Making News: March 2011

This week the NCAA recognized 58 fall sports postgraduate scholarship winners. Each student-athlete receives a $7,500 scholarship. There were 29 male and 29 female winners, three are Tau Bates: (Read more)

Charles Cunliffe, NJ E 2011, civil engineering and goalkeeper for Rowan University men’s soccer team.

Scott Desmond, NY Q 2011, engineering and management and midfield captain for Clarkson University men’s soccer team.

Isaac Odim, MN B 2011, mechanical engineering and running back for University of Minnesota, Duluth, football team

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The Chronicle of Higher Education profiled nuclear reactors on college campuses across the country. According to the article, there is concern about safety with Japan’s current crisis, however the safety of nuclear reactors at campuses being inspected is good.

MIT has one of the most powerful research nuclear reactors, but David Moncton (NY D ’70), reactor director, says, “Most of these reactors have a long history of safe operation.”

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Jim Maser (OH K ’83), president of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, has been speaking to the House space subcommittee recently related to NASA developing a heavy-lift rocket.

Maser was speaking as a representative of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Click here to read the article to learn more about post-shuttle concerns

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