Science & Tech

Rescue Robotics

July 9, 2013 • 10 min. read

Robin Murphy is a pioneer, an international leader and one of the few women in a field that men tend to dominate.

Shell Oil Company is bringing its commitment to community, education and the environment to the 2013 Texas regional competitions of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl.

Among the most effective ways for Texas A&M to help build the educational pipeline in Texas is through outreach, which is especially critical in the high need STEM fields.

“My first thought when I saw the news reports of the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf two years ago were, ‘Oh my gosh, I wonder if some of the bombs down there are to blame.'”

A traditional satellite mission to go capture each object is not efficient enough to make an appreciable difference due to the high cost of orbit transfers.

Besides providing NASA with scores of engineers and flight technicians, several Aggies have served as true astronauts.

A new ranking in A Review of Fifty Public University Honors Programs puts the Texas A&M University Honors Program in the top spot in the category of “Schools with Engineering Focus.”

A thin polymer coating developed by materials engineers at Texas A&M University could keep cotton clothing and polyurethane-foam-based furniture from going up in flames.

Texas A&M has entered into a partnership with the Posse Foundation, an organization that identifies, recruits and trains urban youth with exceptional leadership and academic potential.

The gift, presented to the Texas A&M Foundation, will fund several academic programs at the university.