Ruisheng (Rick) Wang, NY Q 2015, has been awarded the Frederica Clarkson Award during Clarkson University’s 122nd commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 9. The award is one of two “traditionally given to the top two students in the graduating class and is awarded by a vote of the full University faculty based on scholarship and promise of outstanding achievement.”
Read the news article for more information and biographical details on Wang who graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering, is a Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, and will attend Cornell University in pursuit of a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering.
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My Central New Jersey reported on local K-12 news stories recently, including the work of the New Jersey Beta Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, at Rutgers University. The chapter hosted a K-12 MindSET activity session with students from Fords Middle and Iselin Middle schools. The event in late April focused on “building balloon-powered cars and learning about the role force and friction can play in the understanding of Newton’s laws.
In 2014, the same two schools worked together to create water propelled rockets with engineering students from Rutgers. Ian M. Reucroft, NJ B 2016, is the outreach coordinator for the NJ Beta Chapter and helped coordinate the event. Read the article for more information on the four-year partnership between NJ Beta and Woodbridge Township (NJ) students and for a picture of the group with their cars.
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The California Tau Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, at the University of California, Irvine, is hosting a BBQ event on Sunday, May 31. The event is open to all engineering societies on campus. The event will take place from 10am to 2pm at Mason Park. Click here for more details or sign up here to attend and to bring materials. The contact for the BBQ is the fall CA Tau Chapter president, Max Estrada (CA T 2016).
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