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dr kenneth r hall associate dean of engineering and deputy director of the texas engineering experiment station (tees) was one of three individuals honored with an innovation award by the texas a&m university system on thursday (april 9) hall was presented the award during the 2009 patent and innovation awards hosted by the a&m systems office of technology commercialization (otc) at the annenberg presidential conference center in the george bush presidential library complex additionally eight individuals from the dwight look college of engineering and tees were recognized for being granted patent protection from the united states patent & trademark office in 2008 the innovation awards were presented to scientists and inventors whose research exemplifies the spirit of innovation within the a&m system hall is an inventor or co-inventor in 12 patents including four that supports the gas to liquids process that is licensed to synfuels inc his research interests include thermophysical fluid properties obstruction flowmeters and gas to liquid processing the otc describes hall as a strong and effective leader in working across the engineering departments and centers and with other system members to identify propose and support commercialization efforts as well as being an active researcher hall is a professor in the chemical engineering department where he holds the jack e and francis brown chair and he also served as the head of the department for four years the other two innovation awards went to the texas transportation institute roadside safety division inventors and darwin prockop of texas a&ms health science center those receiving patent awards include: mark holtzapple (chemical engineering); gary noyes (professor emeritus in mechanical engineering); edward dougherty (electrical and computer engineering); david claridge (director energy systems laboratory); william turner (past director energy systems laboratory); randall tucker (tees researcher and lecturer mechanical engineering); alan palazzolo (mechanical engineering); and john criscione (biomedical engineering)
a tees texas center for applied technology project in which laredo high school students helped to build and install wind turbines to provide power to border colonias has been a named finalist in the texas environmental excellence awards competition the project team led by dr dean schneider from san antonio will be recognized at the texas commission on environmental quality awards banquet may 13 in austin about 40 high school students from laredos two engineering magnet schools worked with schneider and researchers in the texas engineering experiment station (tees) and west texas a&m university (wtamu) to provide electricity to colonias residents along the us-mexico border who are currently without power schneider said that students in the united high school engineering and technology magnet school and the laredo isd magnet for engineering and technology applications (cigarroa high school) are collaborating with tees and wtamu engineers to build and install four wind turbines in 2007 and 2008-one per year from each school two demonstration turbines built by students at each high school were installed in may 2007 one powers the electric marquee in front of cigarroa high school in south laredo and the other provides lighting for part of the webb county self-help center where colonias residents can borrow tools the students built the wind turbines from existing plans and generated a set of instructions that will be translated into spanish to be understandable by colonias residents in the us-mexico border region
texas a&ms solar decathlon house is finding a new home the solar d was designed and built as texas a&m universitys entry in the 2007 solar decathlon competition sponsored by the department of energy as a collective effort of a group of dedicated students faculty staff and external partners after its journey from the college of architectures ranch at the riverside campus in college station to the washington dc mall competition site and its return to college station to be on display to the public at the bush librarys parking lot for almost one year the solar d began another journey on monday (april 20) to san antonio the college of architecture (carc) at texas a&m university which made the significant initial investment in the conception development and execution of the solar d is partnering with the texas engineering experiment station (tees) through its texas center for applied technology (tcat) to transfer this architectural and technological icon from its current location and state to a site in san antonio the ultimate goal is to transform the solar d into a texas a&m university system wide asset as a cornerstone and focal point for the development of collaborative interdisciplinary and cross-institutional research teaching/learning/training and engagement opportunities one initial opportunity that will benefit from this partnership is the official launch of the zero-impact self-sustaining (ziss) collaboratory which will initially bring together researchers from a wide range of disciplines within architecture engineering agriculture and life sciences and other units within texas a&m and the texas a&m system as needed in the development of solutions for sustainable built and natural environments commenting on this opportunity "skip" mills director of the san antonio operations of tcat/tees stated: "the city of san antonio is eagerly awaiting solar ds next life as a nexus for research and development as well as a learning center for sustainability it is being considered as a candidate for incorporation within mayor phil hardbergers new mission verde initiative - an economic approach to sustainability focused on energy" in addition dr jorge vanegas interim dean of the college of architecture stated "the emerging partnership between the college of architecture and tees combined with the solar d move offers an exciting and unparalleled opportunity to create an exemplar of integrated research teaching/learning/training and engagement scholarship in a domain of critical importance for the city of san antonio the state of texas our nation and the world: the sustainability of the built and natural environments we are very proud to be a partner in this initiative"
the oran w nicks low speed wind tunnel (own lswt) at texas a&m university will host the 45th international subsonic aerodynamic testing association (sata) conference beginning sunday and running through june 12 the own lswt is a part of the department of aerospace engineering and the texas engineering experiment station (tees) the wind tunnel is located across from the general aviation terminal at easterwood airport engineers from asia europe south africa and north america will meet to exchange knowledge ideas and processes used for the operation and maintenance of low speed wind tunnels the conference will include presentations by the various representatives as well as tours of a&m laboratory and testing facilities sata started in 1965 and the own lswt is a charter member the own lswt which was built in the mid 1940s last hosted the conference in 1983 an upgrade on the tunnel was started in the late 1950s and it opened in its current state in 1960 the main parts of the wind tunnel have not changed but all the controls and data acquisition have been modernized to state-of-the-art technology the lswt is in the center of the new wind tunnel complex which supports research by faculty and students in aerospace low speed wind tunnels are used to test the aerodynamic characteristics of objects and were started mainly as a tool for airplane design they still fill this role but have expanded to test spacecraft missiles cars trucks motorcycles bicycles oil platforms buildings outdoor structures and even golf clubs and golf balls
texas a&m engineering and the college of architecture recently hosted five teachers from the bryan independent school district (bisd) to help them develop a curriculum for camp energy an enrichment program being offered by bisd for middle school students not attending summer school participants will apply science and math skills to learn about energy conservation through design contests and field trips to the nuclear science center energy systems laboratory (esl) college of architecture and a local biomass conversion plant esl an organizer of camp energy hopes the program will increase awareness about energy efficiency and sustainability and also the number of middle school students aspiring to get a four-year technical degree don gilman said gilman an assistant research engineer in esl conceptualized camp energy which will take place june 22-26 esl and the nuclear science center are part of the texas engineering experiment station (tees) the engineering research agency for the state of texas and the texas a&m university system
while most teachers are enjoying their summers out of the classroom eight texas teachers are sharpening their skills this summer by working with texas a&m engineering faculty under the e3 program e3-enrichment experiences in engineering-is a summer research program organized by texas a&m engineering for high school math and science teachers and pre-service teachers as part of the national science foundations research experience for teachers program between june 8 and july 2 eight teachers will attend seminars go on field trips and participate in research under the guidance of faculty members from the dwight look college of engineering and researchers from the texas engineering experiment station (tees) through discussions the teachers will attempt to translate their research experiences into classroom lesson plans that include engineering applications "we encourage the teachers to develop engineering projects for their classes that are open-ended problem-solving scenarios these projects are great because they encourage the students to think for themselves " says dr cheryl page an assistant research scientist at tees who is helping organize e3 e3 is hosted by the dwight look college of engineering and tees and funded by the national science foundation
with dwindling coal and oil reserves and increased awareness about climate change zero-carbon energy sources-such as nuclear energy-are in the spotlight in fact as part of its nuclear energy university program the department of energy is funding texas a&m universitys dr jean ragusas research that will improve the working of nuclear reactors ragusa is an assistant professor in the nuclear engineering department and associate director of the institute for scientific computation a part of the texas engineering experiment station (tees) tees is the engineering research agency for the state of texas and is a member of the texas a&m university system for this project ragusa will be collaborating with dr pavel solin an associate professor of mathematics at the university of nevada reno ragusa and solin aim to provide engineers with significantly improved simulations of the various physical phenomena taking place in nuclear reactors they will use their $587 000 grant to develop new and highly sophisticated computational methods to predict the behavior of complex coupled processes occurring in nuclear reactors such as neutron flux thermal-hydraulics and structural mechanics current models consider or "solve" one physical process at a time for example these models that can tell you where neutrons are in a reactor how accurate this prediction is depends on how closely the model mimics the conditions in a reactor scientists know that a physical process is simultaneously influenced by different processes but since current models consider only one physical phenomenon at a time their predictions are not sufficiently accurate ragusa and solin will develop open-source software based on advanced numerical analysis to simultaneously solve multiple physical processes and provide accurate predictions of the reactions occurring in reactors their multiphysics simulations will rely on the high-level software platforms the two researchers have developed independently in the past ragusa and solins research could help improve the efficiency of existing nuclear reactors since this research will allow scientists to rely more on predictive simulations rather than expensive experimental mock-ups it will also help scientists design reactors at a lesser cost since experiments in nuclear science are expensive ragusa said "before you build a reactor it is important to verify how it will function and ensure that safety margins are respected; this can be done at a lower cost if computer models are more accurate predictive models are important because they can answer these questions using high-performance computing" ragusa and solin are working with other national laboratories including idaho national laboratory to develop their software popularizing this relatively new technique will help nuclear engineers solve problems faster and more accurately ragusa said
researchers from the energy systems laboratory (esl) at the texas engineering experiment station (tees) are helping austin go green they have developed a web-based tool called texas climate vision (tcv) to test the energy efficiency of new houses in austin builders can use this software to confirm the energy efficiency of house plans before construction begins in 2008 austin began implementing a new energy code which aims to improve the energy efficiency of new homes by 65 percent through energy-efficient roofing lighting heating ventilation and air conditioning all new houses built in austin must conform to this code energy-efficient buildings ease the strain on power plants thus curtailing harmful co2 nox and sox emissions &mdash; the main culprits behind global warming although the initial cost of building energy-efficient houses can be relatively high the energy saved by such homes translates into big savings on power bills for residents states such as california and florida which have strong building codes have already seen an upswing in energy savings its important for owners of new homes to understand that by paying now they can save a lot later said don gilman an assistant research engineer at esl using data from house plans tcv simulates a model of the proposed house the software then estimates the energy efficiency of the simulated house and calculates the reduction in harmful emissions based on energy savings after construction is complete certified third-party inspectors certify the homes construction as meeting or exceeding the energy code once a month austin energy the city-owned electricity supplier receives a report on all inspected homes and their energy savings the current software can simulate conventional houses not glass houses such as those commonly built overlooking lake travis it also does not calibrate for lifestyle differences gilman said "for example you might use energy-efficient water heaters but if youre going to take long hot showers your air conditioners will still have to remove the heat from the house thus costing you more" tcv is an offshoot of ic3 another energy-code compliance software developed by esl which is used across texas tcv was developed by tees esl in partnership with austin energy texas hero and the us department of energy tees is the engineering research agency of the state of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system
starting thursday (sept 10) short courses lectures tutorials and case studies can be submitted for the first middle east turbomachinery symposium (mets) the deadline for submissions is feb 1 2010 mets is being organized by the turbomachinery laboratory at texas a&m university along with the society of petroleum engineers and texas a&m university at qatar this symposium is closely modeled after the turbomachinery symposia that have been held in texas since 1971 through feature lectures tutorials case studies discussion groups short courses and exhibits mets will promote professional development technology transfer peer networking and information exchange among industry professionals mets will be held at the sheraton resort and convention hotel doha qatar between feb 13 and 16 2011 for more information visit middle east turbo or contact dr dara w childs director of the turbomachinery laboratory and chair of the mets technical advisory committee the turbomachinery laboratory conducts basic and applied research into important problems of reliability and performance of turbomachinery by drawing on world-renowned research expertise of texas a&ms dwight look college of engineering and the texas engineering experiment station (tees) tees is the engineering research agency of the state of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system
advances in technology and computing in particular occur on an almost daily basis todays cutting-edge technology could become obsolete in just a few months one trend in the computing industry is toward an increase in the number of cores on a microchip the rationale driving chip manufacturers to develop multicore processors is that these processors provide better performance per watt than single-core processors multicores systems require significant sharing of resources such as memory and networks which can constrain performance and impact power consumption not much is known about the power-performance tradeoffs in multicore systems texas a&m universitys dr valerie taylor is developing infrastructure that will help engineers and application developers better understand how such multicore systems work she recently received $24 million from the national science foundations computer systems research program to develop multicore application modeling infrastructure or mumi (pronounced "mummy") "multicore processors are the foundation of next-generation computing systems the computing industry is only going to increase the number of cores on a chip " said taylor who is head of the department of computer science and engineering mumi will facilitate systematic measurement modeling and prediction of performance power consumption and power-performance tradeoffs in multicore systems mumi will also be used to model analyze and optimize the power consumption and performance of key benchmarks and applications of multicore systems such as weather and climate modeling applications biomolecular simulations and energy simulations collaborating with taylor on this project are dr shirley moore from the university of tennessee in knoxville and dr kirk cameron from virginia tech tees is the lead site for mumi with a funding of $865 000 and taylor as the sole primary investigator on the tees grant tees is the engineering research agency of the state of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system
the texas engineering experiment station (tees) the research agency of the state of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system and vestas wind systems a/s the worlds leading supplier of wind power solutions have signed a memorandum of understanding (mou) to develop a world-class partnership for research in wind energy the announcement of the mou was made during a ceremony friday (oct 9) when members of vestas leadership visited texas a&m and the department of aerospace engineering the mou is the latest step in expanding the engineering programs capabilities in wind energy research and development which will help propel texas toward energy independence for the past two years texas has been the top wind producer in the united states with more than 3 953 wind-generated megawatts installed texas is also the first state to achieve the milestone of one gigawatt of wind installation in a single year (2007) today we are sealing a world-class partnership for research in wind energy using the vestas and tees partnership collaboration plan as our framework said dr theresa maldonado associate dean for strategic initiatives "as we all know texas will experience rapid growth in wind power over the next five years and we are positioned to support that growth" tees and vestas previously entered into a multiyear master research agreement in june 2008 to collaborate to develop advanced wind energy technologies vestas chose texas a&m engineering as one of its major university partners for its new r&d center in the united states while they selected houston as their us-based r&d headquarters under the new agreement tees will provide academic excellence to vestas research programs in the wind engineering field as well as make a commitment to provide academic programs that will develop texas a&m university undergraduates and graduates into wind turbine specialists vestas meanwhile will sponsor a director for the wind center of excellence for a minimum of three years execute internal research projects with texas a&m staff and facilities and contribute associated funds as applicable provide steering and technical expertise toward the development of the wind center of excellence and associated curriculum and academic programs and support tees in bidding for external funding opportunities we are committed to supporting vestas through the objectives that are outlined in this agreement said maldonado "we are excited about the new wind center of excellence we will work aggressively to recruit an excellent director and we are also committed to working with vestas technical staff to develop a new wind energy academic program"
researchers in the tees texas center for applied technology (tcat) and the department of aerospace engineering at texas a&m university have received a third year of funding to continue work on military helicopter rotor blade erosion technology blade erosion in military helicopters continues to be an area of concern particularly in severe environments of sand and rain the current approach to assuring safe performance relies upon frequent inspection repair and replacement of protection films without robust and reliable procedures the consequence is high cost new erosion-resistant coatings are being developed but there are no physics-based models available to guide their development a research program is under way at texas a&m to systematically address the erosion problem this program now in its third year is focused on polyurethane films that are mounted on the leading edge of blades to provide protection from erosion caused by sand particles principle investigators for the program are tcats dr john ayala and dr ramesh talreja dr amine benzerga dr zoubeida ounaies and dr tamas kalmar-nagy with texas a&ms aerospace engineering department tees (texas engineering experiment station) is the engineering research agency of the state of texas and a member of the texas a&m university system
a new institute led by texas a&m engineering will bring together industry and energy researchers from throughout the texas a&m university system to address some of the worlds critical energy challenges the board of regents of the a&m system approved establishment of the energy engineering institute (eei) at its meeting today (dec 4) eei will be a part of the texas engineering experiment station (tees) a member of the a&m system "texas a&m has worked in energy-related areas for more than a century and built tremendous capabilities in the area of energy technology and systems " said dr g kemble bennett vice chancellor and dean of engineering "this institute provides an organizational framework to harness our expertise resources and facilities for maximum impact" eei will serve as a central hub for strategic coordination of energy-related activities - including education basic and applied research and industry and government initiatives - conducted by texas a&m engineering and tees as well as other colleges at texas a&m and other institutions and agencies in the a&m system as an umbrella organization the institute will facilitate multidisciplinary collaboration between texas a&m the a&m system members government industry and other partners both nationally and internationally dr theresa maldonado associate dean of engineering and a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at texas a&m will direct the institute "i am pleased to be leading this important institute at this time when there are critical challenges in sustainable energy to address " maldonado said "the energy engineering institute brings greater organization and focus to our established excellence in oil and gas nuclear energy electric power and energy efficiency as well as to our rapidly growing programs in bioenergy and wind and solar energy" eei researchers will seek to develop new technologies and integrated systems sustainable energy resource utilization conversion storage transmission and distribution as well as efficient use and consumption of energy those technologies could then be licensed and commercialized for the public benefit in addition to research and development the institute will also study public policy implications related to energy production implementation of new energy technologies and environmental sustainability and train engineering students and professionals in energy-related concepts and technologies the institute and its partners will also seek to initiate and support international collaborative programs and advise industry government and the public on energy-related matters "the energy engineering institute will serve as a shared platform for collaborative research and as a portal for our internal and external partners to our programs researchers students and technologies " maldonado said "this will allow us to capitalize on our history of excellence in energy research and commercialization by bringing in additional expertise from all over the a&m system and forming critical industry partnerships"
dr kenneth r hall senior associate dean for research and deputy director of the texas engineering experiment station (tees) has been selected as the recipient of the excellence in gas processing research award which is presented at an annual event hosted by the qatar university gas processing center hall will be presented the award during the centers 2nd annual gas processing symposium that will be held jan 11-14 2010 in doha qatar this is a genuine honor and i am grateful to the selection committee hall said "the vast majority of my research career has revolved around gas processing so this award holds special significance for me" the award is presented to an academic scholar who has made a recognized fundamental contribution impacting the field and the science of gas processing hall is an inventor or co-inventor in 12 patents including four that support the gas to liquids process that is licensed to synfuels inc his research includes thermophysical fluid properties obstruction flowmeters and gas to liquid processing in addition to his administrative duties hall is an active researcher and a professor in the chemical engineering department where he holds the jack e and frances brown chair he also served as the head of the department for four years the gas processing center was established in january of 2007 by the college of engineering at qatar university the center addresses the problems challenges and opportunities facing the state of qatars gas processing industry the center is focused on two main themes: asset management/process optimization and sustainable development
the texas a&m university system has inked an exclusive license with advanced cooling technologies inc (act) of lancaster penn for momentum-driven vortex phase separator (mdvps) technology developed by researchers from the texas engineering experiment station (tees) the interphase transport phenomena group of the tees space engineering research center (serc) developed the technology that relies on centripetal driven buoyancy forces to form a gas-liquid vortex within a fixed right-circular cylinder that allows separation of different density fluids to occur the unique aspect of the mdvps is that separation relies on the incoming momentum of the fluid to produce the radial acceleration gradient reducing the power and mass of the device while enhancing the reliability texas a&m has flown several sized separators under reduced gravity conditions to investigate device scaling stability and transient behavior act specializes in advanced thermal technology development and custom thermal product manufacturing including the design and development of heat pipes pumped liquid and two-phase loops and thermal storage devices for aerospace military commercial and government r&d customers the company plans to apply the a&m system technology to design systems with higher heat transport and lower overall system size for applications such as air conditioning humidity control purification and vapor compression the addition of mdvps technology expands acts portfolio of two-phase technology which uses evaporation and condensation to absorb and reject heat allowing for direct contact heat and mass transfer the technology has performed well in all orientations and under microgravity conditions suggesting suitability both for aerospace and ground applications
seven teams from the space engineering institute (sei) presented their fall 2009 nasa projects in november to engineering mentors from nasa johnson space center sei is established under the tees space engineering research center (serc) http://serctamuedu five of the presenting sei teams (advanced antenna space based solar power integrated thermal management system smart materials for robotic space applications and urine pretreatment) come from the main texas a&m campus two of the teams (mechanical battery and space laundry) came from texas a&m-kingsville and one sei team (radiation sensors) came from prairie view a&m university the program included 10-minute presentations from each student team and individual team meetings with the nasa sponsor to discuss the details for the spring 2010 projects in addition dr kam lulla jsc deputy manager for university research and affairs gave a keynote speech "engineer 2020" since that event three other sei teams have presented their end-of-semester work to their sponsors these are the sei-south texas project team funded by the nuclear power institute the thermal management of satellites team sponsored by the us air force and the unmanned air vehicles team funded by boeing sei currently has 60 undergraduate students and graduate student mentors representing nine engineering departments on the main texas a&m campus in addition 30 more students from three other campuses (texas a&m-commerce texas a&m-kingsville and pvamu) are also participating in the sei sei was established in 2002 to engage undergraduate students in interdisciplinary and multilevel team projects with mentors from nasa and industry to improve student retention in engineering and enhance their engineering skills to meet the needs of the us workforce since 2002 more than 75 percent of entering freshman who participate in sei have graduated with an engineering degree which is about 50 percent higher than the national retention average in addition more than 20 percent of sei students pursue advanced degrees for more information on the space engineering institute (sei) and current projects please visit http://seitamuedu or e-mail director magda lagoudas at m-lagoudas@tamuedu