Research & Development, May 2012

In an effort to share developments of the Tau Beta Pi MindSET teacher development module, three MindSET representatives will present at the upcoming American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference and Exposition in San Antonio, TX. Titled, “Preparing for Hands-on and Minds-on Explorations in Math and Science: That Tau Beta Pi MindSET Teacher Development Program,” will be presented on Friday, June 9, from 3-4:15pm.

This year’s ASEE Conference will host “more than 400 technical sessions spanning all disciplines of engineering education.” Click here for more information on the Conference or learn more about Tau Beta Pi’s K-12 Math & Science program, MindSET, here

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Dr. Patrick S. McNulty, M.D. (FL B ’84), is an orthopedic surgeon with the Nevada Orthopedic and Spine Center. He was recently recognized as a “Pinnacle Professional in the field of medicine” by the Continental Who’s Who. Read the press release for more details on Dr. McNulty

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Popular Science is reporting on research being done at MIT related to a “new brain-computer interface designed to detect when a person’s workload becomes excessive and to modify said workload to make it easier.” The system is called Brainput and uses “sensors on a user’s forehead to track the anterior prefrontal cortex, which is involved in high-level processing.” Read the article

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