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college station texas &mdash; dr zoubeida ounaies assistant professor in the department of aerospace engineering at texas a&m university has received the national science foundations faculty early career development award (career) for her research in smart polymer nanocomposites the career award will grant ounaies $400 000 through 2012 to advance her research and integrate new teaching policies as her work advances ounaies will further her research on electric field-responsive polymer nanocomposites by advancing the fundamental knowledge and technological impact of structural materials with multiple functionalities insights from this research are a step towards the development of "engineered materials" with specially designed properties she said through this research ounaies said she plans to enhance her contributions to the aerospace engineering department and the interdisciplinary program in materials science and engineering she is currently training students in interdisciplinary research on emerging materials and developing courses to enhance the existing materials curriculum in the aerospace engineering department ounaies said her work with nanocomposites leads to materials that have multiple functions for example she also studies the sensing capabilities of nanomaterials which will enhance the ability to detect cracks in the body of an aircraft before catastrophic failures occur her research is designed to reduce cost weight power consumption and design complexity while improving overall performance "smart structural nanocomposites will enable the development of future lightweight air and space vehicles that sense and adapt to flow and this will produce a more efficient flight " ounaies said ounaies joined the texas a&m aerospace engineering department in 2005 she is also a faculty in the materials science and engineering program and a researcher in the polymer technology center of the texas engineering experiment station she received her bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering and her phd in engineering science and mechanics all from the pennsylvania state university
college station texas - dr bryan rasmussen assistant professor in the department of mechanical engineering at texas a&m university has received a 2007 career award from the national science foundation (nsf) for his dynamics and control research the $400 000 grant will continue through 2012 rasmussens work focuses on developing robust model-based control techniques for nonlinear systems and applying these tools to a diverse set of energy-systems technologies his current focus is on heating ventilation and air-conditioning systems that use two-phase fluids to transfer energy rasmussen said that by effectively modeling the complex dynamics of these processes researchers can find better ways of controlling the systems for increased energy efficiency in his career-sponsored research rasmussen will develop control strategies and diagnostic algorithms for air-conditioning and refrigeration systems particularly those using carbon dioxide (co2) as a refrigerant co2 is at the forefront as a potential replacement for traditional refrigerants which have significantly higher global warming potential however the higher operating pressures of these systems require advanced control and diagnostic strategies to ensure safe efficient operation rasmussen said beyond developing advanced control strategies rasmussen is proposing to use transient data with the dynamic models to identify and diagnose faults before a system fails "we want to be able to detect the soft system faults that precede catastrophic system failure" rasmussen said rasmussens laboratory the thermo-fluids control laboratory focuses on using advanced control strategies to achieve higher energy efficiency reduced environmental impact and increased performance for conventional and alternative energy systems career award will go toward building an experimental transcritical vapor compression system using co2 which will complement the existing subcritical system currently in the lab he will also use his career award to emphasize undergraduate research by assessing the efficacy of current programs and coordinating a set of research experiences in his lab these students will then have the opportunity to apply their research results as interns with partnering companies "research shows that participation in undergraduate research leads to higher retention of students within engineering and increases the likelihood that students will attend graduate school " rasmussen said "and we want to encourage that" rasmussen joined the texas a&m engineering faculty in 2006 he earned a bachelors degree from utah state university and masters and phd degrees from the university of illinois at urbana-champaign all in mechanical engineering
dr bjarne stroustrup professor and college of engineering endowed chair in computer science will preview his paper "evolving a language in and for the real world: c++ 1991-2006 " wednesday (may 23) this special seminar will be held at 3 pm in the frank j malina auditorium room 124 of the hr bright building on campus stroustrup is also a researcher in the computer science division of the texas engineering experiment station the engineering rresearch agency of the state of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system his presentation outlines the history of the c++ programming language from the early days of its iso standardization (1991) through the 1998 iso standard to the later stages of the c++ox revision of that standard (2007) stroustrup said he is eager to have an audience that will ask tough questions during the q&a session following his talk he will present this lecture again at the association for computing machinery sigplan history of programming languages conference in june in san diego a draft of the paper may be found at http://wwwresearchattcom/~bs/hopl-almost-finalpdf stroustrup designed and implemented the c++ programming language and remains active in the iso c++ standards committee working on c++ox he wrote the c++ programming language and the design and evolution of c++ in 2004 he was elected member of the national academy of engineering more biographical information about stroustrup may be found at http://wwwresearchattcom/~bs/biohtml
dr laszlo kish a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at texas a&m university is featured in a front page article at new scientist tech for his work in secure communication kish is also a researcher in the electrical and computer engineering division of the texas engineering experiment station (tees) the engineering research agency of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system the article "noise keeps spooks out of the loop " is about kishs novel method of encrypting messages he proposed that uses the natural thermal noise created by resistors kish proposed that a simple pair of resistors on the ends of a communications wire such as a phone or computer line could keep eavesdroppers from intercepting secret messages he created a cipher device which he first proposed in 2005 that exploits a property called thermal noise thermal noise is generated by the natural agitation of electrons within a conductor which happens regardless of any voltage passed through it but it does change depending on the conductors resistance kish said in the article that the thermal properties of a simple wire can be exploited to create a secure communications channel one that outperforms quantum cryptography keys read the article to learn more about kishs device
malcolm verdict associate director of the texas engineering experiment stations (tees) energy systems laboratory will address high-level government business and financial leaders at the asia clean energy forum in manila philippines june 26-28 his presentation "30 years of energy efficiency policy in the united states " will review energy policy at the federal and state levels and include an examination of which policies and financial incentives have worked best since the first oil embargo in 1973 verdict has more than 35 years in the commercial banking and energy efficiency arena and is widely recognized by the western governors association and others as an expert on these matters in the early `90s he helped establish the largest state-funded loan program at the time for financing energy efficiency improvements for state and local governments in texas with more than 350 people from 30 countries expected to attend the asia clean energy forum will provide an opportunity for business financial and government leaders to share information exchange best practices in clean energy financing and devise strategies to scale up clean energy investments energy demand is being fueled by unprecedented economic growth in the pacific and asian region with demand expected to double by 2030
college station texas &mdash; dr raymond j juzaitis has been named head of the department of nuclear engineering and holder of the sallie and don davis 61 professorship in engineering at texas a&m university this will be effective on august 15 2007 he will also serve as director for the nuclear engineering division of the texas engineering experiment station as well as hold a joint appointment as a visiting professor in the bush school of government and public service juzaitis comes to texas a&m engineering from lawrence livermore national laboratory (llnl) where he has served as associate director for nonproliferation homeland and international security (nhi) since 2004 providing leadership for the largest and fastest growing nuclear engineering department in the nation requires an exceptionally talented individual and dr juzaitis is ideal to serve as the leader of our program said dr g kemble bennett vice chancellor and dean of engineering "dr juzaitis is a seasoned nuclear engineer whose significant contributions in nuclear weapons research will strengthen our nuclear engineering program particularly in the areas of nuclear nonproliferation and national security and defense he will be a tremendous resource for our faculty staff and students and we look forward to welcoming him to campus this fall" a nuclear and chemical engineer with extensive experience in weapons and computational physics juzaitis has 28 years of experience in the management and execution of national security research and development programs at the department of energy national laboratories his early focus in computational physics paved the way for a broad-based technical career that included nuclear weapons design development testing and evaluation prior to joining llnls nonproliferation program in 2004 juzaitis was at los alamos national laboratory first as a doctoral researcher then as a staff scientist in the weapons program and later holding various senior management positions most recently as associate director for weapons physics during his los alamos tenure he also held several senior advisory positions on assignment including senior technical advisor for the department of energy office of defense programs and special scientific advisor to the office of the assistant to the secretary of defense for atomic energy dr juzaitis is a member of the american nuclear society and sigma xi and has received several prestigious awards from the department of energy juzaitis holds a bachelors degree in chemical engineering from princeton university and masters and phd in nuclear engineering from the university of virginia
college station texas &mdash; dr jaime grunlan researcher in the polymer technology center of the texas engineering experiment station has received a 3m nontenured faculty grant for his nanomaterials research project "transparent electrically conductive nanocomposite thin films" the award given by 3m recognizes outstanding new faculty for the quality and pertinence of research and is intended to help young faculty achieve tenure remain in their teaching positions and conduct research the unrestricted award provides up to $15 000 a year and may be renewed until tenure is achieved up to a maximum of three years the funds may be used for any purpose in the performance of basic research earlier this year grunlan received a 2007 national science foundation (nsf) career award for his research into controlling the microstructure of high aspect ratio nanoparticles (eg carbon nanotubes) using stimuli-responsive polymers he has developed a way to control the behavior of nanoparticles which could lead to new classes of lightweight engineering composites for applications such as microwave antenna substrates; sensing and actuation transducers for biomedical applications; and highly conductive flexible microelectronic materials grunlan joined tees and the department of mechanical engineering in the dwight look college of engineering at texas a&m university in 2004 he is an assistant professor on the mechanical engineering and materials science and engineering faculties his polymer nano composites lab is currently developing thick and thin film polymer nanocomposites for a variety of applications that include emi shielding gas permeation control and sensors grunlan received a bachelors degree from north dakota state university and a phd from the university of minnesota tees is the engineering research agency of the state of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system
harlingen texas &mdash; the harlingen consolidated independent school district (hcisd) in cameron county has received a $299 786 improving literacy through school libraries program grant (2007) from the us department of education harlingen cisds grant project opportunities for all students to invest in success (oasis) was developed and submitted through a collaborative effort between harlingen cisd and the texas engineering experiment stations (tees) center for community support (ccs) this federal grant will provide funds for improving harlingen cisds library collections and media resources while addressing student reading and literacy challenges serving 18 000 students of which 89 percent are hispanic and 75 percent are economically disadvantaged much of this grant funding will go toward updating the three highest need elementary schools library materials grant funding will also support expanded library hours for increasing parent and community access to literature technology and trained professionals in an effort to promote growth in literacy and use of library resources these were very competitive national grants and will provide much needed literacy services to students and communities in the district ccss martha opersteny said "almost 70 percent of the school districts student body is at risk of not completing their high school education this grant will make a big difference because it provides a way for parents to participate in their childs education through their expanded library hours and services" in recent years there have been many texas schools and educational groups benefiting greatly from the centers grant development services the assistance ccs offers provides these organizations with a competitive edge in obtaining much needed grants which make a big difference in public education across much of texas since 2002 the tees center for community support has worked with 33 texas schools and educational nonprofits in developing grant proposals the result has been $115 million for improvements in public education in texas developed projects deal with issues such as teacher training vocational instruction special services for the blind minority outreach and literacy and math initiatives the tees center for community support provides a broad range of information data and proposal writing services at no cost for texas community-based nonprofit organizations support is available to pursue competitive funding for programs designed to improve the quality of life for texans in all approximately $34 million in federal and private grants have been garnered for texas nonprofit sector with the direct assistance of the center
college station texas &mdash; a one-day seminar aimed at anyone involved in the safety of petroleum refinery employees and the protection of us petroleum refineries will be held wednesday (aug 15) in houston the seminar will help those involved in process safety comply with a new osha petroleum refinery process safety management national emphasis program (nep) or the "refinery nep" the texas engineering experiment stations (tees) mary kay oconnor process safety center is co-sponsoring the seminar with the texas engineering extension services (teex) professional and regulatory training division this initiative is an attempt to respond to a recent series of disastrous fires and explosions in the refinery industry the seminar will be led by joe howicz an occupational safety and fire protection expert who previously developed the osha training materials for the new refinery nep and other safety experts the invited guest speaker is dean mcdaniel osha region vi administrator
college station texas - the board of regents of the texas a&m university system appointed dr lee peddicord director of the texas engineering experiment station (tees) at its july 27 meeting in college station as tees director peddicord will manage the 852-employee agency a partnership of institutions industries and communities working to strengthen engineering research and development across the state he also is leading the development and implementation of a new nuclear power institute he most recently served as vice chancellor for research and federal relations for the a&m system he formerly headed the department of nuclear engineering at texas a&m university where he is a longtime professor dr g kemble bennett will continue as vice chancellor and dean of engineering providing oversight of tees the texas transportation institute the texas engineering extension service and the dwight look college of engineering at texas a&m
college station texas &mdash; mark s smock has been appointed chief financial officer and controller and assistant agency director for the texas engineering experiment station (tees) agency director dr kl peddicord has announced effective sept 1 smock will be responsible for oversight and coordination of the financial operations of tees mark¿s strong background brings a wealth of experience and expertise i am very much looking forward to working with him he will be an invaluable member of the leadership team in tees peddicord said smock comes to tees from the texas a&m research foundation where he began in 1999 as vice president and treasurer smock was interim chief executive officer and treasurer from july 2003 to december 2004 when he was named president and ceo and charged with overseeing the overall operation and management of the foundation he was previously a supervising assistant state auditor and then audit manager for the state auditor¿s office in austin and later deputy executive director for finance and administration for the texas commission on alcohol and drug abuse a certified public account in texas smock is a member of the american institute of certified public accountants and the texas society of public accountants he also sits on the board of directors of the brazos valley rehabilitation center and the texas institute for the advancement of chemical technology smock earned a bachelors degree in accounting from ferris state college in michigan and an mba from texas a&m university
college station texas - five clients of the energy systems laboratory including texas a&m university were presented with mega energy saver awards during a ceremony thursday afternoon at the george bush presidential library and museum complex the energy systems laboratory (esl) and texas engineering experiment station (tees) honored the clients who have together saved more than $300 million each client has saved more than $1 million in utility costs while working with esl in enhanced building operations continuous commissioning(r) and energy efficiency improvement programs the five honorees were: alamo community college district (san antonio); texas state energy conservation office (austin); texas health and human services commission (austin); us army medical command (ft sam houston); and texas a&m university texas a&m through its "campus-wide metering retrofits and continuous commissioning(r) program" has saved more than $50 million since 1996 with assistance from the esl engineers "we are pleased to have the opportunity to work on this program with texas a&m " said outgoing esl director dr w dan turner dr ray bowen president emeritus of texas a&m said "i have been told that in the last 10 years we have added 4 million square-feet of space on campus but our energy consumption has gone down" the texas state energy conservation office based in austin has experienced the greatest savings while working with esl through its "loanstar retrofit program" the company has provided loans that resulted in utility savings of more than $250 million turner who has been director of esl for the past 22 years was honored during the ceremony for the achievements of the center under his guidance turner is stepping down as director and will be replaced by dr david claridge also during the event dr lee peddicord newly appointed director of tees announced the establishment of a campus working group to investigate the building of a highly energy-efficient facility on the a&m campus the proposed super-high-efficient facility would use sustainable design features materials and renewable energy it would serve as a model for the texas a&m university system and the commercial building industry at-large it would be used as a showplace a living laboratory for advancing building research as well as future office space for the rapidly growing esl staff and engineers the building would also house a new energy efficient building technology application center if the esl is awarded a pending us department of energy grant esl began as a fan-testing laboratory in 1939 and since 1985 has focused on building energy-related research energy efficiency and emissions reduction estimates and has a total annual income for external research and testing exceeding $5 million esl is a division of tees which is a member of the texas a&m university system
college station texas - nuclear security experts at texas a&m university and the texas engineering experiment station have been awarded the first $15 million installment of an eventual total of $75 million in funding to develop new sensor systems to detect nuclear or radiological weapons before they can be smuggled into the united states the five-year national science foundation grant will allow a multidisciplinary team of nuclear electrical systems and chemical engineers mathematicians computer scientists and public policy experts at texas a&m to develop revolutionary new sensor technologies that will alert security forces to highly enriched uranium or plutonium hidden in seaborne or vehicle cargoes said dr william s charlton charlton an associate professor in texas a&ms department of nuclear engineering is the director of the nuclear security science and policy institute (nsspi) which is managing the research project "we are developing a new framework in which sensor technologies are developed as integrated systems combining sensor arrays and signal and information analysis we are investigating first what performance characteristics a detector must have to work most effectively for this unique problem " charlton said "then we will use the array of expertise on the project team to develop a detection system that will show order of magnitude improvement in detection capability" the most important tasks for the new detector system will be to detect very small amounts of radioactivity consistently and determine its location accurately - down to a single shipping container or vehicle charlton said as the engineers and scientists develop the technology for the sensor system policy experts at the institute for science technology and public policy in the george bush school of government and public service and at the department of political science in the college of liberal arts will build on the science and engineering models to develop policy options to enable security agencies to use the equipment most effectively on an international basis said dr david r boyle nsspi deputy director "the federal sponsors of this competition were concerned about the policy implications of this work and one of nsspis strengths is its ability to work at the interface of technology and policy " boyle said the funding of this project which involves a team effort by the national science foundation and federal homeland security authorities recognizes texas a&ms expertise in both nuclear and homeland security issues said dr g kemble bennett vice chancellor and dean of engineering "we have worked hard for several years to grow our expertise and capabilities in these areas and this project is proof that we are succeeding " bennett said bennett noted that us rep chet edwards whose district includes texas a&ms college station campus was instrumental in obtaining funding for establishing the nuclear security science and policy institute at texas a&m nsspi is a joint endeavor of texas a&m university and the texas engineering experiment station the engineering research agency of the state of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system
college station texas &mdash; dr david claridge has been named director of the energy systems laboratory (esl) of the texas engineering experiment station (tees) claridge who is also the leland t jordan professor in the department of mechanical engineering at texas a&m university has been associate director of the esl since 1992 a texas a&m faculty member since 1986 his research interests are in building commissioning analysis techniques for building energy data and heat transfer in buildings with more than 300 publications in these areas before coming to tees and texas a&m claridge was an associate professor of civil environmental and architectural engineering at the university of colorado he also worked for the solar energy research institute in golden colo and for the us congressional office of technology assessment claridge is a registered professional engineer in texas and a fellow of the american society of mechanical engineers (asme) he is also a member of the american society of heating refrigerating and air conditioning engineers (ashrae) and the american solar energy society (ases) and a past chair of asmes solar energy division claridge was named a congressional science fellow of the american association for the advancement of science in 1976 a tees fellow in 1997 and 1998 a tees senior fellow in 1999 and received a faculty distinguished achievement in research award from the texas a&m university association of former students in 2003 he has received the distinguished service award and the ek campbell award of merit from ashrae for his outstanding service and achievement in teaching he has won the best paper award on conservation and solar buildings from the asme solar energy division three times claridge holds a bachelors degree in engineering physics from walla walla college and a masters degree and a phd in physics from stanford university since 1985 the tees energy systems laboratory has focused on building energy-related research energy efficiency and emissions reduction estimates and has a total annual income for external research and testing exceeding $5 million esl is a division of tees the engineering research agency of the state of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system
dr kenneth r hall has been appointed associate director of the texas engineering experiment station (tees) by the board of regents of the texas a&m university system today (sept 28) at their meeting in college station hall is a professor in the artie mcferrin department of chemical engineering at texas a&m university a regents professor and holder of the jack e and frances brown chair in engineering an internationally recognized expert in the area of thermodynamics hall has 224 refereed publications he also has received 12 patents in areas that include natural gas flow measurement and conversion of natural gas into liquid fuels and other chemicals as tees associate director hall will emphasize interdisciplinary research projects and oversee tees centers and institutes
college station texas a team of researchers from the spacecraft technology center and the department of aerospace engineering at texas a&m university has received a competitive contract award from the air force research laboratorys space vehicles directorate at kirtland afb in new mexico to assess space-based sensors that contribute to space situational awareness the overall $289 million award includes a funded 18-month project with an option for an additional 18-month effort the stc part of the texas engineering experiment station (tees) advances spacecraft system technologies from basic research to practical application dr frederick best directs the center the stc team will evaluate the utility of using small space-based optical systems such as star trackers to increase a spacecrafts awareness of its surrounding space environment star trackers which use pictures of the star field to help determine the orientation of a spacecraft are a class of sensors being considered by the air force and other space agencies for dual-use the air force is looking for ways to augment its space surveillance sensor network by using existing spacecraft sensors or inexpensive new concepts in this supporting role this project follows a 2005 study performed by the stc team for the air force that evaluated the star tracker dual-use concept for feasibility and produced some preliminary software that could be used by these sensors the stc also received a subcontract from an industry partner in june 2007 to test this software with an existing star tracker camera the recently awarded air force contract will include an assessment of key sensor and orbital parameters that bound the problem testing of various sensors to determine a baseline and development of an optimized sensor concept that uses readily available sensor components hardware and software appropriate for this concept will be assembled and tested at the stc sensor test lab the outcome of the project will address performance questions the air force has about this dual-use sensor mission and make possible the opportunity to test this type of sensor on orbit the stc project will be led by charles (chip) hill stc associate director for systems integration who has a broad industry and government background in aerospace projects key contributions will be made by members of the stc staff including dr thomas talley and magdalini lagoudas key faculty participants from the department of aerospace engineering at texas a&m are dr thomas pollock and dr daniele mortari as well as their graduate students stcs dr igor carron aerospace engineerings dr adonios karpetis and the college of architectures dr ergun akleman will pursue supporting research efforts the project will also include industry partners the stc/texas a&m team will be able to make a significant contribution in determining how spacecraft can be used more autonomously and efficiently leading to improved safety and security of us space systems
college station texas- the first friday lecture for december features "the strength and fracture of nanocomposites " presented by dr dan davis the lecture will be friday (dec 7) in room 110 of the koldus building lunch will be provided to registrants at 11:45 am and the lecture will begin at noon davis is director of operations of texas institute for intelligent bio-nano materials and structures for aerospace vehicles (tiims) and tees research professor in the department of aerospace engineering at texas a&m university tiims is a collaboration of five texas universities conducting research in bio-nanomaterials fabrication characterization modeling and simulation for future nasa and aerospace systems tiims also has a focus on producing the next generation of aerospace engineers and scientists for nasa in its mission to return to the moon and beyond in addition to his research activities in nanomaterials characterization davis has the charge to promote the education thrust of tiims he has collaborated with a small minority owned business clarkson aerospace and the us air force laboratory to form the air force minority leaders program (mlp) this program is a congressional sponsored program that promotes materials and manufacturing and sensors research at over 20 universities including many historically black colleges and universities davis has held engineering faculty administrative and research positions at temple university the pennsylvania state university new jersey institute of technology and texas southern university his teaching interests are in engineering mechanics structures and materials courses davis primary research interest is on the macro-micro-mechanical behavior of materials under complex thermal-mechanical loads more recently his interest has focused on the mechanics of advanced nanocomposite multifunctional materials davis research interest in education focuses on integrating design and computer/internet-based technologies throughout the curriculum to improve learning and course delivery the first friday lecture series is a program of the african american professional organization held the first friday of the month and is sponsored by the division of research and graduate studies to register for the event click here contact anita dotson at 845-1812 or a-dotson@tamuedu for additional information to learn more about the african american professional organization visit their web site
college station texas - dr c roland haden received the service award from the mary kay oconnor process safety center (mkopsc) a texas engineering experiment station (tees) center housed within the artie mcferrin department of chemical engineering at texas a&m university the award was established to honor and recognize individuals who have contributed to the success of the center and who have played a significant role in advancing the mission of the center haden is a former vice chancellor for engineering and former dean of the dwight look college of engineering at texas a&m he also served as director of tees haden retired from texas a&m in 2002 but still holds the title of professor emeritus haden received his phd from the university of texas at austin in electrical engineering he has held teaching and administrative positions at the university of texas university of oklahoma louisiana state university and arizona state university haden was named fellow of the american society for engineering education (asee) and the institute of electrical and electronics engineers (ieee) he has received numerous awards including the prestigious donald e marlowe award from asee in 1998 in which he was honored as a role model in advancing engineering education and the engineering profession he was also awarded the lamme award in 2007 he has worked as a consultant to various firms and educational institutions and was appointed by the former gov george w bush in 1996 to be a member of the governors science and technology council he was also chair for the asee public policy committee he serves on the board of directors for inter-tel inc and crosstex energy mlp haden has authored more than 100 publications including four books he co-authored or edited
college station texas - dr w john lee professor and holder of the lf peterson endowed chair in the harold vance department of petroleum engineering received the designation of regents professor for 2006-2007 during a recent meeting of the texas a&m university system board of regents lee who holds a joint appointment with the texas engineering experiment station (tees) was one of five texas a&m professors who were named regents professors the board established the regents professor award program in 1996 to recognize employees who have made exemplary contributions to the university or agency and to the people of texas to date 106 faculty members have been named regents professors recipients received a $9 000 stipend a commemorative medallion and a certificate during a dinner thursday (dec 6) that was held in their honor lee came to texas a&m in 1977 and was the initial director of the petroleum engineering departments distance learning program he received the distinguished achievement in continuing education award in 2001 from the texas a&m association of former students and was recently appointed academic engineering fellow by the securities and exchange commissions division of corporation finance
a new statewide nuclear power institute headquartered at texas a&m university plans to make sure the growing texas nuclear power industry has the engineers and technicians it will need as it expands in the coming decades establishment of the institute a cooperative effort of texas a&ms dwight look college of engineering the texas engineering experiment station (tees) and other organizations around the state was approved thursday (dec 6) by the texas a&m university system board of regents during its meeting in college station in particular npi activities will support statewide recruiting efforts for nuclear power-related programs the partnership includes texas a&m university texas a&m university-kingsville texas a&m university-corpus christi and prairie view a&m university as well as several community colleges the texas state technical college the texas workforce commission civic leaders and high schools plans presented to the regents call for the nuclear power institute to manage a statewide effort to provide more than 2 000 engineers and technicians needed to staff and operate at least six new nuclear power plants in texas scheduled to go into operation over the next 10 years electric power experts say nuclear powered electric generating plants offer the best chance of meeting texas growing appetite for electric power expected to grow by at least 20 percent over the next decade nuclear plants can produce this needed electricity without contributing to the production of greenhouse gases "the texas a&m university system is uniquely configured with the ideal combination of education research and service agencies and universities to lead this effort " said dr g kemble bennett vice chancellor and dean of engineering "the institute will make a significant impact upon the workforce and economy of the state and nation" the staff needed to operate the additional reactors and generating plants will include technicians with two-year technical degrees nuclear engineers and engineers in other engineering specialties the npi will oversee expansion of curriculums in high schools junior colleges and four-year institutions to prepare graduates to enter nuclear power-related fields the institute also will develop recruiting programs aimed at attracting students into fields that would prepare them to enter the nuclear power industry "the texas engineering experiment station is the right organization to bring together academic education and training and the nuclear power industry " said k l peddicord a professor of nuclear engineering at texas a&m and director of tees the stp nuclear operating company luminant (formerly txu) and the exelon corp have announced plans to open six new nuclear power plants in texas over the next decade several more may follow "the next years will be an exciting time for nuclear power in texas " said peddicord "were glad to be part of it"
college station texas rayford g anthony professor of chemical engineering in the artie mcferrin department of chemical engineering and former head of the department from 1995-2002 has been accorded the rank of professor emeritus by the texas a&m university system board of regents anthony joined texas a&m in 1966 as an assistant professor of chemical engineering and ascended to the rank of associate professor in 1969 in 1974 he was named professor of chemical engineering and in 1994 he was appointed to the c d holland professorship currently anthony is a senior fellow at the texas engineering experiment station a position that he has held since 1984 with more than 100 presentations 130 publications and five patents to his credit anthony is the co-author of three textbooks with fundamentals of chemical reaction engineering in its second edition he also has received the universitys most prestigious award the faculty distinguished achievement award for research as well as most of the faculty teaching and research awards presented by the dwight look college of engineering anthony has extensive experience in developing catalysts and modeling catalytic reactors having worked on dehydrogenation of butenes to butadiene oxidation of isobutylene to methacrolein catalytic cracking of methanol to produce olefins hydrocracking of alkanes and long chain alcohols direct hydrogenation of coal to produce liquids gasification of biomass synthesis of methanol hydrogenation of co and co2 and mathematical modeling of multi-phase reactors
college station texas - marine col rick sturckow commander of the sts-117 mission aboard the space shuttle atlantis in june 2007 visited the oran w nicks low speed wind tunnel team jan 31 to thank the team for supporting the repair design and validation for a torn thermal blanket on the space shuttle during his presentation sturckow showed actual footage and described the mission to the international space station he also presented jorge l martinez director of the wind tunnel with a framed miniature texas flag flown on board atlantis and autographed pictures of the crew on june 9 2007 a four-inch piece of thermal protection system blanket was found protruding out of the port orbital maneuvering system (oms) pod by the crew during routine inspection of the space shuttle with the help of the wind tunnel team nasa engineers conducted ground tests at texas a&m together they quickly developed a solution for repairing the torn blanket and ensuring the shuttle would survive reentry into earths atmosphere after the repair atlantis was allowed to return home but not before taking one last lap around the world to divert to edwards air force base for a successful landing "first thing we wanted to look at was your oms pod " sturckow said recalling his first moments after debarking the orbiter "there were a few stitches but it held great" the wind tunnel is a joint facility of the texas engineering experiment station (tees) and the department of aerospace engineering at texas a&m the 10 foot-wide 7 foot-high tunnel test section is capable of producing wind velocities up to 290 feet per second at approximately atmospheric static pressure department head helen reed said sturckows presentation was particularly meaningful and memorable for the wind tunnel crew given that 50 years ago on the same date &mdash; jan 31 the united states successfully launched its first satellite explorer 1 into orbit
college station texas - dr david claridge has been named fellow of the american society of heating refrigerating and air-conditioning engineers (ashrae) at the societys 2008 winter meeting claridge is the director of the energy systems laboratory of the texas engineering experiment station and the leland jordan professor in the department of mechanical engineering at texas a&m university he is a registered professional engineer claridge has made valuable contributions to energy efficiency technology such as the validation of the variable-based degree-day method formulation of algorithms behind the four-parameter change-point linear regression and development of expert systems he developed the approach used in the texas loan star program which creates baseline models of building performance based on engineering principles using pre-retrofit energy data and regression techniques claridge also developed the inter-zone temperature profile estimation (itpe) method for calculating ground-coupled heat transfer itpe is the first analytical method capable of modeling all common building-to-ground configurations the method has been implemented in program code suitable for use in two major public domain building simulation programs while a simplified version is included in the ashrae handbook fundamentals the status of fellow ashrae is a membership grade that recognizes distinction in the arts and sciences of heating ventilating air conditioning or refrigeration and is earned through achievement as a researcher designer educator or engineering executive ashrae founded in 1894 is an international organization with over 50 000 members of which approximately 500 are given the title of fellow its objective is to advance the arts and sciences of heating ventilation air conditioning and refrigeration to serve the evolving needs of the public through research standards writing publishing and continuing education
space engineering institute (sei) students from the dwight look college of engineering at texas a&m university participated in the 22nd annual career and education day at the george brown convention center in houston feb 9 the annual event sponsored by the houston hispanic forum is designed to educate students and their parents in career choices college preparation and financial aid opportunities students from grades 6 through 12 had the opportunity to meet with representatives from engineering education law finance management banking public relations and graphic design the members of sei including four graduate student mentors and director magda lagoudas organized four one-hour presentations based on their team projects the topics ranged from building a space habitat with robots to remote operation of vehicles in space in addition eight students from bryan high schools ninth-grade class joined the sei students on the trip these students are members of the sei outreach program which began in september 2007 during each session the students presented information on different engineering majors discussed technical sei projects and held a panel discussion students from the department of nuclear engineering and engineers from shell oil corp helped sei students answer questions from the audience the presentations concluded with the bryan high school students presenting their lego robot designs in addition to the four panel sessions the students represented the look college at an exhibition booth students handed out brochures demonstrated the 3-d glasses of the sei tele-operation project and presented animations from the robotics project through this forum more than 1 500 parents and students from the houston area learned about texas a&m engineering for more information on the tees space engineering institute please call (979) 845-8768 for more information about the hhf or career and education day please call (713) 522-8077 or visit houston hispanic forum
college station texas - dr yalchin efendiev associate professor in the department of mathematics at texas a&m university has been appointed interim director of the texas engineering experiment station (tees) institute for scientific computation efendiev came to texas a&m in 2001 shortly after receiving his doctorate from california institute of technology he is a member of the american mathematical society the society for industrial and applied mathematics (siam) and the society of petroleum engineers he has received several grants from the national science foundation the department of energy and industry he has numerous publications and serves on the editorial board of several journals including multiscale modeling and simulation: a siam interdisciplinary journal and numerical mathematics: theory methods and applications his research focuses on numerical analysis