On Friday, October 27, the Indiana Zeta Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), hosted a Bent monument dedication. The event was attended by TBP Executive Director Curt Gomulinski, MI E ’01, Executive Councillor J.P. Blackford, DC G ’95, and District 8 Director Bruce DeVantier, Ph.D., P.E. (IL E ’77).
IN Zeta was installed as the 250th chapter of the Association in March 2015. The new monument was dedicated by the 2016-17 academic class of IUPUI.
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Five recipients have been named by L’Oréal USA for the 2017 For Women In Science Fellowship. The honor provides female scientists “at a critical stage in their careers with $60,000 grants to advance their postdoctoral research.” According to the press release, this is the fourteenth year for the fellowship program.
Ritu Raman, Ph.D. (NY D ’12), is a postdoctoral fellow in mechanical and biomedical engineering at MIT and one of the 2017 recipients. She earned her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and her Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Raman’s research focuses on the design of new smart materials that dynamically respond and adapt to their environment.
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Tau Beta Pi Convention photographer Kiffer Creveling, UT A ’13, continues to process the images taken at this year’s Convention in Michigan. Here are a few from Friday’s activities:
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