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 […]
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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 […]
Q&A with Mark J. Kuzdzal
Mark J. Kuzdzal is head of advanced components and methods at Dresser-Rand – A Siemens Business. He has been a member of the Turbo Lab’s Turbomachinery Advisory Committee for 16 years. The TAC is a group of dedicated industry experts who volunteer their time to oversee the success of the Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia. Advisers […]
Q&A with Ken Atkins
What do perfect 1980s hair, carne guisada, carousel slide projectors and the Masters Tournament have in common? Ken Atkins. It’s the fall of 2017 and Turbo Lab staff are about to go live with a new and improved Turbo Lab website. Several members of the staff hastily download all Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia proceedings for […]
TURBO LAB’S TPS EXHIBITORS, PARTNERS RAISE MORE THAN $10,000 IN RELIEF FUNDS
LEFT TO RIGHT: MARTHA BARTON AND BROOKE CONRAD OF THE TURBOMACHINERY LABORATORY; RICK POLLICK, NICK HACKETT AND DREW DEVITT OF NEW WAY AIR BEARINGS; JOSHUA SIEGEL OF THE TURBOMACHINERY LABORATORY; RYAN MARKS AND BOBBY BROWN OF PSC COUPLINGS; AND ELISA MAENHOUT, CHARLI MATTHEWS AND REBEKAH MECHTENSIMER OF EMPOWERING BRANDS Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia (TPS) exhibitors and […]
REMEMBERING TURBO LAB DIRECTOR, TPS FOUNDING MEMBER DR. MEHERWAN BOYCE
Dr. Meherwan P. Boyce, a founding member the Turbomachinery Symposium and first director of the Turbomachinery Laboratory, then known as the Gas Turbine Laboratories, died Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. He was 75 years old. He is survived by his wife, Zarine, son, Phiroz, and daughter, Anita. Boyce received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering […]
