Space education pioneer Dr. Helen L. Reed has been named professor and head of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University.

Technology leaders from across the nation will meet in College Station Dec. 8-9 to discuss technical aspects of emergency preparedness.

Texas A&M students will one day build and launch their own satellite, if Dr. Helen Reed has anything to say about it.

Dr. Cam Nguyen, professor of electrical engineering and holder of the TI Professorship II in Analog Engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.