Pumps and Pipes is a unique collaborative effort between Houston's largest industries to explore potential crossover ideas and extract shared technologies. Houston, one of the US's largest and fastest-growing cities, is closely tied with its two primary industries: medicine and energy. Combined with Houston's higher education community, the city is home to world-class research.

Pumps and Pipes 3 will be held on December 7, 2009 at the University of Houston. The theme for Pumps and Pipes 3 is “Better Together,” and focuses on how inter-disciplinary research between the medicine and energy industries can lead to exciting benefits in both sectors.

Sponsoring members include ExxonMobil, the Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center and the University of Houston. Program directors are Bill E. Kleine (ExxonMobil), Alan B. Lumsden (Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center) and Ioannis A. Kakadiaris (University of Houston).

Pumps and Pipes 3 (official page)