Cementing its reputation as an international leader in research, Texas A&M University has been invited to become the first international academic partner in SIIDETEY, the Mexican state of Yucatán’s expansive research consortium.

Dr. Tracy Anne Hammond, a researcher with the Texas A&M Experiment Station (TEES), associate professor and Charles H. Barclay Jr. ’45 College of Engineering Faculty Fellow in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and director of the Sketch Recognition Lab in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University and other university collaborators are establishing the Texas A&M University Coalition for Healthy Active Living (TAMU-CHAL).

Former Navy Captain James Pettigrew has been named director of operations for the Ocean Energy Safety Institute (OESI). OESI is a collaborative initiative between the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station’s (TEES) Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, partnering with Texas A&M University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Houston.

The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents recently approved the establishment of the Center for Autonomous Vehicles and Sensor Systems (CANVASS).

The Ocean Energy Safety Institute (OESI) will convene top academic and research experts from various companies, universities and organizations throughout the world for an unprecedented think-tank workshop to address the development of an, “Ocean Energy Safety Research Roadmap for the 21st Century.”

Dr. Mladen Kezunovic, director of Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station’s Smart Grid Center, has published a book as part of an initiative funded by the Department of Energy.

Texas A&M University at Qatar has established a new center in the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) after approval from the Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University System 4 September.

The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the purpose of exchanging information about robotics for the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station.

Wonmuk Hwang, TEES researcher and associate professor in Texas A&M University’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, is shedding light on how collagen grows at the molecular level and helps form a diverse set of structures in the body.

Dr. M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering, has appointed Dr. Debjyoti Banerjee the Leland T. Jordan Career Development Professor in Mechanical Engineering.

Dr. Sunil Chirayath, associate director of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station’s Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute, traveled to Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, to speak at the Workshop on the Enhancement of Nuclear Engineering Curriculum with Nuclear Security Subjects.

The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and Tech Mahindra Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to open a Joint Innovation Center for Computer Science in Houston. The MoU will enable Texas A&M University to expand its presence in the computer science industry.

Dr. Perla Balbuena, a researcher with the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), has been awarded $990,000 from the Department of Energy.