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Dara W. Childs

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February 4, 2020 By Turbolab

Former Turbo Lab Director Receives Global Power & Propulsion Society Lifetime Achievement Award

Congratulations are in order to Dr. Dara W. Childs, former director of the Turbomachinery Laboratory. Childs was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Global Power & Propulsion Society (GPPS) at their Forum20, January 15-17, 2020 in Zurich, Switzerland. The award was presented by Dr. Stefan Florjancic, Chairman of the GPPS Awards Committee. GPPS […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Dara W. Childs, DWC, Forum20, Global Power & Propulsion Society, GPPS, Turbo Lab, Turbomachinery, Turbomachinery Laboratory

November 26, 2018 By Turbolab

Ph.D. student earns Turbo Lab’s most prestigious scholarship

  Ph.D. student earns Turbo Lab’s most prestigious scholarship Passion Key to Student’s Success Clay Norrbin hasn’t always been interested in turbomachinery. His undergraduate studies in the Scansorial and Terrestrial Robotics and Integrated Design (STRIDe) Lab at Florida State University focused in the area of robotics. He applied to the Texas A&M University mechanical engineering […]

Filed Under: News, Research Tagged With: Adolfo Delgado, Clay Norrbin, Dara W. Childs, dynamics, mechanical engineering, pump, Ralph James, scholarship, TPS, Turbomachinery, Turbomachinery Research Consortium

short course

November 5, 2018 By Turbolab

Machinery Vibration and Rotordynamics January Short Course

The Turbomachinery Laboratory will host Machinery Vibration and Rotordynamics (MVRD), one of three short courses in 2019 –– from January 7-11 in Houston, Texas. The course offers entry-level and experienced professionals an opportunity to augment their knowledge and skills in an interactive setting for practical applications on the job. The MVRD course will be taught by […]

Filed Under: News, Research Tagged With: Dara W. Childs, Luis San Andres, rotordynamics, short course, vibration

Dara Childs and Judy

October 24, 2018 By Turbolab

Former Turbo Lab director Dr. Dara W. Childs still teaching, consulting

Former Turbo Lab director still teaching, consulting Can a historical landmark have feelings? Former director of the Turbomachinery Laboratory, Dr. Dara W. Childs, is beginning to think so. “I felt like Mount Rushmore,” he said, laughing, referring to his first post-retirement experience at the Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia (TPS). “Some young person would walk up […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Dara W. Childs, Eric Petersen, rotordynamics, short course, TPS, Turbomachinery

July 13, 2017 By Turbolab

Turbo Lab directors, researcher win ASME Best Paper Award

The work of two directors of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Turbomachinery Laboratory (Turbo Lab) and a research engineer has been recognized with a Best Paper Award by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Structures and Dynamics Committee. The paper was presented at the ASME 2016 Turbo-Expo Turbomachinery Technical Conference & Exposition […]

Filed Under: Research, Uncategorized Tagged With: ASME, Dara W. Childs, Faculty, Luis San Andres, research, Texas A&M, Turbomachinery

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