On Saturday, March 28, the 250th chapter of Tau Beta Pi will be installed at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. The chapter will be known as Indiana Zeta and will be the 243rd active collegiate chapter of Tau Beta Pi. Executive Director Curt Gomulinski and President J.P. Blackford will be on hand to formally install the... Continue Reading →
Avionics Job & Academic Leaders Past & Present
ENSCO Avionics, Inc. is "seeking hardware engineers with experience in full life cycle development for Avionics DO254 Firmware and digital design systems." The company is located in Endicott, New York, and requires candidates to have a bachelor's degree in civil or electrical engineering with a minimum of one-year of experience. Click here to view the... Continue Reading →
Awards, Events, Research, March 2015
The American Helicopter Society (AHS) International, The Vertical Flight Technical Society, recently announced the 2015 recipients of its prestigious awards program. The title of Honorary Fellow is granted to highly distinguished members "who have made exceptional leadership, innovative or other meritorious contributions that have significantly advanced AHS International and the vertical flight community during their... Continue Reading →
Engineering Education, March 2015
The Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) has announced that Brian M. Kent, Ph.D. (MI A '80), has joined as the senior scientist and science and technology leader for electromagnetic, radio frequency, and sensing systems. Dr. Kent "retired in June 2014 as CTO of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) after a distinguished 37-year civilian engineering... Continue Reading →
Job Opportunities & New Deans, March 2015
Here is a list of current job opportunities: 1. Fire Protection Engineer at CH2M HILL in Richland, Washington 2. Year-Round Internship - Bioenergy Center at NREL in Golden, Colorado 3. Senior ASIC Verification Engineer with NVIDIA in Durham, North Carolina 4. Manager Quality Management with NiSource in Charleston, West Virginia 5. Manufacturing Engineer - Metals... Continue Reading →
The Association: Its Members, Why Join, & Events
Read the article about the determination and persistence of Ellen L. Money, TN Z 2013. She is currently employed as a design civil engineer in Dam Safety Engineering at TVA, however just a few years ago she was five years out of high school and married with one child. She entered the 2+2 Program through... Continue Reading →
Leaders in Engineering, March 2015
The University of Virginia (UVA) has announced the selection of Craig H. Benson, P.E., Ph.D., as the 13th dean of the UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science. Dr. Benson, PA A '85, is currently a distinguished professor and chair of the department of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His appointment... Continue Reading →
Tau Beta Pi Day Recap (3.14.15)
From local news coverage, Facebook/Twitter, and media submitted to Tau Beta Pi, it appears that there were more than 60 Tau Beta Pi Day events held this year to mark the once-in-a-lifetime Pi Day of 3.14.15 at 9:26.53. Below is a compilation of audio, images, and video that has already been published. More to follow... Continue Reading →
Happy Tau Beta Pi Day (3.14.15)
Enjoy your Pi Day, it is a once in a lifetime event (3.14.15 at 9:26.53)! Here is a video from Tau Beta Pi Headquarters with assistance from the Tennessee Alpha Chapter, at the University of Tennessee. ΤΒΠ
ASME Fellow, Top Student, & New Town Engineer
According to a news release from the University of Illinois, D. Scott Stewart, Ph.D. (NY N '76), has been named an ASME Fellow, the society's highest membership grade of distinction. To become a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), you must be "nominated by your peers, have had ten or more years... Continue Reading →
