CIR Director Dr. Anand Puppala Elected 31st President of the ASCE Geo-Institute
Center for Infrastructure Renewal
Dr. Anand Puppala, director of the Texas A&M Center for Infrastructure Renewal, began his term as the 31st president of the ASCE Geo-Institute on Oct. 1, 2026, bringing decades of leadership and expertise in geotechnical engineering, infrastructure resilience and sustainability. Read more
DOE Assistant Secretary Visits CIR During Texas A&M Power and Energy Research Tour
Texas A&M Experiment Station (TEES)
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity Assistant Secretary Catherine “Katie” Jereza visited the Center for Infrastructure Renewal at RELLIS as part of a Texas A&M University tour highlighting advancements in power and energy research.Read more
Advancing Research Collaboration at CIR
Center for Infrastructure Renewal
CIR was pleased to welcome Dr. Nathaniel Morgan, Senior Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), for a tour hosted by Dr. Yong-Rak Kim. Dr. Morgan’s visit focused on expanding research collaboration in computational mechanics of materials, structures, and additive manufacturing.Read more
Dr. Jonathan Snodgrass Offers Insight on Record Texas Energy Demand
NBC News
Smart Grid Center researcher Dr. Jonathan Snodgrass provided expert commentary to NBC News on Texas' power grid and the impact of solar energy investments.Read more
Kyle Field Visit with CIR Researcher Highlights Real-World Structural Engineering
Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University
Dr. Kinsey Skillen's CVEN 446 Structural Steel Design students got an up-close look at Kyle Field's steel framing. The behind-the-scenes "field" trip showed what it takes to support more than 102,000 of the loudest fans in the country, putting much of CIR's High Bay Lab work into real-world context.Read more
KBTX interviewed Smart Grid Center’s Dr. Snodgrass about projected ERCOT load growth
KBTX News
Dr. Jonathan Snodgrass, Assistant Director for Modeling, Simulation and Outreach at the Texas A&M Smart Grid Center housed in the CIR, was recently interviewed by KBTX regarding the surge of data center developers looking to connect to the Texas power grid.
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