Led by Sean Symon, (MD B 2012) president of the Maryland Beta Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the University of Maryland recently hosted their first MindSET activity session in conjunction with the first ever Teach For America/Tau Beta Pi STEM achievement gap awareness week.
Twenty K-12 students from the greater Maryland-area received a tour of the UM college of engineering, participated in a hands-on bridge building MindSET module, and interacted with college engineering students.
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Tau Beta Pi congratulates the Texas Epsilon Chapter on their 50th anniversary. TX Epsilon was established February 10, 1962, at the University of Houston. A Tau Beta Pi alumnus chapter has been gaining momentum in Houston, TX. For more information, click here
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The California Epsilon Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), recently hosted a Rube Goldberg competition. “A Rube Goldberg machine performs a simple task in an elaborate sequence of steps.”
Ian P. McRae, CA E 2013, summarized the uniqueness of the competition. “As an engineer, usually you’re designing something that’s efficient,” said McRae. “This is nearly the reverse.” Read the article from the Daily Bruin
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