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New UTC on Coastal Research and Education Actions for Transportation Equity (CREATE) with TEES as a consortia member

Center for Infrastructure Renewal

This year, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced grant awards for multiple University Transportation Centers (UTCs). TEES, TTI and Texas A&M University will lead or aid eight of these during the 2022-2026 Program. Read more

Smart Grid Center

Smart Grid Center Short Course “Primer on the Planning and Operation of Large-Scale Electric Grids”

Smart Grid Center

Registration is Open for the Short Course “Primer on the Planning and Operation of Large-Scale Electric Grids” to be Held at TAMU on October 24-26, 2023Read more

Dr. Edith Arámbula-Mercado named Deputy Director of the CIR

Center for Infrastructure Renewal

Effective August 1, Research Engineer and Program Manager Dr. Edith Arámbula-Mercado was named Deputy Director of the CIR (Center for Infrastructure Renewal).Read more

CIR labs to be utilized for upcoming UTC research, Dr. Jeffrey Bullard named PI

Center for Infrastructure Renewal

Dr. Jeffrey Bullard, Professor in Civil & Environmental Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering and a preeminent researcher in Infrastructure Materials at CIR is the lead PI from TEES and TAMU on a new University Transportation Center (UTC), "Innovative Bridge Technologies & Accelerated BridRead more

Center for Infrastructure Renewal receives visit from ARPA-E

Center for Infrastructure Renewal

Dr. Marina Sofos, Program Director, and Dr. Kalena Stovall, Technical Consultant (SETA) for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), visited the Center for Infrastructure Renewal to assess the progress of the "Hempcrete 3D Printed Buildings for Sustainability and Resilience" project.Read more

Center for Infrastructure Renewal Celebrates 5th Anniversary

Center for Infrastructure Renewal

Center for Infrastructure Renewal celebrates fifth anniversary Read more

Assistant Professor Dr. Kinsey Skillen tours the new George H.W. Bush Pavilion with Design Class

Center for Infrastructure Renewal

Dr. Kinsey Skillen, Assistant Professor with the Zachary Department of Civil Engineering and faculty researcher at the Center For Infrastructure Renewal (CIR), provided a tour of the new building construction site at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum.Read more

Center for Infrastructure Renewal, TEES Research

2023 TEES Annual Research Conference (TARC), “Elevated 3 Minute Pitch” Competition

Center for Infrastructure Renewal, TEES Research

Nripojyoti Biswas, Ph.D, with the #TAMUcir Center for Infrastructure Renewal was awarded a $2500 Award for a Hurricane project that will develop a risk monitoring tool for coastal communities in the Gulf of Mexico using a data-driven approach to increase resilience to catastrophic climate events andRead more

TEES Smart Grid Center, Center for Infrastructure Renewal

2023 Energy and Power Research Day

TEES Smart Grid Center, Center for Infrastructure Renewal

This year the Energy and Power Research Day sponsored by the TEES Smart Grid Center (SGC) and the Energy and Power Group of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering was held at the Center for Infrastructure Renewal (CIR) located on the TAMUS RELLIS Campus on April 28, 2023.Read more

Center for Infrastructure Renewal, TEES Research Initiatives

ERDC visits RELLIS Campus for future research initiatives with Texas A&M University

Center for Infrastructure Renewal, TEES Research Initiatives

Dr. David Horner, IT Lab Director and Mr. Quincy Alexander, IT Lab Division Chief with ERDC recently visited the RELLIS campus for discussions concerning cybersecurity, proposed robotics, remote sensing and UAV works in Civil Infrastructure fields. Read more

Smart Grid Center, Center for Infrastructure Renewal

Exhibit During Night at the Zach, 3/24/2023

Smart Grid Center, Center for Infrastructure Renewal

Night at the Zach was a fun-filled evening of experiential learning to inspire young minds for pursuing STEM-related interestsRead more

Center for Infrastructure Renewal

Texas A&M partners with Prairie View A&M to lead national transportation center

Center for Infrastructure Renewal

Dr. Anand J. Puppala, Director of the #TAMUcir Center for Infrastructure Renewal is a PI from the Texas Engineering Experimental Station #TEESresearch of Texas A&M University. He participated in a special ceremony Monday announcing the $2.5 million commitment from the A&M System. Read more

National Corrosion & Reliability Lab, Center for Infrastructure Renewal

Graduate student accepted into Leadership Development Program

National Corrosion & Reliability Lab, Center for Infrastructure Renewal

Industry leaders can start from anywhere. For Alan Martinez, a graduate student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, his journey began by being selected to participate in the Association for Materials Protection and Performance’s…Read more news Graduate student accepted into Leadership Development Program

Smart Grid Center, Center for Infrastructure Renewal

Energy & Power Research Day

Smart Grid Center, Center for Infrastructure Renewal

Energy & Power Research Day Read more

Patrick Ryan, of ABS visits Center for Infrastructure Renewal at RELLIS campus

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Patrick Ryan, of ABS Technology visits Center for Infrastructure Renewal at RELLIS campusRead more

Center for Infrastructure Renewal

Distinguished Professor Dr. Jimmy Williams, Jr. Tours the Texas A&M University Campus & Center for Infrastructure Renewal at RELLIS

Center for Infrastructure Renewal

Distinguished Professor Dr. Jimmy Williams tours the Center for Infrastructure Renewal at RELLISRead more

Center for Infrastructure Renewal

Dr. Anand Puppala Recently Named Director of the Center for Infrastructure Renewal at Texas A&M University RELLIS Campus

Center for Infrastructure Renewal

Dr. Anand Puppala Recently Named Director of the Center for Infrastructure Renewal at Texas A&M University RELLIS CampusRead more

HVIL at the Center for Infrastructure Renewal

NASA JSC Team Visits HVIL at the CIR

HVIL at the Center for Infrastructure Renewal

NASA JSC Team Tours HVIL at the Center for Infrastructure Renewal Read more

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CRH Americas Tours RELLIS Campus & Center for Infrastructure Renewal

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CRH Americas Tours the RELLIS Campus & the Center for Infrastructure Renewal (CIR) Read more

Center for Infrastructure Renewal

ERDC’s Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) Visits CIR

Center for Infrastructure Renewal

Earlier this month, the Geotechnical and Unbound Materials Innovation Lab and the Advanced Infrastructure Materials and Manufacturing Lab at the CIR were visited by ERDC’s Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL).Read more

Maria Koliou

Koliou to study seismic impact on aging houses with NSF grant

Maria Koliou

Dr. Maria Koliou received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the impact of these seismic events on aging wooden residential buildings and communities.Read more

Dr. Hemanta Hazarika Presented Talk on “Earthquake Induced Fluidized Flow in Ground with Gentle Slopes”

Center for Infrastructure Renewal

As part of the Center for Infrastructure Renewal's Seminar Series, Dr. Hemanta Hazarika provided a talk on "Earthquake Induced Fluidized Flow in Ground with Gentle Slopes".Read more

Krishneswar Ramineni

Krishneswar Ramineni Awarded GSI Fellowship

Krishneswar Ramineni

Krishneswar Ramineni with the Geomechanics/Geotechnical Research Group was recently awarded a GSI Fellowship.Read more

Anand Puppala

Dr. Puppala to Provide ASCE Sustainability Webinar on 10/05

Anand Puppala

Join the American Society of Civil Engineers Sustainability Technical Committee and Geo-Institute of ASCE on Wednesday, October 5th at 12:00pm ET for a free, live webinar via the ASCE Continuing Education.Read more

Homero Castaneda, Raymundo Case, Yuan Ding

NCMRL Advanced Manufacturing Articles

Homero Castaneda, Raymundo Case, Yuan Ding

The NCMRL recently published new research articles focused on advanced manufacturing in highly recognized journals of material sciences.Read more

Yong-Rak Kim

Kim elected fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers

Yong-Rak Kim

Dr. Yong-Rak Kim, with the Advanced Infrastructure Materials & Manufacturing Lab, was elected a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Congratulations to Dr. Kim on this great honor, recognizing his efforts in the civil engineering field.Read more

Anand Puppala, Raymundo Case, Pete Keating

Federal Highway Administration Engineer Visits CIR

Anand Puppala, Raymundo Case, Pete Keating

Silas Nichols, Principal Bridge Engineer - Geotechnical at Federal Highway Administration, visited Dr. Anand Puppala, Interim Director at the Center for Infrastructure Renewal, where he was able to tour the CIR facilities.Read more

Thomas Lacy Jr

Hypervelocity Gas Gun at CIR Visited by Atomic Frontier

Thomas Lacy Jr

The Shield Lab's Hypervelocity Impact team was recently visited by YouTuber, Atomic Frontier. The lab's research is aimed at enabling unique high-rate materials characterization and multiscale numerical model development and implementation. Read more

Anand Puppala, Homero Castaneda-Lopez, Zachary Grasley, Petros Sideris

Improving infrastructure materials through scalable testing

Anand Puppala, Homero Castaneda-Lopez, Zachary Grasley, Petros Sideris

In a state as vast as Texas, temperatures can be extreme. From the daunting heat of long summer days to record-breaking cold snaps, the drastic fluctuation has the potential to adversely affect infrastructure. Research at the CIR encompasses all aspects of infrastructure.Read more

Thomas Overbye

Using historical weather data to optimize power grid

Thomas Overbye

Dr. Thomas Overbye, head of the Control Room Lab at the CIR, is investigating a novel way that historical weather can play a crucial role in benefiting the grid today by researching the outlier weather conditions.Read more

Thomas Lacy Jr

East Texas News Station Visits the HVIL to Discuss the Importance of Tornado Safety Measures

Thomas Lacy Jr

The Hypervelocity Impact Lab (HVIL), part of the CIR Shield Lab, had researchers weighed in on the importance of seeking proper safety during a tornado. The HVIL is aimed at enabling unique high-rate materials characterization and multiscale numerical model development and implementatiRead more

Petros Sideris, Maria Koliou, Zachary Grasley, Anand Puppala, Manish Dixit, Wei Yan

Texas A&M receives $3.74M for green, 3D-printed hempcrete buildings research

Petros Sideris, Maria Koliou, Zachary Grasley, Anand Puppala, Manish Dixit, Wei Yan

Dr. Sideris and other CIR experts were part of a team selected to receive $3.74M in funding from the US Department of Energy. Their goal is to develop resilient, net carbon negative building designs for residential and commercial applications via large-scale 3D printing with hempcrete.Read more

Katherine Davis

Protecting the power grid through cyber-physical threat response

Katherine Davis

Dr. Katherine Davis, with the Control Room lab, and her research team are utilizing cyber and physical information alongside models with artificial intelligence to provide a solution that helps energy management systems protect themselves with semi-automated, real-time data analysis.Read more

Stefan Hurlebaus, Homero Castaneda, Maria Koliou, James Kaihatu, Petros Sideris, and Anand Puppala

Outstanding researchers recognized during faculty awards ceremony

Stefan Hurlebaus, Homero Castaneda, Maria Koliou, James Kaihatu, Petros Sideris, and Anand Puppala

The Engineering Genesis (EG) Award for Multidisciplinary Research was presented to 27 Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) researchers and their teams, including the CIR's Stefan Hurlebaus, Homero Castaneda, Maria Koliou, James Kaihatu, Petros Sideris, and Anand Puppala.Read more

Amy Epps-Martin

College of Engineering recognizes outstanding faculty during event

Amy Epps-Martin

Dr. Amy Epps-Martin, with the CIR Materials and Pavements group, was recently awarded a Dean of Excellence Faculty Award during the event on March 29th. Read more

Chao Ma

Ma receives NSF CAREER award to research ceramic additive manufacturing

Chao Ma

Dr. Chao Ma, with the Advanced Infrastructure Materials and Manufacturing Lab, recently received the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) — one of the most prestigious awards for up-and-coming researchers.Read more

Thomas Overbye

Overbye, Birchfield publish new edition of book on power systems

Thomas Overbye

Dr. Thomas Overbye, with the CIR Control Room Lab, and Dr. Adam Birchfield, assistant professor, both in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, co-authored a new edition of the widely used book titled "Power System Analysis and Design.”Read more

Le Xie

Targeted demand response reduces price volatility of electric grid

Le Xie

Dr. Le Xie, part of the Control Room Lab, and his team found that focusing on a few strategic locations across the state outside of those high-population areas is much more cost-effective and can have a greater impact on the price volatility of the grid.Read more

Anand Puppala, Surya Congress

New Committee to Focus on Innovations in Geotechnical Engineering

Anand Puppala, Surya Congress

Dr. Anand Puppala, along with Dr. Surya Congress, is leading a new committee for ASCE GeoInstitute Board to focus on innovations in Geotechnical Engineering. Read more

Stefan Hurlebaus, Mary Beth Hueste

College of Engineering honors faculty with investitures

Stefan Hurlebaus, Mary Beth Hueste

Outstanding faculty members from the Texas A&M University College of Engineering received one of the highest honors in academia during the recent investiture ceremony, including CIR experts Drs. Hurlebaus and Hueste.Read more

Army Corps of Engineers team tours Center for Infrastructure Renewal

Center for Infrastructure Renewal

A team of scientists and researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) traveled to Texas A&M University recently for a firsthand look at the ever-expanding capabilities and innovative research underway at the Center for Infrastructure Renewal.Read more

Mary Beth D. Hueste

TTI’s Hueste Receives Joe W. Kelly Award from American Concrete Institute

Mary Beth D. Hueste

Dr. Mary Beth D. Hueste was recently honored by the American Concrete Institute (ACI) for her contributions to educating the next generation of engineers and her leadership in advancing the concrete industry through research and committee activities.Read more

12 faculty among top 2% in their fields for single-year impact

Center for Infrastructure Renewal

Twelve CVEN faculty members, including CIR experts, were recently recognized among the top 2% in their field for single-year impact in 2020, according to Elsevier. Read more

Thomas Overbye

Texas A&M Expert: Texas Power Grid Should Be OK

Thomas Overbye

Thomas Overbye, director of the Smart Grid Center housed in the CIR Control Room Lab, says there should not be a repeat of last year’s power grid collapse.Read more

Amy Epps-Martin, Edith Arambula

Asphalt binder and mixture properties paper wins Transportation Research Board award

Amy Epps-Martin, Edith Arambula

Dr. Amy Epps-Martin, of the CIR Asphalt Innovation Lab, with co-authors including TTI Research Engineer Edith Arambula paper comparing measured asphalt binder properties and corresponding asphalt mixture cracking performance parameters in a recent study won a Transportation Research Board award.Read more

Petros Sideris, Anand Puppala, Maria Koliou, Luciana Bassoro, Zachary Grasley, Mary Beth Hueste

Grant focuses on need for resilient infrastructure and diversity enrollment

Petros Sideris, Anand Puppala, Maria Koliou, Luciana Bassoro, Zachary Grasley, Mary Beth Hueste

The Graduate Assistantships in Areas of National Need (GAANN) program led by Dr. Petros Sideris and other CIR experts will offer GAANN Fellows well-rounded training in research and teaching, as well as access to the CIR's advanced equipment including small- and large-scale 3D printers.Read more

TTI’s Mukhopadhyay Develops Test Methods for Cracking-Resistant Concrete

Center for Infrastructure Renewal

In collaboration with TTI Assistant Research Scientist Kai Wei Liu, TTI Senior Research Scientist Anol Mukhopadhyay, part of the CIR Concrete Innovation Lab, recently developed two alkali-silica reaction test methods for cracking-resistant concrete. Read more

Anol Mukhopadhyay

TTI’s Anol Mukhopadhyay Increases Awareness of Fly Ash Approach

Anol Mukhopadhyay

TTI Senior Research Scientist Anol Mukhopadhyay presented the session Evaluating the Effectiveness of Fly Ashes and Other Potential Alternatives to Mitigate Alkali–Silica Reaction (ASR) Using an Innovative Performance-based Approach.Read more

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National Corrosion and Materials Reliability Lab

Shield Lab (Hypervelocity Impact Lab) for Infrastructure Protection

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