemical and radiological hazards terrorism and urban search and rescue
dr m katherine banks vice chancellor and dean of engineering and director of the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) recognized staff award winners during the 2014 faculty and staff awards banquet banks presented seven staff excellence awards a new employee award a key contributor award and the inaugural engineering team award "it is important to recognize the contributions of our staff " said banks "these award recipients exemplify the core values that make our university and our state agencies so special -excellence integrity leadership loyalty respect and selfless service" receiving the staff excellence awards were: lori cardenas (engineering academic & student affairs); phaedra hopcus (harold vance department of petroleum engineering); joseph martinez (energy systems lab); sybil popham (department of computer science and engineering); theresa roberts (department of computer science and engineering); bruce veals (department of computer science and engineering); and dori wilson (department of mechanical engineering) ramona aly and bharani nagarathnam both with the department of engineering technology and industrial distribution received the new employee award and the key contributor award respectively the engineering team award was presented to the tees personnel services team of ann perez chantale deuel ninette portales nicole pottberg connie clarno and katie cates
dr david e claridge director of the texas a&m engineering experiment stations (tees) energy systems laboratory and the leland jordan professor of mechanical engineering at texas a&m university has joined the board of directors of the continental automated buildings association "the addition of dr claridge and texas a&m to the caba board of directors is a great asset to our organization " said ronald j zimmer president and ceo of caba "caba has had an enduring tradition of working with universities dedicated to commercializing energy efficient building technologies we feel the addition of texas a&m in addition with dr claridges knowledge and expertise will greatly enrich the value of the association and its membership" claridge is internationally known for his work on energy efficiency particularly for pioneering development of existing building commissioning by leading the development of "continuous commissioning" which has improved energy efficiency in hundreds of large buildings including universities hospitals offices and airports with a typical payback of two years he was also a major contributor to the methods used to measure energy savings in the international performance measurement and verification protocol and ashrae guideline 14 claridge holds eight patents is author of more than 350 journal and conference papers is a fellow of asme and of ashrae and in 2011 was named an honorary international member of the society of heating air-conditioning and sanitary engineers of japan in recognition of his contributions to energy efficiency in buildings he received his bachelors degree from walla walla college and masters and phd degrees from stanford university "i am excited to have the opportunity to represent tees and texas a&m on the caba board " stated claridge "caba offers an excellent forum to collaborate and share research information trends and analysis cabas goals align well with the energy system labs commitment to improving energy efficiency and the instances of building commissioning"
the thomas and joan read center for distribution research and education part of the industrial distribution program at texas a&m university and the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) recently offered short courses in el salvador and panama a two-day short course customer stratification & pricing optimization was conducted in el salvador and panama in association with texas a&m former students from el salvador foundation the courses were attended by46participants in el salvador and31participants in panama the course was taught by dr f barry lawrence and dr esther rodriguez-silva lawrence is the leonard & valerie bruce chair professor in industrial distribution and director of the thomas & joan read center for distribution research & education rodriguez-silva is a tees assistant research professor attendees included professionals and management representatives from large medium and small national and multinational companies in these countries attending companies in el salvador included c imberton puma energy diana distribuidora zablah distribuidora nacional banco davivienda and banco agricola attending companies in panama included chevron energy agencias motta cable and wireless panama banco general credicorp petroleos delta grupo goly and industrias express "our partnership with the industrial distribution program from texas a&m has allowed us to bring excellence in education to central america and panama " said felipe torres president of the texas a&m former students from el salvador foundation "we have impacted more than 350 executives over the past four years and will continue to do so in a much broader range in the years to come" the thomas and joan read centers professional development programs are designed to increase distributors competitive advantage and profitability read center faculty and researchers focus on relevant and actionable education through proven methods and tools the read centers educational programs are based on research consortia and applied industry projects in various lines of trade the knowledge generated by these industry-funded consortia projects and professional development programs enhances the undergraduate and graduate education by bringing real-world distribution problems case studies and examples to the curriculum for more information please visit http://readcentertamuedu
the turbomachinery laboratory part of the texas a&m engineering experiment station hosted the 34th annual turbomachinery research consortium (trc) meeting this week at pebble creek country club in college station texas during the annual meeting researchers staff and students from the turbo lab and the department of mechanical engineering at texas a&m university present research reports and proposals based on these presentations trc members choose the direction of trc-funded research they get advance access to the results of that research and to valuable turbomachinery-testing software developed for trc members through this support trc enhances undergraduate and graduate education in turbomachinery-related engineering at texas a&m during the 2013-2014 school year trc membership dues funded 19 research projects and are expected to fund the same for 2014-2015 project funding includes support for one graduate research student per project trc is an organization of major turbomachinery developers and users who have joined with the turbo lab to find answers to important questions about turbomachinery performance and reliability the consortium was organized in 1981 to provide a framework for turbomachinery developers and users to combine to support research into important research questions that affect their businesses acting together its members support research into problems of internal flow (fluid mechanics heat transfer gas dynamics) and structural reliability (materials structures vibrations) -- that affect turbomachinery performance and efficiency there are currently more than 40 member companies that make up trc for more information on trc or other turbomachinery laboratory events visitturbolabtamuedu
the institution of chemical engineers (icheme) and texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) have signed an agreement paving the way for a suite of new process safety products and services the memorandum of understanding (mou) which was signed in april will see both organizations commit to collaboration in process safety education cpd products and strategic leadership and direction the texas a&m engineering experiment station is home to the mary kay oconnor process safety centre which houses one of the worlds biggest process safety libraries and is regarded as a leader in process safety education the mou was signed at the american institute of chemical engineers 2014 spring meeting in new orleans by icheme chief executive david brown and sam mannan director of the mary kay oconnor process safety centre "this is good news for icheme and good news for texas a&m but importantly this is good news for chemical and process engineers with an interest in process safety " said mannan added brown "texas a&m and icheme are both recognized as international leaders in the provision of process safety products and services this new agreement will help us to share information more freely and cooperate on a range of new projects" the collaborations projects and priorities were announced at ichemes hazards 24 which is widely recognized as the worlds leading process safety conference
the institute for infectious animal diseases (iiad) a department of homeland security (dhs) science and technology center of excellence in partnership with the texas center for applied technology (tcat) a part of the texas a&m engineering experiment station has developed a mobile certificate of veterinary inspection (cvi) application to support veterinary practitioners submitting animal health certificate records from the field the technology was developed as part of the institutes dhs funded business continuity project and in close coordination and collaboration with state animal health officials (sahos) in colorado and kansas the mobile application was modeled after and builds upon the ecvi pdf form developed by the sahos in these states the "icvi" ipad app is currently available for free download from apples app store and provides an easy-to-use touch-screen interface for digitally entering animal health certificate data iiads icvi strives to expand the toolbox of capabilities available to veterinary practitioners allowing them to easily submit electronic animal health certificates or store that information within the application for forwarding when data connectivity becomes available this real-time information sharing is an alternative to email or web-based systems and helps improve communication between veterinarians and state animal health offices by supporting certificate submission from the field in addition to providing a mobile interface for cvis the end-user has the ability to print paper-based forms directly from the mobile application submitted cvis can also be automatically and/or manually imported into state animal health information systems click here to read the original story
texas a&m engineering had a strong presence at the 3rd annual national innovation summit and showcase june 16th - 18th the event was held in conjunction with the national sbir/sttr conference and the 17th annual techconnect world conference the national innovation summit is the worlds largest showcase of industry-vetted new technologies that are ready for commercialization; the summit is in support of the white house and congressional call for innovation commercialization initiatives as a university partner representatives from the texas a&m engineering experiment station texas a&m transportation institute texas a&m engineering extension service and the texas a&m system technology commercialization office were able to attend one-on-one meetings with industry representatives from around the world in order to discuss future partnerships and collaboration opportunities the national innovation summit also provided an opportunity for companies to showcase their ideas for new technologies texas a&m engineering also had an exhibit booth at the showcase allowing for industry representatives to connect with and learn more about each of the agencies that were present as a university partner up to 20 texas a&m innovators had the opportunity to submit their technologies into the overall innovation database where they were reviewed by corporate and federal agency partners prior to the show thermal expansion solutions llc represented by dr james monroe and dr ibrahim karaman was selected to attend the summit and give an oral presentation about its new technology known as allvar more than 15 companies expressed interest in meeting with monroe and karaman to learn more about their innovation thermal expansion solutions llc is a startup organization focused on creating scalable and stable allvar (all-variant) thermal expansion alloys that may be used in a wide variety of industries at an affordable rate to learn more about allvar visit wwwallvarnet companies or individuals interested in learning more about the state engineering agencies or the technology commercialization office within the texas a&m university system should contact dr dale cope at (979) 458-7477 dalecope@teestamusedu or ande brenckman at (979) 458-7552 andreabrenckman@teestamusedu
the food protein research and development center a center within the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) is hosting the 10th annual practical short course the course "water issues & technologies: process water wastewater and desalination " is scheduled for oct 15-17 at the hilton college station & conference center the objectives of the three-day course include: training attendees in basics principles characteristics and operations of system technologies costs case studies and cleaning and sanitizing techniques; establishing a network of academia and industry experts; and demonstrating equipment in operation and familiarizing attendees with practical aspects of pretreatment technologies membrane filtration processes and post treatment technologies and new technologies
president barack obama recently announced that dr kenneth l peddicord was one of four individuals nominated to serve as a member of the nuclear waste technical review board peddicord who is the director of the nuclear power institute and a professor in the department of nuclear engineering at texas a&m university has served on the board since being appointed in 2012 "our nation will be greatly served by the talent and expertise these individuals bring to their new roles " obama said "i am grateful they have agreed to serve in this administration and i look forward to working with them in the months and years ahead" peddicord has held a number of positions at texas a&m including director of the texas engineering experiment station (tees) which has since been renamed the texas a&m engineering experiment station senior associate dean for research and vice chancellor for research and federal relations
dr narasimha reddy electrical engineering professor and tees research engineer has been named assistant agency director for national and global initiatives for the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) dr m katherine banks vice chancellor and dean of texas a&m engineering announced recently "it is crucial in todays global economy for tees and the state of texas to position itself as a leader in technology development and implementation " said banks "dr reddy has a long history of successful collaborations with industry partners and i know he will be able to contribute greatly to tees success in the future" reddy is currently the holder of the jw runyon jr 35 professor i in the department of electrical and computer engineering he earned his phd in computer engineering from the university of illinois at urbana-champaign in 1990 his research interests focus on computer networks storage systems multimedia systems and computer architecture reddy has received numerous awards and honors including the prestigious national science foundation (nsf) career award and he is a fellow of the institute of electrical and electronics engineers (ieee)
the inaugural texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) external advisory board texas a&m university system met recently on the texas a&m campus vice chancellor and dean of engineering dr m katherine banks has charged the 39-member board to: advise tees on its strategic direction; serve as a focus group for tees program direction and opportunities; provide expertise in the current economic landscape to help tees understand trends drivers and priorities shaping customers operations; and collaborate on shared business issues strengthening the relationship between tees and its customers the board will meet again in october members of the board are:alok das (air force research laboratory); brad beitler (fmc technologies); pascal joly (airbus); warren "pete" miller (former undersecretary of energy); todd grove (american bureau of shipping); gerry griffin (golden spike company); ernest leyendecker (anadarko petroleum); gregory powers (halliburton); john pellegrino (army research laboratory); mark potter (hewlett packard); mario ruscev (baker hughes); hal hornburg (hmh associates llc); leo christodoulou (boeing); zachary lemnios (ibm); ram shenoy (conocophillips); steve altemus (intuitive machines); deborah wince-smith (council on competitiveness); michael beck (lockheed martin); larry graviss (eagle engineering group); jay schnitzer (mitre corporation); richard meserole (fluor corporation); bob chalker (nace international); james phillips (nanomech); dennis koehl (south texas project nuclear operating co); lauri hansen (nasa/johnson space center); susan crumrine (southwest research institute); david fuller (national instruments); jim osullivan (technip usa); morad atif (national research council canada); germán curá (tenaris); peter matic (naval research laboratory); andres alcantar (texas workforce commission); keith graf (office of the governor of texas); jeff trent (translational genomic research institute); cindy taylor (oil states international); stephen mcnair (pioneer natural resources); brian stoner (rti international); stein rasmussen (sbm offshore); najib abusalbi (schlumberger)
the zero robotics middle school summer program held its final competition aug 15 on board the international space station (iss) at the johnson space center in houston the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) the dwight look college of engineering and the texas partnership for out of school time were the statewide sponsors for the inaugural year of participation in the state of texas kealing middle school in austin was named regional winner and placed second in the national competition guest speakers for the event included astronauts michael fossum 80 and dr gregory chamitoff professor of practice in the department of aerospace engineering at texas a&m texas was one of nine states selected to participate in the zero robotics middle school summer program which was initially developed as part of a partnership between the massachusetts institute of technology nasa and the massachusetts afterschool partnership the final competition and the statewide summer program were coordinated by co-directors dr dave hyland professor in the department of aerospace engineering and dr joseph morgan professor in the department of engineering technology and industrial distribution and program manager katharine leysath with educational outreach programs can you imagine the impact on a middle school student to be told she is receiving specialized training so she can someday be involved in designing and testing software for space exploration said jean hall a robotics leader from the spacebots team from wichita falls texas and then to be given not just a long-term dream but also the immediate gratification of standing in the space center in houston and watching a code she helped develop actually operate a satellite on the space station her ambitions are going to quickly outgrow the boundaries of earth" zero robotics is a programming competition in which the robots are spheres (synchronized position hold engage and reorient experimental satellites) inside the international space station the competition begins online as teams program the spheres to solve a challenge finalists are selected to compete in a live championship aboard the iss following several phases of virtual competition in a simulation environment that mimics the real spheres