The Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) and the Texas chapters of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced the annual Clean Air Through Energy Efficiency (CATEE) Awards at a ceremony held recently in San Antonio. ESL is a center within the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station.

Researchers from the Energy Institute and Saint-Gobain Proppants have begun a collaborative effort to better understand the behavior of proppants in hydraulic fracturing operations.

Faculty and students from Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, spent a week at the TEES Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute (NSSPI) in November to discuss nuclear security education and experience the NSSPI curriculum firsthand.

The TEES Smart Grid Center held the inaugural meeting of its advisory board Dec. 19 at the Memorial Student Center at Texas A&M.

The Energy Institute, in conjunction with The Research Valley Partnership (RVP), has been awarded a Clean Energy Incubator grant by the State Energy Conservation Office (SECO).

The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents, on Thursday, approved a ground lease for construction of an Engineering Laboratory Building in Texas A&M’s Research Park.