Faculty
News and updates featuring research, faculty achievements, student projects, and industry impact about Faculty.
Dr. Niki Ritchey’s efforts as a Texas A&M honors professor in the College of Engineering led her to be recognized with the Wells Fargo Honors Faculty Mentor Award.
Dr. Xin Chen in Texas A&M’s electrical and computer engineering department earned the prestigious NSF CAREER Award and funding for his work on AI-based control for power grids.
Ph.D. candidate Cafer Acemi has earned an Acta Student Award for student-led research accelerating the discovery of high-temperature alloys.
Texas A&M chemical engineering researchers have analyzed common causes of fires in data centers and identified ways to mitigate the growing risk.
Dr. Faisal Khan has been recognized with the Ayyub-Wiechel Risk Analysis Award for his impactful contributions to risk, reliability and engineering safety through research, teaching and leadership.
A Texas A&M Engineering team’s latest work enables swarms of autonomous robots to perform reliably in harsh and adversarial environments and earned students the top prize in their major at the College of Engineering Project Showcase.
Inside the workshop tackling Texas’ electrical grid challenges
May 13, 2026 • 3 min. readAs large data center demands surge, Texas A&M researchers are creating a multidisciplinary platform where industry leaders, engineers, researchers and students can come together to tackle challenges in Texas’ power grid through collaborative workshops.
A recent publication from Texas A&M Engineering researchers shows that in-sensor intelligence could increase the speed of data analysis and lead to a future where seeing becomes thinking.
AggieSat 6 will serve as an ear in space for teams on the ground to better identify where other satellites are located and measure low level radiation in the Earth’s atmosphere.
After helping develop the world’s most innovative projects at the NASA Johnson Space Center, Dr. Diane Davis will bring her expertise to the aerospace engineering department to educate future generations on space exploration.








