Mahmoud El-Halwagi, professor and holder of the McFerrin Professorship in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been named this year's recipient of the Fluor Distinguished Teaching Award.

Dwain and Lynda Mayfield of Weatherford, staunch supporters of Texas A&M Engineering, have endowed their second study abroad scholarship, this time exclusively for civil engineering students.