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college station texas -- dr john weese regents professor in the department of mechanical engineering at texas a&m university has been named recipient of the 2004 american society for engineering education (asee) w leighton collins award the award is the societys highest for service to education in engineering and engineering technology and allied fields weese will be honored at the societys annual awards banquet june 23 in salt lake city as part of the societys annual conference and exposition weeses research interests are in the areas of solid mechanics elasticity dynamics vibrations structural dynamics experimental stress analysis and acoustics weese joined the texas a&m engineering faculty in 1986 as head of the department of engineering technology and industrial distribution a position he held until 1997 since then he has been a mechanical engineering professor interim head of the department of mechanical engineering and the accreditation coordinator for the dwight look college of engineering he was previously with the national science foundation serving as director of the division of engineering science in mechanics structures and materials engineering and director of the division of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics from 1974-83 he was dean of the school of engineering and a professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics at old dominion university he was previously dean of engineering and a professor at the university of denver and an assistant professor of mechanics at the us air force academy in denver weese was asee president from 1999-2000 and received the societys frederick j berger award in 1997 for academic leadership in technology education he is a fellow of the american society of mechanical engineers (asme) and the 1994 recipient of the asme ben c sparks medal in 1997 he was named a fellow of the accreditation board for engineering and technology he is a registered professional engineer in colorado virginia and texas weese received doctoral and masters degrees in engineering mechanics from cornell university and a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from kansas state university
college station texas -- silicon laboratories president and ceo daniel artusi advised electrical engineering graduates aiming for integrated circuit design careers to constantly upgrade their knowledge to keep pace with the fast-changing industry artusi was on campus in april to present a contribution to the analog and mixed-signal center for graduate student research support "gifts like this are especially important to our educational program they enable us to produce graduates who are well prepared for the challenges facing industry " said dr g kemble bennett vice chancellor and dean of engineering silicon laboratories based in austin is a leader in the development of proprietary high-performance mixed-signal integrated circuits for a broad range of applications including wireless handsets computer modems and set-top boxes "supporting the engineering program at a leading university like texas a&m is a key element in fostering a strong pool of local mixed-signal design talent that we can recruit from for years to come " artusi said he spoke to students following a luncheon with engineering administrators the analog and mixed-signal center located at texas a&m and part of the texas engineering experiment station had its beginnings in 1976 and was formally created in 1999 research focuses on analog built-in testing data converters low-voltage/low-power circuits and rf and baseband circuits the centers director is dr edgar sanchez-sinencio professor of electrical engineering and holder of the ti/jack kilby chair in analog engineering researchers at the center have authored more than 300 technical papers and co-authored several textbooks on neural network implementations low voltage analog circuit design and switched-capacitor circuits silicon laboratories gift will count in the one spirit one vision campaign the universitys multiyear fund-raising campaign aimed at helping texas a&m attain national top 10 status among public universities
college station texas -- dr b don russell regents professor and jw runyon jr 35 professor of electrical engineering at texas a&m university has been elected a fellow of the national society of professional engineers russells fellow status will be conveyed in july at the annual nspe convention of the 50 000 nspe members only 298 have been granted fellow status the holder of seven patents in protection and control systems for electrical distribution systems russell is an internationally recognized expert in power system control and protection and has served as director of the power systems automation laboratory at texas a&m for more than 25 years russell received a bachelors degree in 1970 and a masters degree in 1971 both in electrical engineering from texas a&m university he earned a doctorate in electrical engineering from the university of oklahoma in 1975 before joining the texas a&m electrical engineering department in 1976 as an assistant professor russell is a member of the national academy of engineering and a fellow of the institute of electrical and electronics engineers (ieee) the worlds largest technical professional society russell has served as president vice-president and secretary of the ieee power engineering society and is also a member of the american society of engineering education in addition russell is a former president of the brazos chapter of the texas society of professional engineers (tspe) and has served as the state director of tspe among his many awards and honors is the 1996 "r&d 100" award -- the "oscars of invention" -- for inventing one of the 100 most technologically significant new products russell also won the ieee herman halperin electric transmission and distribution award the societys highest honor in 1997 for his outstanding contributions to power engineering nspe honored him in 1991 with its outstanding engineering achievement award
college station texas -- dr barry lawrence associate professor in the department of engineering technology and industrial distribution has been named holder of the harvey hubbell professorship in industrial distribution in the dwight look college of engineering at texas a&m university the hubbell professorship is a development professorship a new type of professorship for associate professors implemented by the look college to recognize and reward outstanding performance in teaching research and service of faculty with a high potential for continued professional growth lawrence also directs the supply chain systems laboratory in the look college and is a member of the thomas and joan read center for distribution research and education in the texas engineering experiment station (tees) lawrence joined the industrial distribution faculty in 1995 as a lecturer and became an assistant professor in 1997 his research interests are in the areas of supply chain management; inventory and management asset optimization; industrial distribution systems; erp systems; software and strategy; distribution process matching to information technology; and e-business implementation lawrence holds a bachelors degree in finance from the university of texas an mba from the southwest texas state university (now texas state university) and a phd in information and operations management from texas a&m
college station texas -- dr dennis l oneal holder of the holdredge/paul professorship in engineering education has been named head of the department of mechanical engineering at texas a&m university oneal has served as interim head of the department since may 2003 he is also associate director of the energy systems laboratory in the texas engineering experiment station and will head the tees mechanical engineering division "dr oneal has done an outstanding job serving as interim department head " said dr g kemble bennett vice chancellor and dean of engineering "following an exhaustive search dr oneal was clearly the best candidate to lead the mechanical engineering program and i look forward to his continued contributions to the department college and entire university in the future" oneal came to texas a&m in 1983 as an assistant professor his research focuses on air conditioning refrigeration heat transfer fans ventilation systems and energy forecasting a prolific author oneal wrote on refrigeration for the mechanical engineers handbook and has written more than 150 technical and popular articles he has been a principal or co-principal investigator on projects totaling more than $16 million oneal is previous holder of the ed brockett professorship and has received the texas a&m association of former students distinguished teaching award in the dwight look college of engineering he was among the first named a look college faculty fellow in 1996 and has earned the texas a&m mechanical engineering departments outstanding undergraduate teaching award a fellow of the american society of heating refrigerating and air-conditioning engineers oneal has held various ashrae leadership positions and received the societys distinguished service award oneal also is active in the american society of mechanical engineers oneal holds a bachelors degree in nuclear engineering from texas a&m he earned a masters degree from oklahoma state university and his phd from purdue university both in mechanical engineering
college station texas -- dr christine ehlig-economides has joined texas a&m engineering as a professor in the harold vance department of petroleum engineering and holder of the albert b stevens chair in petroleum engineering ehlig-economides came to texas a&m from the university of houston where she was a tenured professor of chemical engineering she previously spent 20 years with schlumberger working in about 30 countries and before that was petroleum engineering department head at the university of alaska-fairbanks from 1981 to 1983 as one of the foremost contributors in the reservoir-testing field ehlig-economides has been distinguished by contributions in analytical models for well-test analysis in the articulation of the practical methodology for well-test interpretation in the design of testing procedures and in the evaluation of testing hardware and pressure transient data quality she joined the texas a&m faculty in may with a charge to develop an engineering research center for energy ehlig-economides was elected to the prestigious national academy of engineering in 2003 she is a distinguished member of the society of petroleum engineers (spe) and has held a variety of leadership positions in the society in 1982 she was named the alaska spe engineer of the year and received the spe distinguished achievement award for petroleum engineering faculty she received the spe formation evaluation award in 1995 and the societys lester c uren award in 1997 and was named distinguished lecturer in 1997 ehlig-economides is also a member of sigma xi the national research honor society her degrees include a bachelors degree in math-science from rice university a masters degree in chemical engineering from the university of kansas and a phd in petroleum engineering from stanford university
college station texas -- they call it the texas buzzard the sleek unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) built by a team of texas a&m aerospace engineering students has flown to a third-place tie in an international competition for uavs the texas a&m uav team tied for third place with a team from santa clara university in the 2nd annual student unmanned aerial vehicle competition june 25-27 in st inigoes md it was texas a&ms first entry in the competition which is sponsored by the association for unmanned vehicle systems international (auvsi) the texas a&m team placed first in the competitions technical paper and oral presentation categories and won the safety award for their operating procedures first place went to virginia commonwealth university a team from istanbul technical university (turkey) finished second the third-place finish won the team $2 000 in prize money and plaques for their non-flying wins members of the texas buzzard team were joel hill a masters degree student in aerospace engineering; zach reeder and kyle schroeder seniors in aerospace engineering; and brian wood a masters degree student in aerospace engineering dr thomas strganac associate professor of aerospace engineering was the teams faculty adviser david lund director of texas a&ms aerospace vehicle systems institute was technical adviser each team in the competition had to build an autonomous uav and fly it on an aerial reconnaissance mission to fulfill mission requirements each teams uav had to take off under manual control change over to autonomous or programmed flight in the air and fly itself under computer control with no input from the team the "buzzard" started its life as a radio-controlled sailplane or glider originally intended to fly in sailplane competitions the team added an engine programmable autopilot and wireless-linked video camera to turn it into an uninhabited aerial vehicle (uav) for the auvsi competition some things about the competition surprised the texas a&m team "almost all the other teams were computer science guys not aerospace " reeder said "we look at things entirely differently from they way they do" the uavs had to navigate a course given to each team the day before the flight observe and send back images of targets located at several points along the course return to the starting point and either land by itself or switch back to manual control for the landing they had to provide images of two kinds of target: a 10- by 10-ft square painted on the ground and a group of "military vehicles" images sent back from the uav had to be detailed enough that stripes painted inside the square could be seen clearly and the military vehicles had to be identified their location confirmed by gps and the directions they were pointed identified winning the competitions safety award was especially important to lund and strganac "we put a lot of emphasis on operating the vehicle safely " lund said "its good to have that recognized"
college station texas -- dr dan hill will join texas a&m engineering in august as a professor in the harold vance department of petroleum engineering and holder of the robert whiting endowed professorship for teaching excellence in petroleum engineering hill comes to texas a&m from the university of texas at austin where he taught for 22 years and directed the improved well performance research program for the past five years he previously was an advanced research engineer for marathon oils denver research center in littleton colo hills research program will be in the areas of well stimulation well completion performance production logging and multilateral well technology he is a world-renowned specialist in production logging multiphase flow in pipes and well stimulation author of two textbooks on petroleum production hill has taught undergraduate courses in thermodynamics fluid properties petroleum engineering design and production engineering and graduate courses in advanced production engineering production logging well stimulation and two-phase flow in pipes hill is a prolific writer with more than 150 publications technical reports and professional presentations to his credit including textbooks production logging: theoretical and interpretive elements and petroleum production systems additionally he has conducted more than 60 industry short courses and workshops and holds five patents for improved oil recovery through injection processes a registered professional engineer in texas hill is a distinguished member of the society of professional engineers (spe) and a member of the american institute of chemical engineers and of the society of professional well log analysts he was named spe distinguished lecturer for 1988-89 and has held numerous leadership positions in the society hill holds a bachelors degree from texas a&m and masters and phd degrees from the university of texas at austin all in chemical engineering
college station texas -- the society of petroleum engineers international (spe) of the american institute of mining metallurgical and petroleum engineers (aime) will honor texas a&m petroleum engineer dr john lee with the degolyer distinguished service medal in september lee is a professor and holder of the lf peterson chair in the harold vance department of petroleum engineering at texas a&m university the degolyer medal is the societys highest award for service and recognizes distinguished and outstanding service to spe the professions of engineering and/or geology and to the petroleum industry lee has served in numerous positions within spe in more than 30 years of service including service on the board of directors from 1996 to 1999 he has also served the industry for more than 30 years as an spe continuing education instructor and has been visionary in seeing the application of distance learning technologies for both continuing education and degree programs in the industry lee came to texas a&m in 1977 after working for exxon since 1962 his expertise is in the areas of reservoir management gas reservoir engineering and pressure transient testing lee currently directs the departments outreach distance-learning and continuing education programs lee was designated an honorary member of aime and spe in 2001 the highest honor those societies bestow on members among his numerous additional honors are the spe/aime anthony f lucas gold medal in 2003 the top technical award in the societies; the spe reservoir engineering award in 1986; the spe john franklin carll award in 1995; and the spe distinguished faculty achievement award in 1982 he was elected to the national academy of engineering in 1993 and to the georgia institute of technologys inaugural class of distinguished engineering alumni in 1994 in 2001 lee was named to the texas society of professional engineers texas engineering (tspe) dream team a group of 18 professional engineers honored for their contributions to the engineering profession during the first 50 years of tspes existence lee holds bachelors masters and doctoral degrees from georgia tech all in chemical engineering
college station texas -- dr stephen a holditch head of the harold vance department of petroleum engineering at texas a&m university and holder of the samuel roberts noble foundation chair has been named recipient of the 2005 anthony f lucas gold medal from the society of petroleum engineers international (spe) and the american institute of mining metallurgical and petroleum engineering (aime) the lucas medal is the societys highest award for technical contributions the lucas medal recognizes distinguished achievement in improving the technique and practice of finding and producing petroleum holditch will be recognized largely for his contributions to application of hydraulic fracturing in production of tight gas reservoirs dr john lee holder of the lf peterson chair in petroleum engineering said that holditchs work was truly groundbreaking "he figured out how to transform theoretical ideas from the laboratory and the computer into field practice and was able to dramatically increase the supply of natural gas available to the united states and the world " lee said 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 schlumberger data and consulting services provides consulting services for industrial and government clients around the world in geology geophysics petrophysics reservoir engineering production engineering and well completions widely recognized in the petroleum industry holditch is the author of more than 120 technical articles and has contributed to three textbooks he has made hundreds of presentations to industry groups on his technical specialties holditch was spe president in 2002 and spe vice-president of finance from 1998-2000 and served on the spe board of directors from 1998 to 2003 holditch was also on the aime board of trustees 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 the lester c uren award in 1994 and the john franklin carll award in 1999 he was named an spe distinguished lecturer in 1982-83 and again in 1997-98 dr holditch was elected as an spe distinguished member in 1989 while at texas a&m holditch held the shell distinguished chair in petroleum engineering from 1983-87 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 texas -- dr david m ford associate professor and holder of the kenneth r hall professorship in chemical engineering at texas a&m university has been chosen to participate in the national academy of engineerings (nae) 10th annual frontiers of engineering symposium sept 9-11 at the national academies arnold and mabel beckman center in irvine calif ford was one of the nations brightest young engineers selected to participate in the three-day event which will bring together engineers ages 30 to 45 from industry government and academia who are performing cutting-edge engineering research and technical work in a variety of disciplines the symposium will explore topics in multiscale modeling designer materials engineering for extreme environments and engineering and entertainment fords research focus is in understanding adsorption and transport in microporous materials such as zeolites carbon molecular sieves and polymers and extending that knowledge to the molecular design of optimal adsorbent materials for separation and reaction processes in the chemical industries ford holds a bachelors degree from the state university of new york at buffalo and masters and phd degrees from the university of pennsylvania all in chemical engineering
college station texas -- dr lihong wang holder of the royce e wisenbaker ii professorship in engineering and professor of biomedical engineering at texas a&m university has been named a fellow of the international society for optical engineering (spie) wang was among 33 new fellow members honored at a banquet aug 4 at the societys 49th annual meeting in denver colo fellows are members of distinction who have made significant scientific and technical contributions in the fields of optics photonics and imaging wang joins a prestigious list of more than 500 spie members so honored for their contribution to the discipline since the societys inception in 1955 in recognizing wang spie noted his key accomplishments including: the development of a simulation package mcml to model photon transport in biological tissue; a finding that polarization is a new contrast mechanism for imaging that can be used to diagnose disease and monitor therapy; and the development of ultrasound-modulated optical tomography rf thermoacoustic imaging and laser-induced photoacoustic tomography which can provide imaging modalities for early detection of cancers and save lives at texas a&m since 1996 wang directs the optical imaging laboratory in the department of biomedical engineering and has a joint appointment in the department of electrical engineering wang is a senior member of the institute of electrical and electronics engineers he is also a fellow of the american institute for medical and biological engineering and the optical society of america spie is dedicated to advancing scientific research and engineering applications of optical photonic imaging and optoelectronic technologies through its meetings education programs and publications
college station texas -- dr david v rosowsky has been named head of the department of civil engineering and holder of the ap and florence wiley chair in civil engineering at texas a&m university rosowsky comes to texas a&m engineering from oregon state university where he was professor and holder of the richardson chair in wood engineering he previously taught at clemson university from 1994 to 2000 and purdue university from 1990 to 1993 rosowskys specialization is in structural reliability and wood engineering -- specifically structural engineering and design for natural hazards; probabilistic modeling; reliability-based design; and performance-based design "we are excited to welcome dr rosowsky to the helm of one of the largest civil engineering departments in the nation " said dr g kemble bennett vice chancellor and dean of engineering "dr rosowsky is an internationally recognized scholar and brings a valuable combination of theoretical and practical experience to the department he will serve our students faculty and college well and we are indeed fortunate to have him join our leadership team" rosowsky has been active in the american society of civil engineers (asce) and the structural engineering institute having served on a number of committees and task groups he has been a member of the committee on safety of buildings and the committee on performance of structures and chaired the committee on reliability-based design of wood structures he is active in a number of standards committees and served most recently as a task group leader on loads and load combinations for the new asce standard on design loads during construction he also has served as associate editor for the journal of structural engineering and natural hazards review rosowsky also serves as united states or north american representative to a number of international organizations working in the fields of structural reliability and probability-based codes and standards among his honors and awards are the 1998 asce norman medal (for work with br ellingwood on load combinations) and the 2001 institution of civil engineers tk hsieh award (for work with ch juang and wk tang on liquefaction risk analysis) in 2001 he received the asce walter l huber civil engineering research prize for his work in probabilistic modeling of wood structures subject to wind and earthquake loading he was named inaugural holder of the richardson chair in wood engineering at oregon state in 2000 and honored with the clemson university board of trustees award for faculty excellence in 1998 and 1999 rosowsky holds bachelors and masters degrees from tufts university and a phd from johns hopkins university all in civil engineering
college station texas -- the tees texas center for applied technologys aircraft sustainability laboratory (asl) in san antonio has been named runner-up for the ergo cup in the training and education category of the 7th annual applied ergonomics conference asls entry "instant replay " highlighted method improvements projects in support of lean manufacturing initiatives at the corpus christi army depot (ccad) because combat helicopters must be ready for action reducing turnaround time for repair or scheduled maintenance is a sensitive issue within the us department of defense asls research which observed how the application of ergonomics could increase depot efficiency and prepare the helicopters for combat provided benefits in time savings increased productivity and ergonomic function "our work at the corpus christi army depot supports the depots mission to overhaul repair modify retrofit test and modernize helicopters engines and components for all services and foreign military sales " als manager dr john ayala said "the combination of 28 full-time researchers faculty and students -- 24 on-site at ccad -- is a big part of our success" the applied ergonomics conference lets practitioners learn the latest tools of the trade from professionals the ergo cup is a nationally recognized award sponsored annually by the ergonomics center of north carolina to recognize and encourage the development of innovative ergonomic solutions and education in the workplace entrants compete in one of three ergo cup categories: team-driven workplace solutions engineering and ergonomic-driven workplace solutions and training and education
college station texas -- texas a&m engineering will host tex-mems-vi sept 9 at the memorial student center on campus and will feature more than 80 presentations and posters this years conference "mems and beyond: nanotechnology " will feature keynote speakers dr mike reischman deputy assistant director of the national science foundations directorate of engineering and dr john evans with darpas microsystems technology office tex-mems aims to identify individuals in academia and industry with ongoing work and interest in mems (micro-electro-mechanical systems) and related technologies and to foster possible collaborations between these researchers the deadline for registration is monday (sept 6) the one-day workshop is sponsored by the texas a&m department of mechanical engineering the texas institute for intelligent bio-nano materials and structures for aerospace vehicles (tiims) the texas engineering experiment station (tees) and the tees spacecraft technology center for more information or to register visit http://tex-memstamuedu/
college station texas -- dr dimitris c lagoudas professor in the department of aerospace engineering has been named the inaugural holder of the endowed john and bea slattery chair in aerospace engineering at texas a&m university a texas a&m faculty member since 1992 lagoudas also directs the texas institute for intelligent bio-nano materials and structures for aerospace vehicles (tiims) in the texas engineering experiment station he served as a texas a&m associate vice president for research from 2001 to 2004 and chaired the materials science and engineering program from 2001 to 2003 he was previously with the rensselaer polytechnic institute where he was an associate professor of civil engineering lagoudass research focuses on micromechanics of composite materials shape memory alloys nanocomposites and multifunctional materials and structures lagoudas was previously the ford motor co design professor ii he has also received the look colleges ruth and bill neely 52 dow chemical faculty fellow award the charles crawford service award and the lockheed excellence in engineering teaching award he is a tees senior research fellow and a university faculty fellow he is an associate fellow of the american institute of aeronautics and astronautics and a fellow of the american society of mechanical engineers lagoudas conducted postdoctoral studies at cornell university and the max-planck institute in germany he received a doctoral degree from lehigh university in applied mathematics and a diploma in mechanical engineering from aristotle university of thessaloniki greece
college station texas - a new medical imaging technique developed by texas a&m engineering biomedical researchers is another weapon for the arsenal in the fight against cancer laser-induced photoacoustic tomography (pat) is a noninvasive technology that combines optical waves and ultrasonic waves to create clearer images "the two kinds of energy we are combining work together to allow for better contrast and resolution " said pat developer dr lihong wang holder of the royce e wisenbaker ii professorship in engineering and professor of biomedical engineering at texas a&m university the pat technology will be applied to an integrated approach for diagnosing and treating cancer using a new class of nanomaterials - near-infrared-absorbing composite particles called nanoshells nanospectra biosciences inc is working with rice university the university of texas md anderson cancer center and texas a&m in developing the technique the houston company has received a $2 million award from the advanced technology program (atp) of the national institute of standards and technology to fund the work atp awards are made on the basis of rigorous competitive peer review and based on the potential for broad-based economic benefits and commercialization the initial focus will be to develop a diagnostic and therapeutic product for breast cancer said j donald payne president and ceo of nanospectra biosciences invented at rice university nanoshells are made of the biocompatible materials gold and silica (glass) theyre about 20 times smaller than red blood cells when injected in a patients bloodstream nanoshells will preferentially accumulate in tumors by leaking out of the tumors poorly developed blood vessels nanoshells absorb light at the near-infrared wavelengths that harmlessly penetrate body tissue when heated by a laser emitting near-infrared light they heat up enough to destroy nearby tumor cells without hurting healthy cells pat technology will be used to detect and pinpoint the tumors by locating where the nanoshells have concentrated at texas a&m since 1996 wang directs the optical imaging laboratory in the department of biomedical engineering and has a joint appointment in the department of electrical engineering wang is a fellow of the international society for optical engineering (spie) and a senior member of the institute of electrical and electronics engineers he is also a fellow of the american institute for medical and biological engineering and the optical society of america
college station texas -- dr valerie e taylor professor and head of the department of computer science has been named holder of the royce e wisenbaker professorship i at texas a&m university taylor came to texas a&m in january 2003 from the electrical and computer engineering department at northwestern university where she had taught since 1991 her research interests are in the area of high-performance computing with particular emphasis on the performance analysis and modeling of parallel and distributed application she has published over 80 articles in this area among her honors are the 2003 mobe influencers and innovators of the internet and technology award; the 2002 young outstanding leader award from the university of california berkeley engineering alumni society; the 2002 cra a nico habermann award; 2001 hewlett packard harriet b rigas education award; and the 2001 pathbreaker award from the women in leadership at northwestern university in 1993 taylor received a national science foundation national young investigator award taylor chaired the grace hopper celebration of women in computing conference 2002 in vancouver canada and is past chair of the coalition to diversify computing she is a member of the nsf cise advisory committee the executive committee for the national computational science alliance and a member of the university of california berkeley college of engineering advisory board taylor received a bs in computer and electrical engineering in 1985 and an ms in electrical engineering in 1986 both from purdue university she received her phd in electrical engineering from the university of california berkeley in 1991
college station texas -- space education pioneer dr helen l reed has been named professor and head of the department of aerospace engineering at texas a&m university reed comes to texas a&m engineering from arizona state university where she was professor associate director of the asu nasa space grant program director of the asu satellite lab and vice chair for graduate programs for the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering "dr reeds achievements in building a research and education program for the nations next generation of aerospace engineers are impressive " said dr g kemble bennett vice chancellor and dean of engineering "we look forward to her leadership as we meet the challenges of the exciting future of aerospace technology" in 1993 reed instituted the asu student satellite program which has grown to include four satellite projects experiments aboard nasas kc-135 weightless-simulation aircraft and an award-winning team for a moon vehicle design-build-race competition "i didnt know what to expect at the time but it was a brand-new way of education and it looked exciting " reed said reed plans to continue these space education activities for texas a&m students she is program manager for mimic a national student satellite mission to mars that is aiming for launch around 2011 her research areas include nanosatellite design; satellite constellations and formation-flying technologies; boundary-layer transition and flow control; hypersonic and supersonic flow; micropropulsion/propulsion; computational fluid mechanics; low-chord-reynolds-number aerodynamics and micro aerial vehicles reed who had been as asu since 1985 has also held faculty positions at stanford university virginia polytechnic institute and state university and tohoku university (japan) she worked as an aerospace technologist at nasa-langley for five years after graduating from goucher college in 1977 with an ab in mathematics she received her masters degree and phd from virginia tech both in engineering mechanics reed is author or co-author of more than 30 papers and publications she has served on various nasa headquarters aeronautics advisory committees subcommittees and task forces; the federal laboratory review task force of the nasa advisory council; and the nato/agard (advisory group for aerospace research and development) fluid dynamics panel she is a fellow of the american society of mechanical engineers and the american physical society she is a member of the american institute of aeronautics and astronautics fluid dynamics technical committee and is associate editor of aiaa journal reed is on the science advisory board of the national institute of aerospace and is deputy co-chair of the national space grant student satellite initiative steering committee she also is associate director for research for the nasa ureti institute of cell mimetic space exploration
college station texas -- technology leaders from across the nation will meet in college station dec 8-9 to discuss technical aspects of emergency preparedness the department of homeland securitys first national technical conference hosted at the annenberg presidential conference center will convene technical representatives from all states to look at preparedness needs and to present the best practices equipment and programs currently available for emergency responders "texas a&m engineering is fortunate to be chosen to host this important national event that will help identify the future technology needs for the us department of homeland security " said dr g kemble bennett vice chancellor and dean of engineering "it clearly recognizes texas a&ms leadership in research and development" one facet of the conference will be to address the evaluation of emergency response equipment relating to the technical needs of emergency responders texas a&m engineering has worked with dhs to develop an evaluation and verification program that will enable first responders to evaluate equipment and systems for their own use the program called saver or systems assessment and validation for emergency responders is just one of the many ways texas a&m engineering is tied to homeland security efforts the conference hosted at texas a&m by the dhs office of state and local government coordination and preparedness systems support division will bring together national leaders in anti-terrorism and emergency response technologies and share lessons learned about what works and why
college station texas -- texas a&m students will one day build and launch their own satellite if dr helen reed has anything to say about it reed who is the new head of the department of aerospace engineering plans to bring her student satellite program to texas a&m next spring she has already shepherded one student-built satellite launch while at arizona state university and she and her asu students will watch their second satellite as its launched into space on the back of a delta-4 rocket friday (dec 10) in cape canaveral fla "i want to see an aggie-built aggie-launched satellite in space " reed said "aggiesat1 were going to do it" reed said building the satellite is a highly multidisciplinary effort involving more than just engineering students "building a small satellite is like running a small company " she said "besides engineers we need people to do data analysis business majors for marketing and cost-benefit analysis communications -- everything i want to make sure that every student on campus who wants to be involved is involved" a space education pioneer reed instituted the asu student satellite program in 1993 three corner sat the satellite that will be launched friday is actually two satellites that work together the satellites are the result of a collaboration between students at asu the university of colorado at boulder and new mexico state university the project was entirely student-managed and student-run reed said the satellites weigh about 40 pounds are about the size of a microwave and look like a drum the two satellites will be testing software from the nasa jet propulsion laboratory that collects data and then makes decisions based on the data and operating conditions the satellites will also take images and perform a propulsion experiment in which water is a propellant "we wanted to show that you can do meaningful things with small satellites " reed said "these satellites will have similar capabilities to larger satellites but in a smaller package" reed joined the texas a&m engineering faculty dec 1 she taught her last class at asu the evening of dec 6 and flew to college station for a quick stay before jetting off to cape canaveral dec 8 reed will begin work on establishing her student satellite program at texas a&m in january she said she sees this as a tremendous opportunity for the local community texas a&m former students and industry to come together to support the students who will work on the project and to see this satellite program off the ground "the launch is provided through nasa or the us air force but we encourage the community and industry to join in " reed said "we need everyone to get involved in this right on the satellite will be `aggie built aggie launched were going to see this happen"
college station texas -- dr cam nguyen professor of electrical engineering and holder of the ti professorship ii in analog engineering has been elected a fellow of the institute of electrical and electronics engineers (ieee) for his contributions to microwave integrated circuits and systems nguyen who directs the departments sensing imaging and communications systems laboratory joined the texas a&m electrical engineering faculty in 1990 his current research interests include rf microwave and millimeter-wave integrated circuits and systems ultra-wideband components antennas and systems sensors subsurface sensing and mine and uxo detection and classification technologies nguyen has written one book several book chapters and more than 140 papers he is editor-in-chief of subsurface sensing technologies and applications: an international journal and editor of subsurface and surface sensing international book series as well as a member of the editorial board of ieee transactions on microwave theory and techniques among his honors are the tees fellow award and the 3m faculty fellow award both from texas a&m engineering nguyen received his bachelors degree from california polytechnic university his masters from california state university at northridge and his phd from the university of central florida all in electrical engineering nguyen is one of 18 faculty members in the department of electrical engineering at texas a&m to reach the rank of fellow a significant honor because the number of ieee members who may be advanced to fellow grade in one year is 010 percent of the total 320 000 institute membership ieee describes the honor as "one of unusual professional distinction conferred only by the [ieee] board of directors upon a person of extraordinary qualifications and experience" to be considered candidates must have made an outstanding contribution to the electrical and electronics profession
college station texas - the texas engineering experiment station has been awarded a $48 million nasa contract to design and develop equipment for current and future human spaceflight programs under johnson space centers crew robotics and vehicle equipment (crave) procurement tees will provide work in engineering design analysis prototyping and hardware development for human space exploration nasa announced the award jan 7 "our selection for the crave contract ushers in a whole new era of collaboration between texas a&m engineering and nasas johnson space center " said dr g kemble bennett vice chancellor and dean of engineering "we have a long history of working together to advance technology and research and we look forward to this expanded opportunity to serve the nations space program" dr david c hyland tees deputy director and associate vice chancellor for engineering and dr ray askew tees distinguished research scientist led the texas a&m engineering effort to obtain the contract tees will administer and oversee the project which runs through december 2009 collaborating with tees on the project are muniz engineering inc starvision technologies independent design analyses inc dittmar associates anadarko industries geocontrol systems inc aero tech precision manufacturing inc az technologies inc and the university of colorados bioserv space technologies nasa awarded a total of four crave contracts the other recipients of a crave award are hamilton sundstrand services oceaneering space systems inc and the university of alabama at birmingham among the equipment nasa has targeted for the crave contracts are crew health and environmental systems extravehicular robotics equipment spacecraft flight crew equipment and environmental control systems