Two engineering professors were recently elected to leadership positions in The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST).
Chemical Engineering Professor Donald Paul recently began a one-year term as president, and Dr. J. Tinsley Oden will serve on the organization’s board of directors.
The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas provides recognition to the state’s top achievers in medicine, engineering and science. The organization facilitates collaboration between scientists, engineers, academia and the corporate world to promote Texas as a research leader and “foster the next generation of scientists.”
Paul, a member of the National Academy of Engineering and director of the Texas Materials Institute, served on the original board of directors of TAMEST, and was vice president last year. His term as president will last until early 2007.
Paul, the Ernest Cockrell, Sr. Chair in Engineering, researches polymers that are used as membranes for separation of chemicals, barriers to keep molecules from diffusing through containers, or to control the rate of delivery of drugs to the body. He also investigates polymer nanocomposites and blends for various applications including use in automobiles.
Oden, an aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics professor, was elected to the board of directors through a member-wide elections process, and will serve for three years.
Oden holds the Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering No. 2, and is associate vice president for research and director of the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences. He develops computer models and algorithms to implement theories that solve a wide range of problems, from automobile design to manufacturing processes to surgical procedures. He is currently the principal investigator of a research group using computational methods to study step-and-flash lithography, a nano-manufacturing technique for semiconductors.
Other recently-elected board members include Dr. Kenneth Shine of The University of Texas System, Dr. Harry Swinney of the university’s College of Natural Sciences, Dr. Richard Tapia of Rice University and Dr. Huda Zoghbi of the Baylor College of Medicine. The new TAMEST vice president is Dr. Daniel Foster of UT Southwestern Medical Center.
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