CONGRATULATIONS! to Gary Don Seidel, recipient of the 2008 Distinguished Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research. He graduated from TAMU in August 2007 with a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering under the direction of Dr. Dimitris Lagoudas. His doctoral research focused on “Micromechanics Modeling of the Multifunctional Nature of Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Nanocomposites”. During his graduate program, he was an inaugural recipient of the Sandia National Laboratories/Texas A&M University Doctoral Fellowship in Engineering (2002-2006). Dr. Seidel is currently employed as a postdoctoral research associate with the Texas Institute of intelligent Bio-Nano Materials and Structures for Aerospace Vehicles (TiiMS), and, also, as a lecturer with the Aerospace Engineering Department, Texas A&M University. Dr. Seidel plans to pursue an academic career in the near future.

Dr. Bob Webb (Interim Dean of Graduate Studies), Dr. Gary Seidel, Aerospace Engineering, Mr. Marty Holmes (Assistant Executive Director, Association of Former Students).