Dr. Akhil Datta-Gupta is using $1.2 million in funding from the Department of Energy to create a rapid and cost-effective CO2 subsurface monitoring system. This system will benefit energy companies using injected CO2 for oil recovery and power companies that store produced CO2 waste emissions.
Drs. Raktim Bhattacharya and Robert Skelton are developing computational tools to build larger, lighter blades for wind turbines using tensegrity principles with a $375,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
In November, Dr. Craig Marianno and Dr. Jeremy Osborn from the Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives traveled to Cape Town, South Africa, to conduct a nuclear security workshop at Eskom, the South African electricity utility that operates the Koeberg nuclear power station.
In September, Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University, the Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives and the Nuclear Power Institute signed a memorandum of agreement with Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University to formalize collaborations in nuclear security research and education.
Akron Biotechnology has partnered with the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station to pursue an exciting workforce development initiative.
