The Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) has appointed Charles H. (Chip) Hill director of the Space Engineering Research Center (SERC) effective May 1, 2011.

Laura Ortiz and Benjamin Garza were civil engineering majors at Texas A&M-Kingsville when they participated in the 2010 TEES-sponsored Undergraduate Summer Research Grant program at Texas A&M University’s Dwight Look College of Engineering.

Aerospace Vehicle Systems Institute director Dr. David Redman has announced that Embraer (Embraer - Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A.) has joined the AVSI Cooperative.

Dr. G. Kemble Bennett, vice chancellor and dean of engineering and TEES director, has appointed Dr. Dennis O’Neal associate dean for research and interim deputy director of TEES.