Brown Scholars Win Gathright Scholar, Dean’s Excellence Award and Honorable Mention- College of Engineering
Two students in each classification in each college are selected for recognition; the top student is recognized with the Gathright Scholar Award and the second with the Dean’s Excellence Award. Two additional students are selected for honorable mention. Gathright and Dean’s Excellence Awards recognize and celebrate outstanding first and second year students with exceptional promise […]
Trenton Watson, Nacho Durante, Daniel Alexander, and Rahul Ayanampudi place 10th overall at Spaceport America Cup
Brown Scholars Nacho (Juan) Durante, Trenton Watson, Daniel Alexander, and Rahul Ayanampudi competed in the Spaceport America Cup competition in Las Cruces, New Mexico against 152 teams including 62 international teams. The team developed a camera payload for live video transmission and telemetry during and after launch and a radar payload that measures altitude […]
Daniel Chen Receives Lockheed Martin Internship and Wins First Place at TAMUHACK 2024
Brown Scholar Daniel Chen, a rising sophomore, secured a prestigious 2024 Software Engineering internship at the Aeronautics Department of Lockheed Martin after completing his freshman year. Daniel and his team build testing software for the F-35 aircraft’s sensor fusion system. The sensor fusion system eliminates the need for pilots to manually read and analyze sensor outputs […]
Athul Mohanram Receives Lockheed Martin Internship and is the Incoming President of Partners in Health Engage
Brown Scholar Athul Mohanram, a rising sophomore, secured a prestigious 2024 Software Engineering Internship at Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control Division after completing his freshman year. His team is developing a missile launcher interface in collaboration with Lockheed’s Next-Gen Short Range Interceptor team. Athul is the incoming President of Partners in Health Engage (PIH Engage), a […]
Gowtham Kadiyala and His Team Win 1st Place at Phantom Aggies Invent
Brown Scholar Gowtham Kadiyala and his team won 1st place at Phantom Aggies Invent, a collaboration between TAMU and III Armored Corps. Their invention modified new-generation military vehicles carrying transport stretchers for injured soldiers during emergencies and heavy combat. The team designed a versatile rack that slides onto an existing rail system at the back of […]
Freshmen Brown Scholars Win 1st Place at TAMUHACK 2024 – American Airlines Challenge
Brown Scholars Daniel Chen, Arjun Madana, and Tejas Kalpathi won 1st place at TAMUHACK 2024-American Airlines Challenge against 30+ project competitors. The Brown Scholar team created Air Buds, a fun, rewarding, and educational app to engage children and parents on airline flights with interactive quizzes, fun facts, and flight-wide competitions. Learn More
Ashwin Parameswaran and His Team Participated in American Solar Challenge Win 7th Place and Receive Team Resilience Award
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Caitlin Sannes and Her Team Win 1st Place at the Biomedical Engineering Project Showcase
Brown Scholar Caitlin Sannes and her team won 1st place at the Biomedical Engineering Showcase. They improved a vesicoamniotic shunt to treat fetal lower urinary tract obstructions. The team created a pigtail shunt with a nitinol piece that can be inserted into a fetal bladder using minimally invasive ultrasound guidance. The pigtail shunt resists dislodgement while […]
Carson Benner and His Team Win Engineering Project Showcase and 2nd Place at SICK $10K Challenge
Brown Scholar and incoming EnMed student Carson Benner and his team won 1st place overall in the Engineering Project Showcase (300 engineering design capstone teams and 1,400 students). Their invention improves surgical lighting by applying SICK LiDAR sensing technology to an autonomous operating room light. The team also won 2nd place in the $10K […]
Brown Scholar Rishith Ramamurthy and His Team Win 2nd Place At the Biomedical Engineering Project Showcase
Brown Scholar Rishith Ramamurthy and his team won 2nd place at the Biomedical Engineering Project Showcase for their design of a novel Type I diabetes treatment that combines two separate subcutaneous devices- a continuous glucose monitor and an insulin infusion set. The device provides continuous glucose monitoring and tracks blood sugar while delivering insulin in […]
