Mechanical Engineering faculty member, Dr. Vinayak Krishnamurthy was invited to the ASME Rising Stars of Mechanical Engineering Celebration and Showcase at IMECE 2024 this Fall. This event will be an excellent opportunity for Dr. Krishnamurthy to highlight his research! More about the ASME Rising Stars of Mechanical Engineering Celebration and Showcase: "This prestigious event is designed to honor early-career researchers who have received recognition through NSF CAREER, ONR

Robert Ambrose , Swaminathan Gopalswamy , and Lucas Krakow , The College of Engineering, were awarded a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense for a project titled “TA 4 TO# 3: extreme terrain operation and recovery (extor) with physically cooperating robotic vehicles.”

Dr. Dale Cope had been awarded the CARE2 Fellowship for his plans to integrate lessons on engineering mechanics into middle and high school curriculum! Read more about Dr. Cope’s award here . The  CARE2 Fellowship Program  is a year-long faculty development program that provides an opportunity for faculty members to integrate Community-Engaged Teaching and Learning practices into their teaching, research, and public service. This Fellowship Program aims to elevate and suppor

Dr. Lavernia has just been named the awardee of the 2024 TMS Bruce Chalmers Award. This award, presented by the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (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. Lavernia stated, “I am surprised and humbled by this recognition. I want to thank the many students and colleagues who have enriched my personal and profession

Douglas Allaire ,   Raymundo Arroyave ,   Alaa Mohamed Elwany  and   Ibrahim Karaman , College of Engineering, received a $1.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation to support a project titled, “DMREF: Optimizing Problem formulation for printable refractory alloys via Integrated Materials and processing co-design (OPTIMA).” Dr. Allaire is a member of the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering with the following research interests: multidisciplina

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.

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

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. 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