April 2014

Texas A&M Technology Commercialization recently presented Patent Awards to individuals and teams who are currently employed by the A&M System and whose inventions were granted patent protection from the United States Patent & Trademark Office in 2013.Our researchers are working diligently behind the scenes developing innovations that will help us in our everyday lives, said Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp. "By commercializing these advancements, we are able to take their research to the marketplace where it can help the most people."

The Texas A&M University System offers engineering services that can help companies bring their technologies to market, and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) is starting a new program to provide low-cost technical assistance for small businesses in Texas to address their technical challenges.

The Thomas and Joan Read Center for Distribution Research & Education, a center within the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and part of the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University, launched an industry funded large research consortium with a kick-off meeting on April 11.

The Texas Emerging Technology Fund (ETF) has announced a $2.2 million research grant match award to a Texas A&M–led consortium of Texas universities. The ETF funds will support emerging–technology research and development activities that are directed toward the creation of an offshore wind energy industry in Texas.

The TEES Smart Grid Center will bring together experts in smart grid issues for a workshop April 8 at the Texas A&M University Memorial Student Center. Registration will open at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday in MSC Room 2400. The workshop will begin at 8 a.m. with an introduction by Mladen Kezunovic, Smart Grid Center director, and a welcome by Glen A. Laine, Texas A&M’s vice president for research.