A&M Prof Wards Off Heat in Lab, on Campus

Jaime Grunlan cuts an intimidating figure on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station. Six feet 8 inches tall, broad-shouldered and sporting impressive sideburns, Grunlan, a former college football player, looks like he just stepped off the set of an X-Men movie.

At 37, he is already a tenured associate professor in the university’s mechanical engineering department. His research has lifesaving applications — and it generates enough money to pay Grunlan’s salary and subsidize several others.

All of which makes him the ideal candidate for a new task he took on this year: outspoken defender of ...

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