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Science & Technology

NASA’s next-gen manned spaceflight passes first test

Duncan Rankin December 8, 2014

Friday morning evoked emotions of a bygone era at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, as NASA launched a spacecraft capable of containing human life out of low earth orbit for the first time in...

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Computer engineering sophomore Alyssa Valdez and Blinn Team engineering sophomore Cole Frazier build a wheelchair ramp for a woman’s home in Bryan-College Station.

Engineers take skills beyond the classroom

Trey Reeves December 7, 2014

A portion of the 12,000 engineering students at Texas A&M hope to take their technical skills out of the classroom and into the community with a new philanthropic organization. Engineers Serving the...

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Space: the Aggie frontier

Joshua Hopkins December 2, 2014

AggieSat Lab takes A&M one step closer to space with its development of AggieSat4, a small satellite slotted to be submitted Feb. 22 to NASA for acceptance testing. Helen Reed, faculty advisor for...

Steve Swanson, who received his doctorate from A&M in 1998, returned safely to Earth Sept. 11 after spending six months aboard the International Space Station.
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Astronaut Steven Swanson retells stories from his recent voyage to the International Space Station

Nikita Redkar November 30, 2014

Nikita Redkar, Battalion news reporter, sat down with astronaut Steve Swanson, Class of 1998, to discuss his recent six-month stint at the International Space Station. THE BATTALION: How did your voyage...

Q&A: Dean talks women in STEM

Austin Williams November 24, 2014

The Battalion news reporter Austin Williams sits down with Katherine Banks, vice chancellor for engineering for the Texas A&M University System and dean of the Dwight Look College of Engineering, to...

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High school students prepare their catapult for a design competition this Saturday at Texas A&M. 

Aggies work to inspire next generation

Bradley D’Souza November 23, 2014

Rain didn’t stop more than 400 K-12 students from taking part in a daylong engineering design competition hosted on Texas A&M’s campus. Texas A&M’s Student Engineers’ Council...

 

Engineering initiative causes freshman enrollment snags

Katy Stapp November 12, 2014

In its inaugural year, questions remain as to how the new freshman admissions policy in the 25 by 25 Initiative will accommodate freshmen with significant college credit earned in high school. The Common...

Car show, panel to exhibit A&M energy resources

Bradley D’Souza November 11, 2014

Texas A&M’s Energy Club will host the 2014 Evening of Energy throughout the MSC and Rudder Plaza Wednesday. The event will include an Alternative Fuels Car Show to showcase automotive energy...

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NSF Director France Cordova toured facilities and visited with students Monday and Tuesday.

Science foundation director visits campus

John Rangel November 11, 2014

Texas A&M conducts close to $1 billion dollars in research annually — a fact that helped draw the National Science Foundation’s director to the A&M campus this week in a first-of-its...

Ebony Christian, Class of 2010, and Ryan Skinner, industrial engineering junior, work on a developmental project in Costa Rica.

Philanthropy meets innovation

Duncan Rankin November 11, 2014

Since its creation 12 years ago, Engineers Without Borders has made a difference in the lives of people around the world — and has no plans of stopping anytime soon. EWB’s A&M chapter seeks...

 

Maintain stability and improve ranking’

Caroline Corrigan November 4, 2014

THE BATTALION: How does it feel to be named the head of the chemistry department? GABBAI: It is good, I am looking forward to the work and responsibility that comes with it. We as a department have a lot...

Sarah LanePhysics professor David Toback teaches an essay-based course centered around the Big Bang and the cosmos.

Prof strips the math, makes the cosmos more relatable

Nikita Redkar November 4, 2014

The atmosphere in David Toback’s “Big Bang and Black Holes” lecture hall has a different atmosphere than the typical physics classroom. The class laughs and talks while Toback fields...

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