Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University

Imagine 200+ students competing by role-playing technical sales scenarios with 70+ industry partners serving as judges. That's the TIES (Technical, Industrial, and Engineering Sales) Showdown at Texas A&M University! 🏆 This semester's Final Four, pictured left to right, were Luke Sims (winner), Rebecca Herbrich, Ryan Thill and Hunter Bock. Huge thanks to the industry partners who took time out of their busy schedules and traveled from far and wide to support and network with our rising stars! Kudos to Dr. Willy Bolander, Dr. Maria Rouziou, Dr. Lee Allison and the Industrial Distribution team for creating this outstanding opportunity for our students. Learn more about TIES: https://tx.ag/TIES, our Technical Sales minor: https://lnkd.in/gJHMynA6 and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M: https://tx.ag/TAMUid #IndustrialDistribution #TechnicalSales #Sales

Invent For the Planet! 🌎 Congratulations David Torck, Master of Science in Engineering Technology student, and the interdisciplinary team of Gnome Energy, who took the "Most Feasible" Award at this year's Invent for the Planet event! Pictured left to right, members are: Abdullah Elsheikh - CHEM David Torck - MSET Harish Patibanda - ECEN Alex Gilliland - MEEN Anjali Patel - MEEN Parvathi Menon - AERO ❓Challenge: Developing Lower Carbon Solutions for the Energy Sector ✅ Solution: Gnome Energy developed a simple modular system that stagnates the ever-growing dependency on the US power grid. Their system utilizes a power system segmented into power generation, power management, and data management. By supplementing hybrid renewable energy solutions tied to the power grid within existing infrastructure zones, the need for fossil fuel energy drops. Additionally, through the data management tool surveying each site, a better understanding of how modern structures affect the environment from which we derive our energy. ❗️"Fossil fuels are like credit card debt, you can't start paying back what you've lost until you stop running up the tab," says the team. Learn more about Invent for the Planet: https://tx.ag/4rgvwTk #Invent #Energy #TAMUetid #TAMUengineering

Aggie Robotics Team Advances to World Championships! 🏆 Team WHOOP is moving on to the VEX world championships after winning the Excellence Award and Robotics Skills Challenge at the Texas State Championships. ETID is represented on the team by MXET's Anirudh Balabhadrapatruni, Ryan Smeltzer and Amith Yedavalli. The Sportsmanship Award was awarded to another Aggie Robotics team, WHOOP5, which includes MXET's James McFarland and Trevor Snow. Bradley Stiles, an MSET graduate student and president of Aggie Robotics, and Michael Hesseltine, an ESET student and Vice President of Aggie Robotics, support both teams. Huge thanks to faculty advisor Dr. Isuru Godage and staff advisor Rosanne Gueguen! Read more at https://tx.ag/VEXU2025 #TAMUEngineering #VEXU #Robotics #TAMUetid

Stop by to meet an impressive group of industry partners at the casual Technical, Industrial, and Engineering Sales Connection Fair on March 27 from 1:00-5:00 in the MSC Gates Ballroom! We look forward to seeing you there! #IndustrialDistribution #TechnicalSales #Sales

"Blessed to Be Stressed" - The Busy Life of an Engineering student Industrial distribution student Vaishnavi Bhat '26 is developing strong leadership and career skills while serving the university and the College of Engineering. Read her story in Engineering News: https://tx.ag/bhat Learn more about Industrial distribution: https://tx.ag/TAMUid Learn more about Zachry Leadership Program: https://tx.ag/ZachLP #IndustrialDistribution #TAMUetid #StudentLeaders

Engage with Industrial Distribution students as they showcase their hard work, innovation, and talent. Mark your calendar for April 25th! #TAMUengr #IndustrialDistribution #TAMUid

Attention Industry Partners! The March 27-28 TIES (Technical, Industrial, and Engineering Student) Sales Showdown is a great place to find your next outstanding salesperson. We have 200+ students in our Sales Engineering course, and the TIES Sales Showdown is an unparalleled opportunity to interact with them. We are nearing capacity for this event, with fewer than 10 spots remaining for industry partners. Get plugged in before it's too late! Contact Dr. Willy Bolander at wcbolander@tamu.edu. Learn more and watch highlight videos: www.tx.ag/TIES #Recruiting #Sales #IndustrialDistribution

ETID is proud to be part of this groundbreaking collaboration, with our Dr. Sabit Ekin as the director of Texas A&M’s new Generative AI Literacy Initiative through the Institute of Data Science. #NextGenAI #ArtificialIntelligence #TAMUetid

Congratulations to Dr. Sabit Ekin, associate professor in our Electronic Systems Engineering Technology program, as he has been named Director of the newly launched Generative AI Literacy Initiative through the Texas A&M Institute of Data Science. The initiative is in collaboration with OpenAI's NextGenAI, a consortium involving 15 leading research institutions, including Texas A&M, MIT, Harvard, Duke, Caltech, and the University of Oxford. The Generative AI Literacy Initiative aims to provide hands-on training in generative AI, foster responsible AI usage in academic settings and equip our community with essential AI skills for the future. #NextGenAI #ArtificialIntelligence #TAMUetid

From $0 to $12 Million in Five Years Industrial Distribution graduate Calvin Thedinger '19 has honored his late brother's legacy by building CT Sounds into an immensely successful business. His is an inspiring story of resilience, vision, and perseverance. Read here: https://tx.ag/Thedinger #IndustrialDistribution #TAMUetid #TAMUid