HOUSTON, Texas—The Turbomachinery Laboratory at Texas A&M University hosted another record-breaking Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia last week. The 47th Turbomachinery and 34th International Pump User’s Symposia (TPS 2018) attracted 53 new companies to the George R. Brown Convention Center, for a total of 365 exhibiting companies, topping TPS 2016’s record by five companies. The exhibition […]
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Get to Know the Staff
Meet the staff behind TPS. When not hustling behind the scenes during show, the Turbo Lab staff are housed at the Turbomachinery Symposium Office on the fifth floor of the the Mechanical Engineering Office Building (MEOB) on Texas A&M’s main campus. Staff facilitate the Lab’s symposia, short courses and Turbomachinery Research Consortium annual meeting. Greg Gammon Director of Operations HIS […]
Q&A with John Whalen
John K. Whalen is an independent consultant based in Houston, and a member of the Turbomachinery Advisory Committee. He worked for Dresser-Rand in Wellsville, NY where he was involved in Large Turbine Engineering and Rotordynamics. John joined Centritech Corporation in 1988 and helped form Turbo Components & Engineering in 1991. John sold TCE to John […]
Longtime TPS short course instructor inching toward retirement
Mike Volk will teach his last short course at the 2018 symposium After 20 years of teaching the same short course at the Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia, Mike Volk has decided it’s time to retire.In 1998, Volk was invited by former Turbo Lab director Dr. Dara Childs to develop a short course for the Pump […]
Registration open for Turbo Lab’s 47th Turbomachinery & 34th Pump Symposia
The Turbomachinery Laboratory at Texas A&M University is pleased to announce registration is open for its 47th Turbomachinery and 34th International Pump Users Symposia (TPS 2018), the premiere conference for industry professionals. TPS 2018 will feature a technical program selected by an advisory committee of industry leaders, combined with an international exhibition. The event will […]
Q&A with Dr. John A. Kocur, Jr.
Dr. John A. Kocur, Jr. is a machinery engineer at ExxonMobil Research & Engineering in Houston, and a member of the Turbo Lab’s Turbomachinery Advisory Committee (TAC) since 2017. The TAC is a group of dedicated industry experts who volunteer their time to oversee the success of the Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia. Advisors are respected […]
