An environmental engineer, Rebecca Nadel, is profiled for her work as part of Shell Oil’s “global strategy to expand natural gas production because of its lower emissions and its smaller physical impacts on the landscape.”
Previously, Nadel worked with the U.S. Navy “analyzing sonar waves sent out by sub-hunting surface vessels.” She has also studied “how sound waves affect whales and other marine life.”
Read the full article from The Vancouver Sun for more on Nadel’s career and her current work.
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F. James McDonald, Michigan Gamma 1944, passed away in May at the age of 87.
McDonald was president of General Motors from 1981 until 1987. He also served in World War II as a Navy submarine engineer. Read the full obituary from The Washington Post for more on McDonald.
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In an article from the UB Reporter, Kemper Lewis is recognized for being the recipient of the ASEE Fred Merryfield Design Award.
The award “recognizes an engineering educator for excellence in the teaching of engineering design, and acknowledges other significant contributions related to engineering-design teaching.”
Dr. Lewis is a professor at the University at Buffalo SUNY. He has received the Tau Beta Pi Professor of the Year award from BU two times, has been the keynote speaker for the Tau Beta Pi induction banquet three times, and “is a leading researcher in design automation.”
He will receive his award at the ASEE annual meeting, June 19-23, in Louisville, KY.
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