EI faculty experts El-Halwagi and Linke receive QNRF funding to pursue research on energy/water nexus
Dr. Mahmoud El-Halwagi, professor of chemical engineering and McFerrin Professor, is co-PI on a three-year, $1M project from the Qatar National Research Fund. Dr. Patrick Linke, professor of chemical engineering at Texas A&M University at Qatar, is the PI.
Smart grid workshop focuses on challenges in evaluating smart grid solutions
The TEES Smart Grid Center hosted its third annual Smart Grid Workshop in April to discuss challenges in evaluating smart grid solutions including metrics, testing, certification, modeling and simulation, and testbeds.
Newly dedicated Giesecke Engineering Research Building to house Energy Institute faculty and students
In April, TEES and the Texas A&M Energy Institute dedicated a new 70,000-square-foot integrative research facility, the Frederick E. Giesecke Engineering Research Building.
Professor B. Don Russell named chair of NAE membership committee
Dr. B. Don Russell has been named chair of the committee on membership of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in Washington, D.C.
Floudas recognized at Governor Abbott’s 2015 State of the State Address
Professor Christodoulos Floudas was recognized in February by Texas Governor Greg Abbott at the 2015 State of the State Address in Austin, Texas.