A group of Houston high school students has taken the first steps toward turning cafeteria food scraps into gasoline using the MixAlco process developed by Texas A&M chemical engineering professor and TEES researcher Mark Holtzapple.

James A. Wall, deputy director of the TEES Texas Center for Applied Technology (TCAT), has been appointed to a 26-member Blue Ribbon panel to conduct a security review of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and recommend improvements.