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Oct 7, 2013
TCE Today - Sacco is now the dean of engineering at Texas Tech University, but flew as the payload specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia on a 16-day shuttle mission STS-73 in 1995 and was the first practising chemical engineer to do so. His role aboard Columbia focussed on materials science, biotechnology, combustion science and fluid mechanics contained within the pressurised Spacelab module.
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Oct 4, 2013
Ten new members were inducted Thursday for their outstanding performance in teaching and research.
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Oct 4, 2013
ProHealth- Chad Paton, an assistant professor of nutritional biochemistry in the Department of Nutrition, Hospitality and Retailing, said he and colleagues were curious why skeletal muscles of obese people contained a certain type of enzyme that breaks down saturated fats.
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Oct 4, 2013
Inside Higher Ed- Inside Higher Ed conducted an e-mail interview about the plan and the role of faculty in NCAA matters with Brian Shannon, president of the 1A FAR Board and a law professor at Texas Tech University, and the past president Josephine R. Potuto, law professor at the University of Nebraska. Excerpts of their responses follow.
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