Dr. B. Don Russell, Regents Professor and holder of the J.W. Runyon, Jr., Professorship in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M, has been appointed to a committee of the National Research Council of the National Academies.
A Texas A&M University civil engineer and student civil engineer spent their summer at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., where they researched ways to decrease launch-pad debris that can collide with space shuttles during launches.
An initiative aimed at getting more people to travel via private plane for longer trips is gaining momentum, thanks to the U.S. Congress, NASA and, in part, Texas A&M aerospace engineering associate professor Dr. John Valasek.
