With the help of a grant from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program, a Texas A&M University-led research team will continue the development of a new type of propulsion system, possibly enabling missions to the nearest stars in our lifetime.
The IMPEDE® Embolization Plug, originally designed by researchers in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has won a 2019 R&D 100 Award from R&D World magazine, one of the highest external recognitions that a team could receive for their research impact.
To support the progression of solar power, a team led by Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station researchers received a $4.4 million Department of Energy grant to develop and demonstrate a cyber-resilient operation for power distribution systems with massively photovoltaic generation, such as rooftop solar panels.
The Engineering Genesis Award for Multidisciplinary Research was presented to 23 TEES researchers and their teams during the TEES Advisory Board meeting Nov. 15. The award is presented to TEES researchers who have secured significant research grants of $1 million or more.
The Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center has appointed Dr. Stewart Behie to serve as interim director. Behie has over 40 years of technical experience in risk assessment and management, process hazards analysis, safety engineering and the process of safety culture maturation.
The construction industry is booming and contributes more than $10 trillion annually to the world economy. However, it has the lowest productivity of any manufacturing industry. Dr. Zachary Grasley has received a National Science Foundation planning grant to help bring artificial intelligence to the construction industry.
Shell donated $6 million to the Texas A&M Engineering Program. The gift will be divided among the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station’s Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center, the Shell Engineering Foundations Laboratory and the Shell Transport Phenomena Laboratory.
Load-bearing materials, like steel and other alloys, can suddenly break if under constant tension. Researchers at Texas A&M University now have an answer as to why.
