Challenges, Opportunities, & Growth

NASA continues to challenge space-minded engineers to “design a solar-powered night rover for exploring other worlds.”

The recent article on Space.com gives more details about the latest competition sponsored by NASA, open to private companies, student teams, and independent inventors.

Matthew Keuneke (CA E ’95), Mars Exploration Rover researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulstion Laboratory (CA), discusses needed changes to improve rover capabilities, including solar energy, batteries, and weight.

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Northrop Grumman has announced the company’s participation at the 2010 Tau Beta Pi Corporate Dinner at Georgia Tech University (Georgia Beta).

According to the announcement, Grumman will “provide students and faculty with information about full-time, internships, and co-op opportunities. The event will also focus on building relationships with the Tau Beta Pi members.”
Learn more here

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President, CEO, Director, and Co-founder of Bridge Semiconductor Corp. Joshua J. Ziff, CA E ’69, has been named in a recent filing for a merger transaction.

His company Bridge Semiconductor will merge into Bridge Semiconductor Acquisition Corporation, its wholly owned subsidiary. Read the news release for more on Bridge, an electronics hardware system company.

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