The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Research Impact Award is intended to highlight research that has had an impact, broadly defined as leading to outcomes that extend beyond conventional boundaries.
Nomination Guide
To ensure eligibility of nominees, please see the eligibility requirements page.
Past Recipients
See past recipients of the TEES Research Impact Award.
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2020-2021 Recipients
- Recipient Name: Tim Davis
Department: Computer science and engineering
Impact Research: TEES Research Impact Award: for the development of novel methods for solving graph problems using linear algebra and creating widely used algorithms and software for sparse matrix computations. - Recipient Name: Roozbeh Jafari
Department: Biomedical engineering
Impact Research: TEES Research Impact Award: for pioneering context-aware, physiological monitoring devices based on wearable computers.
- Recipient Name: Tim Davis
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2019-2020 Recipients
- Recipient Name: Perla Balbuena and Jorge Seminario
Department: Chemical engineering
Impact Research: TEES Research Impact Award: for research discoveries that have significantly impacted the development of protective layers for safer and longer life batteries - Recipient Name: John Junkins
Department: Aerospace engineering
Impact Research: TEES Research Impact Award: for solving a 52-year-old long-standing problem in orbit transfer optimization.
- Recipient Name: Farzan Sasangohar
Department: Industrial and systems engineering
Impact Research: TEES Research Impact Award: for his research in continuous monitoring of PTSD among combat veterans.
- Recipient Name: Perla Balbuena and Jorge Seminario
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2018-2019 Recipients
- Recipient Name: Akhilesh Gaharwar
Department: Biomedical engineering
Impact Research: TEES Research Impact Award: for his research on 2D nanosilicates that has seen wider adoption for diverse biomedical applications. - Recipient Name: Robin Murphy
Department: Computer science and engineering
Impact Research: TEES Research Impact Award: for the humanitarian impact of her disaster robotics research.
- Recipient Name: Scott Schaefer
Department: Computer science and engineering
Impact Research: TEES Research Impact Award: for the development of a k-Curves graphics toolkit that has been adopted by industry. - Recipient Name: Yassin A. Hassan
Department: Nuclear engineering
Impact Research: TEES Research Impact Award: for his significant contributions to the safety of nuclear power plants resulting in industrypolicy.
- Recipient Name: Akhilesh Gaharwar
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2017-2018 Recipients
- Recipient Name: Yu Ding
Department: Industrial and systems engineering
Impact Research: TEES Research Impact Award: for innovations in data and quality science impacting the wind energy industry. - Recipient Name: Guofei Gu
Department: Computer science and engineering
Impact Research: TEES Research Impact Award: for development of innovative software defined network security technology.
- Recipient Name: Duncan Maitland
Department: Biomedical engineering
Impact Research: TEES Research Impact Award: for development of innovative shape memory polymers (SMPs) for biomedical applications. - Recipient Name: Scott Socolofsky
Department: Civil and environmental engineering
Impact Research: TEES Research Impact Award: for development of improved forecasting tools to model the dispersal of pollutants in offshore oil spills.
- Recipient Name: Yu Ding