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texas a&m engineering experiment stations turbomachinery laboratory is organizing the 3rd annual middle east turbomachinery symposium (mets 2015) which will be held feb 16-18 2015 in doha qatar short courses will also be held feb 15 in conjunction with the event the symposium was launched in 2011 and in previous years the event attracted more than 1 000 attendees and 60 exhibiting companies representing up to 27 countries mets 2015 will feature a world‐class educational forum for turbomachinery engineers with a total of eight discussion groups 10 tutorials 12 lectures and 18 case studies on various topics such as liquefied natural gas wet gas vibration gas turbines surge and cavitation technical sessions will also cover topics on maintenance design and troubleshooting as well as short case studies describing in‐the‐field problems and their real‐world solutions the technical program is being developed and overseen by the mets technical advisory committee a group comprised of highly respected engineers from both regional and international companies in the industry dr dara childs turbo lab director and abdulaziz al‐naimi manager (joint interest) at rasgas serve as co-chairs of the committee mets 2015 will also include a free exhibition for the public feb 16-17 from 10 am to 6 pm and feb 18 from 9 am to noon for more information contact bethany womack marketing director at marketing@turbo-labtamuedu
the mary kay oconnor process safety center will be hosting the 70th annual instrumentation and automation symposium for the process industries on jan 27-29 2015 at the memorial student center on the texas a&m university campus in college station the symposium is aimed at presenting the latest instrumentation and automation systems developments in order for attendees to continually improve their knowledge of this highly specialized field as in previous years attendance is expected to reach nearly 300 practitioners and researchers in addition to listening to the variety of presentations attendees have opportunities for networking and interacting with attendees from around the world the three feature keynote speakers will include dr bernd schrörs functional safety head at bayer technology services; chuck miller gas processing global director at emerson process management; and john genovesi vice president of information software and process business at rockwell automation texas a&m faculty and staff qualify for free registration
the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) and blinn college have signed a formal affiliation agreement that will strengthen their ability to address the state and nations shortage of students in science technology engineering and mathematics (stem) the partnership will create more opportunities for collaboration between the two to support their efforts one of our main objectives is to strengthen and expand the pathway into stem fields to prepare students to compete and perform well in the marketplace said dr m katherine banks vice chancellor and dean of engineering and director of tees we must also ensure that those entering the stem fields more closely reflect the rich diversity of our population this partnership formalizes a critical bridge between two-year and four-year stem education a 2012 report by the presidents council on science and technology projected that one million more stem degrees would be needed in the next decade in texas alone the projected need for engineers in the workforce is 43 000 by 2020 to meet this need universities and community colleges have been working together to bridge the gap and attract and retain students who are interested in stem fields blinn provides more transfer students to texas a&m than any other community college in the state and the two institutions have worked together closely to open the pathways for blinn students to more easily transition into a four-year college environment blinns academic transfer rate regularly ranks among the highest in the nation and is approximately 20 percent higher than the state average this partnership will allow us to continue to expand our efforts in supporting economic development in texas by training students in science technology engineering and math said sylvia mcmullen president of blinn college brazos county campuses about blinn college founded in 1883 blinn is a comprehensive community college committed to educational excellence and to individual and community enhancement with an enrollment of 19 317 students blinn ranks among the nations leaders in transferring students to leading four-year universities and has received national recognition for its affordable educational excellence about tees for 100 years the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) has served the citizens of texas through engineering and technology-oriented research and educational collaborations tees research has made significant impact on the health safety and quality of life of texas citizens and has contributed to the states economic growth and development
since the 1960s researchers around the world have been looking for ways to employ the unique properties of active materials such as shape memory alloys (smas) for the development of morphing aerospace structures dr darren hartl texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) research assistant professor teamed with james mabe of the boeing company last summer and fall to organize a collaborative effort through tees aerospace vehicle systems institute (avsi) to solve this issue in a unified way the project is co-funded by a number of industrial and federal proponents of sma technologies who are applying their joint technical expertise to the development of standardized experimental methods that have not existed to date boeing has completed multiple full-scale flight tests of such solutions and the benefits of these technologies have been successfully demonstrated repeatedly however the path to production of both military and commercial aerospace morphing applications has been hindered by the lack of a standardized approach toward testing and certification the goal is to develop experimental methods that are both technically effective and universally accepted " said hartl "the participation of researchers from seven organizations spanning five countries tells me that we are headed in the right direction this first sma actuator standardization effort includes the funded participation of industrial partners ati specialty metals boeing embraer rafael defense systems rolls-royce and saes getters as well as the participation of nasa researchers the kick-off meeting associated with this effort was held in college station texas in early december a series of events on the texas a&m campus allowed the industrial and government visitors to assess the various sma research efforts being performed in the aerospace engineering and material science and engineering departments focused meetings held at tees state headquarters allowed for technical discussion and debate and the initial drafting of the first experimental standards avsi is at the center of something important here " said hartl "i believe in the idea of sma-enabled morphing aircraft but now is the time to move these concepts out of the laboratory and into production we have assembled the right team and we are going to make this happen front row from left: frank sczerzenie saes smart materials; frederick calkins boeing; and royi padan rafael defense systems back row from left: brian van doren ati specialty metals; darren hartl avsi; ron noebe nasa-glenn; othman benafan nasa-glenn; james mabe boeing; andrea cadelli saes getters; and bryce conduit rolls-royce
dr christodoulos floudas director of the texas a&m energy institute was recognized by governor greg abbott at the 2015 state of the state address in austin texas before a joint session of the texas house and senate floudas was welcomed to the event by abbott and introduced for his leadership of the texas a&m energy institute a full-length press release and a video of the event have been released by the governors office floudas is the erle nye 59 chair professor for engineering excellence in the artie mcferrin department of chemical engineering at texas a&m university and a member of the national academy of engineering
ryan morton a senior technical safety engineer with anadarko petroleum became the first individual to receive the masters degree in safety engineering through the distance learning program at texas a&m university the degree is administered by dr sam mannan director of the mary kay oconnor process safety center a center housed within the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) by pursuing the masters in safety engineering degree ive gained valuable technical knowledge through academia while being able to practice in the workplace said morton the degree is offered via distance learning to professionals employed in industry who cannot enroll and complete their degree by attending on-campus classes by offering this degree more widely texas a&m not only develops and trains the workforce needed to fill the demand for safety professionals over the next 10 years but it is also ensuring an environment for national and public health security engineers with their bachelors of science degree working on the masters degree via distance learning will have the opportunity to integrate course work with real-time industry experience to enhance job performance leadership skills and classroom involvement realizing that my courses were covering the same content and challenges faced at work i quickly gained confidence and credibility with how i approached problems and generated solutions said morton i learned philosophical aspects of engineering safety to be better equipped to influence organizations toward safer engineered products and operations this type of learning is difficult to find on the job another benefit i found was most companies have been interested in supporting this effort financially while working making the argument to pursue very strong for anyone who is interested i suggest starting today and youll be done before you realize it
when the email from the queensland maroons rugby team hit his inbox dr jaime grunlan thought it was another in a long line of spam so he treated it as such when he received it a second time he decided to open it and see why someone more than 9 000 miles away would be contacting him it looked like a phishing email said grunlan a texas a&m engineering experiment station researcher and texas a&m university mechanical engineering professor i asked for more information so that i knew it was real it was a contact from the rugby team in australia which is basically the national football league of australia the email was legitimate and what the eight-time rugby champions were looking for was someone to help them develop a technology that would allow their players to power sensors contained in their jersey the idea behind the sensors is to monitor a players hydration or the level of g-force they experience when taking a hit a key component in determining if a player may have suffered a concussion the nfl college everybody is worried about concussions grunlan said rugby has less protection right now they have sensors in their jersey that monitor those things but they are powered by a battery pack it is intrusive and players do not like it the maroons started working with queensland university of technology a research university in brisbane australia when team officials decided to inquire about furthering the sensor technology they asked researchers at queensland whom they should contact the overwhelming response from the researchers despite none of them ever working with the university was texas a&m grunlan at kylethey asked queensland university if money was no object and we were to work with anyone in the world to make this happen who should it be grunlan said they said texas a&m university that led them to contact grunlan who has conducted research in polymer composites grunlan has also enlisted the expertise of fellow mechanical engineering professor choongho yu who conducts research in energy harvesting and cooling as well as thermoelectrics according to grunlan the sensors they are working to develop are polymer or plastic-based thermoelectric materials that can be applied as coatings to fabrics when the body heats up when working out as long as there is a temperature gradient it can drive electricity grunlan said that electricity could power sensors built into a jersey of an athlete and supply power to transmit information to a computer that can tell you about a persons hydration level or the g-force they experienced from a hit representatives from the rugby team traveled to college station last fall where they were able to experience an aggie football game from the sidelines and tour the newest athletic facilities at kyle field the main objective of the journey however was to meet with grunlan and yu to discuss the project if we can make shirts that power the sensors we have solved their biggest problem grunlan said i hope this is the just the tip of the iceberg
dr nk anand and dr jean-louis briaud were named recipients of the texas a&m university systems regents professor award and regents fellow service award respectively both anand and briaud will be formally honored wednesday (feb 11) at a banquet in the bethancourt ballroom of the memorial student center on the texas a&m university campus anand is the executive associate dean of the dwight look college of engineering the associate director of the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) and the james and ada forsyth professor of mechanical engineering anand joined the faculty at texas a&m in 1985 as a tenure-track assistant professor in mechanical engineering after working as a systems engineer with the link division of the singer company in silver spring maryland he became a full professor in 1996 and in 2007 was appointed the holder of the james and ada forsyth professorship since 1998 he has served the department of mechanical engineering look college and tees in several leadership roles briaud is the buchanan chair professor in the zachry department of civil engineering and a tees researcher he is also a distinguished member of the american society of civil engineers and president of the federation of international geoengineering societies briaud came to texas a&m in 1978 and has served the department college and tees and the texas a&m transportation institute (tti) with distinction for 36 years he received tenure and promotion to halliburton associate professor in 1983 and in 1986 became one of the youngest faculty members to be promoted to full the rank of full professor in 2002 he was awarded the buchanan chair 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 jeff haberl associate director of the energy systems laboratory and dr frank shipman associate director of the center for the study of digital libraries have been named 2015 texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) center fellows the new award recognizes outstanding individual initiative and performance in support of the tees mission of research workforce development technology development and transfer and international outreach and collaboration haberl is a professor of architecture and associate department head for research in the department of architecture at texas a&m university he has spent nearly three decades performing building energy research his areas of interest are in hvac design energy conservation savings measurement techniques metering and monitoring equipment calibrated building energy simulations building energy data visualization on-line diagnostics for hvac equipment solar energy heating and cooling systems solar energy measurements code compliance calculations and emissions reductions calculations shipman is a professor in the department of computer science and engineering at texas a&m his research group has developed a range of software environments supporting access to and analysis of a wide range of content types including texts image audio video and scientific and sensor data his current research projects include the design and evaluation of an environment for heterogeneous data analysis games motivating data science skills and digital libraries for sign language content he also is engaged in long-term external collaborations investigating the ownership and reuse of social media content and the design of tools for creating and consuming interactive video
dr yossef elabd a researcher with the texas a&m engineering experiment stations (tees) polymer technology center and a professor in the artie mcferrin department of chemical engineering at texas a&m university has developed two fuel cell vehicle platforms for both present day enhancements and future innovation electrochemical energy and polymer research unite in new ways to deliver best-case power scenarios behind the wheel specifically under the hood environmentalists and road aficionados alike have applauded the production of fuel cell vehicles but to sustain the appeal and increase the market production costs need to fall a fuel cell is a device that produces electric energy as the direct result of a chemical reaction the fuel cell car is powered by the constant chemical interaction of hydrogen fuel from the tank and oxygen that is pulled from the air using positive (anode) and negative (cathode) electrodes protons are moved by an electrolyte and ultimately converted into energy the source and form of the electrodes and electrolytes can vary and this is the basis of elabds findings the fuel cell car manufactured today uses a proton exchange membrane (pem) electrolyte for its platinum-based electrodes the same design that was used in previous gemini space missions elabd has discovered that the amount of platinum needed for electrode manufacturing can be significantly reduced and thus the production costs dramatically minimized his patent-pending research establishes that a fuel cell can perform optimally with only 16 percent of its previous platinum requirements new polymer nanofiber-platinum nanoparticle electrodes are reliable and enduring he said another course of action elabd envisions is the creation of a fuel cell that does not require platinum this would be "the holy grail of portable power" the alkaline exchange membrane (aem) fuel cell model uses a polymer material as its electrolyte past developers encountered roadblocks (chemical degradation) in the introduction of a polymer to an aem fuel cell yet elabds research group has achieved patented breakthrough in developing a polymer electrolyte that is chemically stable to the hydroxide ions highly conductive in moving the ions across the fuel cell and very robust the same material if modified a little bit can be used in batteries as a replacement to current lithium-ion charged batteries making it a solid state with the benefit of longer stability and much increased safety elabd said whether the approach is to reduce platinum requirements or to implement a polymer electrolyte both solutions appear to have passed the proof of concept phase i just want to drive my car with water vapor coming out the back of it elabd said environmentalists everywhere agree
dr thomas russell director of the united states army research lab recently visited texas a&m university toured the texas a&m engineering experiment stations (tees) research labs and discussed key research partnership opportunities with researchers we are honored to host dr russell and representatives from the army research lab on campus and showcase our researchers and the unique lab facilities available to assist them said texas a&m university system chancellor john sharp tees and the faculty of texas a&m university have partnered with arl on many projects such as developing technology to enhance the safety of our soldiers and we look forward to expanding this relationship the army research laboratory (arl) is the armys central laboratory responsible for programs producing advanced technologies that support soldiers in the field today and in the future tees has partnered with the arl since 1997 "the long-standing relationship we have had with texas a&m is proof that when government laboratories such as arl collaborate with our nations best institutions we open the doors for significant discovery and innovation that is mutually beneficial to the university and the american soldier " said russell "we value our relationship and look forward to even deeper engagement and collaboration as we advance our open campus initiative texas a&m through its land grant mission has a long standing relationship with the armed services in the us said texas a&m university interim president mark hussey we produce more military officers than any other university outside of the national service academies and we look forward to enhancing our relationship with the arl through expanded defense related research during the visit members from the arl were able to discuss strategic research needs meet with research experts and tour labs and facilities texas a&m is uniquely configured and many of our research strengths align with the interests of the army said m katherine banks vice chancellor and dean of engineering and tees director the arl has invested tens of millions of dollars into our people and programs to help the army produce advanced technologies that support soldiers and we look forward to expanding this highly collaborative and productive relationship
dr lawrence rauchwerger assistant director of the center for large-scale scientific simulations has been named a texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) senior faculty fellow faculty selected as tees fellows for a third year receive the senior faculty designation the principal purpose of the senior award is to recognize long-term outstanding research performance the tees fellows program encompasses the tees select young faculty and the tees fellow/senior fellow awards and recognizes faculty members who have made continuous contributions in research for their department rauchwerger is an eppright professor in the department of computer science and engineering at texas a&m university co-director of the parasol lab and deputy director and researcher of the institute of applied mathematics and computational sciences his research interests are in compilers for parallel and distributed computing parallel and distributed c++ libraries adaptive runtime optimizations and architectures for parallel computing he has been honored with several awards for his work in computer science including the halliburton fellowship award the tees select young faculty and tees fellow awards (2002 2005) an ibm faculty award an intel faculty award and the nsf faculty early career development (career) award he also is an ieee fellow and acm distinguished scientist
dr m katherine banks vice chancellor and dean of texas a&m university engineering and director of the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) and representatives from tees and texas a&m visited yucatán last week during the visit the delegation toured the states research facilities and attended a formal ceremony where tees was inducted into the mexican states research consortium siidetey by governor rolando zapata bello members of the tees and texas a&m delegation also attended its first siidetey meeting to discuss current and future research collaborations currently there are about 20 faculty in college station and 20 in the yucatán working on projects in the areas of sustainable energy aquifers coastal dynamics early warning systems and logistics/supply chain management tees is also in the process of expanding the collaboration opportunities among other texas a&m system members and invited representatives from texas a&m agrilife and texas a&m to yucatán the visit was a result of governor zapata bellos visit to college station last september when he invited tees to become the first international academic partner in siidetey tees was the first university research organization outside of mexico to be asked to join the high-level research consortium and will have a physical presence in the siidetey research park in yucatán siidetey is comprised of national and regional institutions such as the universidad nacional autonóma de mexico cinvestav the mexican aerospace agency the mexican national institute of mathematics and yucatan state university among others we are honored to become the first international member of siidetey a collaboration that will generate significant benefits for the academic and research communities of both yucatán and texas said banks the caliber of research is impressive and includes representation from agriculture engineering geoscience and architecture this relationship may be new but it is growing quickly and generating significant interest across texas a&m and the other universities and agencies under the texas a&m university system
dr robin r murphy raytheon professor in the department of computer science and engineering at texas a&m university gave an invited talk to the public forum of the united nations world disaster risk reduction conference in sendai japan murphys talk current state and achievement of disaster robots reported that ground aerial or marine unmanned systems had been used for mitigation response and recovery in 43 disasters in 13 countries between 2001 and 2014 with the texas a&m engineering experiment stations (tees) center for robot-assisted search and rescue (crasar) participating in 17 of those events murphy was part of a session that was organized by dr satoshi tadokoro president-elect of the ieee robotics and automation society murphy and tadokoro are recognized as the co-founders of disaster robotics the speakers at the conference consistently spoke of the need for roboticists to engage responders and industry in order to produce reliable and useful robots the speakers also called on governments to create regional teams and caches and to smooth the regulations and policies that lead to an average delay of 47 days for robots to be used at a disaster
the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) is co-sponsoring the inaugural texas new ventures competition which will award $150 000 in monetary prizes to provide seed funding for texas companies with high-growth potential and innovative product development ideas the competition is hosted by the texas a&m university system and the research valley and is open to all texas-based companies that meet eligibility requirements participants will have the opportunity to network with potential investors and venture capitalists experienced entrepreneurs non-profit founders legal professionals patent experts and banking/investment professionals they will also receive personal coaching and access to mentor strategists as they develop their competition business plans and presentation pitches completed entry forms must be submitted by 5 pm april 13 through the online portal for more information about the texas new ventures competition please visit http://texasnvcorg/
the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) and the texas a&m university system hosted a roundtable discussion on the role of cybersecurity in protecting the nations infrastructure tuesday (april 21) in washington dc the roundtable featured discussion on how research universities can contribute to cybersecurity solutions and train a workforce capable of defending vital resources cybersecurity is a challenge that affects us all impacting our personal bank accounts transportation infrastructure power grid and enhances the protection that we need from those who would do us harm said dr m katherine banks vice chancellor and dean of texas a&m engineering and director of tees it is critical that we raise public dialogue on this topic by bring together our engineering experts with public policy leaders us rep john ratcliffe chairman of the subcommittee on cybersecurity infrastructure protection and security technologies also attended the discussion which featured cybersecurity experts from texas a&m and other government agencies dr valerie taylor senior associate dean for academic affairs regents professor and the royce e wisenbaker professor of computer science and engineering at texas a&m university moderated the panel panelists from texas a&m were dr pierce cantrell associate professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering and dr daniel j ragsdale professor of practice with the department of computer science and engineering other panelists were dr john launchbury program manager for defense advanced research projects agency and dr victor p piotrowski program director for the national science foundation tees also celebrated its 100th anniversary at a reception on april 20 tees research was on display at the event which drew people from federal agencies capitol hill the non-profit sector and industry groups tees researchers receive funding from a variety of federal agencies including the department of defense the department of energy the national science foundation and nasa
twenty nuclear forensics students and faculty from prairie view a&m university (pvamu) visited the texas a&m university (tamu) campus april 10 as part of the nuclear forensics for minority serving institutions program sponsored by the us department of homeland securitys domestic nuclear detection office (dndo) the students are currently enrolled in a nuclear forensic analysis course being taught by pvamus dr irvin osborne-lee dr richard wilkins and dr brad gersey dr royal elmore a research assistant with the texas a&m engineering experiment stations nuclear security science and policy institute (nsspi) and a guest scientist with los alamos national laboratory organized the visit the students began their tour at the analytical chemistry laboratory in the department of chemistry where doctoral student aaron clubb from dr emile schweikerts research group introduced them to the labs multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (mc-icp-ms) system the presentation covered the theory behind mc-icp-ms a comparison of other mass spectrometry tools and the advantages of mc-icp-ms for nuclear forensics the pvamu students then participated in an informal lunch seminar with dr john kelly from the us department of energys office of nuclear energy kelly is the deputy assistant secretary of energy for nuclear reactor technologies and he addressed several policy and technical issues related to nuclear energy and forensics specifically the pvamu students learned about generation iii iii+ and iv reactors and nuclear fuel cycles from a proliferation resistance standpoint kelly also discussed how nuclear forensics is a later line of protection and deterrence for global nuclear security the students then visited the nsspi radiation detection laboratory with dr craig marianno visiting assistant professor with the department of nuclear engineering and research engineer with nsspi who explained the nuclear forensics applications of the different radiation detectors the pvamu students will be using the detectors in an upcoming hands-on field exercise at the texas a&m nuclear science center and texas a&m engineering extension services disaster city® facility
in may the pvamu students will join students from texas a&m at the 4th annual nuclear facilities experience where they will visit the urenco uranium enrichment plant sandia national laboratories and the los alamos national laboratory all in new mexico and the pantex nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility in amarillo texas the nuclear facilities experience is being conducted by nsspi through the sponsorship of the texas a&m college of engineering and the department of nuclear engineering the students from pvamu are being sponsored through the nuclear forensics for minority serving institutions dndo established the nf-msi to strengthen the engineering and science programs at minority serving institutions (msi) located throughout the us and to enhance the partnerships between these institutions and other us universities with established academic programs in scientific disciplines relevant to nuclear forensics the objective is to increase the participation of msis in the national nuclear forensics expertise development program of which this initiative is a part and accelerate the involvement of minorities in the us government nuclear forensics mission
the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) smart grid center will host the third smart grid workshop at the memorial student center at texas a&m university on april 21 previous workshops were attended by more than 150 professionals faculty and students as well as visitors from brazil qatar and mexico the theme of this years workshop is challenges in evaluating smart grid solutions: metric testing certification modeling and simulation and testbeds invited speakers will elaborate on the topic two panel sessions on testbeds will include one on the existing modeling simulating testing and calibration facilities and another one on future developments of testbeds representation is expected from industry such as abb alstom austin energy centerpoint energy esri honeywell ibm incsys national instruments oncor osisoft and siemens and from several federal labs (ornl lbnl pnnl and llnl) in break-out sessions the following topics will be discussed: big data weather impacts asset and outage management; ems dms cybersecurity and substation automation; demand-side management ancillary services and electricity markets; building energy management smart meters and sensors; synchrophasor systems pmus and pdcs and gps; microgrids evs distributed generation and energy storage in addition texas a&m students will present posters associated with their research more information on the workshop and the online registration are available on the smart grid centers website
more than 100 years of texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) innovation was on display march 30 at the texas state capitol in austin researchers from myriad disciplines demonstrated technologies that will lead tees into its next century of discovery tees researchers joined their colleagues from the agencys regional divisions at texas a&m university prairie view a&m university texas a&m university-corpus christi and texas a&m university-texarkana in providing visitors and legislators with first-hand demonstrations of their innovations the engineering technologies on display represented innovations that will impact the medical field homeland safety and security the energy industry and space exploration to wrap up the celebration of tees anniversary chancellor john sharp presented representative charlie geren with a certificate honoring his great-grandfather dr frederick giesecke giesecke served as director of tees from 1928-1939 he was noted for leading tees through the great depression as well as overseeing construction on some of texas a&m universitys most iconic buildings such as the academic building and williams administration building
duncan maitland the stewart & stevenson professor in the department of biomedical engineering at texas a&m university has been named recipient of the 2015 innovation award presented by texas a&m system technology commercialization (ttc) in addition to his research and teaching duties maitland is the texas a&m engineering experiment stations (tees) assistant agency director for commercialization and entrepreneurship the award recognizes individuals whose research and accomplishments exemplify the spirit of innovation within the texas a&m university system maitland received the award during the annual patent and innovations awards luncheon held this month at the annenberg presidential conference center dr maitland was recognized with an innovation award because he not only is a great scientist but he has taken the leap into entrepreneurship by founding shape memory therapeutics to commercialize his innovations noted brett l cornwell associate vice chancellor for commercialization for the ttc he has also applied his passion for commercialization to his work in tees assisting researchers with their commercial ideas maitlands research focuses on novel treatments of cardiovascular disease with a focus on stroke his research projects include endovascular interventional devices microactuators optical therapeutic devices and basic device-body interactions/physics including computational and experimental techniques he earned a bachelors degree in electrical engineering from cleveland state university a masters in physics from cleveland state and his phd in biomedical engineering from northwestern university it is the mission of ttc to encourage broad practical application of system research for public benefit; to encourage and assist those associated with the system in the protection licensing and commercialization of their discoveries; to ensure the equitable distribution of royalties and other monetary benefits resulting from the commercial application of intellectual property; and to see that commercialization activities benefit the research education and outreach missions of the system into the future
the texas a&m engineering experiment stations (tees) smart grid center hosted its third annual smart grid workshop april 21 to discuss challenges in evaluating smart grid solutions including metrics testing certification modeling and simulation and testbeds the workshop included invited talks by kenneth mercado (senior vice president centerpoint energy electric operations) on evaluation of business cases for smart grid solutions and by robin podmore (president and ceo incsys) on the future synergy of large-scale testbeds and training simulators panel sessions discussed the state-of-the-art technology of existing modeling simulating testing and calibration facilities and the future developments of testbeds focus groups facilitated discussions on targeted themes: big data weather impacts asset and outage management; ems dms cybersecurity and substation automation; demand-side management ancillary services and electricity markets; building energy management smart meters and sensors; synchrophasor systems pmus and pdcs and gps; microgrids evs distributed generation and energy storage
the more than 110 participants included 22 faculty members 53 students and 27 industry experts from abb alstom austin energy centerpoint energy ercot iai incsys ni nrg energy oncor opal-rt osisoft siemens and the non-profit electric reliability council of texas (ercot) and southwest research institute (swri) government agencies such as the national institute of standard and technology national renewable energy laboratory lawrence berkeley national laboratory and pacific northwest national laboratory were also represented visitors came from qatar china brazil and chile cutting-edge research projects were featured in a poster session prior to and following the workshop further opportunities for enhancing partnerships with companies were explored in thematic meetings with incsys nrg energy opal-rt osisoft and pg&e the workshop was sponsored by tees the smart grid center the office of the vice president for research the department of electrical and computer engineering and the texas a&m energy institute as well as centerpoint energy national instruments nrg energy opal-rt and osisoft more information on the program including abstracts and slides are available at https://smartgridcentertamuedu/
the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) dedicated its newest research building the frederick e giesecke engineering research building on thursday april 30 the 70 000-square-foot integrative research facility focuses on three areas: nanofabrication materials characterization and energy research the facility includes nanofabrication laboratories the corrosion science and materials reliability laboratory and research space for texas a&m university faculty staff and students working for the texas a&m energy institute this facility will foster an environment that attracts the best and brightest minds to develop solutions for societys biggest challenges said dr m katherine banks vice chancellor and dean of engineering at texas a&m and director of tees naming this building for a former student and professor based on his scholarly merit and significant contributions to this university and tees is fitting the building was built as part of a p3 contract in which the facility was privately developed by ddm texas group llc and biorealty inc and leased back to the texas a&m university system on behalf of tees for use by the engineering nano laboratories at texas a&m
the building is named after dr frederick e giesecke class of 1886 who served as director of tees from 1928-1939 he was also a professor at texas a&m and was involved in the design and construction of some of the campus most iconic buildings including the academic building and williams administration building giesecke is also the great-grandfather of rep charlie geren who was in attendance at the ceremony gieseckes family has a long history at texas a&m and many of his family members are aggies this building will be a place of innovation and it is fitting that is named after a man whose innovative thinking can be seen throughout the texas a&m campus said john sharp chancellor of the a&m system we want to support researchers who have the vision and dedication that dr giesecke had and by providing them with state-of-the-art facilities such as this new building we are doing that the new building is located at 1617 research parkway in research park on the texas a&m university campus in college station texas for more information visit the frederick e giesecke engineering research building page
the turbomachinery laboratory (turbo lab) a research center in the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) signed an international research and scholar-exchange agreement with korean turbocharger industry leader keyyang precision co ltd the formal signing was attended by sang-jick yoon korean minister of trade industry and energy as part of the us-korea business forum held at the hilton houston post oak it secures a critical international partnership during the centennial anniversary of tees dr costas georghiades tees associate agency director for strategic initiatives and centers along with byung kee chung keyyang ceo signed for their respective organizations also serving as representatives were greg gammon turbo lab director of operations and gyung won chung keyyangs director of strategic planning since 2012 keyyang has supported the turbo labs industrial research as a member of its turbomachinery research consortium a group comprising 40 industrial firms that jointly provide more than $500 000 of funding each year for industry-specific research the signing will see further research collaborations with keyyang whose design and production initiatives in turbochargers for the automotive industry have yielded significant advancements over traditional turbomachinery since the companys founding in 1994 these novel configurations offer improved thermal efficiency rotordynamic stability and environmental advantages that will make a substantial difference in the passenger vehicle market said dr luis san andrés professor and holder of the mast-childs chair in mechanical engineering at texas a&m university and turbo lab researcher beginning fall 2015 keyyang will send its engineers to pursue advanced graduate studies in turbomachinery at texas a&m they will learn under turbo lab faculty whose expertise surrounds education and research in both performance and reliability of high performance machinery research projects undertaken in the turbomachinery lab a state-of-the-art 35 000 square foot facility will involve empirical validation of theoretical and computational developments this research and exchange agreement comes at a time when the turbo lab is making larger forays into asia in february 2016 the turbo lab will hold the inaugural asia turbomachinery and pump symposium (atps) in singapore atps is the sibling of the longstanding turbomachinery and pump symposia in houston whose attendance last year exceeded 6 200 registrants and 340 exhibiting companies this year we [tees] are celebrating 100 years of service to the state of texas and beyond it is very fitting that we are formalizing an international relationship such as this during our centennial celebration i believe it signifies our commitment to collaboration and advancing the development of technology in the area of high speed turbomachinery said georghiades
the texas a&m engineering experiment stations (tees) external advisory board held its spring meeting may 29 at the national center for therapeutics manufacturing building in college station texas the 37-member board established in 2014 was given the charge by dr m katherine banks vice chancellor and dean of engineering and director of tees to advise the agency 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 advisory board members shared updates from their subcommittees and also heard updates from tees administrators about research and commercialization initiatives corporate relations efforts workforce development programs seed grant funding regional division partnerships and national and global initiatives banks addressed the board members about tees goals moving into its next century of service: connecting with the world; partnering with industry and establishing tees as the quarterback of cutting-edge technology education the input we receive from this board is invaluable said dr dimitris lagoudas deputy director of tees we want to build and nurture relationships with industry research agencies and institutions of higher education having this advisory board helps us do that while also gaining fresh perspectives from some of the top minds in industry and research