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Higher Education Notes: News about Texas colleges

Sep 3, 2010

Statesman.com - Alberto Gonzales, who was attorney general under President George W. Bush, is returning for a second year as a visiting professor of political science at Texas Tech. Gonzales, a former Texas Supreme Court justice and Texas secretary of state, often speaks to students who would be the first in their families to attend college, according to a university news release. 'I hope Texas Tech benefits from my efforts, but am more hopeful the students I've spoken to end up attending college,' he said.

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Gallery: 30 Awesome College Labs - Texas Tech University: Wind Science and Engineering Research Center

Sep 2, 2010

Popular Science - In addition to launching projectiles, students in WSERC's Debris Impact Testing Lab throw themselves into the middle of real hurricanes and tornados. Before Katrina hit, students from Texas Tech were on the scene, setting up a mobile research center to take dozens of measurements, including wind velocity and the intensity of the storm's eye.

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Projects To Develop Novel Monitoring Networks for Advanced Power Systems Selected

Sep 2, 2010

Dept. of Energy - The selected projects represent a total investment of $6.5 million, with nearly $5 million from DOE and the remaining $1.5 million in cost share provided by the recipients. FE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) will manage the research. A description of the projects follows: Texas Tech University (Lubbock, Texas)—Using an innovative two-tier framework, the proposed research will establish a comprehensive methodology to determine the type, location, and number of sensors required for component condition monitoring and fault diagnosis in fossil energy systems. Algorithms will be developed and tested on a pressure-driven, plant-wide dynamic model of a coal-based integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant, and a distributed gasifier model will be used to test sensor placement for unit level condition monitoring. The result will be an integrated model-based algorithm for sensor placement in an IGCC plant that is robust and validated with a nonlinear plant-wide dynamic model. (DOE share: $757,992; recipient share: $223,821; duration: 36 months)

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Twilight: Eclipse taps magical powers of youth tradition

Sep 2, 2010

WBOC-TV Salisbury-DoverThey relate to the pure sense of adventure, says pop culture expert Rob Weiner, librarian for Texas Tech University Libraries in Lubbock. 'They have a deep desire to ask ‘what if?' ' he says, and the 'Twilight' tales do a good job of taking that question to a new level.

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