2006 Annual meeting of TAMEST

Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006

Kay Bailey Hutchison
United States Senator
TAMEST Honorary Chairman

C. Thomas Caskey
TAMEST Past President
Director, Institute of Molecular Medicine
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Donald R. Paul
TAMEST President
Ernest Cockrell, Sr. Chair In Engineering
Director, Texas Materials Institute
The University of Texas at Austin

Engineering symposium presenters

Dr. Joseph P. Colaco
College of Architecture, University of Houston
President, CBM Engineers, Inc.

"Design and Construction of an Innovative Panel System for Affordable, Safe, Energy Efficient Housing"

Dr. Arumugam Manthiram
Ashley H. Priddy Centennial Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

"Prospects and Challenges of Fuel Cell Technology"

Dr. Robert Sandstrom
Exxon Mobil Upstream Research Supervisor
Offshore Division, Marine Engineering Section

"Technology Challenges Facing Future Offshore Oil and Gas Development"

Dr. Kenneth H. Stokoe, II
Jennie C. and Milton T. Graves Chair in Engineering
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

"Subsurface Imaging of Ground Conditions for Engineering Applications"

Dinner for 2006 Edith and Peter O'Donnell Awards recipients

Dr. Harvey Fineberg
President
Institute of Medicine

Dr. Gerard Karsenty, M.D., Ph.D.
Recipient of 2006 O'Donnell Award in Medicine
Professor, Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine

Dr. Lynn Loo
Recipient of 2006 O'Donnell Award in Engineering
General Dynamics Endowed Faculty Fellow in Engineering
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Michael Rosen
Recipient of 2006 O'Donnell Award in Science
Professor, Biochemistry and Pharmacology
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Friday, Jan. 6, 2006

Biomedical sciences symposium presenters

Michael E. DeBakey, M.D.
Chancellor Emeritus
Baylor College of Medicine

"Mechanical Circulatory Assistance"

Helen H. Hobbs, M.D.
Howard Hughes Investigator, Professor of Internal Medicine
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

"Genetic Protection from Coronary Atherosclerosis"

Dianna Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D.
President George H.W. Bush Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine, Professor and Director of Medical Genetics
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

"Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections: Using Genetics to Unravel Pathways to These Fatal Diseases"

Thomas P. Zwaka, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine

"Embryonic Stem Cell Research"