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100 | a: presenting in front of a large audience with industry leaders present from several multinational companies was a really rewarding experience as a team we learned how to work under pressure and draw on each others skills i feel like this event has made me a more well-rounded engineer - tofazzal rashid a: filming the ... |
101 | a: i used this experience and the skills i demonstrated and gained in a job interview it really impressed my interviewers - tofazzal rashid |
102 | a: i picked this need statement as i liked the social aspects and thinking that would be required in order to produce an effective solution as engineers i think we often overlook social considerations in our engineering interventions thinking about social implications to engineering solutions is critical for sustainabi... |
103 | their next plan of action is to present their product at the ‘big pitch a competition held at swansea university there they will have an opportunity to present in front of business leaders if they win they could receive funding office space and business advisers to help develop the product further |
104 | the invent for the planet final competition is wednesday april 24th at 2 pm in the zach chevron rooms for more information view our website |
105 | the texas a&m university college of engineering honored nine alumni during the 2019 outstanding alumni awards banquet receiving the outstanding alumni honor award were david d dunlap ‘83 james t hopper sr ‘68 peter d huddleston ‘80 william b hurd ‘99 michael j plank ‘83 aleida rios ‘91 ronald e smith ‘80 lee m tillman ... |
106 | carpe diem seize the day if there was a motto for electrical engineering undergraduate brittney nelsons time at texas a&m university and in the department of electrical and computer engineering it would be that from her freshman year experience studying abroad in san miguel de allende mexico to her ongoing involvement ... |
107 | q: what inspired you to participate in a study abroad program a: honestly it was kind of on a whim when i was a freshman i was in the living learning community in mosher hall and the program leaders were talking about how to work with people around the globe when they offered this new opportunity to go to san miguel de... |
108 | q: how did that experience lead you to get involved in the zachry leadership program a: while on my study abroad trip i met a lot of people in the zachry leadership program and they inspired me to apply to the program because they were great bubbly people that were really charismatic i wanted to be like them its a grea... |
109 | and as an engineer its helped me be more creative and think outside of the box to find new solutions that most people wouldnt think of it overall made me into a really good leader q: do you have any plans or goals for after graduation a: since i'm an electrical engineering major i plan to go into the tech industry befo... |
110 | during south by southwest (sxsw) 2019 the spacecraft exploration challenge offered teams this test: rescue an astronaut that has crashed on a planet in the trappist-1 system using artificial intelligence (ai) virtual reality (vr) robotics and machine learning the objective of the hackathon-style competition was to test... |
111 | the first two days of competition were spent in intense coding and debugging each team acted as a crew charged with reprogramming a geology rovers navigation software to become faster and more autonomous than was needed for its original mission the teams had to code their own ai algorithms to improve the rovers navigat... |
112 | for the final day of competition crews chose one person on their team to remotely operate the rover while inside vr in a simulated exoplanet habitat control room in this environment the contestants were given controls to set waypoints for the rover while the contestants algorithms considered maneuvers to avoid obstacle... |
113 | this event was sponsored by several companies including dell computers nvidia vive future tech live nvidia nasa texas space grant and firefly aerospace prizes for the event included a signed book by neil degrasse tyson steam gift cards vive focus vr headsets and dell mobile workstations during the sxsw competition the ... |
114 | from the lovable astromech companions in star wars to the manipulative android ava in ex machina robotics has captured the hearts and minds of audiences around the world through works of science fiction harnessing these imaginative creations dr robin murphy raytheon professor in the department of computer science and e... |
115 | the national nuclear security administration (nnsa) partnered with texas a&m university to host nuclear security enterprise (nse) day on april 8 the event offered attendees the chance to learn about career opportunities and internships for all stem majors with the nnsa labs plants and sites dr donna mischell navarro ch... |
116 | circumstance and chance play a huge role in invention and innovation in the case of the texas a&m university team behind lazarus ammunition that penetrates and neutralizes threats without loss of life so much of the products early conceptualization was serendipitous ben omonira a junior chemical engineering student and... |
117 | whenever the shooting happened we were just really shocked that this occurred where we were living said omonira i saw then that there is a problem with lethality in our nation i had just finished watching a ted talk about hydrogels they put in medicines while watching the news coverage of this ambush my brother changed... |
118 | why should we care lazarus is the opportunity the nation has been demanding for several situations that could have gone more favorably in situations where the guilty party is ambiguous a lazarus bullet could have helped clear that up by providing the opportunity to gain further information from an assailant by using no... |
119 | the journey to a winning invention where lazarus is today wasnt without help and guidance through multiple courses competitions and organizations on campus not to mention the efforts of the team through the engineering entrepreneurship program omonira and hackney took the product lean launch for engineers course where ... |
120 | the susu and mark a fischer 72 engineering design center was buzzing with creative energy this past weekend as 60 students participated in aggies invent for assistive technology the 48-hour intensive design competition gives students the opportunity to create a concept design a prototype and pitch their product to a pa... |
121 | team hi rollers winning concept used a triple-wheel design that would vault wheelchair wheels up a standard-sized staircase they designed a working small-scale prototype that they demonstrated in their pitch video the team won $1 000 for their design |
122 | its the third time linda bustaman has participated in aggies invent and the second time shes won first place one of the reasons i came back is because no matter how many times youve done it its always going to be different she said boehm said there were many students at this aggies invent who have participated in the p... |
123 | i think the biggest thing about aggies invent is that it really teaches you about delegating she said not everybody has the same skill set while im good at one thing im not good at everything this helps you learn to work with people who have different skills and how to leverage that this was bassils second time partici... |
124 | the second-place team safe walk designed a white cane attachment that would help a person with blindness walk in a straight line and avoid obstacles third-place team stablegrip developed a tremor-reducing product that would allow people with neurodegenerative diseases to complete simple tasks like brushing their teeth ... |
125 | the judges requested that an honorable mention category be added because the competition was so strong a fourth team soundception won this category for their accessible music production technology that would allow a person who is blind to create digital music more easily this aggies invent was made possible by amazon w... |
126 | farid saemi a graduate student in the department of aerospace engineering at texas a&m university was named international runner-up in the prestigious 2019 robert l lichten award competition of the vertical flight society (vfs) formerly known as the american helicopter society saemi who received his undergraduate degre... |
127 | q: do you have a favorite memory of engineering or the universitya: i've loved engineering and physics long before i attended texas a&m so it was a good fit for me what i remember most are the crazy long study hours although i did enjoy what i was studying and still do even though my masters program was only a year i w... |
128 | q: how did you end up at nasaa: i was getting my masters in health physics and there was a huge demand for that degree a lot of national labs and clean-up sites were hiring i was interviewing with power plants universities and facilities and was close to deciding where i would go then we had a phd student join our depa... |
129 | q: what motivated you to pursue nasa instead of a higher paying career and what motivates you in generala: i grew up in houston i think part of it was growing up in the 70s so i remembered the moon missions skylab and nasa was a big part of houston i played neil armstrong in my sixth-grade play so for me working at nas... |
130 | q: why do you support space travela: i'm an engineer i'm an optimist and i love adventure if you were to put all those together and create a job it would probably come back as space exploration i also think our message is good we're inclusive of all across nationalities and countries we're learning for all of mankind a... |
131 | q: what are some examples of nuclear engineering in the space industrya: we have radioisotope thermoelectric generators to generate electricity using the heat released by decay of pu-238 sr-90 and other suitable isotopes we are also working on different propulsion ideas and looking to nuclear energy to generate heat nu... |
132 | q: what advice do you have for nuclear engineering studentsa: don't be afraid to take risks i see people come out of school and they'll get stuck if you will in a certain job or discipline if thats all you want to do thats fine but if you want to move into leadership positions or even a different discipline i would enc... |
133 | q: do you have any ethical concerns about future space travela: its always possible that corporations could take things in the wrong direction but thats true of a lot of technology hopefully nobody goes in those directions but i think just because a nefarious option is always out there doesn't mean you should halt inno... |
134 | for 48 hours college students from over 26 universities around the world joined texas a&m university virtually to tackle some of the most challenging issues facing the planet today the top five teams from the first round of invent for the planet have been selected by a team of external judges and will compete at texas ... |
135 | sips a team from james madison university in virginia developed a solution for hail damage to airplane wings the team drew inspiration from puffer fish a species that can inflate itself into the shape of a ball very quickly in order to evade predators using compressible foam like that found in a camping mattress the st... |
136 | q: what has been the most memorable experiencea: the most memorable experience was watching the live stream of all the universities working simultaneously on important issues it influenced me to work hard during the event - charles seaver |
137 | q: did anything surprise you or come out of the experience that was unexpecteda: my most surprising experience was making our final prototype on the last day and realizing our idea actually worked and worked well the most exciting part for me though was learning on monday that we had placed in the top 5 and will get to... |
138 | q: why did you pick your need statementa: it was a subject i thought was intriguing and could allow for physical prototyping to be done once i saw others were interested i knew it was the one to pursue - mark livingston |
139 | their next plan of action is to listen to feedback after the competition to further evaluate their idea pursue product testing and research ways to seal the package and maintain the vacuum |
140 | when i was first thinking of going to college i had already made up my mind that i was going to texas a&m university said cathy sliva 80 i loved the spirit and the camaraderie and even though it was a big university it didnt feel big sliva an associate professor of engineering practice in the harold vance department of... |
141 | heeding the call to serve in 2012 the university contacted sliva about becoming a professor of practice she has served the petroleum engineering department in that role since 2013 engineering students often gain insight from instructors like sliva on how what they are learning will be applied in real-world situations w... |
142 | in addition to teaching and academic advising within the department she also directs the petroleum ventures program which is something she lists as one of her greatest accomplishments the program funded by former students jay graham and anthony bahr is a collaboration between the petroleum engineering department and th... |
143 | on april 4 eight faculty members from texas a&m university gave presentations about their research during the inaugural presidents excellence fund symposium at the walter and leonore annenberg presidential conference center each speaker is a leader or a member of an interdisciplinary research team that earned project f... |
144 | during a meeting on march 30 dr jeff spath department head of the harold vance department of petroleum engineering at texas a&m university signed a memorandum of understanding with the research institute of shannxi yanchang petroleum group this memorandum will pave the way for joint activities between the department an... |
145 | more than 1 400 of the brightest students in texas travelled to college station to compete for prizes at the texas science and engineering fair (txsef) on march 29-30 co-sponsored by the texas workforce commission (twc) and exxonmobil the fair is one of the largest and most prestigious competitions that brings together... |
146 | dr andreas polycarpou department head in the j mike walker '66 department of mechanical engineering at texas a&m university is the latest recipient of the prestigious edwin f church medal awarded by the american society of mechanical engineers polycarpou also serves as meinhard h kotzebue '14 professor and james j cain... |
147 | dr polycarpou continues to lead the curriculum innovation and development in mechanical engineering " said dr nk anand executive associate dean of engineering and james m and ada sutton forsyth professor in the mechanical engineering department "his leadership has placed texas a&m mechanical engineering as the vanguard... |
148 | two teams of from the texas a&m university college of engineering placed in the top three of the 2019 raymond ideas challenge a competition that encourages undergraduate and graduate students to dream up the next great product or service and enter their big idea in this campus-wide competition offered through the mcfer... |
149 | tokunbo tj falohun biomedical engineering graduation student took second place with his pitch for biocompass an idea focused on a user-friendly approach to diabetes management using biosensors and connected electronics the idea was inspired by the work done in the biosensing systems and materials lab where we develop i... |
150 | third place went to biocompatible projectile a mixed team of engineering students that aimed to bridge the gap between lethal and nonlethal weapons by providing neutralization power of a lethal round while preserving life through hemostatic or blood clotting material its been an amazing experience working with other en... |
151 | for 48 hours college students from over 26 universities around the world joined texas a&m university virtually to tackle some of the most challenging issues facing the planet today the top five teams from the first round of invent for the planet have been selected by a team of external judges and will compete at texas ... |
152 | haildom a team from aristotle university of thessaloniki in greece designed a two-part system to protect airplane wings from hail damage their design uses a c-shaped motorized vehicle with integrated electric motors on each wheel the vehicle would move over a wing and secure a blanket made of nylon with flexible polyme... |
153 | q: what has been the most memorable experience a: my most memorable experience was establishing our team name that happened after we proposed our first solutions so the name helped the team bond and triggered our excitement for the project |
154 | q: did anything surprise you or come out of the experience that was unexpected a: i was surprised with our first win in greece i personally knew that my team tried really hard but so did the other teams when i realized they believed in us and found us innovative that really pumped my heart with joy |
155 | additional team members include apostolidis george koualiarella alnto and theodoridou theodora the team said they will never forget the intensity and dedication the 48-hour challenge required and the power of cooperation a shared interest in aircraft and technical work drew them together to tackle the challenge their n... |
156 | despite advances in early detection and treatment 25 percent of the deaths in the united states occur as a result of cancer antibody-drug conjugates or adcs represent a promising treatment for cancer an adc is as its name suggests an antibody linked to a potent drug that can kill cells the antibody is designed to bind ... |
157 | dr yang shen assistant professor and mostafa karimi his phd student in the electrical and computer engineering department and corresponding authors are developing computational methods for modeling biological molecules networks and data in response to the challenges in modeling ph-dependent protein interactions they ex... |
158 | in honor of international womens day the panamanian association for the advancement of science recognized eight women with an inaugural award celebrating their valuable contributions to science technology and engineering in panama among them were dr yessica sáez 15 and dr guadalupe gonzález 10 two former students from ... |
159 | dr daniele mortari professor in the department of aerospace engineering at texas a&m university was awarded the 2017 mathematics best paper second award from mathematics an international open-access journal that provides an advanced forum for studies related to mathematical sciences the paper titled least-squares solut... |
160 | from the introduction of new perspectives to groundbreaking innovations diversity is changing the face of engineering this year the j mike walker 66 department of mechanical engineering at texas a&m university celebrated womens history month by showcasing students staff and faculty and sharing their thoughts about embr... |
161 | "your uniqueness your diversity and the adversity you go through are essential to progress these are not things that make you 'other ' but make you necessary" phd student shawanee patrick |
162 | just because a subject is hard for you and seems easy for everyone else doesnt mean it isnt for you the hard stuff is often the most interesting and rewarding its hard work not talent that creates success dr astrid layton assistant professor |
163 | "college is such a unique time of endless possibilities and opportunities take the time to get involved learn from those around you and challenge yourself its also just as important to seek help when you need it while sometimes it seems never-ending four years will fly by in the blink of an eye" jen bloom academic advi... |
164 | dont let stereotypes stop you from setting your own life goals if someone else chooses a certain path you arent obligated to follow them allow yourself to be bold ava robicheaux administrative assistant iv |
165 | "as engineers we are constantly working to improve the world around us and in order to do so we must effect change we often focus on change in the form of discovery and technology development the journey along this path is accelerated with the inclusion of diverse ideas therefore we must continue to embrace change with... |
166 | "we are fortunate to have among us experienced and wise human beings it is our privilege and duty to acknowledge them accept their teachings and build upon their achievements" phd student namita anil kumar |
167 | the association of asphalt paving technologists (aapt) elected dr amy epps martin a professor in the zachry department of civil engineering at texas a&m university to the board of directors as a director-at-large she has been a part of the organization for her entire 21-year career i am honored to be elected by my peer... |
168 | cancer research much like the disease itself starts with living cells while we know that the chemical makeup of cancerous cells can differ in the past decade variations in their mechanical properties have stolen the spotlight however collecting information about the mechanical properties of cancer cells has proven to b... |
169 | he went on to explain another scenario: how the biophysical properties of cancerous cells change as they advance through stages and metastasize one hypothesis is that as cancer cells progress they become softer which makes it easier for them to circulate and spread inside a human body said han so if a late stage cancer... |
170 | ryan burns an information technology (it) manager at texas a&m university leads a support team of 60 student workers and six full-time professionals dedicated to supporting technology at the zachry engineering education complex (zach) here he shares ten ways tech at the zach is evolving to increase collaboration and in... |
171 | large buildings can kill cell reception so small cone-shaped cell-signal amplifiers are being installed throughout the building burns and his team are currently working with each provider to make sure digital natives can stay in touch through their devices |
172 | open office plans can increase collaboration but they can also increase noise offices in the zach have little boxes that create a seamless white noise similar to a gentle fan blowing that reduces noise overflow facilities professionals access and adjust the boxes remotely throughout the day to ensure theyre helpful and... |
173 | the beaconing system is connected to the wireless network to support wayfinding in the building and may one day help guide drone tours for visitors there are over 600 beacons in the zach |
174 | autonomous occupancy sensors control the lights air conditioning and even outlets even though the zachry building is the size of two boeing 747s end to end the sensors help save on energy and reduce the overall carbon footprint |
175 | thirteen new kiosks in the hallways are helping students and visitors navigate the building the kiosks help users find an event or a specific advisor by providing a list of directions and a digital walkthrough illustrating how to get there if you get lost along the way just check another kiosk or try the buildings app ... |
176 | each classroom has their own independent network and audio-visual closet to power the extensive collaborative environment it also means that if the building network goes down class will still continue as planned |
177 | digital signage broadcasts engineering news on screens throughout the building allowing students to have a more interactive media experience and increase involvement the learning studios have technology worktables with wireless connectivity and multidevice sharing screens digital screens can come out of the worktable a... |
178 | in huddle rooms students use wepresent to share their screens with the rest of the group they can also split the screen in four ways making it easier to collaborate advanced video conferencing equipment with microphones hanging from the ceiling mean students can practice their skype interview skills outside each room i... |
179 | the digital alcove inspires wonder about engineering to visitors it features an interactive large table touch screen that displays information about the art collection former students engineering majors and building donors |
180 | texas a&m engineering students carry on average three devices each 4 000 devices are connected to the zachry building during peak usage thats why the zach has so many chargers throughout the building including outlets on the furniture and stairs theres even phone charging boxes in the rooftop garden if you come here at... |
181 | beam smoke detectors that utilize light obstruction technology to detect smoke are located in multiple places over the zach learning stairs to provide a layered grid of smoke detection one of these is the fireray® 5000 a motorized reflective auto-aligning infrared optical beam smoke detector the second is the open-area... |
182 | the zach tech team is currently working on further developing the mobile app and supporting augmented reality research for faculty developing tech at the zach is a blast said burns the students are very curious they investigate everything we see them following the wires and a lot come by the service desk and ask us how... |
183 | the zachry building is the largest academic building on campus and is accessible 24 hours a day seven days a week to engineering students interested in learning more about the zach or taking a tour check out the zachry website the zachry technology service desk is located at zach 383 and is open monday-friday 8 am to 8... |
184 | dr ranjana mehta associate professor in the department of industrial and systems engineering at texas a&m university has been selected as the 2019 creativeness in ergonomics practitioner of the year by the institute of industrial and systems engineers the award is presented to researchers who have shown achievements in... |
185 | inspired by her love to make new experiences and the desire to challenge herself in ways beyond the norm freshman engineering student jainita chauhan and her team competed in the global grand challenges summit competition in california in april |
186 | the top five teams from this competition in which students are asked to create business plans and models that tackle grand challenges of the 21st century gained the opportunity to represent the united states at the international competition held in london although chauhans team did not move on to this next competition ... |
187 | the texas a&m university college of engineering is proud to celebrate with jim carman 00 (bachelors and masters in civil engineering) as he accepts a promotion to senior vice president of commercial development with the howard hughes corporation in the woodlands carman has worked with howard hughes since 2012 and has l... |
188 | q: why did you choose civil engineering and why did you choose to pursue a masters degree a: i took a drafting class in my freshman year of high school and fell in love with the art of engineering drawings i ended up taking four years of drafting and working with a local civil engineering firm as a draftsman i knew i w... |
189 | the texas a&m college of engineering is proud of our former students like jim carman who display aggie core values such as loyalty selfless service and leadership if you know an aggie who is celebrating an accomplishment and would like them to be recognized by the college please contact the office of alumni relations |
190 | donation will fund tees hewlett packard enterprise center for computer architecture research the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) a member of the texas a&m university system announced the creation of the new hewlett packard enterprise center for computer architecture research made possible with a donatio... |
191 | a team of researchers at texas a&m university has developed an innovative way to print therapeutics in 3d for regenerative medicine 3d bioprinting is emerging as a promising method for rapidly fabricating cell-containing constructs for designing new healthy functional tissues however one of the major challenges in 3d b... |
192 | kevin berto knew a graduate degree in ocean engineering would well equip him to contribute to the offshore energy industry this quickly proved to be true as his advisor dr jeffrey falzarano pointed him to a joint industry/academic research panel that was the perfect opportunity to draw upon his previous work experience... |
193 | the most exciting finding of the sname comparative study was the low variability and consistency of test results from the five contributing wind tunnels in further significance was that the results from the numerical computer-based equivalent of wind tunnel testing known as computational fluid dynamics (cfd) were large... |
194 | the spacex falcon 9 rocket with the dragon cargo module lifted off from the florida space launch complex 40 at cape canaveral air force station on may 4 the commercial resupply services mission (crs-17) launched over 5 550 pounds of nasa cargo into orbit and successfully delivered it to the international space station ... |
195 | the students took over the hermes prototype that was developed by an electronic systems engineering technology capstone team and moved their design to the three production systems that underwent testing validation and acceptance by t star nasa engineers and scientists at the johnson space center the first of its kind h... |
196 | hermes is a self-contained system that is responsible for the monitoring and control of all aspects of the facility the system is composed of seven embedded intelligence devices six of them use a real-time operating system environment to monitor and control particular aspects of the facility or an individual experiment... |
197 | the public-private-academic model of applied research developed by t star has made the design and development of hermes an unprecedented success using a capstone project to undertake the initial prototype design before moving that project to an applied research effort for product delivery is a unique approach to develo... |
198 | the cardinal project implements a new approach to collecting asteroid particles at high altitudes it is intended to be an experimental facility attached to a high-altitude weather balloon once launched it will monitor several environmental parameters including barometric pressure when a preset altitude is reached the c... |
199 | natural gas hydrates are an abundant energy resource found in small permafrost areas in northern latitudes and vast subsea sediment deposits off the coasts of every continent these subsea reservoirs could be a future resource for the world but there are many technical and operational challenges involved in extracting m... |
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