COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 10, 2012 – M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering at Texas A&M University, has announced that M. Nazmul Karim has been named head of the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, effective Sept. 1, 2012. Karim will hold the Mike O'Connor Chair II. Prior to joining Texas A&M, Karim was a member of the faculty at Texas Tech University, where he served as chair and holder of the Whitacre Endowed Department Chair in chemical engineering. He previously was a professor of chemical engineering at Colorado State University and has been a visiting professor at Helsinki University of Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Osaka University and ... Read More »

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 10, 2012 – Rudy and Susanne Dismuke of Houston have endowed a $60,000 memorial scholarship in chemical engineering at Texas A&M University. This funds will establish The Chieko T. Dismuke Memorial Scholarship, which will be funded through the Texas A&M Foundation. The recipient of this scholarship will be a full-time chemical engineering junior or senior student. “I am grateful for the education I received at Texas A&M," Rudy Dismuke said. "I will never be able to give back to Texas A&M what Texas A&M has given to me. I am honored to endow scholarships that allow students to have access to a great education and a launch ... Read More »

COLLEGE STATION, Aug. 8, 2012 – For people suffering from diabetes and other hormonal disorders, staying healthy means staying vigilant; effective treatment requires periodic and precise doses of drugs throughout the day. The constant upkeep can make for an inconvenient and stressful way of life, but managing these disorders could become easier thanks to drug-delivery technology being developed by Zhengdong Cheng, associate professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University. Cheng’s work, which is detailed in the scientific journal “Drug Delivery Letters,” is exploring a new method for manufacturing the tiny particles that once inside the bloodstream deliver drug treatments to targeted areas of the body. Unlike previous ... Read More »

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 6, 2012 – Substantial risk remains for serious industrial incidents that could cost property and lives, but effectively integrating science and engineering principles into academia and industry can help mitigate and even prevent these incidents, according to a new publication released by the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center at Texas A&M University. The publication, “Process Safety Research Agenda for the 21st Century,” is the product of a 2011 conference that was sponsored by the center and attracted a host of international authorities in the field of process safety to help develop a blueprint for the study and integration of process safety in academia and industry. With the goal ... Read More »