Officials with The Texas A&M University System announced Thursday that Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station will help address critical needs in the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile by providing technical expertise, workforce development and training at the Pantex Plant, the nation’s primary facility for the final assembly, dismantlement and maintenance of nuclear weapons.
Radiation detection portal monitors are the primary means by which the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection can scan cargo and vehicles to detect radiation at the border. NSSPI master’s student Ryan Coogan is currently studying the strategic analysis of radiation detection portal monitors and mobile detection systems in border monitoring.
The Engineering Genesis Award for Multidisciplinary Research was presented to 20 Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) researchers and their teams during the TEES External Advisory Board meeting Oct. 26.
