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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Vanderbilt Professor to Host Cellular Tubular Flames Seminar
Vanderbilt Professor to Host Cellular Tubular Flames Seminar A former research engineer and decorated Vanderbilt University professor will visit the Texas A&M campus next month to present a seminar on cellular tubular flames. The seminar is hosted by the Turbomachinery Laboratory, part of The Texas A&M System and a center of the Texas A&M Engineering […]
Turbo Lab welcomes former student to faculty
Turbo Lab welcomes former student to faculty The Turbomachinery Laboratory has welcomed a familiar face to its faculty. Dr. Lesley Wright joined the Turbo Lab team in August after teaching at Baylor for ten years. She was encouraged by the head of the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Andreas A. Polycarpou […]
Turbomachinery Distinguished Lecture to Feature International Authority on Combustion and Clean Energy
Turbomachinery Distinguished Lecture to Feature International Authority on Combustion and Clean Energy The Turbomachinery Laboratory at Texas A&M University will kick off the month of November with its fifth-annual Turbomachinery Distinguished Lecture. Tim Lieuwen, professor and executive director of the Strategic Energy Institute at Georgia Tech, will deliver a lecture titled “Dynamics of Premixed Flames […]
Turbo Lab Professor Receives Invite for Adjunct Professorship in China
Pictured: Dr. Luis San Andrés Turbo Lab Professor Receives Invite for Adjunct Professorship in China A Turbomachinery Laboratory professor has been invited to be an adjunct professor of a top 10 global institution for mechanical engineering. Dr. Luis San Andrés, Mast-Childs Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University will serve two weeks twice a […]
Three Turbo Lab Researchers Receive ASME Best Paper Award
Left – Right: Chao-Cheng Shiau, Je-Chin Han and Andrew F. Chen Three Turbo Lab Researchers Receive ASME Best Paper Award Three researchers in the Turbomachinery Laboratory at Texas A&M have received a best paper award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)-Gas Turbine Heat Transfer Committee. Ph.D. students Chao-Cheng Shiau and Andrew F Chen […]