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See the Texas A&M University College of Engineering's stories from September 2022.

Yong-Rak Kim

Dr. Yong-Rak Kim has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, a prestigious honor given to members who have distinguished themselves as mentors and leaders in the civil engineering profession.

Dr. Perla and her research group, consisting of nine students, standing on the stairs of the Jack E. Brown Engineering Building.

Dr. Perla Balbuena was named a 2022 fellow of The Electrochemical Society for her contributions to the field of electrochemistry. Her research is focused on developing innovative techniques to improve high energy storage capacities for advanced battery technologies.

Sheryl and John Barton sitting together on a house porch smiling.

Sheryl and John Barton ’86 have recently established the Sheryl and John Barton '86 Endowed Fellowship for students who are pursuing a graduate degree in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Dr. Ya Wang

Dr. Ya Wang is among the latest fellows elected to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, an honor held by less than 3,500 of the organization's members.

Dr. Laszlo Kish

Dr. Laszlo Kish has published a paper that explores various ways of clock synchronization for the Kirchhoff-law-Johnson-noise system and proposes an ultimate protocol that preserves time and hardware integrity under attacks.

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Paul ’85 and Michelle Fenley establish the Paul R. Fenley and Michelle J. Fenley Aerospace Engineering Scholarship for students who are pursuing an undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering at Texas A&M University.

Dr. Jeffrey Falzarano head shot

Dr. Jeffrey Falzarano from Texas A&M University has received the Dr. Kenneth S.M. Davidson Medal award from the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers for his outstanding scientific accomplishment in ship research.

Dr. Ulisses Braga-Neto

Dr. Ulisses Braga-Neto received a National Science Foundation grant in collaboration with the Texas A&M Institute of Data Science and Aalto University, Finland, to develop a probabilistic framework for scientific machine learning.

Melanie and Joe Gregory stand together with hills and trees in the background.

Melanie and Joe Gregory have established the Melanie ’82 and Joe Gregory ’82 iGRAD Fellowship in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. This fellowship will help doctoral students in the department’s Investing in Aggie Doctorates program.

Jordan Hillis at the Health Physics Society meeting standing in front of their banner with the HPS logo.

Jordan Hillis ’21 received the H. Wade Peterson Memorial Award at the 67th annual Health Physics Society meeting in Spokane, Washington, this past summer. The award recognizes outstanding student presentations in accelerator health physics.

Three Texas A&M undergraduate students work with a syringe and tubes attached to a board in a laboratory among other students.

In the 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best College Rankings, the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University and four of its departments rose in their rankings. All departments were within the top 25 of public institutions.

Students stand in front of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy in Bern, Switzerland

Nuclear engineering students traveled to Switzerland over the summer with Dr. Lee Peddicord and visited world-class laboratories, such as the Mont Terri Laboratory and the Beznau Nuclear Power Plant, the oldest operating nuclear power plant in the world.

Robin Fielder smiling headshot.

Robin Fielder ’02 has recently been named a Hart Energy 25 Influential Women in Energy honoree. The former CEO has stood out among women executives since graduating from the petroleum engineering department at Texas A&M University.

Dr. Vladislav Yakovlev and Dr. Girish Agarwal inspect a large metal table surface filled with numerous positioned devices that contain circular glass lenses and other light-focusing optics

Texas A&M University researchers built a unique device that directs light on a quantum level to reduce signal distortion in spectroscopic images so the biomechanical details of structures inside living cells and tissues are more easily identified.

A headshot of Dr. David Powers on the left and a headshot of Dr. Emily Pentzer on the right.

Drs. Emily Pentzer and David Powers are key personnel in the Breakthrough Electrolytes for Energy Storage Energy Frontier Research Center, recently funded by the Department of Energy. The center focuses on developing new electrolytes for electrochemical energy storage.

Dr. Rebecca Friesen

Dr. Rebecca Friesen shares her journey to mechanical engineering, her research with haptic interfaces — designing technology that applies touch sensations to a human user — and how she hopes to make an impact on the lives of others.

Dr. Gregory Reeves

Researchers are developing tools to measure protein concentrations and understand cell decision-making processes. Using these findings, they are creating mathematical models that can predict and control differentiation.

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In memory of a father and brother who strived to cultivate a sustainable tomorrow, Marcia and Mark Stewart ’80 have established a scholarship to help Aggie engineers carry out the Stewart family legacy.

Richa Kalari labels samples under a glass partition in a lab

三个高中学生的状态啊f Texas spent their summer working under Dr. Arum Han in the Texas A&M University NanoBio Systems Laboratory as part of a U.S. Army Educational Outreach Program High School Apprenticeship Program.

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After a successful and exciting 34-year career in the Air Force, retired Maj. Gen. Doug Pearson ’69 and his family have established a scholarship for students pursuing a degree in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University.

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Mechanical engineering students from Texas A&M University discuss the history they learned and the work they did with the Queen Theatre in Bryan, Texas, during their Capstone project to upgrade a local downtown feature.

A map of the world showing dark and light spots where dust is present on a satellite image

Researchers have developed a new method to identify dust particles at the isotopic level and three earth metals in African dust from the Saharan Desert. Using NASA satellite images and large-scale models, they tracked the same dust plumes from Africa to Houston.

An axial flux motor

Dorsa Talebi, Mehdi Seyedi and Erick Pool are working alongside Dr. Hamid Toliyat and Dr. Prasad Enjeti on a project to develop an all-electric powertrain that will help enable net-zero carbon emissions in single-aisle, 150-200 passenger commercial aircraft.

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Ten faculty members have joined the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University with research expertise in areas such as approximation algorithms, high-level programming models and computational geometry.

Claire and John Vassberg smiling together in front of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

约翰·c·Vassberg博士80年,首席design officer of JetZero, and his wife Claire have established an aerodynamics endowed scholarship in their names, which will support the education of students in the department of aerospace engineering.

Dr. Yue Kuo head shot

Dr. Yue Kuo has been selected for the 2022 Edward Goodrich Acheson Award from The Electrochemical Society for his distinguished contributions to the advancement of solid state science and technology and leadership.

On the left is a printed heatsink fan, octet lattice and gear from the eutectic high-entropy alloy. On the right is an image of the nano-layered structure of the as-printed eutectic high-entropy alloy revealed by electron precession diffraction.

A team of researchers developed the first 3D-printed, nanostructured dual-phase high entropy alloy that displays ultrastrong and ductile properties. This material can be used in engineering and manufacturing applications, leading to reduced energy costs.

Aerial drone being flown in grassy field and tracked by camera mounted on rod.

Dr. Robin Murphy and her team were deployed to Florida to assist with search and rescue efforts in response to Hurricane Ian. They are working with the Florida State University Center for Disaster Risk Policy and drone pilots from various agencies.

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