Tau Beta Pi student members and Association Officials have decided on the locations for the 2017 District Conferences. Each of TBP’s 16 districts will host a conference in the spring of 2017 to provide retiring and new officers opportunities to improve chapter operations and socialize. Chapters are urged to elect new officers before their district... Continue Reading →
Soccer Academic All-District & Happy Halloween
The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) has announced the 2016 Academic All-District Men's Soccer teams, including Division I, II, III, and college (division). All First Team Academic All-District selections advance to the national Capital One Academic All-American ballot. There are 4 Tau Beta Pi members that have been named to the 2016 Capital... Continue Reading →
Rocket Engineer, McDonald Mentor, & NASA Chief Keynote (October 2016)
Avionics hardware subsystem manager of space launch system stages at NASA's Marshal Space Flight Center, Markeeva A. Morgan, MS B '01, was recently profiled for overseeing "a team developing the critical avionics components of the new Space Launch System's core stage." Morgan is a rocket engineer who has been at NASA since 2007. Before that... Continue Reading →
Senior Award, Scholar Profiles, & Homecoming Court (October 2016)
Earlier this month, the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University selected five students to receive the Craig C. Brown Outstanding Senior Engineer Award, "the most prestigious honor bestowed upon a graduating senior in the college of engineering." Previously, the award was known as the Engineering Faculty Senior Award. In 1996, the award was renamed... Continue Reading →
TBP Chapter Projects & Alumni Reception (October 2016)
The Tennessee Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Pi at the University of Tennessee (UT) hosted the 104th UT Engineers Day on Thursday, October 24. More than 1,500 high school students were on hand "to learn about engineering fields and what they can do in the profession." TN Alpha president, John A. Dooley (TN A 2017),... Continue Reading →
Student Profile, School of Engineering Education, & Distinguished Member (October 2016)
A 2016 Tau Beta Pi Record Scholar, Ana María Muñoz Solis (LA E 2017), has been profiled by the University of New Orleans (UNO). Muñoz Solis is a mechanical engineering senior with plans of obtaining a doctorate in biomedical engineering. She was born and raised in Honduras. She is president of local chapters of the... Continue Reading →
Convention Performances, Pumpkin Drop, & Computer Science Lecture
The Association was fortunate enough to have two awesome performances at this year's Convention. On Friday night, Only Won (Baldwin Chiu, P.E.) and Larissa Lam performed songs from their respective albums. On Saturday afternoon, comedian and engineer Don McMillan performed his "Engineer@Heart" show. See images of each performance below. ΤΒΠ ΤΒΠΤ On Friday, October 28,... Continue Reading →
Convention News 2016
The 111th Convention of Tau Beta Pi took place October 6-8 in San Diego, California. The Association's press release will be published soon and the Convention minutes should be available in early November. The R.C. Matthews Outstanding Chapter award for 2015-16 went to DC Alpha at Howard University (image below/left). The R.H. Nagel Most Improved... Continue Reading →
Images of Tau Beta Pi (October 2016)
Dan Shearer, CA U '13, attended the 2016 TBP Convention as a recruiter for ACCO Engineered Systems where he is a lead process piping/ plumbing engineer. In the picture below, he is talking with Maureen A. Muller, MO D 2017, at the Recruiting Fair. Muller is the MO Delta Chapter president, attended Convention as a... Continue Reading →
NCAA Woman of the Year, Jobs, STEM Involvement (October 2016)
Margaret G. Guo, MA B 2016, was selected on Sunday, October 16, as the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year. The award recognizes graduating female student-athletes who have distinguished themselves in athletics, academics, leadership, and community service. Guo is the first MIT student to receive this award. Guo graduated from MIT with dual degrees in... Continue Reading →
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