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Solar umbrella design advances Texas A&M team in competition

Solar umbrella design advances in contest

posted November 21, 2011
As a semifinalist in a national solar power design competition, a student team from the Texas A&M College of Architecture’s Design Process class is building a portable solar-powered umbrella capable of powering portable electronic devices.
Four College of Architecture graduates make Aggie 100 list

College alumni among Aggie 100

posted November 9, 2011
Four businesses headed by former college students Shan Jenkins ’88, Richard Garza ’88, Phillip Wales, ’78, ’79 and Ryan Pape ’01 are on a list of the 100 fastest-growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world compiled by the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship at Mays Business School.
Outstanding alum blogs about social network videos made by students in Design Process class

Riggs blogs about student videos

posted September 2, 2011
Robert Riggs, an outstanding alumnus of Texas A&M’s College of Architecture, blogged about students’ portrayals of their experiences with social media in “From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg,” a video project he assigned as a guest lecturer in the college’s summer 2011 Design Process class.
Global oil company executive shares experience with students

Conoco executive shares experience

posted August 12, 2011
As a young Conoco executive in the late 1960s, Franz Ehrhardt, now a professional fellow at Texas A&M’s College of Architecture, came up with the idea of merging the gas station and the convenience store. Through Ehrhardt’s fellowship, students are learning about this and other innovations he has developed.
Student’s iPhone app draws rave reviews, news media attention

Student’s iPhone app draws rave reviews

posted July 25, 2011
Brandon Vento, a third-year environmental design student at Texas A&M and his brother Coulton, a Kingwood High School student, have developed FlashPics, a free iPhone photo application that’s drawn raves from reviewers and an article in The Tribune, their hometown newspaper.
Ellis Custom Homes owner wins Bryan Rotary award

Alum wins Bryan Rotary award

posted June 20, 2011
As head of Ellis Custom Homes, the fourth fastest-growing small business in the Brazos Valley, Keith Ellis ’88, a construction science former student, received a Bryan Rotary/Newman 10 Award. The honor was presented to the region's 10-fastest-growing businesses.
Former BED student leads NYC pool design-build project

BED alum leads NYC pool facility project

posted May 31, 2011
Jayme Elterman ‘03, a former environmental design student, led a group of fellow students at a graduate design school in New York built Splash House, a new locker and changing room at a city pool, after designing and holding a successful fundraising campaign.
Folding bicycles, hostels among winners in 2011 Ideas Challenge

MSLD students win 2011 Ideas Challenge

posted May 20, 2011
An idea to rent folding bicycles from a kiosk earned first prize and $3000 for Patrick Daniels, a Master of Science in Land Development student, and Martin Griggs, a Master of Urban Planning student, in the 2011 Ideas Challenge, sponsored by the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship.
Students engage in international social media design experiment

Design students join worldwide social media experiment

posted April 27, 2011
As part of an international design experiment in social media, students in a design studio joined architecture students from around the globe for a collaboration with top Italian designers that culminated in an April 15 exhibit at the renowned Milan Design Fair in Milan, Italy.
Aggie team reaches semifinals of social entrepreneur competition

Aggie team reaches semifinals of social entrepreneur contest

posted April 7, 2011
A team from Texas A&M reached the semifinal round of a worldwide competition seeking university students' ideas to solve social and environmental problems. Their idea involved kids trading points they’d earned playing video games for donations to charitable causes.
Makers of the Glif develop new iPad stylus “The Cosmonaut”

'Glif' makers invent 'The Cosmonaut'

posted April 7, 2011
Two former Texas A&M design students that created the hugely successful Glif, a stand and tripod mount for the iPhone 4, are back with a new project: a stylus called The Cosmonaut that works with Apple’s iPad and other touchscreen devices.
SA-based architect shares lessons learned from 3 decades of practice

SA architect eyes 3 decades of work

posted March 31, 2011
Kenneth Fowler, principal, founding partner and executive vice president of Rialto Studio in San Antonio, discussed his three decades in landscape architecture in an April 6 lecture. He has practiced in the Alamo City since 1982 and is currently involved in project design and management of large-scale projects.
Outstanding alumnus promotes ubiquitous Web connectivity

Outstanding alumnus presents SF tech talk

posted March 28, 2011
Robert Riggs, who earned a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree in 1971, was a panelist at a social influence workshop during a 2010 emerging media conference. Riggs told participants there’s “a growing demand for users to be connected to the Internet anytime, anywhere on any screen.”