The TEES Institute for Manufacturing Systems is a Texas A&M University System academic entity established two decades ago with a primary focus in conducting both basic and applied research in advanced manufacturing, and providing technical assistance and training services to manufacturing companies, particularly to the small and medium sized, both regionally and nationally. Since its inception, the Institute has been led by the faculty of Wm Michael Barnes’64 Department of industrial and Systems Engineering and the College of Engineering. Its scientific members and collaborators include colleagues representing several academic departments in the college of Engineering.
The institute has significantly been successful in securing sponsored research projects and grants since its inception. In recent years, the institute played a central role in the coordination of various manufacturing focused initiatives of TEES and Texas A&M Engineering. These include establishment of a common facility for advanced manufacturing in ETB with leveraged with the University’s research development fund in 2016, organization of the Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC)-North American Manufacturing Research Conference with over 800 delegates on campus, initiation of USA-France AM2 partnership with Arts et Métiers, as well as general coordination for Manufacturing USA and other large manufacturing initiatives of the college and TEES.
During the past seven years following the college’s and TEES’ manufacturing initiative, Texas A&M Engineering has become the home to one of the largest manufacturing groups in the nation, and ISEN has been taking part in many of manufacturing initiatives under the aegis of TEES Institute for Manufacturing Systems. At this stage, the Institute’s leadership strongly believes that with its existing talent resources, it can play a more comprehensive role in delivering training and outreach activities both at the regional and national levels.
This website provides a brief background of the emerging opportunities as well as specific changes being undertaking to effectively meet these opportunities and address the growing society needs in advanced manufacturing.
