By Nancy Luedke, Texas A&M University College of Engineering A significant amount of U.S. domestic oil production comes from shale. Extracting oil and gas from these unconventional reservoirs normally requires drilling horizontal wells and using hydraulic fracturing techniques. Yet predicting the full effect of these techniques is still uncertain…
By Lorian Hopcus, Texas A&M University College of Engineering From aerospace and defense to digital dentistry and medical devices, 3-D printed parts are used in a variety of industries. Currently, 3-D printed parts are very fragile and only used in the prototyping phase of materials or as a toy…
Overhead view of The Backyard at The Stella Hotel, site of quarterly star parties to be jointly sponsored by The Stella and Texas A&M Physics and Astronomy. By Shana K. Hutchins, Texas A&M University College of Science It’s a match made in heaven, er, the heavens for one of Bryan-College Station’s crown…
By Katherine Hancock, Texas A&M University Health Science Center When asked to list three things that uniquely define her, Grace Lassiter, a recent graduate of the Texas A&M College of Medicine, doesn’t hesitate in her response: “I love to paint, I want to be a surgeon and I am…
The Texas A&M Formula SAE team won the overall championship with a combined 915 of a possible 1000 total points. By Aubrey Bloom, Texas A&M University College of Engineering The Texas A&M Formula SAE team won the overall championship at Formula SAE Lincoln in Nebraska against a field of 80…
By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture In the digital age, people rely more and more on advice — driving directions, weather reports, dining suggestions and fitness tips — generated by a computational process, or algorithm. Researchers at Texas A&M are examining these computations in an effort…
Robert Wunderlich, director of TTI’s Center for Transportation Safety, leads the opening session of the 2017 Traffic Safety Conference. By Texas A&M Transportation Institute Staff The Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) 10th Traffic Safety Conference is historic in that it was the first time attendees helped shape the state’s latest…
Michael Bruner was part of the team behind “Paw Parade,” a game that was made during Texas A&M’s Chillennium. By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture Video games and virtual reality environments developed by former Texas A&M visualization students are contenders for top prizes in the final…
The Science Leadership Scholars Program in the College of Science gives driven and talented students like Oscar Gonzalez ’18 the chance to reach their full academic potential. By Chris Jarvis, Texas A&M University College of Science Texas A&M University chemistry major Oscar Gonzalez ’18 has always held high expectations for…
By Chris Jarvis, Texas A&M University College of Science Thousands of students across the nation graduate from high school every spring with plans of attending college, but an alarming number of them are not adequately prepared for the rigorous courses that await them, particularly those in STEM. In fact,…