Chapter-Related News: E-Week & More

An article in Technique, the Georgia Institute of Technology student newspaper, highlighted the Georgia Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Pi for their involvement in National Engineers Week.

This year the chapter hosted the E-Week activities at Georgia Tech, which included building contests, scavenger hunts, a social, and more.

GA A president Jason Cordero, GA A 2008, had this to say about this year’s Engineer’s Week, “We’re the largest engineering school in the U.S. in terms of attendance and enrollment and so it seems important that Georgia Tech would really push to have a nice E-Week celebration.

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In an effort to miniaturize and reduce costs of satellite-based technologies, a group of University of Southern California students are building the “school’s first satellite, which is expected to launch early next year.”

The satellite will “demonstrate a new cargo container-tracking capability for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.” Read the article for more information on the space and engineering research

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The University of Iowa Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Ambassadors organized an event in conjunction with the national E-Week celebration.

At the event, seventy-six girls took part in fun activities aimed at teaching about science and engineering. Amber Meyer, IA B 2010, is president of the WISE Ambassadors and gave her observations on the event.

“I think (the activities) are a lot of fun, and it looks like the girls are having a lot of fun,” said Meyer.

Read the full article to learn more about the activities, which ranged from lip gloss compounds to landfills of candy.

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