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Center for Advanced Small Modular and Micro Nuclear Reactors 

The Center for Advanced Small Modular and Micro Nuclear Reactors (CASMR) is critical to advancing the nation’s and state’s leadership in advanced nuclear technology development. The massive winter storm that hit Texas in February 2021 challenged the state’s energy infrastructure. Millions lost electricity and heat. CASMR researchers will focus on research to help prevent another similar scenario. The center will conduct and promote research and development and innovation and education, and identify the cross-cutting technologies that support the deployment of small modular reactors and microreactors for clean and safe energy. This focus benefits industry, regulation, national labs, NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense.

Yassin A. Hassan

  • Center for Advanced Small Modular and Micro Nuclear Reactors
  • L.F. Peterson '36 Chair II Professor
  • University Distinguished Professor
  • Regents Professor
Yassin A. Hassan

Energy Systems Laboratory

The lab focuses on energy-related research, energy efficiency and emissions reduction. Some specialized areas are optimization of commercial and industrial building operations, known as Continuous Commissioning®; enhancing overall energy efficiency in buildings through research, simulation, data analysis and outreach; conducting research and calibrated testing on HVAC systems; measurement and verification of energy savings for commercial buildings; and energy efficiency in industrial facilities.

David E. Claridge

  • Director, Energy Systems Lab
  • Professor
David E. Claridge

Gas and Fuels Research Center

The Gas and Fuels Research Center (GFRC) is a multidisciplinary research center led by Texas A&M University at Qatar involving 19 professors from Texas A&M’s main campus in College Station and the Qatar campus. The center’s key objective is to lead the integrated research activities and the resources of Texas A&M to support shale gas and natural gas exploration, production and monetization activities both in the United States and in Qatar.

Nimir Elbashir

  • Director, Gas and Fuels Research Center (GFRC)
  • Professor
Nimir Elbashir

Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center

The Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center focuses on research to enhance safety in the chemical process industry. The center conducts research and develops undergraduate, graduate and continuing education programs. Its services to government and industry include independent accident investigation and analysis services, particularly for accidents suggesting new phenomena or complex technologies.

Faisal Khan

  • Director, Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center
Faisal Khan

Nuclear Engineering and Science Center

The Nuclear Engineering and Science Center seeks to improve the health, wellbeing and environment of mankind through the application of nuclear technology. The center provides services to researchers and/or faculty from Texas A&M University, other colleges and universities, government agencies and private industry. The center is recognized primarily for providing radioisotopes and other nuclear irradiation services for research, academic, medical and industrial applications and as a teaching and nuclear training facility.

Jere Jenkins

  • Director, TEES Nuclear Engineering & Science Center
Jere Jenkins

Offshore Technology Research Center

The Offshore Technology Research Center is a graduated National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center and is a joint venture between Texas A&M University and The University of Texas at Austin. Headquartered at Texas A&M, the center brings together engineering and science faculty and students from both institutions with benefits from strong industry input. The major research areas are deepwater platforms, slender and large body hydrodynamics, non-traditional materials and deep ocean seafloor engineering.

Richard Mercier

  • Director, Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC)
Richard Mercier

Smart Grid Center

The Smart Grid Center brings together several smart grid electric energy efforts already under way in the A&M System and will position the system as a leader in education, research and public service in the modernization of the electricity system. The center will bring together interdisciplinary research teams to develop more innovative and effective smart grid solutions. The SGC aims to transform the electrical grid infrastructure in the United States to meet the demands of the 21st century.

Thomas Overbye

  • Director, Smart Grid Center
Thomas Overbye

Texas A&M Energy Institute

The Texas A&M Energy Institute pursues and supports new approaches for multi-disciplinary energy research, education and external partnerships. These approaches cross departmental and college boundaries and address all facets of the energy landscape that naturally connect engineering, sciences, technologies, economics, law and policy decisions. Its interdisciplinary research program focuses on the interacting themes of fossil and non-fossil based technologies for energy; multi-scale energy systems engineering; materials, catalysis and separations for energy; and energy economics, law, policy and societal impact. The four interconnected themes are further classified into 10 research areas and 65 research topics. The Texas A&M Energy Institute has more than 205 affiliated faculty from multiple disciplines (e.g., Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Engineering, College of Geosciences, College of Sciences, Bush School of Government and Public Policy, Mays Business School, College of Liberal Arts and School of Law) who work together with the best in industry to address the complexity and challenges of important energy problems.

Stratos Pistikopoulos

  • Director, Texas A&M Energy Institute
  • TEES Eminent Professor
  • Professor
Stratos Pistikopoulos

Turbomachinery Laboratory

The Turbo Lab conducts theoretical and applied research on the reliability and performance of turbomachinery - rotating machinery that extracts or adds energy to fluids. The Turbo Lab’s acclaimed Turbomachinery and Pump Symposia (TPS) is held annually in Houston, Texas, and its sister event, the Asia Turbomachinery and Pump Symposia, biennially in Singapore. Both feature a world-class exhibit hall and cutting-edge technical program.

Eric Petersen

  • Director, Turbomachinery Laboratory (TL)
Eric Petersen