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college station - the recent donation of equipment by moyno inc will give researchers at texas a&ms multiphase field lab new capabilities to perform studies in oil and gas production moyno which is part of robbins & myers inc has donated a mobile test rig and tri-phaze multiphase pump the mobile test rig consists of two metal buildings two pumps and a high-pressure separator the equipment is designed to be used for single-well applications which account for the majority of onshore texas production the test rig provides the unique capability of moving from the field laboratory to a texas producing well to determine the effectiveness of multiphase pumping the tri-phaze multiphase pump is a single-screw "progressing cavity pump" (pcp) and is used to reduce pressure at the wellhead thereby increasing production rates and improving recovery of oil multiphase pumps also minimize the environmental impact of a well site by reducing the amount of equipment needed to get the oil out of the ground recently multiphase pumps have been found to be effective in reducing greenhouse gas emissions by eliminating flaring or venting of gas at well sites "this donation by robbins & myers joins two other multiphase pumps already installed at this facility and gives a new direction for our student research " said dr stuart scott associate professor of petroleum engineering at texas a&m "it puts us one step closer to representing all multiphase pump technologies in one facility no other university in the country has this capability which is essential to doing in-depth modeling of oil and production systems he said "robbins & myers has been a sponsor of our annual multiphase pump user roundtable (mpur) since 2000 and this donation signals an important commitment toward for future collaboration and research " he said
college station - nanotechnology is making a transition from the laboratory to the classroom at texas a&m university this fall texas a&m is one of the first schools being funded for the nanotechnology undergraduate education project (nue) with a $100 000 grant from the national science foundation the grant is being administered by the texas engineering experiment station (tees) jeffrey froyd director of academic development and head of the foundation coalition at texas a&m said nanotechnology allows engineers to manipulate materials at a very small scale using nanotechnology engineers have been able to make windows that clean themselves and smart splints that can tell cells to heal broken bones the project involves incorporating nanotechnology and nanomanufacturing components into freshman and sophomore classes and giving students an idea of the potential growth of these areas in the future a module focusing on issues related to nanomanufacturing - the synthesis of nanostructures into macro-scale materials - will be integrated into a junior-level class an entirely new senior-level course with extensive lab components will be introduced in the following semester one benefit of teaching students about nanotechnology so early in their college careers is that it will make the students more prepared for future engineering trends in industry "we have learned from earlier technological developments that were delayed in undergraduate implementation that concepts like nanotechnology need to be introduced as soon as possible " froyd said "this ensures that graduates will leave prepared to grapple with issues they will face in the workforce" froyd said that the nanotechnology lessons will give students a new perspective on engineering as a whole "engineering is very creative but a lot of what students see in the first two years is very analytical and broken down " froyd said "the case study modules will help them see the larger impacts and get a clear picture of the creative side of engineering" froyd whose background is in electrical engineering will serve as the projects principal investigator co-principal investigators all at texas a&m are winfrid teizer assistant professor of physics; ibrahim karaman assistant professor of mechanical engineering; and terry creasy assistant professor of mechanical engineering "the team is interdisciplinary because the amount and breadth of information being discovered requires that innovations cross boundary lines " froyd said "you need people in all areas to cooperate and interdisciplinary teams allow that" other universities that the national science foundation funded to work on nue projects include columbia university pennsylvania state university and purdue university
college station -- marilyn martell has been named assistant vice chancellor for public affairs in the engineering program of the texas a&m university system and assistant director of the texas engineering experiment station (tees) as the assistant vice chancellor for public affairs martell will be responsible for strategic planning and coordination of communications and public affairs initiatives martell was previously director of public information for the texas engineering extension service (teex) where she was responsible for the dissemination of information to the public and news media and coordinated internal and external communications and public relations she also has been a columnist for the bryan-college station eagle for 10 years she was producer and host of "homefront news " where she developed produced reported and presented on-air a feature television news program that aired 22 times a day seven days a week on cnn headline news in the college station cable market martell has also served as the morning show host and public affairs manager for kagg/aggie 96 fm radio in bryan texas and as the news director of kwht-fm/ktix-am in pendleton oregon among martells numerous honors are two bronze telly awards in the non-broadcast film/video (cable television) category and the "top media award state of texas: news producer " from the central texas council of child protection boards for 1994-95 she has been named a leading lady of the brazos valley by the bryan broadcasting group and in 1997 twin city mission and phoebes home named her reporter of the year for domestic violence issues martell earned her bachelors degree in public relations from gonzaga university in 1990
college station - in light of yesterdays blackout in the northeastern united states and canada texas a&m universitys national expert on electric power systems said that the electric power infrastructure in the united states could be vulnerable to terrorist attacks due to the millions of miles of transmission lines and remote power facilities across the country "there is no reason to suspect that terrorism was involved instead of some equipment failure or natural occurrence " said dr b don russell regents professor in the department of electrical engineering at texas a&m "but our power infrastructure is very vulnerable we have millions of miles of transmission lines and remote power facilities that are impossible to fully protect and guard" russell who also holds the jw runyon jr professorship ii in engineering and is a member of the national academy of engineering suggested that instead of trying to protect power facilities officials should focus on being able to quickly restore power to areas affected by a major outage and its impossible to prevent every multi-state blackout from occurring particularly because many blackouts are caused by natural events such as storms or lightning "since the northeast blackout of 1965 our emphasis has been on limiting the scale of any blackout so that a disruption did not cascade and engage surrounding utility regions " russell said "obviously yesterdays disruption was far greater than anyone anticipated over 50 million people in many states were involved along with canada" russell said that it could be days or weeks before the exact cause of the outage is known once the cause has been determined any necessary immediate changes will be made but researchers will study this blackout for several years "the investigation will not only include the exact causes but also how to limit the scale of the disruption and how to prevent major cascading of the failure in future outages " russell said russell also warned that the united states electric utility infrastructure is aging and overstressed with too few power plants being built in the last few decades "we need major investment in the electric power system if it is to remain the best electric power system in the world "if any good can be found in this " russell said "it is probably in the wakeup call that we must take our electric power systems more seriously and make major investments in our power infrastructure to ensure that outages are infrequent and limited and that when a disruption occurs power can be returned as quickly as possible"
college station -- the engineering program of the texas a&m university system has named dr theresa a maldonado associate dean of the dwight look college of engineering at texas a&m university and associate director of the texas engineering experiment station (tees) from 1981 to 1986 maldonado was a member of the technical staff at at&t bell laboratories working in fiber optic systems fiber components and cable design after completing her doctoral studies in 1990 she joined the university texas at arlington as an assistant professor in the department of electrical engineering in 1999-2001 she was a program director at the national science foundation where she managed engineering research centers and served on a number of nsf-wide committees including career and nanoscale science and engineering she returned to uta in 2001 as associate dean of engineering for research and graduate studies in july 2002 she was appointed associate vice president for research and became director of the uta institute for nanoscale science and engineering research and teaching maldonado was a 1991-96 nsf presidential young investigator and received the halliburton award for teaching excellence and the halliburton award for outstanding young faculty awards from the uta college of engineering in 1995 she was inducted into the inaugural council of outstanding young engineering alumni at georgia tech at nsf maldonado was recognized with the 2001 directors award for program management excellence and the directors award for collaborative integration for her services on the career coordinating committee and with a certificate of appreciation for distinguished service in the development of the nsf program advance a registered professional engineer in texas maldonado is a senior member of the institute of electrical and electronics engineers and a member of the optical society of america the international society for optical engineering eta kappa nu tau beta pi sigma xi and the society of hispanic professional engineers she holds bachelors masters and phd degrees in electrical engineering from the georgia institute of technology
college station -- dr david c hyland has been named associate vice chancellor for engineering for the texas a&m university system and associate dean of the dwight look college of engineering at texas a&m university hyland will also be deputy director of the texas engineering experiment station holder of the royce e wisenbaker 39 chair in engineering and a professor in the department of aerospace engineering hyland came to texas a&m from the university of michigan where he had been a professor and chairman of the department of aerospace engineering since 1996 before that he worked for the technical staff of mits lincoln laboratory in 1983 hyland joined harris corp where he organized and led the structural control group in the government aerospace systems division in 1992 he was promoted to senior scientist and in 1994 joined the senior staff of the vice president of engineering of the aerospace systems division where he was a spokesman for control technology and led commercialization efforts involving controls actuator and adaptive neural control technologies hylands most recent research activities include the development of autonomous intelligent control systems for air vehicles; space-flight testing of neural-network technology for autonomous spacecraft control; and the study of opto-electronic and signal processing technologies for long baseline space-borne imaging interferometry for planetary astronomy hyland is a member of the american institute of aeronautics and astronautics and the institute of electrical and electronics engineers and has written more than 140 technical papers in the areas of spacecraft dynamics and control and mathematical control theory among his numerous honors are several honors from harris corp and the nasa honorary superior accomplishment award hyland holds bachelors masters and phd degrees in aeronautics and astronautics all from the massachusetts institute of technology
san antonio -- the texas engineering experiment station a member of the texas a&m university system has received more than $4 million to help the us department of defense develop test and implement new technologies for the care and maintenance of aging aircraft the $42 million academic center for aging aircraft (acaa) is a partnership between tees the university of dayton research institute and the georgia tech research institute the aircraft sustainability laboratory (asl) -- located at brooks city-base in san antonio and part of the tees texas center for applied technology -- will manage the center us senator kay bailey hutchison and representatives henry bonilla and ciro rodriguez were instrumental in securing funding for the center john ayala asl manager and acaa executive agent said that aging aircraft is one of the biggest challenges facing the us department of defense nasa the federal aviation administration and the coast guard "many of todays aircraft are older than the pilots flying them and the industry must find ways to keep the aircraft in the air by extending the airplanes life while protecting the safety of crews and passengers " ayala said "but there has not been enough focused effort to address the problems of aging aircraft or to train personnel to manage fleets of 60-year-old aircraft" in addition ayala said that "aging aircraft sustainment costs are increasing at an unsustainable rate of seven to 12 percent per year and are eating into operations procurement and other budget accounts" in an effort to significantly reduce the department of defenses $13 billion annual maintenance burden the acaa will test evaluate demonstrate and implement new cost-effective technologies in controlling and preventing corrosion; develop new tools to diagnose aircraft problems; improve reliability integrity and repair of aging aircraft; and work on new technologies for structural and mechanical systems and wiring and avionics the acaa partnership is just one of many interagency collaborative projects taking place at texas a&m "we have a great deal of experience in interagency collaborative partnerships and have enjoyed a number of successes " said dr g kemble bennett tees director and texas a&m vice chancellor and dean of engineering "we are proud to serve as a member of the center and expect to contribute to finding ways of helping protect public safety and save federal dollars" the centers initial focus is on military aircraft but ayala said that in later years researchers hope to transition to commercial aircraft and other weapons systems
college station -- dr stephen a holditch has been named head of the harold vance department of petroleum engineering at texas a&m university holditch will begin his appointment with the department jan 12 succeeding interim department head dr hans juvkam-wold "dr holditch is one of the most visible petroleum engineers in the world and a member of the prestigious national academy of engineering " said dr g kemble bennett texas a&m vice chancellor and dean of engineering "we are fortunate to have him lead our top-ranked petroleum engineering department" holditch was a production engineer for shell oil co before joining the texas a&m petroleum engineering faculty in 1976 he also headed sa holditch & associates a petroleum engineering consulting firm from 1977 to 1999 the firm now called holditch reservoir technologies provides consulting services for industrial and government clients in reservoir simulation well testing reservoir engineering natural gas engineering coalbed methane development and the use of horizontal wells to develop gas reservoirs widely recognized in the petroleum industry holditch is the author of more than 100 technical articles and has contributed to two textbooks he has made hundreds of presentations to industry groups on his technical specialties holditch was president of the society of petroleum engineers international (spe) in 2002 and served on the spe board of directors from 2001 to 2003 he has also served as the spe vice president for finance and was a member of the spe board of directors for the spe from 1998 to 2000 holditch was also a trustee for the american institute of mining metallurgical and petroleum engineers (aime) from 1997 to 1998 a registered professional engineer in texas holditch was elected to the national academy of engineering in 1995 and the russian academy of natural science in 1996 he has received numerous awards from spe including the spe distinguished award for petroleum engineering faculty in 1981 and the lester c uren award in 1989 he was named an spe distinguished lecturer in 1982-83 and a distinguished member in 1989 and has held a variety of leadership positions in the society while at texas a&m holditch held the shell distinguished chair in petroleum engineering and the rl adams endowed professorship in petroleum engineering in 1999 the american society of mechanical engineers petroleum division honored holditch for his significant contributions to the petroleum industry with the rhodes industry leadership (oil drop) award holditch also belongs to the american association of petroleum geologists the society of petroleum well log analysts and the society of petroleum evaluation engineers he holds bachelors masters and doctoral degrees in petroleum engineering all from texas a&m
college station -- researchers at texas a&m university have made a leap in aircraft engine technology with the development of high-temperature bearings that will allow engines to run more efficiently "the bearings weve created provide answers to a hurdle for both military and commercial aircraft engines " said alan palazzolo texas a&m professor of mechanical engineering and director of the vibration control and electromechanics lab "other universities and companies have been trying to produce a system like this one for a long time" with collaborators at the nasa glenn research center and the university of toledo palazzolo and his research team were honored with a 2003 r&d 100 award for the new bearings dubbed "the oscars of invention " the awards annually showcase 100 of the best products and technologies from around the world in current aircraft engines the bearings that support the rotating parts of the engine can fail because of high temperatures because engines perform their best at higher temperatures there is a need for bearings that can handle such conditions this need has been met by palazzolo and a team of texas a&m students: jason preuss and randy tucker masters students in the mechanical engineering department and andrew hunt a senior civil engineering major the newly developed magnetic bearings support rotating shafts via a magnetic force and a feedback control system this allows for noncontact support of the rotating shaft which eliminates the friction associated with conventional bearings "our main contribution is the electromagnetic coils in the bearings that can withstand high amounts of heat allowing aircraft engines to run at optimal levels " hunt said "it really all comes down to saving money" the savings result from elimination of the lubrication system a reduction in friction and the ability of the bearings to operate at ultra-high temperatures the bearings can operate at temperatures over 1 000 degrees fahrenheit far higher than the current maximum 400 degrees fahrenheit in the six-year development of the bearings the team has received funding from the united states navy and the university of texas at austin in addition to lab sponsorship from nasa "the funding allows us to bring more students into the research " palazzolo said "they provide creativity and persistence and a lot of recognition should go to them im mainly the coach" the sky is not the limit for these bearings either other applications include the turbines that power land-based machinery such as steel mills and petrochemical plants which also operate better at higher temperatures "there are also a lot of good commercial land-based uses for this technology " preuss said "it has the potential to increase efficiency as well as reduce maintenance costs for many types of turbomachinery"
college station -- dr paul n roschke professor and interim head of the department of civil engineering at texas a&m university has been named holder of the ap and florence wiley professorship roschke came to texas a&m in 1987 as an assistant professor of civil engineering from 1983 to 1986 roschke was an assistant professor at the university of texas at el paso and has also taught at the university of california davis and california state university roschkes research interests are in the areas of intelligent structural systems; magnetorheological dampers; finite element theory; numerical methods for plates and shells; and transportation structures a registered professional engineer in arizona california new mexico and texas roschke is a member of the american society of civil engineers and sigma xi and a university member of the consortium of universities for research in earthquake engineering roschke was named the jaycee outstanding young man of america in 1978 and named to the national deans list in 1979 the university of texas at el paso named him civil engineering professor of the year and its college of engineering awarded him the outstanding faculty award in 1984 roschke received the texas engineering experiment station select young faculty award for 1991-92 and was named to whos who among americas teachers in 1996 roschke was the halliburton professor in the texas a&m dwight look college of engineering in 1996 and for 2002-03 was the ruth and william neely 52/dow chemical faculty fellow in the college roschke holds a bachelors degree from valparaiso university and masters and phd degrees from purdue university all in civil engineering he did post-doctoral research at ruhr university (bochum germany)
college station -- dr roger e smith a professor in the department of civil engineering at texas a&m university and a researcher with the texas transportation institute (tti) has been named holder of the herbert d kelleher professorship in transportation smith came to texas a&m in 1986 as an associate professor from 1968 to 1975 smith was an officer in the us army corps of engineers attaining the rank of captain in 1970 he also was a geotechnical and materials engineer for hurst-rosche engineers inc from 1979 to 1980 and technical director for eres consultants inc from 1980 to 1986 smiths areas of expertise are in pavement evaluation rehabilitation management and design; infrastructure management; transportation materials; and construction materials a registered professional engineer in illinois and texas smith is a fellow of the american society of civil engineers and a member of the transportation research board the american society for testing and materials and the american society for engineering education in february 2004 the transportation research board appointed smith member emeritus of its committee on pavement maintenance smith received the dick and joyce birdwell endowed teaching award for 2002-03 in the department of civil engineering at texas a&m and in 1997 smith received the tti/zachry senior researcher award in recognition of his research accomplishments and national standing in the field of pavement design construction maintenance and performance and his continued leadership and support of research within tti smith holds bachelors masters and phd degrees in civil engineering from the university of illinois he also holds a bachelors degree in english literature from wabash college
college station -- dr bjarne stroustrup professor and holder of the college of engineering chair in computer science at texas a&m university has been elected to the prestigious national academy of engineering the academy honors those who have made important and significant contributions to engineering theory and practice as well as unusual accomplishment in the pioneering of new fields of technology "election to the national academy of engineering is among the highest professional distinctions awarded to an engineer " said dr g kemble bennett texas a&m vice chancellor and dean of engineering "through his achievements in computer science dr stroustrup has indeed made important contributions to engineering theory and practice and we are proud to have such a distinguished academician among our ranks" stroustrup joined the department of computer science faculty in the fall of 2002 he is the designer and original implementer of the c++ computer programming language the most widely used language supporting object-oriented programming using c++ as his tool stroustrup pioneered the use of object-oriented and generic programming techniques in application areas where efficiency is a prerequisite valerie e taylor head of the department of computer science at texas a&m said "based on dr stroustrups original work and continuing efforts c++ has become one of the most influential programming languages in history we are extremely proud to have dr stroustrup as a faculty member and of his well-deserved recognition by the national academy of engineering" stroustrups book the c++ programming language is the most widely read book of its kind and has been translated into 18 languages a later book the design and evolution of c++ broke new ground in the description of the way a programming language is shaped by ideas ideals problems and practical constraints stroustrup was named one of the 20 most influential people in the computer industry in the last 20 years by byte magazine in 1995 he also has been named an at&t bell laboratories fellow and an at&t fellow he received the 1993 association for computing machinery (acm) grace murray hopper award for his early work on c++ and is an acm fellow this year nae elected 76 new members and 11 foreign associates bringing the total us membership to 2 174 and the number of foreign associates to 172
washington dc -- the texas center for applied technology (tcat) presented an interactive technology display for members of the united states senate and house of representatives feb 9 in washington dc tcat a center in the texas engineering experiment station participated in the demonstration as part of the university xxi program a partnership between texas a&m university the university of texas at austin and the us army university xxi focuses on digitization research in support of the us armys transformation to digital tools and environments the program leverages the faculty staff research engineers and students of both universities in a working partnership with the army to solve problems and support its operations the demonstration which took place in the dirksen senate office building on capitol hill was sponsored by the us army program executive office for simulation training and instrumentation (peo-stri) the three-dimensional terrain visualization tool has been integrated into the armys analysis and control element (ace) system the central collection and analysis point for army intelligence collection sources at the army division and corps level
college station -- vikram k kinra the general dynamics professor in the department of aerospace engineering at texas a&m university has been elected a 2004 fellow of the american academy of mechanics (aam) new fellows must be nominated by two current aam fellows and are elected based on their contributions to aerospace engineering kinra is one of only three aam fellows elected for 2004 his research areas are in wave propagation material damping fracture mechanics and ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation kinra said that it means a lot to him to see his name alongside other fellows whose abilities he has respected throughout his career "many of the current fellows have been my mentors " he said "it is indeed an honor to join them as a fellow" kinra joined the department of aerospace engineering at texas a&m in september 1982 he has received numerous awards including a distinguished teaching award in 1998 by the association of former students at texas a&m a lockheed martin award for excellence in engineering teaching in 1997 and a distinguished alumnus award in 1995 from the college of engineering at utah state university he received his bachelors degree from the indian institute of technology (kampur india) his masters degree from utah state university and his doctorate from brown university
college station texas -- an ongoing effort in south texas to better prepare advanced technology technicians has been recognized for excellence by the texas association of college technical educators the south texas advanced technology education (state) project headquartered at del mar college received the presidents award for excellence 2004 for best practices in technical education at the associations conference in corpus christi april 1-2 the projects principal investigator dr lee sloan and director dee salmon accepted the award plaque along with del mars acting president jose l alaniz as part of the award salmon and sloan will present the program during the general session at the tacte fall conference in austin the state program which is administered through the texas engineering experiment station (tees) aims to reduce the time required to produce associate degreed technicians chiefly in process technology in response to industrys rapidly evolving training needs funded by the national science foundation for $15 million state is a partnership of five community colleges -- del mar victoria south texas coastal bend and texas state technical college - as well as texas a&m university-corpus christi tees and more than a dozen industry partners that include companies such as flint hill resources lp valero refining bp chemical and equistar "state opens the door to high technology careers for the underrepresented and largely hispanic south texas population and provides industry with a highly skilled workforce " said sloan who is dean of occupational education and technology at del mar "this award acknowledges and affirms the efforts and contribution of everyone involved with the project" more information about the state program can be found at http://wwwdelmaredu/state the texas association of college technical educators is a professional organization that serves to promote the needs of postsecondary workforce education throughout the state to promote collaboration and cooperation among educational providers and to assist in providing professional development for technical educators
college station texas -- dr theresa a maldonado associate dean in the dwight look college of engineering at texas a&m university and assistant director of the texas engineering experiment station has been named to serve as a member of the national academy of engineerings committee on diversity in the engineering workforce the mission of the nae diversity program is to increase the diversity of the united states engineering workforce by developing a strong domestic talent pool in addressing this mission the nae convenes stakeholders to share knowledge identify information and program needs and initiate actions to address those needs maldonado joined the texas a&m engineering program in september 2003 from 1981 to 1986 maldonado was a member of the technical staff at at&t bell laboratories working in fiber optic systems fiber components and cable design after completing her doctoral studies in 1990 she joined the university of texas at arlington as an assistant professor in the department of electrical engineering in 1999-2001 she was a program director at the national science foundation where she managed engineering research centers and served on a number of nsf-wide committees including career and nanoscale science and engineering she returned to uta in 2001 as associate dean of engineering for research and graduate studies in july 2002 she was appointed associate vice president for research and became director of the uta institute for nanoscale science and engineering research and teaching maldonado was a 1991-96 nsf presidential young investigator and received the halliburton award for teaching excellence and the halliburton award for outstanding young faculty from the uta college of engineering in 1995 she was inducted into the inaugural council of outstanding young engineering alumni at georgia tech at nsf maldonado was recognized with the 2001 directors award for program management excellence and the directors award for collaborative integration for her services on the career coordinating committee and with a certificate of appreciation for distinguished service in the development of the nsf program advance a registered professional engineer in texas maldonado is a senior member of the institute of electrical and electronics engineers and a member of the optical society of america the international society for optical engineering eta kappa nu tau beta pi sigma xi and the society of hispanic professional engineers she holds bachelors masters and phd degrees in electrical engineering from the georgia institute of technology
college station texas - dr yu ding an assistant professor in the department of industrial engineering at texas a&m university has received a national science foundation (nsf) career award for his research on quality improvement using distributed sensor networks the $400 000 grant will continue through 2009 the nsf career award is the most prestigious award for new faculty members for their career-development and teaching activities highlighting them as upcoming academic leaders in the 21st century dings research will focus on quality improvement of complicated manufacturing systems under the monitoring of sensor networks ranging from monitoring equipment status to tracking down the root causes of quality-related problems often sensors signal alarms when equipment is malfunctioning or inspections are out of specification but the sensors do not specify why ding said that in many situations people collect a lot of data using distributed sensor networks and simply store it in a database methodologies that can wisely and effectively piece together critical quality-related information collected by sensor networks and distributed in a large-scale manufacturing environment are needed ding said he wants to enhance the effectiveness of the sensors by optimizing their distribution in manufacturing processes and also developing a sensor self-diagnosis capability to ensure the sensor system reliability as a result of dings research he can determine in a timely manner what element of the sensor is not working properly and also assess the health of manufacturing systems under surveillance "we want to be able to correct the quality-related problem and minimize the cost without slowing down the production process " ding said awardees must include plans for teaching and research in their application for a career grant ding plans to increase research opportunities for local high school teachers and students by having them come to texas a&m to learn about current research projects and metrology facilities ding said he was very pleased when he received notice of his award "this award can really sustain the research programs development " he said "this area of research is very promising - it has a lot of potential to expand to application areas beyond manufacturing" ding joined texas a&ms department of industrial engineering in august 2001 he received a bachelors degree in precision engineering in 1993 from the university of science and technology of china (hefei china) he earned two masters degrees one in mechanical engineering in 1998 from pennsylvania state university and one in precision instruments in 1996 from tsinghua university (beijing china) he received his doctoral degree in mechanical engineering in 2001 from the university of michigan
college station texas - dr scott socolofsky an assistant professor in the department of civil engineering at texas a&m university has received a national science foundation (nsf) career award for his research on multiphase plume behavior in natural water bodies the $400 000 grant will continue through 2009 the nsf career award is the most prestigious award for new faculty members for their career-development and teaching activities highlighting them as upcoming academic leaders in the 21st century socolofskys research will focus on the behavior of bubbles droplets and particles in the deep ocean his research will aid in answering the question of what happens to oil and natural gas that is released during an accidental oil-well blowout knowing where oil and gas particles diffuse during an oil-well blowout can help make cleanup both easier and quicker his research will also help with deep-ocean disposal of carbon dioxide which researchers are currently investigating by collecting carbon dioxide condensing it into liquid and injecting it into the ocean the carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere more slowly than with current disposal techniques this process can reduce the rate of increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere awardees must include plans for teaching as well as research in their application for a career grant socolofsky said he wants to develop new undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental fluid mechanics he also would like to develop an exchange program between texas a&m and the university of karlsruhe in germany where he did his postdoctoral work in environmental fluid mechanics socolofsky joined the department of civil engineering in january 2003 he received his bachelor of science degree in civil environmental and architectural engineering in 1994 from the university of colorado in boulder he obtained both a master of science degree and a doctorate in civil and environmental engineering from the massachusetts institute of technology in 1997 and 2001 respectively
college station texas - dr xi zhang an assistant professor in the department of electrical engineering at texas a&m university has received a national science foundation career award for his research on the integrated network-protocol architectures for multicast services over mobile wireless networks the $400 000 grant will continue through 2009 the nsf career award is the most prestigious award for new faculty members for their career-development and teaching activities highlighting them as upcoming academic leaders in the 21st century zhangs research will focus on protocol integration architecture for mobile wireless multicast services - communication from one to many - over mobile wireless networks zhang will develop a set of algorithms to control data distribution from the source to many mobile receivers the mobile receivers need to send feedback to the source to allow the source to continually make updates and improve the quality of service of the multicast transmissions this feedback is important because it helps enhance the reliability and validity of the transmission between the source and multiple mobile receivers this research would be useful to air traffic control facilities and weather centers for instance airplanes could each have a computer on board that would provide pilots continually with updated information about runway availability vehicles with navigation systems would receive information about current traffic conditions weather centers would receive information on current hazard situations such as approaching storms awardees must include plans for teaching and research in their application for a career grant zhang plans to develop a new graduate course on mobile wireless networks integrating the planned research infrastructure into the course he also will design a new undergraduate course on computer networks and the internet including lab equipment with a wireless local area network that can communicate with other networks students will work with a test-bed system to confirm how well the algorithm works zhang said this award can support more doctoral students doing ground-breaking research "i feel a great responsibility to produce the very best world-class research results for the projects sponsored by my award " he said "this is just the starting point and we have a long way to go" zhang joined the department of electrical engineering in february 2002 he received bachelors and masters degrees from xidian university (xian china); a masters degree from lehigh university; and his doctoral degree from the university of michigan in electrical engineering and computer science (ee systems)
college station texas - dr michael bevan an assistant professor in the department of chemical engineering at texas a&m university has received a national science foundation (nsf) career award for his research on nanotechnology the $400 000 grant will continue through 2009 the nsf career award is the most prestigious award for new faculty members for their career-development and teaching activities highlighting them as upcoming academic leaders in the 21st century bevans research is in the area of nanotechnology which is the science of manipulating materials on an atomic or molecular scale he will measure the interactions of colloids which are tiny building blocks measured in nanometers by using things such as electrical fields and optical tweezers bevan can force the colloids to assemble into crystals with this directed assembly bevan is able to manipulate the structure of the crystals allowing him to research their reactions with different substances colloids are found in many substances such as protein and latex paint bevan said thus understanding colloids behavior has a wide range of research applications because crystals interact with light colloid-based crystals can be used to build optical sensors and possibly help develop computers that can run on light awardees must include plans for teaching as well as research in their application for a career grant bevan plans to integrate his research into courses by using 3-d movies and simulation animations that students will create he said he feels this will aid students by allowing them to develop the "right picture in their heads" about concepts such as brownian motion which affects particles suspended in water "i believe this component allows me to have synergy with my role as an educator and a researcher " he said bevan joined the department of chemical engineering in august 2002 he received bachelor of science degrees in chemical engineering and in chemistry in 1994 from lehigh university and earned a phd in chemical engineering from carnegie mellon university in 1999
college station texas - dr andreas klappenecker an assistant professor in the department of computer science at texas a&m university has received a national science foundation (nsf) career award for his research on quantum algorithms the $400 000 grant will continue through 2009 the nsf career award is the most prestigious award for new faculty members for their career-development and teaching activities highlighting them as upcoming academic leaders in the 21st century klappeneckers research will focus on the design and analysis of quantum algorithms he wants to expedite computations by operating in the quantum mechanical regime meaning that many computations can be performed simultaneously rather than separately as with classical algorithms he will study various applications of quantum algorithms such as pattern recognition and communication problems klappenecker said one goal of his research is the development of design principles for quantum algorithms to help remedy the lack of quantum software "designing quantum algorithms is significantly more difficult than the design of classical algorithms and we have a quantum software crisis for that reason " he said awardees must include plans for teaching and research in their application for a career grant klappenecker plans on creating and further developing classes on quantum computing randomized algorithms cryptography and security a portion of the teaching component will also go toward his weekly quantum computing seminar which has been running for three years klappenecker joined texas a&ms department of computer science in 2000 he received his phd in computer science from the university of karlsruhe in germany in 1998 he was also named fellow-at-large of the santa fe institute in 2000
college station texas -- dr john l junkins distinguished professor of aerospace engineering and holder of the george j eppright chair at texas a&m university has been awarded the 2004 tycho brahe award from the institute of navigation (ion) ion gives the award annually to one individual in recognition of outstanding contributions to the science of space navigation guidance and control the award is named in honor of the 16th century pioneering danish astronomer tycho brahe whose measurements of the motion of mars led to the discovery -- by brahes colleague johannes kepler -- of the laws of planetary motion the award cites junkins prolific and fundamental advances which have supported over a dozen spaceflight missions and are documented in over 300 publications including five textbooks junkins will receive the award during the institutes 60th annual meeting june 7-9 in dayton ohio a texas a&m faculty member since 1985 junkins research interests are in engineering mechanics broadly and spacecraft dynamics navigation guidance and control in particular junkins is a member of the national academy of engineering and the international academy of astronautics and a fellow of the american institute of aeronautics and astronautics (aiaa) and the american astronautical society (aas) among his numerous honors are the 1990 aiaa g edward pendray aerospace literature award; the 1991 auburn university college of engineering outstanding aerospace engineering alumnus award; the 1992 sigma xi distinguished scientist award; the 1997 aiaa theodore von karman medal and lectureship; and the 1999 international astronautical federation frank j malina medal junkins holds a bachelors degree from auburn university and masters and phd degrees from the university of california los angeles all in aerospace engineering