Maritime Transportation & Engineering
Texas A&M Galveston Researchers Receive Grants to Study the Effects of Hurricane Harvey
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced awards totaling more than $1.2 million to support 13 research projects throughout the Texas A&M University System whose aim is to understand the effects of natural disasters like Hurricane Harvey. Read More
Golden Bear Ports In Galveston
With a flotilla of Aggie Mom's leading the way and the Texas A&M Galveston research vessel Trident playing the Aggie War Hymn, the California State University Maritime Academy - Cal Maritime training ship Golden Bear arrived at port in Galveston Monday. The Texas A&M Maritime Academy has had a long time relationship with our brother academy, Cal. Maritime in Vallejo, California. Read More
Finland-based company donates massive $500,000 engine to Texas A&M Galveston
Trying to fix some loose bearings on an engine that’s the size of a school bus is a daunting task, but some Texas A&M University at Galveston students are learning engine repair that may come in handy one day when they are engineers aboard a ship on the high seas, thanks to a generous donation from a Finnish company. Read More
Texas A&M Galveston Receives New Scientific Research Vessel
Texas A&M University at Galveston has just taken delivery of a new $2.5 million dollar research vessel: the R/V Trident. The new research vessel was recently featured in several television news stories. Read More
Upgraded training ship carries Aggies to sea
The Texas A&M Maritime Academy’s TS General Rudder flagship training vessel recently departed for the first of two training cruises in the Gulf of Mexico. Read More
Student leaders help build the future
At Texas A&M at Galveston, when student leaders offer advice, the campus community listens. Read More
Texas A&M University at Galveston students sail the Gulf of Mexico to prepare for lucrative maritime careers.
Captains, officers and students of the Texas Maritime Academy, part of Texas A&M University at Galveston, recently departed for the first of two training cruises in the Gulf of Mexico this summer. Read More
TAMUG engineering professor develops cost-effective off-shore wind turbines.
Texas leads the U.S. in energy production with a combination of oil, wind, natural gas, solar and biofuel power. The state also produces the most wind power of any state in the nation, but with a growing population, there is a demand for more resources of alternative energy. Read More
TAMUG graduate appointed to direct National Transportation Safety Board’s Office of Marine Safety.
Tracy Murrell, a graduate of Texas A&M University at Galveston, and former resident of Plano, has just been appointed as director of the National Transportation Safety Board’s Office of Marine Safety. Read More
Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association names TAMUG’s Ryan Carden to its 2010 All Academic Sailing Team
Ryan Carden, a junior Marine Transportation major -- and member of the sailing team -- at Texas A&M University at Galveston, is one of nine students in the nation that the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) has selected for its 2010 First Team All Academic Sailing Team. Read More