college station texas -- the board of regents of the texas a&m university system has honored texas a&m engineerings dr jay humphrey and dr wd "dan" turner with regents service awards for their 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 26 at texas a&m university humphrey professor in the department of biomedical engineering and holder of the carolyn s and tommie e lohman professorship in engineering education was one of 12 recipients named regents professor at the meeting since coming to texas a&m in 1998 humphrey has been instrumental in helping establish the biomedical engineering department; recruiting and mentoring young faculty members; building an internationally recognized group in cardiovascular mechanics and mechanobiology; and developing research and training programs in biomedical engineering mathematics medical physiology and veterinary physiology humphrey has been author or co-author of two textbooks 103 journal papers and 13 book chapters he has been principal investigator for grants and contracts totaling more than $95 million and co-principal investigator on efforts totaling $1 million he is co-founder and co-editor of the international journal biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology and serves on the editorial board of two other bioengineering journals he has reviewed papers for 40 professional journals and has given 10 invited plenary lectures at national and international meetings and 65 invited seminars at leading academic institutions in the united states canada and europe he has received numerous awards for teaching research and service humphrey holds a bachelors degree from virginia polytechnic institute and state university and masters and phd degrees from the georgia institute of technology all in applied mechanics he also did post-doctoral studies in cardiovascular science at johns hopkins university turner was one of six a&m system agency employees named a regents fellow turner is a professor in the department of mechanical engineering at texas a&m and directs the energy systems laboratory of the texas engineering experiment station the engineering research agency of the state of texas and a member of the a&m system turner joined the texas a&m faculty in 1981 in 1985 he helped create the energy systems laboratory (at that time the only facility of its kind in the south) to conduct applied research and provide energy management services to the state today the laboratory has a staff of 110 and annual contracts through the texas engineering experiment station that exceed $4 million more than 10 000 people have attended conferences workshops and seminars taught by turner or organized through the energy systems laboratory in 1988 when the state of texas received more than $300 million in federal funds from oil company fines turner helped write the guidelines for a statewide energy efficiency program loanstar (loans to save taxes and resources) a $986 million revolving loan fund for energy efficiency retrofits in public buildings to date loanstar has saved texans more than $160 million turner also led a team that created and implemented energy-saving technologies across the a&m system resulting in more than $40 million in savings since 1996 in 2001 turner founded a new conference the international conference on enhanced building operations to focus on improving building operations more than one-third of the papers at the fall 2005 conference in pittsburgh originated outside the united states and the 2006 conference will be held in china he is active in national organizations including serving as vice president of the american society for engineering education which named him one of the 100 educators in the united states who had made significant contributions to engineering education in the organizations first 100 years turner has been the principal investigator or co-principal investigator on more than $40 million in research contracts and has written numerous scholarly publications including a book and a handbook turner holds bachelors and masters degrees from the university of texas at austin and a phd from the university of oklahoma all in mechanical engineering 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