In the News: Events & Announcements

The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) is hosting its Annual Conference this year, June 20-23, in Louisville, Kentucky.

This year’s main Plenary Speaker for the conference is Karan Watson, Ph.D., P.E., (TX B ’77), Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Texas A&M University.

Click here to learn more about Dr. Watson and be sure to find out more about the events at this year’s ASEE Conference, including a K-12 Workshop.

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has announced that senior Becky Bailey, NY G 2010, has been selected to the 2010 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America College Division Softball First Team.

Bailey is a three-year captain of the RPI softball team, chemical engineering major, and was an All-Liberty League Second Team selection as a shortstop.
Read the news release

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Tau Beta Pi is pleased to spread the word about the opening of a the new A.J. Whittenberg Elementary school in Greenville, South Carolina.

Opening in August, the school “will have an engineering focus with various hands-on learning experiences and computer software for students to design and develop products.” Read the full news release here

You can visit the website to learn more about “the first elementary school in South Carolina with a school-wide engineering curriculum.”

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