Dr. M. Katherine Banks and Governor Zapata Bello

Dr. M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of Texas A&M University Engineering and director of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), and representatives from TEES and Texas A&M visited Yucatán last week.

The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) is co-sponsoring the inaugural Texas New Ventures Competition, which will award $150,000 in monetary prizes to provide seed funding for Texas companies with high-growth potential and innovative product development ideas.