Awards

Dr. Paul Cizmas will be traveling to Romania for four months to study how to make rocket engines more efficient by building on past research and merging traditional and newer thermodynamic processes.

Texas A&M researcher Dr. Amir Asadi has received the 2026 DARPA Young Faculty Award to support development of technology that neutralizes lunar dust while capturing its electrostatic charge to generate power.

Hu “Oliver” Zhao receives a national Tau Beta Pi fellowship and becomes the first Texas A&M University student named a Tau Beta Pi Laureate since 1982.

Bright Ngozichukwu gained valuable insight into how scientific discoveries can move from the lab to real-world technologies through the Dow BEST Symposium.

An American Society of Mechanical Engineers honor recognizes research advancing artificial intelligence for computational design at Texas A&M.

Third-year Ph.D. student Rashika Rao will conduct research focused on the physical impact of gravitational differences on the human body for future space flight.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers recognizes Dr. M. Cynthia Hipwell’s contributions to engineering innovation, nanoscale technologies and the next generation of engineers.

The Amazon Research Award provides Arash Noshadravan with funding and resources to develop a reliable AI inspection platform that accelerates inspections of vital infrastructure.

Dr. Jodie Lutkenhaus has been named the recipient of the 2026 AIChE Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum Award for her pioneering research in advancing nanomaterial-based coatings.

Dr. Rebecca Friesen has been selected as a 2026–27 Montague–Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar for her dedication to teaching and enriching students’ learning experiences.