With grant-writing help from TEES, the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District (HCISD) in Cameron County has received a $299,786 Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program Grant (2007) from the U.S. Department of Education.

A one-day seminar aimed at anyone involved in the safety of petroleum refinery employees and the protection of U.S. petroleum refineries will be held Wednesday (Aug. 15) in Houston.

The Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University System appointed Dr. Lee Peddicord director of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station at its July 27 meeting in College Station.

Mark S. Smock has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Controller and assistant agency director for the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), agency director Dr. K.L. Peddicord has announced.

Five clients of the Energy Systems Laboratory, including Texas A&M University, were presented with Mega Energy Saver Awards during a ceremony Thursday afternoon at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum Complex.

Nuclear security experts have been awarded the first $1.5 million installment of an eventual total of $7.5 million in funding to develop new sensor systems to detect nuclear or radiological weapons before they can be smuggled into the United States.