TEES Blog – Research Services

As a systems engineer, Dr. G. Kemble Bennett has done his share of designing and managing complex engineering projects for NASA and the aerospace industry, and in running his own company. As Vice Chancellor and Dean of Engineering for The Texas A&M University System, Bennett now has the opportunity to apply his systems engineering expertise to engineering education through the National Science Foundation grant Transforming Organizations to Maximize Engineering Student Learning Across The Texas A&M University System. (more…)

TEES Research Services is bidding farewell to two of its own. Erin Kinne, who was serving as a Contract Negotiator has accepted a position as Business Coordinator I in TAMU-Qatar and Elena Rodriguez, Administrative Assistant for Contract Negotiations, has accepted the position of Assistant to the Department Head of Chemical Engineering.

We will miss these dedicated ladies but are excited for them as they delve into the new chapters in their lives. We wish them well in their future endeavors.

Last month Pam McConal joined Research Services as our newest Proposal Administrator. Pam is from Bryan and has been with The Texas A&M System for nearly 25 years, most recently she spent 8 years in Aerospace Engineering where she worked as Administrative Coordinator.

Freddie Hunter, Associate Director of TEES states, “Pam is a great addition to our proposal unit. We are very fortunate to have her as part of our team!!”

Many of you have worked with Lisa Hallford over the years. She has coordinated the electronic routing of proposals for years, and has handled administrative duties for Research Services since February of 2001. In June of this year, she took on new duties and responsibilities. She will now serve as the newest proposal administrator. As she gets up and running specific departments will be assigned to her, but for now, please take a moment to congratulate Lisa on this new endeavor. Freddie Hunter, Associate Director of TRS shares his thoughts on this change: “I am thrilled that Lisa has shown an interest to become a proposal administrator, hopefully she will be with us for years to come.”

We are evaluating way of getting information to TEES PIs. Please take a moment to let us know which forms of communication we currently use and thoughts on some new forms we could implement. Email your thoughts to evasquez@tamu.edu.

• funding ActiviTEES – our monthly electronic newsletter

• TEES blog – http://teesblog.tamu.edu/rs/

• Targeted Emails – used for funding opportunites

• TEES Website – http://tees.tamu.edu/trs

• Facebook Group- would you be our ‘friend’?

• Carrier Pigeon – just seeing if you are paying attention ;)

Due to the reorganization that occurred in late March, all “pre-award” functions are now handled by TEES Research Services (TRS). This includes funding opportunities, proposal preparation and submission, contract negotiation and research compliance.

David Hollingsworth remains the Director of Research Services. Freddie Hunter is the Associate Director for Proposal Services, in Contract Services Cindy Baxter is the Associate Director and Katherine Kissmann is the Assistant Director, and Sean Rubino is the Compliance Officer. (more…)

Acronym: noun [ak-ruh-nim] a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words.Here are a few acronyms in frequent use at TEES (more…)