Keeping Ports Afloat

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Between 1970 and 2002, the volume of United States overseas trade more than doubled. It’s expected to double again by 2016. How do goods enter the United States? Ninety-nine percent of it moves through U.S. ports. With 367 miles of coastline and 29 ports, the state of Texas is now facing the daunting task of [...]

From Every Angle: Engineering Homeland Security at the Texas A&M University System

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Q&A with Dr. G. Kemble Bennett Dr. G. Kemble Bennett, dean of the Dwight Look College of Engineering, director of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station and vice chancellor of the Texas A&M University System talks about terrorism, engineering solutions to protect our citizens and the day the towers fell. “Not in my wildest moments did [...]

Mobile Emissions 101

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The Methods Behind the Estimates The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) is at the forefront in developing methods and procedures to apply the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPAs) MOBILE emissions rate program to estimate on-road mobile source emissions in Texas. The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires the EPA to set limits on the amount of certain pollutants [...]