Studying how bacteria incorporate foreign DNA from invading viruses into their own regulatory processes, Dr. Thomas Wood is uncovering the secrets of one of nature’s most primitive immune systems.

Dr. Katy Kao, a TEES researcher and assistant professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been awarded a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award.

Jodie Lutkenhaus, a TEES researcher and assistant professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Dr. Kamran Entesari, a TEES researchers and assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, has received the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award.

A ceremony at the Khalifa University of Science, Technology, and Research was held Feb. 20 to commemorate the signing of a MOU between Khalifa University, TEES and Sandia National Laboratories to jointly operate the GNEII.

Computer science and engineering professor and TEES researcher Dr. Robin R. Murphy was named one of the 2011 Most Influential Women in Technology by Fast Company.

Lisam America is expected to become the primary platform for Lisam Systems to commercialize process safety research and data from the TEES Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center and Texas A&M’s Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering.