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A Girl Scout and her mother test “KidGab” as part of Stephanie Valentine’s research.
 

Interface preps kids for social media

Samantha Latta November 3, 2014

After growing tired of waiting for someone to make a move, computer science graduate student Stephanie Valentine said she decided to take action against cyber bullying. Valentine started two initiatives...

Photo by Cody Franklin 
Aerospace engineering graduate student Jim Henrickson (right) and fellow researchers prepare Pegasus II for take-off Saturday morning at Texas A&M’s Riverside Campus.
 

Research seeks new heights

Sarah Medrano October 27, 2014

Texas A&M continues to seek new heights in unmanned aircraft research as a federal program begun early this year in Texas matures. Researchers conducted a Saturday morning flight test of Pegasus II,...

Photo by Jonathan Sheen
Jim Pennington wows viewers with a Chemistry Road Show exhibition at Saturday’s Chemistry Open House. The show travels throughout Texas to inspire students to pursue a science education.  
 

Chemistry road show freshens science education for youth

Trey Reeves October 27, 2014

Chemistry is a subject that strikes fear into the hearts of many that venture into Heldenfelds Hall, but one man on campus strives to change this perception by reinforcing the excitement of chemistry in...

 

28 hours. Create anything.

Josh Hopkins October 26, 2014

More than 500 participants flocked to Rudder Tower Friday to participate in TAMUHack, which gave contestants 28 hours for a deceptively simple task — create anything, and win prizes ranging from...

 

Design challenge gives students opportunity to create prototypes

Katy Stapp October 26, 2014

Nearly 70 students, 20,000 square feet of workspace and 48 hours — the 2nd Aggies Invent, a two-day design challenge that gave students the chance to create prototypes meant to aid first responders,...

FLAME connects students, mentors

Bradley D’Souza October 22, 2014

Females Leading Aggies as Mentors in Engineering is a mentorship program within the Society of Women Engineers that matches female engineering majors with female professionals who have careers in the fields...

Engineer council hopes survey will link students, A&M administration

Sam Scott October 22, 2014

Engineering students will have the chance to voice their opinion on 25 by 25, study abroad and other topics as the Student Engineers’ Council fall survey kicks off. The SEC fall survey opened Monday...

Texas A&M to host national hackathon competition Friday

Gracie Mock October 22, 2014

Rudder Tower will be filled with students from Texas, California, New York, Canada and Mexico for the first official Texas A&M Hackathon. Five hundred participants will occupy Rudder Tower for 48 hours...

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Two massive particle accelerators are housed across from the Zachry Engineering Center.

Cyclotron accelerates A&M to research forefront

Katie Fuller October 21, 2014

Hidden from the rest of Texas A&M’s campus by four-foot-thick cement walls lies machines capable of moving atomic particles close to the speed of light. The Cyclotron Institute houses two massive...

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David Toback is a member of the Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy and spokesperson for the Collider Detector at Fermilab.

Prof: History ‘kind’ to investors in science

Sam Scott October 21, 2014

Sam Scott, news writer, sat down with David Toback, physics and astronomy professor and member of the Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, to talk about the life and work of a high...

 

A nucleus for student ideas

Josh Hopkins October 21, 2014

From workstations to presentation rooms, from computers to a fully operational machine shop, the Engineering Innovation Center has more than 20,000 square feet of resources to provide to students. The...

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The Collider Detector’s internal machinery is shown to the right. A&M researchers used the collider until the Tevatron closed in 2011.
 

Tevatron research continues despite closure

Katy Stapp October 20, 2014

In September 2011, the Tevatron, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world at the time, was turned off after 26 years of smashing atoms. The closure affected scientists and engineers from around...

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