NEWS

  • BiSSL Master’s student Tirth Dave just won 1st place out of all Engineering Graduate Student Presentations at Student Research Week at Texas A&M University! His presentation was titled: “Sustainable Water Networks Design: A Bio-inspired Approach”  Everyone here in the BiSSL group is so proud! Student Research Week at Texas A&M is the largest, single-university student-run research symposium in

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  • Clare Boothe Luce scholar and J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering undergrad Shelby Warrington did an excellent job presenting her work at Student Research Week – Texas A&M University from our last 2 years working together on bio-inspired human system modeling! Student Research Week at Texas A&M is the largest, single-university student-run research symposium in the nation.

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  • Congratulations to BiSSL grad student Jewel Williams for winning a Graduate Travel Award to attend the ASME conference for Manufacturing Science and Engineering (MSEC) in June at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. Jewel will be presenting her first authored paper titled WASTE REDUCTION: A REVIEW OF COMMON OPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES.

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  • Congratulations to BiSSL Masters student Jewel Williams and undergraduate Clare Boothe Luce scholar Shelby Warrington for the acceptance of their peer-reviewed conference paper titled WASTE REDUCTION: A REVIEW OF COMMON OPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES. The ASME Conference for Manufacturing Science and Engineering (MSEC) will be held in June at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. Paper Abstract: Circular economy

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  • At Texas A&M University, diversity is changing the face of engineering, so join us in celebrating Women’s History Month! Throughout March, hear what Texas A&M Mechanical Engineering students, staff, and faculty have to say about embracing differences. This afternoon’s shoutout goes to Assistant Professor Dr. Astrid Layton: “Just because a subject is hard for you and seems easy for everyone else,

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  • BiSSL MS student Jewel Williams was one of only 60 students selected to participate in this weekend’s 48 hour Aggies Invent for the Planet event! We’re all wishing her good luck! Feb. 15-17, 2019 Invent for the Planet: The sun never sets on innovation. For 48 hours, college students from 30 universities around the world will be joining

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  • Enjoying the presentations going on at IEEE TPEC2019 (Texas Power and Energy Conference), including work we did with Dr. Kate Davis and her group, being presented by BiSSL MS student Varuneswara Panyam in College Station, TX. Extreme events continue to show that existing power grid configurations can be vulnerable to disturbances. Drawing inspiration from naturally robust

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  • MEEN Girls Study Break

    Come take a study break and meet the TAMU MEEN Girls faculty advisors Drs. Astrid Layton and Shima Hajimirza, Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 3pm Texas A&M Engineering

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  • Come check out the 2nd annual Aggie Women in STEM conference hosted by the amazing undergraduate female student in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M (MEEN Girls) and open to all! February 2nd, 2019 9-3pm at MSC2406 Register at aggiemeengirls.com

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  • Congratulations to three of our BiSSL graduate students, Varun Panyam, Tirth Dave, and Colton Brehm, for the acceptance of each of their conference papers to the 26th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering Conference on Advancing Industrial Sustainability, to be held at Purdue University May 2019. The evolution of power systems has recently seen a strong increase in renewable

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