Elbashir Named Distinguished Inventor of the Year
Dr. Nimir Elbashir, a Professor of Petroleum Engineering and Chemical Engineering, the Director of the TEES Gas & Fuels Research Center, and the Chair of ORYX GTL Gas-to-Liquid Excellence Program, has been named a Distinguished Inventor of the Year by the Qatar Foundation.
Energy Institute Faculty Affiliates Named EDGES Fellows
Two Texas A&M Energy Institute Faculty Affiliates have been honored as 2020 Chancellor Enhancing Development and Generating Excellence in Scholarship (EDGES) Fellows.
Liang Develops Novel Plant-Based Energy Storage Device
In a new study, Hong Liang and her research group have described their novel plant-based energy storage device that could charge even electric cars within a few minutes in the near future. Furthermore, they said their devices are flexible, lightweight and cost-effective.
Professor Le Xie and Research Team Receive Best Paper Award at IEEE PES Conference
Professor Le Xie, the Energy Institute’s Assistant Director of Energy Digitization and a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and a team of researchers was awarded best paper at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power and Energy Society (PES) General Meeting.
Energy Institute Developing DOE RAPID-Funded Education Program on Computer-Aided Process Intensification
As a part of an award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment (RAPID) Institute, which is overseen by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Texas A&M Energy Institute is developing a comprehensive educational and workforce development training program specifically focusing on computer-aided and process systems engineering-based strategies for modeling and simulation of process intensification systems.