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SPRING 2016
SCHOLARSHIPS
This past year over $600,000 in
undergraduate scholarships and graduate student
fellowships were awarded.
FACULTY
College Station Faculty - 72
Professors - 28
Associate Professors - 16
Assistant Professors - 10
Academic Professional Track Faculty - 18
Qatar Faculty - 13
ENDOWED POSITIONS
Chairs - 6
Professorships - 13
Faculty Fellowships - 10
Career Development
Undergraduate
Professorships - 4
* sophomore-senior
ENDOWMENT FUNDING
Total Endowment Funding - $40.0 million
Entry to a major explained:
Chairs/Professorships - $22.5 million
Beginning in the fall of 2014, freshmen applicants selected for admission are admitted to the Dwight
Scholarships - $11.3 million Graduate
Look College of Engineering with a preference for the major noted on the admissions application.
Fellowships - $2.8 million
Admitted students follow the first-year engineering curriculum. These changes offer admitted students
Department Excellence Fund - $2.2 million the freedom to learn about the different engineering majors to better equip them to make informed
Other - $0.8 million decisions concerning which engineering discipline is the best fit for their career goals. Due to this
Planned gifts - $11.0 million process each of the Look Colleges departments reported statistics have excluded freshman students
from the grand totals.
Data Source: Texas A&M University Data and Research Services
dars.tamu.edu/Data-and-Reports/Student
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Graduate
SPRING 2016
Mechanical Engineering undergraduate students utilizing the new student collaboration space located in the James J. Cain Building.
Undergraduate
Undergraduate Undergraduate
All students:
Undergraduate
Graduate Graduate
Graduate
Graduate
Graduate
Gender - all students
Faculty promotions Banerjee joined the department in Muliana joined the department in 2004.
2005. His current research focuses on Her research focuses on nonlinear and
and endowments developing nanotechnology-enabled time dependent constitutive material
platforms for enhancing cooling, sensing models; thermal stress analyses; and
and energy storage (involving both micromechanics of composite and
The Department has experimental and computational studies). functionally graded materials and creep
six endowed Chairs, 13 tests on polymer composites.
endowed Professorships,
four career development
Professorships, and 10 Dr. Harry Hogan Dr. Xinghang
Faculty Fellowships. Professor Zhang
Texas A&M University Professor
has recognized three of
our faculty as Regents
Professors and three as
University Distinguished Hogan joined the department in 1986. Zhang joined the department in 2005.
Professors. The annual His research focuses on musculoskeletal His research interests are in deformation
effects of mechanical loading and physics of nanotwinned metals and
externally funded research
unloading; changes in properties due to metallic multilayers, and microstructure
grants for the department disuse, simulated microgravity, exercise, analysis by high-resolution transmission
are over $25 million estrogen deficiency, diet changes, and electron microscopy (HRTEM).
including two major other treatments; and countermeasures.
research centers.
It is imperative to the
Department of Mechanical Dr. Daniel
McAdams
Engineering to highlight
Graduate Program
and award our faculty for Director & Professor
its continued success and
great contributions. We are
pleased to announce the
McAdams joined the department in
following promotions and
2008. His research interests are in
endowments for 12 of our design theory and methodology with
faculty members. specific focus on functional modeling;
innovation in concept synthesis including
computational methods; bio-inspired
design methods; design for disability;
and technology evolution as applied to
product and system design.
Kim joined the department in 2009. His Staack joined the department in 2009. Grunlans research is focused on
research interests are in Computational His research interests are in plasma transport properties of polymer
Mechanics, Computational Aeroacoustics engineering, non-thermal plasmas, nanocomposites. His research
Analysis (CAA), Finite Element Analysis micro- and nano-scale plasmas, electric interests are in the development of
(FEA), Boundary Element Analysis (BEA), propulsion for spacecraft, plasma multi-functional thin films for flame
and Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA). enhanced materials processing and retardancy, gas barrier/separation, and
synthesis, plasma enhanced fuel thermoelectric energy generation.
conversion and combustion, biomedical
plasma applications and laser and
spectroscopic diagnostics.
Dr. Richard Dr. Prabhakar
Malak Pagilla
Associate Professor TEES Professor
& Morris E. Foster
Faculty Fellow I
New Named
Faculty Fellow
Malak joined the department in 2009. His Pagilla joins us from Oklahoma State
research is focused on discovering new University, where he served as the
principles, methods and tools for decision Centennial Professor in Engineering, a
making, knowledge characterization, and Dr. Timothy Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace
optimization in engineering systems. Jacobs Engineering, and a faculty researcher
Undergraduate at the Web Handling Research Center.
Program Director, His research interests lie in the areas
Associate Professor of modeling and control of roll-to-roll
& Steve Brauer, Jr. manufacturing systems, control of large-
02 Faculty Fellow scale systems, mechatronics, and robotics.
Dr. Sivakumar Jacobs joined the department in 2006.
Rathinam His research interests include internal
Associate Professor combustion engines, in-cylinder
combustion and emission formation Dr. Alan
processes, fundamental experimental Palazzolo
diagnostics and investigations, advanced TEES Professor
and novel combustion processes,
Rathinam joined the department in alternative fuels, aftertreatment systems
2009. His research interests are in motion and their coupling to IC engines.
planning and control of unmanned
vehicles, collaborative decision making, Palazzolo has been teaching and
vision based control, and air traffic conducting research at Texas A&M for
control. 30 years. He is presently performing
research on heart pumps, energy storage
flywheels, desalination centrifuges,
rotating machinery vibration control, and
drill string vibration control.
Research Prize (1983) from the also won the Association of Former major professional societies of his
American Society of Civil Engineers; Students Award for Distinguished subject area: the American Academy
The Award for Excellence in the Achievement in Research, and of Mechanics, the American Institute
Field of Composites (2000) and Distinguished Research Award of the of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
the Distinguished Research Award Sigma Xi. the American Society of Civil
(2004) from the American Society for Engineers, the American Society for
In 2011, Reddy was recognized by
Composites; and the Computational Composites, International Association
the American Society of Mechanical
Solid Mechanics (2003) Award from of Computational Mechanics and the
Engineers as one of its Honorary
US Association for Computational U.S. Association of Computational
Members and Life Fellow, an honor
Mechanics; and the IACM Award Mechanics, Institution of Structural
only a few members of ASME have
from the International Association Engineers, and Aeronautical Society
received. Reddy is a fellow of all
for Computational Mechanics. He of India.
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Student Highlights
According to the 2016 U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics. Graduates boards and Wi-Fi enabled monitors.
News and World Report, both of the department are continually in
Currently the collaborative student
the undergraduate and graduate high demand.
space has enough seating for 90
mechanical engineering programs at
Our students have opportunities to individuals, the adjoining classroom
Texas A&M University are each ranked
work on projects that have real world is rated for 71 individuals and when
eighth among public institutions. The
applications such as 3-D printing, completed the project presentation
mechanical engineering department
automotive emissions testing, space will have enough room
at Texas A&M strives to ensure
biomechanical projects, aerospace for students to present industry
students are afforded world-class
projects and petroleum projects that sponsored projects for classes such
learning opportunities in classrooms
will prepare them for the various as Mechanical Engineering 401, Intro
and research laboratories.
industries mechanical engineers find to Mechanical Engineering Design,
Undergraduates of the department employment in. As the department 402, Intermediate Design, or 404,
have reported expected starting continues to grow its imperative to Engineering Laboratory.
salaries of $75,000, while graduate provide students resources to help
So far Ive really enjoyed the student
students surveyed reported expected facilitate their learning. Recently the
spaces white boards more than
salaries of $82,000. This is according mechanical engineering department
anything else, they really help group
to the Texas A&M University Career opened a student collaboration space
collaboration and we can interact
Services survey conducted during on the second floor of the James J.
and learn from each other, said
graduation. The national salary Cain 51 Building. The space offers
Walker Wiggins, a junior mechanical
estimate for an occupation held by students resources such as multiple
engineering major.
a mechanical engineer in May 2014 electrical outlets installed near
was $87,140 according to the U.S. couches and chairs, dry erase white
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Adrian Gomez
Adrian Gomez, a senior in remembers being fascinated with that the mechanical engineering
the Department of Mechanical exploring and figuring out how things department facilitates through
Engineering at Texas A&M University, worked. His high school physics hosting numerous student events and
chose Texas A&M to pursue teacher challenged him to realize his faculty sponsored learning activities
his degree because he felt the potential to excel. By nurturing those outside of the classroom.
departments faculty would provide interests, his family and his teachers
Gomez volunteers for a multitude
him with a personable learning helped him realize mechanical
of student organizations. He has
environment. After nearly completing engineering was an attainable career
been a member of the Mechanical
his Bachelor of Science degree in path. After visiting other mechanical
Engineering Leadership Council
mechanical engineering, he believes engineering departments, Gomez
(MELC), the Society of Asian
the department has provided him knew he had found a home at
Scientists and Engineers (SASE) and
with a broad range of engineering Texas A&M after five minutes in the
the American Society of Mechanical
skills and knowledge, which will James J. Cain 51 building. I chose
Engineers (ASME).
benefit him when he begins his Texas A&M mechanical engineering
engineering career. because I knew it would give me
the broad knowledge base so that
Gomez grew up in Montgomery,
I could explore my fascination with
Texas, a small town in south Texas
taking objects apart and seeing how
where his parents and teachers
things work, he said. I also chose
instilled the value and importance
it because of the tight-knit culture
of an education. Growing up he
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June Saichua
June Saichua, a graduate student future career. I look forward to being more level and is honored to
in the Department of Mechanical presented with technical problems, experience the change.
Engineering at Texas A&M University, having to generate possible solutions, Saichua would like to start her
began her masters program with a analyzing and testing the solutions career in design and analysis of
unique perspective. The year before and delivering quality results. mechanical structures, preferably
she received her undergraduate Saichua believes that in recent years sub-sea equipment for an oil and
degree, Saichua interned for Texas the engineering profession has gas company. She believes that the
Instruments and was hired upon drastically improved in regard to mechanical engineering department
graduating. diversity. has helped her become a well-
I think the experience that I have rounded engineer who can effectively
Every single person has to work
really helped define my path in communicate and innovate.
hard in engineering, said Saichua.
grad school because I knew what Engineering is about the quality When I graduate I hope to fulfill
is expected of me in an industrial of your work and how much effort both goals as an engineer and solve
setting and I was also able to gain you put in. Gender does not dictate problems in an innovative way, she
a better sense of direction for my success. said.
career growth, she said. I am
most excited to have increased my Being a woman in engineering is an
knowledge base and am eager to honor for Saichua. She believes the
be able to apply my skills in my playing field continues to become
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Joanna Tsenn
Joanna Tsenn, Ph.D. student in enjoy working with materials, flexibility the department gave me.
the Department of Mechanical although it has been interesting Since changing I now take ownership
Engineering at Texas A&M University, trying to merge my interest in the of my research and its something Im
knows that mechanical engineering two aspects, which has made it proud of.
is more than gears and motors. possible for me to pursue a unique
The Department of Mechanical
However, choosing such a broad research path.
Engineering provided Tsenn the
degree path has proven difficult
Being able to be flexible in her studies opportunity to take part in real
to explain the many potential
has been important to Tsenn. A few world projects as well as a teaching
career opportunities she has upon
years into her research, Dr. Daniel fellowship. Tsenn believes the
graduation.
McAdams, professor and graduate department has prepared her for a
She is interested in design, program director in mechanical future in industry or academia.
particularly the development of engineering, helped Tsenn change
Whatever I do in my career I know
algorithms and methods that can her dissertation topic to one more
this program has given me the tools
help designers produce innovative aligned with her interest.
Ill need to make someone elses life
design solutions.
I wanted to look at the design of better through engineering, she
I enjoy the more human and materials, and I was given the time said.
cognitive design side of mechanical to learn more about the field and
engineering rather than the core present an alternative topic, said
technical side, said Tsenn. I also Tsenn. I greatly appreciate the
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Student Organizations
ASME MEGSO
The ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) at The Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student
Texas A&M University is the second largest ASME student Organization (MEGSO), promotes positive
chapter in the world. ASME hosts weekly meetings where communication within the Mechanical Engineering
industry representatives come and present information about Graduate Program at Texas A&M University.
their companies and provide career advice to the student For more information:
engineers. MEEN Girls was established as part of ASME to maroonlink.tamu.edu/organization/megso
foster a community among females interested in the field of
mechanical engineering while educating participants on the
benefits of a degree in mechanical engineering.
For more information:
maroonlink.tamu.edu/organization/asme
Pi Tau Sigma
ASHRAE The Pi Tau Sigma Honor Society recognizes the
ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and outstanding achievements of undergraduate students
Air-Conditioning Engineers) was established in 1959. The in mechanical engineering. The Texas A&M chapter
Texas A&M Branch of the Houston Chapter of ASHRAE aids initiates 10 to 20 new members a semester.
in the continuing education of students in the Colleges of For more information:
Engineering and Architecture in Heating Ventilation and Air maroonlink.tamu.edu/organization/pts
Conditioning (HVAC).
For more information:
ashrae.tamu.edu
SAE
Materials Advantage SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) is an
The Material Advantage Student Chapter at Texas A&M educational and scientific organization dedicated
promotes increasing knowledge of materials science and to advancing mobility technology to better serve
engineering and all its branches, assists its members in their humanity. The Texas A&M student chapter of SAE
academic endeavors, and professional pride in their chosen provides opportunities for students to learn about
life work. transportation industry challenges.
Gladys & William Allison 44 Troy P. Anora Alberto Reyes-Marquez Diane P. Thomas E. Fisher 66
Scholarship Gbotemi Balogun Jonathan Rickert Scholarship
Matthew Martinez Garrison Barrilleaux Richardo Rojas Rohit Nasa
Patrick Odenborg Chauncer Baughman Zane Rudd Flour Scholarship
Emma Partridge Sudikshya Bhandari Tyler Smith Natalie Mitchell
Elissa Richard Colton D. Brehm Andre Tayar Manuel Rodriguez
Arturo Sobarzo Evelyn Brower Manjil Thapa Magar FMC Scholarship
William T. Asbill 66 Troy Carreon Julia Thomet Michael Moellering
Memorial Scholarship Cody Chalmers Uday Toodi
Morris E. Foster 65 Scholarship
Jordan Brito Victoria De Bacco Oluwasegun Tytler
Meagan Gillar
Caroline Fushino Deepak Dhankani Joshua A. Vandervort
Veronica Kierig
Makaylee Hinds Jose M. Duran Giancarlo Vitale Heider
Levi French Joseph Walker Marie & James H. Galloway,
Alexander Kirkland
Casey Gjolberg Clint Weaver Jr. 29 Scholarship
Jonathan Markcity
Daniela Gomez Sierra Walker Wiggins Kevin Swinney
Sarah McDonald
Madyson Muscarello Richard Green Sydney Williams Bobbie & Louis Gee 44
Dustin V. Nguyen Troy Guichard Kyong Windle Endowed Scholarship
Helen Schmidt Brent Gutierrez Ye Xie Robert Strayhorn
Laura J. Umpleby Terrell Hemphill Jeffrey L. Zhao Oscar Zamaron
Kristian Hernandez Chevron Scholarship Mary Ann & Gordon Gibson
ASME Golf Scholarship
Freddy Herrera Hernan Espinosa 55 Scholarship
Kayla Barden
Tyler Hoyt Keaton Hruzek Benjamin Jackson
Hossein Davoudi
Xavier Huerta-San Juan Katie Walker Haylee Young
Rafael Dugarte Zerpa
Ashlynn N. Karstrom Zhuoran Xiao Jennifer 93 & Scott 93
Caleb Williams
Phillip Klinglesmith Vandiver L. Childs III, Captain Gill Scholarship
Edmond I. Bailey 66 Veronica A. Knisley USAF, Memorial Scholarship Kelsey Fieseler
Memorial Scholarship Seungjun Lee David McDermott Joly Velasquez
Kelly Mullen Hyeongtae Lee
Meredith Spradlin Cockrell-Freeport Scholarship Eva C. & Ernst H. Gras 44
Jared Lee
Betchel Scholarship Fengyi Li Memorial Scholarship
Sarah Lemay
Cailin O Connell Aaron Cohen 52 Scholarship Hannah Ahart
Qijun Liu
Vennela Pothugunta Kenton Cozart Moyosoreoluwa Ajepe
Jacob Lozano
Alison J. Berry 76 Scholarship Jaret Villarreal Megan Bates
Benjamin Lyons
Courtney Shrode Jeanette & Robert B. Mitchell Burden
Tyler Marr
Tess Volanski Conn 51 Scholarship Rita Fuentes
Ian J. McLeod
Matthew Villarreal Christina Gleason
Henry J. Bettencourt 49 Scholarship Patrick McNeely
Katharyn Grant
Daniel J. Brubaker Luis Mendez Alva ConocoPhillips Scholarship
Anupriya Gupta
British Petroleum Scholarship Yasushi Mizuno Tatyana Atherley
Monica Hanna
Matthew Runyon Tyler Moore Zachary Beck
Anne Lowak
Courtney Toler Reed Morgan Jose Bendana
Jenna Lusk
Joshua Mosqueda Faye Davidson
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Broussard 44 Audrey Munson
Emmanuel Nwoye Peter Johnson
Scholarship Rachel Pokorney
Daniela Ocada Kylie Nielson
Kaci E. Dove Morgan Riffe
Jesse OConnor Don P. Dixon 57 & Sons Scholarship
Mitchell Matthews Kristen Rosenthal
Matthew Pacholczuk Joshua Duke
James McCabe A.W. Guill 41 Endowed Scholarship
Meet Patel Daniel Joaquin
Clare McDougall Drake Anthony
Ryan Penney
Caitlyn Talbert DOW Aggies Scholarship Austin Helmreich
Holly Petrie
Clayton T. Burger 00 Scholarship Justin Feldt
Jevon Phandi Janice & William Hanna
Gabriel Avila Sahir Rama Billie G. Earnheart 43 58 Scholarship
Valentina Serrano Patricio Ramirez Alanis Memorial Scholarship Erin Barre
Lou & C.C. Burton 42 Scholarship Shyam Ravichandran Elizabeth Hill Tyler Buffington
Syeda Ada Felipe Reyes Miftajov Emily Scamardo
Sima Ahmadizadyek
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Christopher Daughters William Bryan 47 & Frances Thomas David L. Sanders 90 Scholarship Emil Buhler Aerodynamic
Jacob Shaw McDaniel Memorial Scholarship Reynaldo Chavez Analog Fellowship
Zachary Vaughn Andres Crucetta Nieto Eleanor A. & Thaddeus H. Nathan Eitrheim
Spencer Weaver Joe C. Merritt 63 Sandford 62 Scholarship Michaela Fasano
Leping Yu Endowed Scholarship Brandon Jones Don Vu
William M. Hays Jr. 64 Scholarship Amanda D. Cheek Trenton Seely Vincent Lau
Michael Pieprzica Coleman Fincher Linda & Ralph Schmidt Arnab Nanda
Dominic Jarecki 68 Scholarship Trevor Terrill
Hess Scholarship
Andrea Brunal Victoria Nguyen Stephen Allen Baker Engineering & Risk/Quentin
Alberta Lin Rebecca Novak John Andrews & Jana Baker Fellowship
Eliza Price Felipe Reyes Miftajov Darren Law
Mary Jo & Donald R.
Alejandra Rivera Sally and Ray Bowen 58 Fellowship
Edwin S. Holdredge Award Schroeter 63 Scholarship
Felix Sierra Mitchell Allain
Jared Marshall Marcus Real
John Williams
Industrial Advisory Eric Redondo Charles Crawford 19 Fellowship
Edward R. Mrozik Scholarship Md. Nafiz Hossain Khan Chowdhury
Council Scholarship Mollie & Jim Schulze 63 Scholarship
Jody Vu Doe Young Hur
Af DAngelo Gabrielle A. Adams
Jessica L. Stephenson Ginny & Emmitt J. Nelson Danielle E. Agler Xiao Kang
51 Scholarship Chong Ke
Tim Kerlee, Jr. Memorial Endowed Dr. Clifford M. Simmang 36
Peter Wong Mengying Liu
Scholarship Memorial Scholarship
Thomas Christopher OLeary Tobias Neumann
Kelsey Harvey Frida K. Rivera
12 Memorial Scholarship Seshendra Palakurthy
Haley K. Worsham Keith R. Slaughter 49 Scholarship
John Theiss William E. Dark 54
Brandon E. Young Bryan T. Conlee
Janet & Thomas Paul 62 Scholarship Graduate Fellowship
John A. Langston 12 Scholarship Kenneth C. Reihart
Adrian Alba Austin Rogers
Alexander Boone Alexis I. Urquia
Timothy Austin Joanna Tsenn
Brendan Cooper Jay H. Stafford 48 Scholarship
Christopher Bomnskie Dwight Look College of Engineering
Ryan Garmeson Michael Alvarez
Mario Heredia Velasquez Graduate Fellowship
Andrew Garza Jarrett Battistini
William Knape Samuel Friedman
Austin Grosklags Andrew Bradley
Parker West Timothy Kroeger
Wyatt Hahn Caroline Brooks
Blake Maher Pioneer Natural Resources Sammy Meleika
Mitchell Carson
John McDonald Scholarship Rachel Rebagay
Caroline Day
Michelle McInerney Jon Elorriaga Warren Rooney
Christian DeBuys
Miguel Ortiz Ryan Gautier Kelsey Rollag
Augustus Ellis
Catherine Pfang Adrian Gomez Linda D. & Joe R. Fowler
Jean-Claude Faa
Emilio Taltique Quoc Huynh 68 Fellowship
Francisco Falcon
Christopher Kroupa Shelby Hopkins
Frank M. 21 & Wilton H. Conner Fear
Alberto Lopez Alyssa John
Leverett Scholarship Lars Frederikse
Teryn McGinness Jose Mejia
Joshua Lockhart Megan Gardner
Taylor Messinger Jonathan Lai
Allen Pham Mauricio Gutierrez
Brian Ramirez Morgan ONeil
Joseph Valencia Anthony Hresko
Austin Schexnaider Austin Rogers
Betty & Jesse Luce 56 Scholarship Tanner Kirk
K.R. Ramamani Undergraduate Johnna Knight Kozik Hervey Fellowship
Joel Sam
Thesis Award Gabrielle Krzysiak Zachary Branigan
Kethy M. Lynn 79 Tyler Buffington Blake Leiker Eddie & Joe Mattei
Endowed Scholarship
The Roden Family Scholarship Victor Leon Graduate Fellowship
Emily Brown
Christian Alejandro Dee & Ted Stephens 52 Scholarship Dickens Law
Gary W. Markham 71 Scholarship Hillary Angele Kyle Wiggs Kevin Ly
Matthew Myers Anna Church Emil 68 and Liz Swize Scholarship Ralph E. James Endowed Fellowship
Elizabeth & Raymond Marlow Justin T. Coe JiayaoAmy Li Tanja Baumann
53 Endowed Scholarship Elizabeth Copper Fernando H. Vazquez Janet and Thomas Paul 62
Levi Bailey Megan Dawkins
Claire Collins Sharon and Joel Talley Graduate Fellowship
Ameeti Kalra
Megan Culler 83 Scholarship Jeffrey Shive
Christina Meaders
Victoria Hicks Kyle R. Beurlot Aruna and J.N. Reddy Distinguished
Sylvia Titus
Catherine Deblois Fellow in Computational Mechanics
Mildred & Charles A. Joanne Yoo
Shelby Gagliardi Namhee Kim
Mast 51 Scholarship San Antonio Endowed Scholarship Hudson Quesada Harsh Tamakuwala
Pawan Bhandari Mozheng Hu
Gladys P. and David M. Oscar S. Wyatt Graduate Fellowship
Eddie & Joe Mattei 53 Scholarship Angela M. Olinger
Wilks 69 Scholarship Wooram Kim
Brenda Cancino Taylor C. Redwine
Jerod Smith Seyed Mohsen Mehrian Nowruzpour
Daniel Maldonado Pedro V. Riojas
Emily A. Tasker
Jesus Sifuentes Ruby Lee & George Sandars
60 Scholarship
Willie D. Caraway
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Prabhakar Pagilla
TEES Professor
Large-scale complex
systems, information
storage systems, sensors,
biomedical systems,
mechatronics, nonlinear
Staff Highlight: Doug Beck dynamic systems
Helping students excel in life means more than success in the classroom to
Doug Beck, senior undergraduate academic advisor II in the Department Seok Chang Ryu
of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. Beck joined the Assistant Professor
department in 2010 after leaving the Department of Mechanical Biorobotics: embedding
Engineering at Iowa State University where he was the director of physical intelligence
student services. into mechanical systems
by smart design,
Beck believes a key component of student success in the program depends materials, processing and
manufacturing with
on an advisors ability to build a positive rapport with students allowing the purpose of improving
for open honest communication. Beck helps students deal with issues or extending the
such as what courses to take, co-op and internship opportunities or life systems capability
after graduation. I work to resolve student issues at the individual level,
Beck said. I interact with students during a pivotal period in their lives.
My advice has to give them the tools they will need to succeed and make New Faculty
positive life choices.
Dale Cope
Each semester the Department of Mechanical Engineering enrolls Associate Professor of
around 1,100 undergraduate students and awards between 200 and Engineering Practice
250 Bachelor of Science degrees. Beck and the other members of the Applied research
advising staff are typically the first interaction prospective students will and development of
unmanned aerial systems
have with the department. Through outreach and engagement activities (UASs) for a wide variety
the advising staff works to engage prospective students and explain how of commercial and civil
the Department of Mechanical Engineering will help get them reach their applications
career goals. Mechanical engineering is a very broad degree, Beck
said. It allows individuals various engineering career options when they Lili Gu
graduate from the program. The department has a strong reputation of Visiting Assistant
graduating individuals who have gone into their careers and immediately Professor
worked to resolve complex engineering challenges. Rotor Dynamics and
vibrations, multi-physical-
Becks 16-year advising career has allowed him to spend many hours coupling dynamics,
mentoring, listening and helping individuals reach their full potential. I computational fluid
dynamics, heat transfer
hope the former students Ive advised throughout my career retain some
of the lessons I had the opportunity to teach them, Beck said. There
is no greater satisfaction for me than knowing I have helped someone be
successful in their life.
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Faculty Awards
N.K. Anand,
Executive Associate Dean of Engineering, James Alan Palazzolo,
M. and Ada Sutton Forsyth Professor, Associate TEES Professor, received a TEES
Director of the Texas A&M Engineering Professorship, 2015
Experiment Station, was named Regents
Professor, Texas A&M University System, 2015
Daniel McAdams,
Graduate Program Director and Professor,
received a Deans Fellow Award, The Herbert
H. Richardson Faculty Fellow Award, and an
Outstanding Faculty Contribution Award, 2015
Staff Awards
Partha Mukherjee,
Assistant Professor, received the Young Leaders
Nicole Latham,
Professional Development Award, the Young
Administrative Assistant, received the
Faculty Travel Grant Award, and College on
James J. Cain Outstanding Staff award.
Multiscale Computational Modeling of Materials
for Energy Applications Award, 2015
Rachel Thomassie,
Prabhakar Pagilla, Senior Academic Advisor, received the
TEES Professor, received a TEES Professorship, 2015 James J. Cain Outstanding Staff award.
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William E. Dark 54 Graduate Fellowship Sallie and Don Davis 61 Faculty Fellowship I
in Mechanical Engineering
Kathy M. Lynn 79 Scholarship in Mechanical Engineering
Sallie and Don Davis 61 Faculty Fellowship II
Wanda and Ken Roden Scholarship
in Mechanical Engineering
Dolores 85 and Mark Kelly 83 Scholarship
Sallie and Don Davis 61 Career Development Professorship
Betty and Jesse Luce 56 Scholarship in Mechanical Engineering
Cynthia Cindy A. 92 and John R. Survil 84 Scholarship Rebecca and Charles Kitowski 91 Faculty Fellowship
in Mechanical Engineering
Dynamic Systems, Inc. and Employees Scholarship
James J. Cain 51 Chair in Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Fellowships
The Look College and Texas A&M have made
significant investments in obtaining world-class
faculty. Endowed faculty fellowships are needed to
reward exemplary career achievement and retain
these distinguished researchers and teachers in todays
competitive market. engineering.tamu.edu/mechanical/giving
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Donor Contributions
Gifts to the department may be in the form of cash, securities, real estate or personal property. Many of our supporters
have contributed using planned gifts, including, but not limited to: charitable remainder trusts, lead trusts, gift annuities,
bequest provisions and life insurance. These are all excellent ways to benefit Texas A&M and the Department of
Mechanical Engineering while fulfilling philanthropic goals and possibly achieving financial planning or tax benefits.
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