Melissa Grunlan  and   Michael Moreno , College of Engineering, and   William Saunders , School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, received a $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support a project titled, “Synthetic Cartilage-Capped, Regenerative Osteochondral Plugs to Heal Osteochondral Defects.” A J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering faculty member and affiliated faculty with the Biomedical Engineering department, Dr.

Prairie View A&M University’s Division of Research and Innovation (R&I) prepares for its annual Research & Innovation Week, scheduled for April 1 to 5, 2024. Each day is dedicated to specific areas; these days include Research Resource Day, Student Research Day, Faculty Forum Day, Innovation and Industry Day, and Faculty Research Day.  This week-long celebration stands as a testament to the university’s dedication to research excellence and innovative initiatives, further sol

Texas A&M University will join more than 200 major corporations, academic institutions, nonprofit groups, and federal agencies in a national effort to improve the safety and reliability of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Division of Research announced today. The U.S. Department of Commerce, through its National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), selected Texas A&M as an initial member of the new Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC). Members

The Texas A&M Semiconductor Institute is now an official member of the Microelectronics Commons California-Pacific-Northwest AI Hub (Northwest-AI-Hub), led by Stanford University. This hub’s mission is to serve regional and national needs for lab-to-fab translation of AI hardware technologies through an ecosystem and infrastructure of physical and virtual facilities. The Microelectronics Commons is expanding the United States’ global leadership across microelectronics technic

Several patents were issued to the Texas A&M University System during the month of January. Below are the ones involving a member of the MEEN faculty! Congratulations to the inventors of these patents! Deployment methods and mechanisms for minimally invasive implantation of heard contacting cardiac devises European Patent No. 2768548 Inventors: John Criscione, Lewis Harrison, Michael Moreno , Christina Bolch, Dennis Robbins, Saurabh Biswas Minimally invasive implantation of h

Dr. Robert Ambrose received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to support a project titled, “TA-4 Task Order 2...

Congratulations Dr. Layton for winning the NSF CAREER Award from the Engineering Design and Systems Engineering (EDSE) program. This award is for her work on bio-inspired systems design. The grant "CAREER: Resilient Engineering Systems Design Via Early-Stage Bio-Inspiration" will use biological systems to advance our ability to do early-stage design of resilient systems, as well as to introduce the general public to engineering design. Read more .

Congratulations to Dr. Grunlan for being named a 2024 POLY Fellow! The POLY Fellows Program was established to recognize excellence in all ways that POLY members advance the field of polymer science, either through scientific accomplishments, service to the profession, or both. The awards are administered and sponsored by the Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY) division of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

Congratulations to Dr. Waruna Kulatilaka on receiving the 2024 Aerodynamic Measurements Technologies (AMT) Innovation Award at the AIAA SciTech Conference! The Innovation Award recognizes individuals making an impactful contribution to the field of aerodynamic measurement technology. This honor is awarded for Dr. Kulatilaka’s unparalleled contributions to the development and application of ultrashort pulse laser diagnostics, particularly, conceptualizing and enabling novel fe

Just announced, Mechanical Engineering faculty member, Dr. Robert Ambrose is honored with the prestigious title of University Distinguished Professor. The University Distinguished Professor designation is bestowed upon faculty members who are preeminent in their fields and have made at least one transformational contribution or provided an intellectually substantial “leap forward” in their discipline. This is the highest faculty award attained at Texas A&M University. Dr. Rob

The National Science Foundation has revised their Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) . The new PAPPG will be effective for proposals submitted or due on or after May 20, 2024. While this version of the PAPPG becomes effective on May 20, 2024, in the interim, the guidelines contained in the current PAPPG (NSF 23-1) continue to apply, NSF will present information about these changes in a webinar on March 12th at 2 PM EST. Sign up on the Policy Office outr

Dr. Jaime Grunlan was recently named Fellow of the PMSE Division of the American Chemical Society. Dr. Grunlan is a Professor and the Leland T. Jordan '29 Chair Professor in the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research is focused on polymer nanocomposites and complexes with transport properties that rival metals and ceramics, while maintaining beneficial polymer properties. The purpose of the ACS Fellows Program is to recognize and honor members

Congratulations to Dr. Allaire and Dr. Kulatilaka – AIAA Awards Dr. Douglas Allaire and Dr. Waruna Kulatilaka have received awards at the AIAA SciTech Forum. Dr. Allaire has received the AIAA Associate Fellow Award, which recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of aeronautics or astronautics. Dr. Kulatilaka will receive the Innovations in Aerodynamic Measurement Technology award, to be presented alongside his lecture on "New Opportunities f

To safeguard the integrity of the development and evaluation of proposals in the merit review process, this memo establishes guidelines for the use of generative AI. Proposers are encouraged to indicate in the project description the extent to which, if any, generative AI technology was used and how it was used to develop their proposal. Proposers are responsible for the accuracy and authenticity of their proposal submission in consideration for merit review, including conten

The innovations developed through this prize will reduce life cycle energy and emissions, strengthen circular supply chains for emerging clean energy technologies, and decrease the demand for virgin materials. This is a three-phase prize and will award cash prizes and national laboratory analysis consultation and technical assistance to teams that develop innovative ways to extend the lifetimes of products or parts via re-using, repairing, refurbishing, remanufacturing, or re

Dr. Alexander Leonessa is a Program Director at the National Science Foundation. Dr. Leonessa manages the Dynamics, Control, and Cognition cluster within the Directorate for Engineering's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI). Additionally, he is responsible for overseeing the CMMI’s involvement with the Major Research Instrumentation program. Dr. Leonessa served as a professor at Virginia Tech in the Mechanical Engineering Department. During his

Research @ Texas A&M University recently published this article mentioning the work of Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor, Dr. Zheng O’Neill. The research team is working to better manage and withstand future challenges using technology and distributed energy resources like rooftop solar panels in Puerto Rico. Link to origional article - Research @ Texas A&M Dr. Zheng O'Neill has been with the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering since 2020. Her res

Congratulations to Dr. Enrique Lavernia on his recent selection to receive The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society 2024 Bruce Chalmers Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the science and/or technology of materials processing! The Bruce Chalmers Award (TMS) recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the science and/or technology of materials processing and includes a life-membership to TMS. Dr. Enrique Lavernia very recently joined

The Turbomachinery Lab Seminar Series offers a weekly, Tuesday afternoon session of technical presentations on topics covering the breadth of TL-related research each semester. The Seminar Series was created with the purpose to showcase ongoing and related TL research and will occasionally feature external presenters. They are intended to be an academic gathering of TL faculty, students, staff, and any other interested attendees. Seminars will consist of 2, 25-min presentatio

The National Science Foundation is hosting a series of workshops and series at Texas A&M University in order to help faculty prepare competitive proposals for the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program! This series began this September and will continue through April 2024. There are several webinars, seminars, Q&As, presentations, expos and open discussions available. If interested in the NSF CAREER workshop schedule, click here . Som