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austin -- four members of the computing and information technology division of the texas center for applied technology have been recognized by the us armys central technical support facility (ctsf) located at fort hood texas for outstanding work in designing developing and implementing the configuration management quality assurance (cmqa) tool tcats joe gonzalez keith biggers jeff kiertscher and archana thiagarajan were awarded certificates of appreciation and distinctive coins representing the ctsf tcat is a part of the texas engineering experiment station the engineering research agency of the state of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system the tcat-developed software has become the configuration management tool at the ctsf which is responsible for software certification and integration testing for the army battle command system the software is also being adopted by the us armys program executive office for simulation training and instrumentation in orlando fla for use in its digital integration facility it was developed as part of the university xxi program which partners researchers from texas a&m university tees and university of texas at austin in support of army transformation and digitization focused at fort hood the presentations were made during the university xxi in-progress review held at the university of texas at austin in october making the presentations for the army was langston carter of the ctsf also present were dr jim wall director of the tcat computing and information technology division and dr don dickson tcat director
college station texas - a texas a&m university mechanical engineer has won a macro award for micro research assistant professor daejong kim has won the american society of mechanical engineers-tribology divisions innovative research award for his research on micro gas bearings kim shares the award with two mechanical engineers who advised him when he was a doctoral student: professor michael d bryant and professor emeritus frederick f ling from the university of texas-austin the tribology divisions innovative research award is given to mechanical engineers whose research has resulted in noteworthy or novel technologies that have furthered tribology the science of friction and lubrication between mechanisms that are in relative motion: for example bearings and gears through his research kim has strengthened micro gas bearings by coating them in diamond-like tungsten hydrocarbon these submillimeter micro gas bearings had been fabricated by the micromachining technology liga the acronym for the german translations of x-ray lithography electroplating and molding "the main purpose of the coating is to design surfaces with low friction and high resistance " he said micro gas bearings - several times smaller than dimes - can support micromachines such as microactuators micromotors and microturbines kim said these micromachines can move inside more macro machines for example the defense advanced research project agency (darpa) strives to engineer micro air vehicles that have wingspans shorter than 6 inches micro air vehicles are toylike airplanes that can pilot themselves their most promising power and propulsion systems are micro gas turbines that include micro gas bearings he said "surely this technology is beneficial to defense and homeland security areas " kim said his most recent research concerns meso - between micro and macro - gas bearings that are softer but stabler than the micro gas bearings he had earlier researched he said "soft-walled" meso gas bearings can support gadgets such as dentists drills micro hard drives and micro laser scanners and micromachines such as high-speed rotors microturbines and micro turbo generators the texas engineering experiment station (tees) administers this research "i feel more obliged to do more innovative research " kim said "even though my work was innovative i feel a duty to continue" kim came to the texas a&m department of mechanical engineering in 2004 after he earned his doctorate from ut austin he earned a bachelors and masters from seoul (korea) national university
savannah ga -- dr daniel f jennings a professor in the industrial distribution program at texas a&m university joined an elite group when he was inducted into the national academy of arbitrators (naa) at the academys 2005 meeting in savannah ga jennings is director of the department of engineering technology and industrial distributions executive master of industrial distribution program and a researcher in the engineering technology and industrial distribution division of the texas engineering experiment station the engineering research agency of the state of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system jennings joined the dwight look college of engineering faculty in 1997 as a professor he was previously was the mays professor of entrepreneurship and strategic management at baylor university jenningss research interests are in the areas of managing profitability strategic alliances environmental scanning knowledge management and matching strategy and structure his industry experience includes working in profit center responsibility for manufacturing and distribution firms of forest products and chemicals in the united states canada and south america a registered professional engineer in texas jennings holds a bachelors degree in industrial engineering from the university of tennessee an mba from northeast louisiana university and a phd from texas a&m the national academy of arbitrators is a non-profit professional and honorary organization that aims to establish and foster the highest standards of integrity competence honor and character among those engaged in the arbitration of labor-management disputes on a professional basis; to secure the acceptance of and adherence to the code of professional responsibility for arbitrators of labor-management disputes; to promote the study and understanding of arbitration of labor-management and employment disputes; and to encourage friendly association among the members of the profession and cooperate with other organizations institutions and learned societies interested in labor-management and employment relations while approximately 5 500 individuals have been certified by either the american arbitration association or the federal mediation and conciliation service to practice labor contract dispute arbitration in the united states membership in the national academy is now 540 members thus less than 10 percent of the certified labor contract dispute arbitrators are members of the national academy of arbitrators
college station texas -- dr karen butler-purry professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at texas a&m university has been named recipient of the 2005 american association for the advancement of science (aaas) mentor award the award recognizes butler-purry for her "efforts for increasing the number of african americans hispanic americans and women with phds in electrical engineering and computer sciences" she will receive the award during the aaas annual meeting in st louis feb 16-20 butler-purry joined the dwight look college of engineering faculty in 1994 in addition to being a professor she is assistant director of the power system automation laboratory in the department of electrical and computer engineering and a researcher in the electrical and computer engineering division of the texas engineering experiment station (tees) the engineering research agency of the state of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system her research interests are in the areas of distribution automation and intelligent systems for power quality equipment deterioration and fault diagnosis butler-purry received the national science foundation faculty career award in 1995 and the office of naval research young investigator award in 1999 she is a member of the institute of electrical and electronics engineers (ieee) the ieee power engineering society the american society for engineering education and the louisiana engineering society she is a registered professional engineer in louisiana mississippi and texas she holds a bachelors degree from southern university at baton rouge a masters degree from the university of texas at austin and a phd from howard university all in electrical engineering
college station texas -- dr anastasia muliana an assistant professor in texas a&m universitys department of mechanical engineering has received a 2006 national science foundation (nsf) career award for her research into new methods of analyzing the structure of advanced composite materials used in high-performance aircraft and marine construction and in bridges tunnels and pipelines the $400 000 grant will continue through 2011 the prestigious nsf career awards are made to outstanding junior faculty members to help them advance their research and teaching activities "winning a career award is an affirmation of dr mulianas potential as a new faculty member " said dr dennis oneal head of texas a&ms mechanical engineering department "it is an extremely prestigious award for dr muliana and recognizes her commitment to scholarship and education this award will help her establish her research program in the field of mechanics and attract top graduate students to the department "as a department we are extremely proud that dr muliana has won a career award" muliana is also a researcher in the polymer technology center of the texas engineering experiment station the engineering research agency of the state of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system her research deals with building numerical models of the behavior of composite materials built up from individual layers of different materials these built-up composites -- usually consisting of layers of fibers and polymers -- can be tailored precisely to fit individual applications because each layer has different characteristics the models muliana is investigating will help engineers predict how these composites will behave over time in different conditions of heat moisture stress and damage industries using the composites will be able to use the models to understand how to use the materials more effectively as part of the project she also will develop computational mechanics courses train both undergraduate and graduate engineering students in understanding the mechanics of these materials and will work with the industries that use composites to apply the research muliana joined the department of mechanical engineering in 2004 she received a bachelors degree from the bandung institute of technology in indonesia and masters and phd degrees from the georgia institute of technology
college station texas -- vice chancellor and dean of engineering dr g kemble bennett has named dr jorge seminario professor in the artie mcferrin department of chemical engineering at texas a&m university inaugural holder of the lanatter and herbert fox professorship in chemical engineering seminario joined the dwight look college of engineering faculty in 2004 his research focuses on nanotechnology working on the analysis design and simulation of systems and materials of nanometer dimensions especially those for the development of molecular electronics the goal is to design smaller electronic devices and other materials in order to increase their efficiency speed and energy savings as well as reduce their costs "dr seminario performs exciting research in the emerging area of molecular electronics " said dr kenneth r hall head of the chemical engineering department and holder of the jack e and frances brown chair in engineering "i believe he richly deserves this honor and that herb and lanatter will be delighted by his selection" seminario also holds a joint appointment in the department of electrical and computer engineering and is a researcher in the chemical engineering division of the texas engineering experiment station the engineering research agency of the state of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system seminario worked as field engineer in broadcasting and nuclear engineering in peru and has worked for a total of 13 years in quantum chemistry research as a postdoc and research professor in chemistry departments at the university of new orleans and the university of south carolina seminario is member of the american institute of chemical engineers the institute of electrical and electronics engineers the american physical society the american chemical society the international society for engineering and the international society of quantum biology and pharmacology his research was highlighted as success story by the army research office from 2001-2003 seminarios work in nanotechnology has a strong connection with his multidisciplinary education seminario holds a bachelors degree in electrical sciences from the universidad national de ingenieria in peru and masters in physics and phd in molecular science from southern illinois university he was licensed in electronics engineering by the national board of engineers of peru in 1980 and teaches process control for undergraduates and nanotechnology for graduate students the fox professorship was established in 2003 by lanatter and herb fox texas a&m class of 1956 herb is the retired corporate executive vice president of worldwide downstream operations for murphy oil corp and serves on the artie mcferrin department of chemical engineerings advisory council and the executive forum of the mary kay oconnor process safety center lanatter is a retired elementary school teacher and active with fine arts programs in arkansas
college station texas -- vice chancellor and dean of engineering dr g kemble bennett has named dr sam mannan professor in the artie mcferrin department of chemical engineering at texas a&m university inaugural holder of the mike oconnor chair i in chemical engineering an international authority on process safety and risk management mannan also directs the mary kay oconnor process safety center the center is part of the texas enginering experiment station the engineering research agency of the state of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system mannan joined the dwight look college of engineering faculty in 1997 his research interests are in the areas of abnormal situation management aerosol research inherently safer design quantitative risk assessment reactive chemicals modeling of silane releases and flammability research "sam mannan is an outstanding engineer and a worthy and fitting recipient of this chair " said dr kenneth r hall chemical engineering department head and holder of the jack e and frances brown chair in engineering "his outstanding work in process safety is world renowned" mannan previously was vice president and national program manager for process safety and risk management operations at rmt inc a nationwide engineering services company in austin his work at rmt included catastrophic risk assessment consequence modeling hazard and operability (hazop) studies process safety management and risk management emissions reduction and petrochemical facilities issues before joining rmt he was an assistant professor of chemical engineering at the university of oklahoma mannan is a certified safety professional and a registered professional engineer in texas and louisiana he is the author of more than 80 national and international journal articles and co-authored "guidelines for safe process operations and maintenance " published by the center for chemical process safety american institute of chemical engineers he also edited the recently published 3rd edition of the lees loss prevention in the process industries in 2000 the american institute of chemical engineers honored mannan with the prestigious service to society award in 2003 mannan was a consultant to the board investigating the explosion of the space shuttle columbia and received the distinguished achievement award for teaching from the texas a&m association of former students and the george armistead 23 faculty fellow from the look college he was named a tees research fellow in 2002 mannan received a bachelors degree from the engineering and technology university bangladesh and masters and phd degrees from the university of oklahoma all in chemical engineering the mike oconnor chair i in chemical engineering established in 2000 is one of two in the department endowed by t michael "mike" oconnor a chemical engineering graduate of the university of missouri-rolla and a houston businessman whose interests include residential real estate development oconnor also is the founding donor of the mary kay oconnor process safety center
college station texas -- dr b don russell regents professor and holder of the jw runyon jr professorship in the department of electrical and computer engineering at texas a&m university has been elected a fellow of the institution of electrical engineers (iee) of the united kingdom a world-renowned expert in electric power systems russell was recognized for his professional and technical contributions to the engineering profession the holder of nine patents in protection and control systems for electrical distribution systems russell is an internationally recognized expert in power system control and protection he has directed the power systems automation laboratory at texas a&m for more than 25 years and is also a researcher in the texas engineering experiment station the engineering research agency of the state of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system 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
austin -- gov rick perry has announced the appointment of dr g kemble bennett vice chancellor and dean of engineering to the texas board of professional engineers the board licenses engineers enforces the texas engineering practice act and regulates the practice of professional engineering in texas bennett is vice chancellor of engineering for the texas a&m university system director of the texas engineering experiment station dean of the dwight look college of engineering at texas a&m university and a professor of industrial engineering at texas a&m he has held faculty positions at the virginia polytechnic institute and state university and the university of south florida as well as senior engineering positions at the martin co lockheed research laboratories and honeywell aerospace corp bennett holds a doctorate in industrial engineering from texas tech university he is the recipient of numerous awards and honors and has been recognized for his professional contributions by being elected a fellow of both the society of logistics engineers and the institute of industrial engineers he was awarded the eccles medal by the society of logistics engineers for his contributions to logistics engineering and has been recognized as a distinguished educator through the awarding of the albert g holzman award by the institute of industrial engineers bennetts term on the texas board of professional engineers will expire sept 26 2011 the appointment is subject to senate confirmation during the 2007 regular session
college station texas -- dr ls "skip" fletcher regents professor and thomas a dietz professor of mechanical engineering at texas a&m university has received the 2006 american institute of aeronautics and astronautics foundation award for excellence fletcher was recognized for "four decades of dedicated service to the aerospace community as an educator mentor and leader and for exemplary efforts to further international collaboration in science and engineering" fletcher was also recently named president-elect of the accreditation board for engineering technology (abet) inc the accreditation body dedicated to ensuring quality in applied science computing engineering and technology education fletcher came to texas a&m in 1980 and has held a variety of positions at the university including associate dean of the dwight look college of engineering and the halliburton professor of mechanical engineering from 1985-88 fletcher was associate director of the texas engineering experiment station (tees) the engineering research agency of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system from 1999 to 2005 fletcher was director for aerospace at nasa ames research center in moffett field calif before coming to texas a&m fletcher was professor and chairman of the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the university of virginia he also served as a professor of aerospace engineering and associate dean at rutgers university a registered professional engineer in arizona new jersey texas virginia england and australia fletcher has written more than 200 journal and conference papers and six books and holds five patents fletcher is a fellow of aiaa abet the american society of mechanical engineers (asme) the american association for the advancement of science the american astronautical society and the american society for engineering education among his numerous honors are the asme medal the societys highest form of recognition; the 2005 james watt international gold medal by the institution of mechanical engineers of the united kingdom; and the 2006 bush excellence award for faculty in public service fletcher received a bachelors degree from texas a&m a masters degree from stanford university and a phd from arizona state university all in mechanical engineering established in 1998 the award recognizes unique contributions and extraordinary accomplishments by organizations or individuals and is granted by the institutes board of trustees on a case-by-case basis past recipients of the award sen john glenn gen tommy franks john travolta and former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff john shalikashvili
college station texas -- dr eg "skip" ward associate director of the texas engineering experiment stations offshore technology research center was honored by the american petroleum institute (api) for his 30 years of service to the organization ward received the institutes 30+ years of service recognition award at the executive committee on standardization of oilfield equipment and materials conference ward has been "a key contributor to apis standardization program " said david miller apis director of standards ward joined otrc in 1998 as associate director since then he has worked to enhance and strengthen the centers relationship with the oil industry though expanding existing and introducing new technical thrusts; developing and promoting more applied research and application studies; and developing new roles for the center to serve the oil industry he has also had a lead role in planning coordinating and administrating the center¿s research program which typically includes about 20 active projects in a variety of technical areas he previously spent 30 years with shell oil co beginning with shell development cos e&p research division in 1968 as a researcher from 1981 to 1985 he supervised the oceanographic engineering section and from 1985 to 1994 he managed the offshore engineering research department in 1994 ward became technology manager with shell offshore incs deepwater division where he was responsible for a group that designed deepwater structures and developed new structural concepts and components for deepwater production systems throughout his career ward has made significant technical contributions in the areas of oceanography and ocean engineering arctic engineering structural engineering and pipeline engineering ward has been a member of api since 1976 he earned a bachelors degree from lamar university and masters and phd degrees from the university of houston all in mechanical engineering established in 1988 with funding from the nsf and industry the otrc was created to conduct basic engineering research and develop systems for the economical and reliable recovery of hydrocarbons and other energy sources at ocean depths of 3 000 feet or more the center is jointly operated by the texas a&m university the university of texas at austin and the texas engineering experiment station the engineering research agency of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system
college station texas -- when most of us think about nuclear and radiological nonproliferation we think of diplomats and high-level international negotiations nuclear engineer william charlton thinks of technology and education charlton an associate professor in the department of nuclear engineering at texas a&m university helped establish the national security science policy institute (nsspi) a joint undertaking of the nuclear engineering department and texas a&ms george bush school of government and public service and the texas engineering experiment station the engineering technology and education agency of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system nsspis goal is to bring nuclear technology and education together with development of sound policy for nuclear nonproliferation in the past most efforts aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear and radiological weapons moved along separate paths charlton says one policy-oriented and one technology-oriented this situation led to treaties like the comprehensive test ban treaty of 1996 which the united states refused to sign "on the political side it made sense and we agreed with it " he said "but at the time the treaty was signed there was no way to verify compliance with it" this is where the nsspi comes in "one of our goals in this institute is to work with our partners (such as the bush school) to try to help fix those sorts of problems so that for any treaty signed there is a technological basis for how we can verify that treaty and maintain it " charlton said charlton considers the ability to bring together the policy development part of nonproliferation with the ability to develop the technology needed to make verification reliable the institutes biggest strength nonproliferation technologies nsspi researchers are working on include * procedures and detection capabilities to safeguard nuclear reactor fuel; * methods and technology to allow for the determination of the source of nuclear or radiological material used in a terrorist attack (such as the reactor that produced the spent fuel used in a dirty bomb); and * more sensitive and accurate interrogation devices to detect radioactive materials at ports of entry institute faculty members also are working with educators at two russian institutions -- the moscow engineering physics institute (mephi) and the obninsk institute of nuclear power engineering in russia (russian academic program in nuclear nonproliferation and international security) and in texas a&ms nuclear engineering department -- to develop new masters level degree programs in nonproliferation the new programs held their first classes this fall the institute also is working with nuclear weapons scientists in several countries to help redirect weapons development programs into peaceful uses of nuclear technology such as producing medical isotopes
college station texas -- a texas a&m university electrical engineer studying high-temperature superconductors will receive one of the first 21 research grants awarded by the air force research offices young investigator research program (yip) haiyan wang an assistant professor of the department of electrical and computer engineering will use her three-year grant -- part of a new $63 million program intended to encourage outstanding young science and engineering researchers to conduct basic research -- to study the new superconductors flat ribbons of metal coated with yttrium barium copper oxide the new conductors are expected to be able to carry three to five times as much current than conventional power cables and do it at higher temperatures than earlier versions the new superconductors are important to development of new air force energy weapons and the us navys electric warships and combat vehicles programs they also should make possible more-efficient and less-expensive power generators high-frequency source magnets transformers and electric motors wang joined the electrical and computer engineering department in january 2006 she is also a researcher in the electrical and computer engineering division of the texas engineering experiment station the engineering research agency of the state of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system before coming to texas a&m wang was on the staff of the los alamos national laboratory as a post-doctoral fellow and a permanent staff member she holds a bachelor of science degree from nanchang university (china) and a masters degree from the institute of metal research (china) she received the phd degree in materials science and engineering from north carolina state university
college station texas &mdash; the institute of electrical and electronics engineers has honored an electrical engineering professor in texas a&m universitys dwight look college of engineering b don russell holder of the jw runyon jr 35 professorship in the department of electrical and computer engineering has been awarded the meritorious service award of the ieees power engineering society the award recognizes russells contributions to the pes and power engineering over the past 30 years russell has directed the texas engineering experiment stations power systems automation laboratory for more than 25 years he holds numerous patents for power system protection and control systems including an array of computer-controlled technology that automatically monitors the power system and notifies operators when system components are on the verge of failure the automated monitoring system is currently being tested on 11 electric power systems in the united states and canada russell has held virtually every position at every level of the pes said pes executive director bob dent russell was the first engineering educator in 25 years to serve as pes president and his 16-year tenure on the societys governing board is the longest anyone has served in this capacity he also has represented pes on the ieee governing board he is a member of the national academy of engineering and a fellow of the national society of professional engineers an expert in electric power system automation and control russell served on a blue-ribbon panel that investigated a widespread power outage in the western united states in 2002 and is a member of the national research council committee studying the vulnerability of the power system to terrorist attacks
college station texas - dr john m niedzwecki associate vice chancellor and executive associate dean for engineering has been appointed regents professor by the board of regents of the texas a&m university system niedzwecki is a professor in the zachry department of civil engineering and holder of the rp gregory 32 chair in civil engineering as well as associate director of the texas engineering experiment station (tees) the engineering research agency of texas and a member of the a&m system he was among 14 professors and administrators with texas a&m and a&m system agencies who received the designation of regents professor or regents fellow for 2006-2007 during a nov 30 meeting of the a&m system board of regents niedzwecki joined texas a&m more than 27 years ago as an assistant professor was promoted through the academic ranks and eventually selected to lead the department as head of the department of civil engineering from 1998-2003 he was instrumental in leading the department to rank among the nations top 10 he directed development of a departmental strategic plan providing impetus to a successful fund-raising campaign reintroduction of a survey camp professional day for students naming of the department and numerous awards he has been heavily involved in developing new courses initiating major classroom renovations and furthering international education and research exchanges between texas a&m students and students abroad niedzwecki specializes in offshore civil engineering and was instrumental in securing the national science foundation (nsf) offshore technology research center (otrc) for tees and the a&m system he later led the centers transition to becoming fully funded by the energy industry he has published numerous journal articles and made more than 75 conference presentations niedzwecki is a registered professional engineer in texas and serves on the board of trustees of the southwest research institute he is a fellow of the american society of civil engineers and a member of numerous professional organizations including the american society of mechanical engineers serving as an associate editor of its journal of offshore mechanics and arctic engineering niedzwecki holds two bachelors degrees and a masters degree from boston university and earned his phd from the catholic university of america
college station texas &mdash; two faculty members in texas a&m universitys department of electrical and computer engineering as well as researchers in the texas engineering experiment station have been elected to the rank of fellow of the institute of electrical and electronic engineers (ieee) professor robert d nevels has been cited for "contributions to electromagnetic field theory for quantum mechanics " and associate professor zixiang xiong for "contributions to source and channel coding" with the addition of nevels and xiong 18 faculty members in the department of electrical and computer engineering have reached the rank of fellow this is considered a significant honor because the number of ieee members who may advance to fellow in one year is 010 percent of the total 320 000 membership the ieee directory 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 nevels began working in the department of electrical and computer engineering in 1978 during his tenure in the department he has established the electromagnetics and microwave laboratory and organized an undergraduate microwave course for which he wrote the lab manual and obtained equipment funding nevels was also the associate department head from 1998 to 2005 his other distinctions include the texas a&m association of former students distinguished achievement award; the ieee region 5 outstanding educator award for 1997; the clear lake council of technical societies technical educator of the year in 1996; the outstanding professor award from the ieee texas a&m student chapter in 1994 and 1998; and the amoco foundation award for distinguished teaching in 1995 nevels interest areas include mathematical and numerical techniques in electromagnetics electromagnetic scattering antennas and waveguidance he received his bachelors from the university of kentucky in 1969 his masters from the georgia institute of technology in 1974 and his phd from the university of mississippi in 1979 xiong began working in the department in 1999 after working at the university of hawaii as an assistant professor his research interests include image and video coding adaptive quantization and fast algorithms digital watermarking joint source channel coding internet video lossless medical image compression image recovery image rendering and color quantization xiongs other recent honors include being named a tees fellow and a tees select young faculty; and receiving the young investigator award from the office of naval research and the united states army research office and the career award from the national science foundation xiong received his bachelors at wuhan university in pr china his masters degrees at the university of kansas and the illinois institute of technology and his doctorate from the university of illinois at urbana-champaign in 1996
college station - dr yue kuo dow professor in texas a&m universitys artie mcferrin department of chemical engineering has received the electrochemical societys (ecs) 2007 electronics and photonics division award for his work with semiconductors the award - among the most prestigious in the field of electronics - acknowledges remarkable work in the field with up to $2 500 or membership in ecs for the lifetime of the recipient as the recipient of the 2007 electronics and photonics division award kuo is expected to deliver a lecture to the electronics and photonics division symposium of the 211th ecs meeting may 6-11 in chicago in addition to the 2007 electronics and photonics division award kuo has received various awards and distinctions such as fellow in ecs and ieee kuos interests include semiconductors and thin films governments and industries consult him about biochips dielectrics plasma processing thin-film transistors and very large scale integrated circuits after about two decades of research into semiconductors in ibms thomas j watson research center and silicon valley kuo joined the artie mcferrin department of chemical engineering in 1998 he is also a professor of electrical engineering and materials science and engineering; and a researcher in the texas engineering experiment station kuo earned his bachelors from national taiwan university and his masters and doctorate from columbia university for more information about kuos research visit http://yuekuotamuedu
college station texas &mdash; the spur volunteer fire department (vfd) in dickens county has received a 2006 assistance-to-firefighters grant (afg) from the us department of homeland security the funded grant proposal was developed and submitted through a collaborative effort between spur vfd and the texas engineering experiment station (tees) center for community support this $114 157 federal grant will help purchase a 2007 ford f-750 wildland fire apparatus following the wildfires across north texas in recent years the need for this new fire unit for protecting human life livestock and property became critical the new fire apparatus will replace a 1968 surplus military truck the department obtained and modified almost 20 years ago for firefighting operations the afg program is a national grant competition where local fire and emergency service organizations apply to the federal government for assistance in purchasing vehicles equipment and training "these are highly competitive grants" said kash krinhop assistant director of the tees center for community support "almost 20 000 applications were submitted last year and only about 5 000 to 6 000 will be awarded in the country in recent years there have been many texas vfds benefiting greatly from the centers grant assistance the assistance we offer gives these departments a competitive edge in getting these grants which make a big difference in the publics safety across much of texas" in 2006 the tees center for community support worked with 14 texas vfds in developing grant proposals resulting in $540 000 to date for three fire apparatuses equipment protective gear and training since 2001 the center has worked with more than 100 vfds and emergency service organizations helping secure grants totaling more than $25 million for improvements in firefighter and public safety in texas 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 more than $32 million in federal and private grants have been garnered for texas nonprofit sector with the direct assistance of the center
college station texas - dr g kemble bennett vice chancellor and dean of engineering has appointed dr john w poston sr interim head of the department of nuclear engineering at texas a&m university the appointment is effective jan 17 dr william burchill who has headed the department since 2003 will retire jan 16 poston headed the dwight look college of engineerings department of nuclear engineering from 1988 to 1998 before coming to texas a&m in 1985 he was an associate professor at the georgia institute of technology he has also been a researcher for oak ridge national laboratory in oak ridge tenn and a physicist for babcock and wilcox co in lynchburg va an expert on internal and external radiation dosimetry poston and his colleagues at texas a&m developed the only abet-accredited program in radiological health engineering which combines the basics of engineering with nuclear engineering safety engineering and radiation protection he is also a researcher in the nuclear engineering division of the texas engineering experiment station the engineering research agency of the state of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system poston is a fellow of the american association for the advancement of science (aaas) the health physics society (hps) and the american nuclear society (ans) he is a member of the society of nuclear medicine (snm) the american society for engineering education (asee) and the international radiation protection association (irpa) poston is a past president of hps and received the societys founders award in 1994 for his exceptional service to the society and the nuclear engineering profession in 1996 asee honored poston with the glenn murphy award which is given annually to a distinguished educator in recognition of outstanding contributions to the nuclear engineering discipline through teaching he was inducted into the georgia institute of technologys academy of distinguished engineering alumni in 1995 in 2005 he was awarded the hps robley d evans commemorative medal in recognition of his long and distinguished career in 2005 poston was appointed by president george w bush to the advisory board on radiation and worker health poston holds a bachelors degree in mathematics from lynchburg college and masters and phd degrees in nuclear engineering from the georgia institute of technology
college station texas &mdash; more than 50 professionals from educational institutions governments and industries throughout the world have come to college station for a three-week seminar in nuclear technology the seminar seminar and training on scaling uncertainty and 3-d coupled code calculations in nuclear technology (3-d suncop) includes lessons in best-estimate methods nuclear reactors and simulations and uncertainty evaluations of the reactors dr w dan turner director of the texas engineering experiment stations energy systems laboratory and dr yassin a hassan associate head and professor in texas a&m universitys department of nuclear engineering welcomed the participants to 3-d suncop on monday jan 22 dr césar malavé assistant dean for recruitment and international programs in texas a&ms dwight look college of engineering presented an overview of the look college and its international recruitment program at a banquet thursday jan 25 the seminar will continue through friday feb 9 mostly in the plaza hotel and suites 3-d suncop is hosted by the department of nuclear engineering and energy systems laboratory and co-organized by the university of pisas department of mechanical nuclear and production engineering for more information about 3-d suncop visit the courses web site
dallas &mdash; dr jeff s haberl associate director of the texas engineering experiment stations energy systems laboratory and a professor of architecture at texas a&m university has been elected a fellow of the american society of heating refrigerating and air-conditioning engineers (ashrae) throughout his career haberl has distinguished himself as an expert on building energy consumption he has developed numerous methods for determining energy consumption from basic building measurements and applied these in the texas loanstar program which gives low-cost loans to municipal and state facilities to install energy conservation measures haberl used his technologies in becoming a founding contributor to the international performance measurement and verification protocol the us environmental protection agency has taken an interest in his current work of creating emissions calculation methods to take energy efficiency and renewable energy savings and calculate emissions reductions 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 approximately 500 of ashraes 55 000 members are fellows ashrae founded in 1894 is an international organization of 55 000 persons its sole objective is to advance through research standards writing publishing and continuing education the arts and sciences of heating ventilation air conditioning and refrigeration to serve the evolving needs of the public
lubbock texas &mdash; texas a&m engineerings dr g kemble bennett has been named a distinguished engineer by the college of engineering at texas tech university bennett who holds a doctorate in industrial engineering from texas tech will be one of four alumni honored by texas techs college of engineering during its 41st annual distinguished engineer awards ceremony march 30 in lubbock bennett is vice chancellor of engineering for the texas a&m university system director of the texas engineering experiment station dean of the dwight look college of engineering at texas a&m university and a professor of industrial engineering at texas a&m in his position he leads one of the largest engineering education research and service programs in the nation overseeing more than 4 060 employees an operating budget of $282 million and more than $350 million in research expenditures bennett joined the texas a&m faculty in 1986 and prior to his current appointment served as professor and department head in industrial engineering; associate dean; associate vice chancellor; and director of the texas engineering extension service he has also held faculty positions at the virginia polytechnic institute and state university and the university of south florida as well as senior engineering positions at the martin co lockheed research laboratories and the honeywell aerospace corp he is the recipient of numerous awards and honors and has been recognized for his professional contributions by being elected a fellow of both the society of logistics engineers and the institute of industrial engineers he was awarded the eccles medal by the society of logistics engineers for his contributions to logistics engineering and has been recognized as a distinguished educator through the awarding of the albert g holzman award by the institute of industrial engineers in 2006 gov rick perry appointed bennett to a five-year term on the texas board of professional engineers which licenses engineers enforces the texas engineering practice act and regulates the practice of professional engineering in texas recipients of the texas tech university college of engineering distinguished engineer award are honored for making significant societal accomplishments and bringing credit to both texas tech and the engineering profession they were nominated and selected based on factors such as their integrity stature professional distinction areas of interest outside of engineering and ability to inspire others