Texas A&M International University in Laredo (TAMIU Green) celebrated its ongoing commitment to a "green" campus with its observance of Earth Week 2012 April 23-25. Representatives from Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) were on had as partners in the university’s Green Campus Initiative.

John Sharp, chancellor of The Texas A&M University System, made his first official visit to the Texas Engineering Experiment Station April 24. The chancellor spent the afternoon learning about TEES’ mission to serve the citizens of Texas through engineering and technology research and education, as well as taking part in hands-on demonstrations of engineering research technologies.

In cooperation with the Texas Engineering Experiment Station and faculty at Texas A&M University, VectorNav will be developing a ground-based simulation system that will address the problem of removing debris from low Earth orbit.

The water desalination work of TEES researcher Dave Burnett has been featured in The Battalion, Texas A&M University’s student newspaper.