Maritime Systems Engineering

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.

On Friday, April 30, 2010, family, friends, colleagues, and classmates of Thomas W. Powell '62 gathered to watch as he christened the Powell Marine Engineering Complex of the Mitchell Campus of Texas A&M University at Galveston.