Phil Shackelford, Regional Director for Congressman Chet Edwards
Congressman Chet Edwards has been extremely supportive of our efforts in TEES in many ways. This includes advocating increases in funding for key peer reviewed programs at the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, and other federal agencies that support research in engineering here at A&M. Cong. Edwards also supports many federal initiatives put forward by TEES. He takes a strong interest in our programs and visits often. Through Cathy Reiley, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Engineering for Government Affairs, and the A&M System Washington, DC office, we work closely with the Congressman and his staff. Congressman Edwards is also represented here locally by Phil Shackelford, Director of the Regional Office in College Station. Mr. Shackelford moved into that position in August. He serves as an important point of contact on TEES programs and capabilities. We are working closely with Mr. Shackelford to inform him of TEES activities, especially those linked to federal programs. To date visits with Mr. Shackelford have taken place at the Energy Systems Laboratory, the Food Protein Research and Development Center, Nuclear Heat Transfer Systems Lab, the Offshore Technology Research Center, and the Reta and Bill Haynes ‘46 Coastal Engineering Laboratory. These have been invaluable in informing him of things going on in TEES.
Working with Cathy Reiley and Tami Sayko, more visits are being planned. Over time we would like to include as many TEES sites as possible. If you would like to have your lab, facility, or program included as part of future agendas, please let Tami Sayko know at 845-5828 or t-sayko@tamu.edu. Also if there are topics that might be addressed in future postings on the “TEES Today” blog, please pass these along to Tami or Pam Green at p-green@tamu.edu. We’d like to try to touch on as many areas as possible that would be of interest. Finally, all the best to everyone for the holidays and thank you for all your good efforts that makes TEES a success in serving the people of Texas and beyond.
Lee