Grunlan (center) discusses the behavior of a clay solution to Ph.D. students Ryan Smith (left) and Yixuan Song. These clay solutions are used in producing clay-based nanocomposite thin films and coatings for the Sandia project. (Photo courtesy Texas A&M College of Engineering) By Aubrey Bloom, Texas A&M University College…
By Lorian Hopcus, Texas A&M University College of Engineering Students in the Department of Ocean Engineering at Texas A&M University were recently announced as a semi-finalist team in the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE competition. The multi-national team, comprised of students and professors, is now one…
Germanwings, Airbus A320-211 D-AIPX aircraft landing at International Airport ‘Makedonia’, it is the aircraft that crashed in the Alps. (Shutterstock) By Shana Hutchins, Texas A&M University College of Science An international team of researchers led by Texas A&M University mathematician Goong Chen has used the latest in visualization…
Damselfish swim in shallow water in Palau, where Texas A&M researchers study ocean acidification. By Keith Randall, Marketing and Communications Responding to new challenges impacting the Earth’s oceans, Texas A&M University’s Department of Oceanography will offer a new undergraduate degree in oceanography. The new bachelor of science degree in…
By Melanie Balinas and Jessica Spence, Texas A&M College of Engineering Over 50 engineering students set out to make a difference in the lives of K-12 school children and teachers during the latest Aggies Invent, which tasked participants to create and develop solutions to problems many schools and classrooms face…
The new digital database will provide the university with a better understanding of the network’s capabilities and weaknesses. By Andrew Vernon, Texas A&M College of Geosciences Texas A&M University’s flagship campus is one of the largest in the nation, at over 5,200 acres. So, when it comes to the…
By Rachel Rose, Texas A&M College of Engineering One thing we can all agree on is social media has drastically altered the way we interact with each other and the world around us. This societal shift has brought to light the need for awareness of the risks that…
Dr. John Valasek, professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M. By Jan McHarg, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Dr. John Valasek, professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University and director of the Center for Autonomous Vehicles and Sensor Systems (CANVASS) in the Texas…
The Aibot X6, built by Aibotix, is an unmanned aerial vehicle that UTA and TTI could use in its contract with the Texas Department of Transportation to inspect roads and bridges more efficiently. Photo courtesy of Aibotix. Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington will lead a collaborative…
The Enclave Electronics team is collaborating with students from Texas A&M’s Qatar campus to make a robot “moon ready.” By Lorian Hopcus, College of Engineering Highlights Students in an engineering capstone course are developing robotic control systems fit for space exploration The team on the College Station campus…
