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college station texas - dr gerard l cote an expert in biomedical optical sensing has been named head of the department of biomedical engineering at texas a&m university cote begins his new position with the department feb 1 succeeding dr william hyman who has served as interim department head since june 2002 "in the next 10 years biotechnology will lead the advances in engineering science and medicine at texas a&m dr cote will play an important role in helping propel biomedical engineering into a position of prominence in this field " said dr g kemble bennett vice chancellor and dean of engineering cote said "as department head i recognize that i am in a position not only of leadership but most importantly of service as such i plan to work in collaboration with the faculty staff students and administrators of the department college and university to establish the department as a nationally recognized program while continuing its core mission: to serve students faculty and staff the state of texas and the biomedical engineering profession" cote has been at texas a&m since 1991 starting as an assistant professor in the biomedical engineering program when it was housed in the department of industrial engineering he was named professor and associate head when the program became a separate department in 2002 he also holds the charles h and bettye barclay professorship in engineering his research interests include optical sensing and spectroscopy optical diagnostics biomedical imaging and development of noninvasive sensors he is director of the optical biosensing laboratory in the department where research focuses on developing biosensing and diagnostic systems using lasers fiberoptics and electronics for new noninvasive ways to test blood sugar levels in diabetes; to detect other body chemicals such as beta amyloid for alzheimers disease; and to diagnose cancer cote is a co-holder of three us patents and one provisional us patent and is author or co-author of more than 100 papers published or in press he is a fellow in the american institute for medical and biological engineering he received the juvenile diabetes research foundation internationals mary jane kugel award in 2002 for his service on the foundations medical science review committee the association of former students honored him with a 2002 distinguished achievement award in teaching and he was named the afs faculty fellow in the dwight look college of engineering in 2004 a tees senior fellow cote also was elected a fellow of the michael e debakey institute for comparative cardiovascular science and biomedical devices at texas a&m cote received his masters and phd in bioengineering from the university of connecticut storrs he has a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the rochester institute of technology
college station texas -- trespassers beware: texas a&m university engineers have developed a new system for detecting your presence dr henry taylor distinguished professor and holder of the irma runyon chair in electrical engineering and phd student juan carlos juarez are leading an effort to develop a fiber-optic intrusion-detection sensor for protecting long perimeters the teams sensor is commercial cable containing a fiber made of fused silica a type of glass thats specially doped to guide light the cable is buried eight to 20 inches underground along the monitored perimeter because the same type of cable is used in the telecommunications industry it is readily available and cheap -- about 15 cents a foot "since the 9/11 terrorist attacks the demand for perimeter security systems has increased tremendously " taylor said "were projecting that this new type of distributed sensor will be able to monitor perimeters at about one-tenth the cost of other methods we envision application along national borders and for fixed installations such as airports nuclear plants and military bases" the texas a&m university system holds a patent on the technology taylor and juarez have established a permanent test bed at the texas a&m riverside campus and have twice transported their system to the us marine corps air station in yuma ariz at the invitation of the defense advanced research projects agency (darpa) to conduct further tests in a desert environment using their novel system taylor and juarez have observed the effect of the pressure of someone walking directly over the cable and up to seven feet on either side they have also been able to detect cars driving hundreds of feet away from the cable and even helicopters flying overhead because seismic waves produced by cars and helicopters are picked up by the sensor in their scheme a light pulse from a specially designed ultra-stable laser is sent into the sensing fiber as the pulse advances along the fiber a phenomenon known as rayleigh backscattering causes some of the light to reverse its direction an optical receiver collects this backscattered light and converts it to an electrical signal which is then processed with a personal computer the system determines not only the presence of an intruder but his or her location along the cable as well in the yuma tests taylor and juarez demonstrated that their system works up to ranges of 19 kilometers and they believe that this can be extended to 40 kilometers or more taylor said its even feasible to cover the entire united states-mexico border or the united states-canada border from one location provided that optical amplifiers are used to boost the light signals with the sensor performing better than had ever been anticipated the researchers are now working on user-friendly software to project the location of disturbances on a map of the cable path and identify them as people vehicles or animals "as far as we know the kinds of results were getting with the system have never been seen before by anyone " said juarez "its exciting to think that this sensor could soon be of benefit to society and our national interests"
college station texas -- the board of regents of the texas a&m university system has named texas a&m engineerings dr dara w childs a regents professor for his service to texas a&m university the a&m system and the state of texas the board honored recipients of the regents service awards at its monthly meeting jan 27 at texas a&m childs is holder of the leland t jordan chair in mechanical engineering at texas a&m and director of the turbomachinery laboratory in the texas engineering experiment station childs research has changed the way engineers look at machinery particularly in regard to the previously underappreciated impact of seals impellers and other fluid-structure interaction forces his research has made major contributions to the improvement of the analysis and design of vibration of rotating machinery today the use of seals to favorably influence turbomachinery is common but prior to dr childs research in the mid-1970s it was simply not done under his leadership the turbomachinery laboratory has gained an international reputation and the laboratorys two major symposia are the meetings of choice for users and manufacturers of commercial turbomachinery childs is an innovative and dedicated teacher the junior-level course he developed on dynamics and vibration is a major departure from past practices and has been remarkably effective in preparing students for careers in engineering childs has been a long-time contributor to the american society of mechanical engineers and has served on multiple advisory committees for nasa and the us department of energy he is the author of 87 journal publications 13 papers in refereed conference transactions two books one book chapter and multiple conference papers the regents service awards honor professors and senior-level researchers and service delivery professionals who have provided exemplary service not only to their university or agency but also to the community the state the nation and the world eligibility requires a minimum of five years employment at an a&m system university or agency; a distinguished record of public service research teaching and creative or scholarly activity; recognition within his or her field; and a demonstrated commitment to his or her institution each recipient is given a $9 000 monetary award an a&m system medallion and a commemorative certificate
college station texas -- the board of regents of the texas a&m university system has named texas a&m engineerings dr don dickson a regents fellow for his service to the a&m system and the state of texas the board honored recipients of the regents service awards at its monthly meeting jan 27 at texas a&m university dickson is the executive director of the texas center for applied technology in the texas engineering experiment station he came to tees in 1994 to establish the center which expands the a&m systems research and technical expertise and establishes alliances with industry government agencies the military and other universities under his direction the center has grown from one employee to more than 75 and has brought in more than $125 million in research expenditures in fiscal year 2004 tcat has offices in fort hood corpus christi brooks city-base in san antonio and the department of homeland security dickson has had key roles in numerous innovative projects including the academic center for aging aircraft which was created in 2003 with three partner organizations to help the us department of defense develop test and implement new technologies for the maintenance and repair of older aircraft another called the saver (system assessment and validation for emergency responders) program develops and implements processes to test equipment used by emergency responders in collaboration with three other members of the a&m system and the us department of homeland security the regents service awards honor professors and senior-level researchers and service delivery professionals who have provided exemplary service not only to their university or agency but also to the community the state the nation and the world eligibility requires a minimum of five years employment at an a&m system university or agency; a distinguished record of public service research teaching and creative or scholarly activity; recognition within his or her field; and a demonstrated commitment to his or her institution each recipient is given a $9 000 stipend an a&m system medallion and a commemorative certificate
college station texas -- dr david claridge a professor in the department of mechanical engineering has been named holder of the leland t jordan professorship in mechanical engineering at texas a&m university a texas a&m faculty member since 1986 claridges research interests are in building commissioning analysis techniques for building energy data and heat transfer in buildings with more than 280 publications in these areas claridge is also associate director of the energy systems laboratory in the texas engineering experiment station (tees) before coming to texas a&m claridge was an associate professor of civil environmental and architectural engineering at the university of colorado he also worked for the solar energy research institute in golden colo and for the us congressional office of technology assessment claridge is a registered professional engineer in texas and a fellow of the american society of mechanical engineers (asme) he is also a member of the american society of heating refrigerating and air conditioning engineers (ashrae) and the american solar energy society (ases) and a past chair of asmes solar energy division claridge was named a congressional science fellow of the american association for the advancement of science in 1976 a tees fellow in 1997 and 1998 and a tees senior fellow in 1999 he has received the distinguished service award and the ek campbell award of merit from ashrae for his outstanding service and achievement in teaching he has won the best paper award on conservation and solar buildings from the asme solar energy division three times claridge was named holder of the dresser industries professorship at texas a&m in 1996 and holder of the ed brockett professorship for 2001-02 in 2000 he was named a northrup grumman fellow in the dwight look college of engineering he also received a graduate teaching award from the department of mechanical engineering in 1997 claridge holds a bachelors degree in engineering physics from walla walla college and a masters degree and a phd in physics from stanford university
college station texas -- malcolm verdict associate director of the energy systems laboratory (esl) in the texas engineering experiment station has been nominated by texas gov rick perry to the western governors association clean and diversified energy act task force for energy efficiency the western governors association consists of 18 member states in 2004 california gov arnold schwarzenegger and new mexico gov bill richardson spearheaded an energy policy for western states that aims to reduce energy use by 20 percent by 2015 the new 25-member energy efficiency task force will meet three times and have six teleconferences between march and november to identify cost-effective programs and technologies that will be readily accepted in the market place to reduce overall energy use and help improve the environment verdict is one of two texans nominated to the task force "it is an honor and privilege to use my 25 years of energy efficiency expertise at the state and federal level to help texas and our western neighbors identify realistic means for insuring sustainable efficient use of energy for future generations " verdict said verdict said the clean and diversified energy policy initiative closely parallels the efforts of the texas energy policy planning council created by gov perry last year and chaired by victor carrillo chairman of the railroad commission to insure texas remains a national leader in energy resources education and technologies verdict joined the texas a&m university system in 2002 and works closely with federal state and local governments on energy efficiency and environmental policy issues representing the esl and its team of technical experts in energy efficiency technologies he received the state energy managers award in texas from the industrial energy technology conference in 1989 and served as deputy director of the texas state energy office in 1991 where he created the $98 million loanstar energy retrofit loan program helped craft the first energy demand side management program for regulated utilities in texas and implemented the states first energy-efficient building standards for state buildings from 1992 to 2001 verdict served as co-founder and chair of the national home energy rating council in washington dc which is composed of states builders energy raters federal agencies and mortgage lenders in 2001 he served as a representative of the energy efficiency and renewable energy communities on president george w bushs "transition team" for the us department of energy verdict holds a bachelor of science in math and engineering sciences from the us air force academy a masters degree in business administration from louisiana tech university and a commercial banking certificate from southern methodist university graduate school of banking he is also a certified energy manager holds a commercial pilot license and was a fighter pilot in vietnam
college station texas -- dr georgia-ann klutke professor of industrial engineering at texas a&m university has been elected a fellow of the institute of industrial engineers (iie) the fellow award is the highest classification of membership in iie and recognizes outstanding leaders of the profession that have made significant nationally recognized contributions to industrial engineering klutke whose expertise is in probabilistic operations research was recognized for her outstanding methodological contributions to queueing theory stochastic scheduling and maintenance science as well as her contributions to the industrial engineering practice klutke joined the texas a&m department of industrial engineering in 1995 and directs the institute for manufacturing systems she previously taught in the department of mechanical engineering at the university of texas at austin and in the department of industrial engineering and operations research at the university of massachusetts amherst and has served as program director for operations research and production systems at the national science foundation a registered professional engineer in texas klutke is also a member of the institute for operations research and the management sciences the association for women in mathematics and the american society of mechanical engineers she holds a bachelors degree in mathematics and a masters degree in biostatistics both from the university of michigan she holds a second masters degree in operations research from wayne state university and a phd in industrial engineering and operations research from virginia polytechnic institute and state university klutke is currently on developmental leave at the university of michigan in ann arbor
college station texas -- texas a&m engineering has been awarded $2 million by the us department of homeland security to support an innovative first-of-its kind testing and evaluation program developed through the texas engineering experiment station (tees) "the first responsibility of government is to protect our homeland " said us representative chet edwards "texas a&m is a national leader when it comes to homeland security research and training and this important funding is crucial for the safety of our citizens as an aggie it is a great privilege to work with texas a&m on vital programs that help ensure the security of americans" the grant supports the system assessment and validation for emergency responders (saver) program developed by engineering faculty and researchers saver is designed to assist communities by providing impartial practitioner-relevant operationally-oriented assessments and validations on the performance of critical equipment which would be used in a mass casualty event "the federal government is providing millions of dollars to jurisdictions nation-wide to enhance homeland security preparedness but there is no standard to determine which equipment is the best value for the investment " said dr g kemble bennett vice chancellor and dean of engineering "we have developed non-biased assessments to put this equipment through tests under realistic conditions; a sort of consumer reports evaluation for emergency response equipment the results will help decision makers and responders better select procure use and maintain their equipment" saver will evaluate personal protective equipment; explosive device mitigation and remediation equipment; search and rescue equipment; and information technology among other emergency response equipment "through the engineering program at texas a&m we are making significant contributions to our nations homeland security " bennett said "the saver program adds a critically-important ingredient to our contributions: the valuable benefit of our researchers developing solutions to an unmet need truly we are engineering homeland security"
college station texas -- a texas a&m university computer scientists robotic research is for the birds really assistant professor dezhen song builds autonomous and teleoperated robots with which natural scientists -- and ordinary people like me and you -- will watch animals such as endangered birds and grizzly and polar bears "you can watch animal planet " he said "but you dont have that same involvement (with the animals)" song started his research with professor ken goldberg of the university of california berkeley this summer he and goldberg received $400 000 from the national science foundation to fund their research which they called collaborative observatories for natural environments the research is administered by the texas engineering experiment station the engineering research agency of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system "you have several elements behind collaborative: collaboration between experts and the general public and collaboration between humans and machines " song said in other words natural scientists will work with robots -- song referred to them as observatories -- to teach us about animals the scientists will tell the robots which locations to watch and turn the robots loose at those locations song said he wants the robots to be "automatic adapted" "drop the box there " he said "and it starts working" to work the robots will need electricity which most locations lack song said wind will generate electricity for the robots climate-controlled domes digital video cameras and wireless networks the domes will cover the cameras to keep the cameras from weather song said the cameras which were donated by panasonic research and development are lightweight small and sparing in their use of electricity the cameras streaming video will travel via the wireless networks to the internet the scientists will watch the streaming video which will show animals at the locations on their computers we may watch the animals on our computers too meanwhile the robots will continue to watch the locations with no further instructions from the scientists song said they will work autonomously "teleoperated means a human actually controls the robot " he said "autonomous means that it runs without human intervention" the robots will not work autonomously all the time because the scientists will set them up and take them down song said he and goldberg with help from the us geological survey may set some robots up in alaska soon "people can sit in their warm homes and watch polar bears " he said
college station texas -- dr b don russell regents professor and holder of the jw runyon jr professorship in the department of electrical engineering at texas a&m university has been appointed to a committee of the national research council of the national academies the committee on enhancing robustness and resilience of electrical transmission and distribution in the united states to terrorist attack is a joint committee of the national academies of science engineering and medicine and the department of homeland security the group will conduct an 18-month study of the vulnerability of the united statess power system to terrorist attack "the idea is to determine ways we can make an attack on our power system less likely " russell said "more importantly we will consider how we can most quickly recover our power system after an attack" russell said that the august 2003 blackout that left more than 50 million people in the united states and canada in the dark was debilitating enough but terrorists could deliberately wreak the same havoc -- and more -- by attacking the countrys power infrastructure "if terrorists were planning another 9/11 and wanted to have maximum impact they could attack the power system at the same time which would wreak havoc with transportation and communications systems and with first responders " russell said "the electric power infrastructure in the united states wasnt built to be protected from an attack because we have never faced that we need to determine how to protect our system and how best to recover after an attack" a world-renowned expert in electric power systems russell was chosen for the committee appointment because he is a member of the national academy of engineering and a past-president of the power engineering society of the institute of electrical and electronics engineers russell holds nine patents in protection and control systems for electrical systems and has directed the power systems automation laboratory at texas a&m for more than 25 years he was formerly associate vice chancellor for engineering of the texas a&m university system and deputy director of the texas engineering experiment station russell holds bachelors and masters degrees from texas a&m university and a phd from the university of oklahoma all in electrical engineering
college station texas - a texas a&m university civil engineer and student civil engineer spent their summer at kennedy space center in cape canaveral fla where they researched ways to decrease launch-pad debris that can collide with space shuttles during launches associate professor david trejo received the 2005 nasa summer research fellowship to fund his research on launch pads he took senior justin rutkowski with him to help with his research rutkowski also received a fellowship from nasa trejo said kennedy space center has problems with its launch pads one launch-pad problem is refractory material that fails when space shuttles launch during launch space shuttles rockets shoot exhaust and flames toward their launch pads the flames are directed into flame deflectors which are channels coated in calcium aluminate cement concrete calcium aluminate cement concrete is a refractory material like the polyurethane bedliners sprayed into truck beds "that is a good analogy " trejo said "but the purpose is different the purpose of the refractory material is to protect the steel structure from the heat" that is the refractory material is supposed to protect the steel from the heat hotter than 3 000 degrees fahrenheit the heat can cause the refractory material to fail and fragment from the flame deflectors the fragments become flying-object debris that can collide with launch-pad structures and space shuttles "under these conditions " trejo said "these structures need constant maintenance" he said he and rutkowski want to learn how and when to repair the refractory material rutkowski said they want to replace the refractory material too "the research will answer the question is there a better refractory material that can be used at the launch pads" he said "this is important to the safety of the launch of the shuttle and over time (it) should also decrease the amount of money spent on repairing the launch pads after every launch" rutkowski helped trejo research the refractory material and steel under the refractory material before and after discovery launched on july 26 trejo said many fragments failed when the space shuttle launched the fragments did not collide with discovery fuel-tank foam did fail and fragment from an external fuel tank the fuel-tank foam failure caused nasa to change atlantis launch from september 2005 to march 2006 trejo and rutkowski had wanted to set sensors on a launch pad when the space shuttle was scheduled to launch in september "unless nasa cancels all hope for future launches our research will continue " trejo said "everyone here is disappointed however we can look at it as an opportunity to implement our program and make launches safer" his and rutkowskis research was administered by the texas engineering experiment station the engineering research agency of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system
dr lee peddicord vice chancellor for research and federal relations for the texas a&m university system and professor of nuclear engineering at texas a&m university will be the featured speaker at the sept 13 issues forum at the george bush presidential library and museum peddicord came to texas a&m university in 1983 where he has served as chair of the nuclear engineering department interim dean and director of the texas engineering experiment station he has been with the chancellors office since 1993 peddicord a registered professional engineer in texas has been active in the field of nuclear energy for 35 years his interests are in advanced nuclear fuels international nuclear safety advanced reactor systems and nuclear engineering education at the issues forum peddicord will discuss the future of nuclear power the bush museum issues forum strives to present leading experts in their respective fields the forum also provides a vehicle in which the local community can be engaged in discussion concerning topics and issues that face our nation in the past the museum issues forum has addressed a wide variety of topics including terrorism lbj central europe and the role of intelligence in national security the issues forum will begin at 7 pm at the bush complex there is no cost to attend but reservations are recommended for more information or to make reservations call amanda urrutia at 979/691-4015 the museum at the george bush presidential library hours are monday through saturday from 9:30 am to 5 pm and sundays from noon to 5 pm museum admission is $7 for adults $5 for senior citizens 62 and over and active retired military with id as well as groups of 20 or more with advance reservations; and $2 for children six and older texas a&m and blinn college students as well as children under six enter free for this and other events be sure to check out the museums web site
college station texas -- vice chancellor and dean of engineering dr g kemble bennett has appointed dr walter w buchanan head of the department of engineering technology and industrial distribution and inaugural holder of the jr thompson department head chair in engineering technology and industrial distribution at texas a&m university buchanan succeeds former department head dr richard m alexander "dr richard alexander has shaped one of the top programs in the nation and being able to attract someone of dr walter buchanans stature and reputation is a true testament to his efforts " said dr g kemble bennett vice chancellor and dean of engineering "we are extremely fortunate to have dr buchanan join texas a&m engineering" buchanan comes to the dwight look college of engineering from northeastern university where he was professor and director of the school of engineering technology he was previously professor and dean of engineering and industrial technologies at the oregon institute of technology; associate professor and chair of engineering technology and industrial studies at middle tennessee state university; assistant professor and coordinator of the electrical engineering technology associate degree program at the university of central florida; and an assistant professor of electrical engineering technology at indiana university-purdue university indianapolis he has also been an electronics engineer for the naval avionics center; an engineering officer for the us navy; an aerospace engineer for boeing co and martin co as well as an attorney for the veterans administration in indianapolis a registered professional engineer in florida indiana massachusetts oregon and tennessee buchanan is a fellow of the american society for engineering education (asee) and a senior member of the institute of electrical and electronics engineers (ieee) and the society of manufacturing engineers (sme) he is a member of the national society of professional engineers (nspe) the executive committee of the technology accreditation commission (tac) of the accreditation board for engineering and technology (abet) the order of the engineer and the engineering and science hall of fame buchanan is also a member of the indiana state bar among his numerous honors are the asee james h mcgraw award the asee frederick j berger award the international conference on engineering and computer education award and the nspe outstanding service award buchanan has authored or co-authored 113 publications he holds a bachelors degree a jd and a phd from indiana university and bachelors and masters degrees from purdue university
college station texas -- vice chancellor and dean of engineering dr g kemble bennett has appointed dr costas n georghiades head of the department of electrical and computer engineering at texas a&m university georghiades professor and holder of the delbert a whitaker chair in electrical engineering succeeds dr chanan singh who led the department for eight years "with enormous passion dr chanan singh has built a strong program over the past eight years and there is not a better candidate than dr georghiades to maintain and enhance the excellence of the electrical and computer engineering department " bennett said "dr georghiades not only possesses an engaging leadership style but is well respected among our faculty and students he will be an excellent representative of the engineering program" georghiades joined the dwight look college of engineering faculty in 1985 as an assistant professor in the department of electrical engineering his general research interests are in the application of information communication and estimation theories to the study of communications systems he leads the departments telecommunications and signal processing group and is co-director of the vlsi-telecommunications research center a registered professional engineer in texas georghiades is a fellow of the institute of electrical and electronics engineers (ieee) he previously held the jw runyon jr professorship in electrical engineering at texas a&m as well as the halliburton professorship and the ed brockett professorship from the look college over the years he served in editorial positions with the ieee transactions on communications the ieee transactions on information theory the ieee journal on selected areas in communications and the ieee communications letters he has been involved in organizing a number of conferences including recently as technical program chair for the 2005 ieee communication theory workshop and as general chair of the 2004 information theory workshop he currently serves as chair of the ieee communication societys communication theory technical committee and in various committees of the ieee communications and information theory societies georghiades holds a bachelors degree from the american university of beirut and masters and doctoral degrees from washington university
mexico city - texas a&m university today opened its digital imaging diabetes research center in mexico city aimed at screening mexican citizens for forms of diabetes especially retinopathy which can cause blindness a delegation headed by texas a&m university system regent lupe fraga; david prior executive vice president and provost; and richard ewing vice president for research helped open the facility located on the first floor of a building in the heart of mexico citys business district and near texas a&ms mexico city center established by texas a&m in 1993 to enhance educational opportunities with mexico the space for the research center was donated by pablo marvin a 1966 texas a&m graduate and real estate developer it is the only facility of its kind in mexico the new lab will help detect diabetes a growing health problem in mexico one form of the disease is retinopathy which occurs when diabetes damages the blood vessels inside the retina early detection and laser treatment of diabetic retinopathy is crucial in preventing blindness at the digital imaging diabetes research center an exam to detect the disease can be performed quickly is painless and usually does not require drug administration the new lab is based on four years of continual research conducted in the computer science department at texas a&m with clinical trials being carried out in texas and saltillo coahuila and supported by several funding agencies among them texas a&m and conacyt (consejo nacional de ciencia y tecnologia) the premier scientific agency in mexico and a major research partner with texas a&m
college station texas -- dr paul cizmas associate professor in the department of aerospace engineering at texas a&m university has been appointed to an aerospace propulsion committee of the national research council of the national academies the committee is jointly sponsored by the office of the air force for science technology and engineering and the us department of defense office of the director of defense research and engineering committee members are conducting an 18-month study examining the department of defenses future propulsion needs and the current commercial propulsion technical base to determine whether efforts underway in laboratories and industry will support necessary war-fighting capabilities over the next 15 years the committee will make recommendations that could affect the department of defenses propulsion development planning in the future cizmas came to texas a&m in 1998 from westinghouse science and technology center where he had been a senior engineer since 1995 cizmas previously worked as a design engineer for the turbomecanica jet engine co and as research engineer and later an assistant professor at the bucharest polytechnic institute his research interests are in the areas of propulsion; unsteady aerodynamics and heat transfer; computational fluid dynamics; fluid-solid interaction; and massive parallel processing he is also a researcher in the aerospace engineering division of the texas engineering experiment station the states engineering research agency and a member of the texas a&m university system cizmas is an associate fellow of the american institute of aeronautics and astronautics he holds an undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering from the bucharest polytechnic institute and a phd in mechanical engineering and materials science from duke university
college station texas - vice chancellor and dean of engineering dr g kemble bennett has appointed dr luis san andrã©s inaugural holder of the mast-childs professorship in mechanical engineering at texas a&m university san andrã©s joined the texas a&m department of mechanical engineering in 1990 as an assistant professor he was previously a principal professor at escuela politã©cnical nacional in quito ecuador san andrã©s became a full professor at texas a&m in 2000 and led the systems and controls division for the mechanical engineering department from 2001 to 2004 san andrã©s holds a bachelorâ€™s degree from escuela politã©cnica nacional a masterâ€™s degree from the university of pittsburgh and a phd from texas a&m all in mechanical engineering his research interests are in the analysis design and testing of fluid film bearings and gas bearings and seals for oil-free turbomachinery; rotordynamics of turbomachinery; structural vibrations; and computational mechanics san andrã©s is a fellow of the society of tribologists and lubrication engineers (stle) and a member of the american society of mechanical engineers (asme) and the american society for engineering education (asee) he is presently chairman of the structures and dynamics committee of the asme international gas turbine institute and a member of the executive committee of the asme tribology division he has received the outstanding graduate teaching award from the department of mechanical engineering and the dresser industries professorship the ed brocket professorship the plank co faculty fellowship and the ruth and william neelyâ€™52 faculty fellowship all from the dwight look college of engineering san andrã©s is a member of texas a&mâ€™s mexican-american us latino faculty association (malfa) and a past secretary and vice president of the professional hispanic network (phn) the organization of american states (oas) recognized his contributions with a latin-american applied science award the mast-childs professorship in mechanical engineering was established in 2005 by mildred and charles a mast a retired amoco executive and texas a&m class of 1951 mechanical engineering graduate mast is a distinguished alumnus of the department and a longtime member of its advisory council the endowment also honors dr dara childs a texas a&m regents professor in the department of mechanical engineering and director of the texas engineering experiment stationâ€™s turbomachinery laboratory san andres appointed inaugural holder of mast-childs professorship 2005-10-14t00:00:00 0
texas a&m university distinguished professor of physics dr marlan o scully has been honored by the american physical society (aps) with the 2005 arthur l schawlow prize in laser science scully is cited "for his many far-reaching contributions to quantum optics and quantum electronics and in particular for the quantum theory of lasers for the theory of free-electron lasers and laser gyros and for theoretical and experimental contributions to optical coherence effects" scully was presented the award in conjunction with the optical society of americas (osa) 89th annual meeting "frontiers in optics 2005" held in tucson ariz established by the aps with an endowment from the nec corporation in 1991 the prize is named in honor of 1981 nobel prize-winning physicist arthur l schawlow for his pioneering work in lasers it is awarded annually in recognition of outstanding contributions to basic research that uses lasers to advance our knowledge of the fundamental physical properties of materials and their interaction with light the prize consists of $10 000 and a certificate plus an allowance for travel to the meeting a member of the national academy of sciences academe europa and the max-planck society scully is associate dean for external relations in the college of science he holds the hershel e burgess 29 chair in physics and a distinguished research chair with the texas engineering experiment station and has multiple appointments at texas a&m as distinguished professor of physics as well as a professor in the departments of electrical engineering and chemical engineering he also serves as director of both the institute for quantum studies and the center for theoretical physics within the college of science scully who also is a professor at princeton has held faculty positions at yale university the massachusetts institute of technology the university of arizona the university of new mexico and the max-planck-institut fr quantenopik a world renowned pioneer in quantum and laser physics he has brought distinction to texas a&m by leading the way to many scientific breakthroughs such as slowing the speed of light to the snail-like pace of 10 miles per hour making revolutionary lasers without population inversion and showing how quantum mechanics can yield a class of novel quantum heat engines a highly decorated researcher and scholar scully has received numerous professional honors including the adolph e lomb medal and charles h townes award from the optical society of america the quantum electronics award from the institute of electrical and electronics engineers inc the cresson medal from the franklin institute and the alexander von humboldt distinguished faculty prize he has been an alfred p sloan fellow a guggenheim fellow and is a fellow of the american association for the advancement of science as well as the aps and osa scully who joined the texas a&m faculty in 1992 received his master of science and phd degrees in physics from yale university he is a distinguished alumnus of the university of wyoming where he received his bachelors degree in engineering physics
college station texas -- dr yu ding assistant professor in the department of industrial and systems engineering has been named a 2005-2006 montague center for teaching excellence scholar for the dwight look college of engineering at texas a&m university the cte scholars program was designed to recognize tenure-track assistant professors who have already demonstrated successful teaching and to encourage further development of teaching excellence ding whose primary teaching area is quality control has contributed to both curriculum development and student development in the department he mentors undergraduates graduate students and other teachers; and his students place him well above average in their evaluations this award recognizes dings teaching accomplishments and potential and includes a $5 000 grant to support innovative teaching projects ding joined the texas a&m engineering faculty in 2001 and won a prestigious national science foundation career award in 2004 for his research on quality improvement using distributed sensor networks ding holds a bs in precision engineering from the university of science and technology of china an ms in precision instruments from tsinghua university in beijing an ms in mechanical engineering from penn state and a phd in mechanical engineering from the university of michigan
college station texas -- dr malcolm verdict associate director of the energy systems laboratory (esl) with the texas engineering experiment station has been named the energy manager of the year by the association of energy engineers (aee) the award is granted annually to an energy engineer who has exhibited outstanding leadership and skills in energy management; outstanding accomplishments in promoting the practices and principles of energy management and development; and superior service to the association of energy engineers verdict was recently recognized in austin with this prestigious award "it is especially humbling and gratifying to be recognized by ones peers in a field that i have devoted my professional career to for the past 27 years " verdict said "the efficient use of energy has never been more important than it is today to our nations energy security our local environment our everyday cost of living and to our own campus here at texas a&m university" verdict joined the esl team in 2002 and works closely with federal state and local governments on energy efficiency and environmental policy issues representing the esl and its team of technical experts in promoting energy efficiency practices and techniques before such groups as the western governors association which appointed him to its clean and diversified energy task force earlier this year verdict received the state energy managers award in texas from the industrial energy technology conference in 1989 he was deputy director of the texas state energy office in 1991 where he created the $98 million loanstar energy retrofit loan program helped craft the first energy demand side management program for regulated utilities in texas and implemented the states first energy-efficient building standards for state buildings from 1992 to 2001 verdict was a senior program manager for a prestigious advocacy group the alliance to save energy in washington dc while at the alliance he served as co-founder and chair of the national home energy rating council in washington dc which was composed of states builders energy raters federal agencies and mortgage lenders in 2001 he served as a representative of the energy efficiency and renewable energy communities on president george w bushs "transition team" for the us department of energy verdict holds a bachelor of science in math and engineering sciences from the us air force academy a masters degree in business administration from louisiana tech university and a commercial banking certificate from southern methodist university graduate school of banking he is also a certified energy manager holder of a commercial pilot license and served as a fighter pilot in vietnam the association of energy engineers is an international organization celebrating its 29th year of successful energy leadership president george w bush praised the efforts of the organization at the 28th world energy engineering congress "i appreciate the aee members and [the] commitment to promoting energy efficiency in this country as we move into the 21st century your efforts help to protect our environment and improve the quality of life for everyone " bush said