Turbo Lab members receive Young Engineer Turbo Expo Participant Award Three members in Dr. Luis San Andrés Tribology group and one of Dr. Dara Child’s former graduate students were honored with a prestigious award for up-and-coming engineers. Dr. Jing Yang, assistant research engineer in the Turbo Lab, and former students Dr. Bonjin Koo and Dr. […]
Researchers develop new multiphase flow metering device
Researchers develop new multiphase flow metering device Three Turbomachinery Lab researchers have developed a new way to measure multiphase flow that is less expensive than and equally accurate to current multiphase flow devices on the market. Inventors Dr. Abhay Patil, Dr. Gerald Morrison, and Joshua Vandervort in the Turbo Lab, have received a temporary patent […]
Turbo Lab co-authors receive best paper award
Turbo Lab Co-authors receive ASME Best Paper Award Dr. Luis San Andrés and two former students in the Turbomachinery Laboratory at Texas A&M have received a 2018 Best Paper Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Structures and Dynamics Committee. Dr. Luis San Andrés, Mast-Childs Chair professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, […]
Three Turbo Lab students earn Mechanical Engineering Impact Award
Three Turbo Lab students earn Mechanical Engineering Impact Award Three Turbo Lab students were celebrated recently with the J. Mike Walker ‘66 Department of Mechanical Engineering Impact Award. Sean Cooper, Xueliang Lu, and Nian Wang were honored beside a handful of their mechanical engineering student colleagues at the Fall 2018 Donor Recognition and Scholarship/Fellowship Banquet […]
Turbo Lab engineer develops new energy conversion device
Turbo Lab engineer develops new energy conversion device Dr. Abhay Patil, research engineer in the Turbo Lab, has received a temporary patent for inventing a new energy conversion device. The invention, “High Energy Density Turbomachines,” has a unique design and provides explicit advantages in terms of performance and reliability. It has a potential to be […]
Former student returns as visiting scholar from Seoul, Korea
Former student returns as visiting scholar from Seoul, Korea A former Turbomachinery Laboratory student has returned to his alma mater as a visiting scholar. Dr. Tae Ho Kim, Associate Professor of mechanical engineering at Kookmin University in Seoul, Korea will serve one year as a Visiting Scholar at Texas A&M University in the Turbomachinery Laboratory. […]
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 […]
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 […]