On Saturday, April 8, the Florida Gamma Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, at the University of South Florida, hosted its spring initiation. The chapter initiated more than 35 new members, including 24 graduate students and an eminent engineer. At the initiation banquet the chapter gave out scholarships for most active initiate and outstanding chapter officers.... Continue Reading →
Jobs, Ghana Director-General of SSNIT, Marathon Winner (April 2017)
Here is a list of current job opportunities: 1. Sr. Software Engineer for Cloud Applications & Services at Autodesk in Boston, Massachusetts 2. Planning Engineer with Tesoro Corporation in Los Angeles, California 3. Power Delivery Engineer at ElectriCities of North Carolina, Inc., in Raleigh, North Carolina 4. Assistant Professor of Electrical Energy Engineering at Keimyung... Continue Reading →
New Faces of Engineering, Ohio University Awards, & Student Profile (April 2017)
Wednesday, April 5, was "Global Day of the Engineer" being promoted by DiscoverE with the hashtag #GlobalEngineer. In addition, the group announced the 2017 New Faces of Engineering! winners. This year 11 college students and 11 engineering professionals were recognized. Five of the New Faces of Engineering College Edition are Tau Beta Pi members and... Continue Reading →
Materials Science Lectures, WVU Alumni Initiates, & AIMBE President-Elect
Alan I. Taub, Ph.D. (RI A '76), professor of engineering at the University of Michigan will present twice during the 25th A. Frank Golick Lecture in materials science and engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. The theme is challenges facing today's materials scientist and on Thursday, April 20, Dr. Taub's lecture is titled... Continue Reading →
Goldwater Scholars, NASA Rover Challenge, & Service Award (April 2017)
The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation recently announced the 2017-18 Goldwater Scholars. This year 240 scholarships were awarded to undergraduate sophomores and juniors based on academic merit in mathematics, science, and engineering. A total of 1,286 students were nominated by college and university faculty in the Unites States. Read the press release... Continue Reading →
Dresselhaus, UA Memorial Scholarship, & Engineer/ Underpass Celebration
Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Ph.D. (SC G '51), passed away in February at the age of 86. Dr. Dresselhaus was a professor emerita at MIT and well-known for her research into the fundamental properties of carbon. She worked tirelessly in support of efforts to promote women in science. She was the first woman to secure a... Continue Reading →
Mines E-Days, Outstanding Student, & ND Pi Mile (2017)
PreHistorE-Days 2017 takes place on the campus of the Colorado School of Mines from April 20-22. The festival was established in 1934 as an earnest showcase of engineering skills. Today, it is packed with activities designed to allow engineers to let loose. The Colorado Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Pi at Mines will host the... Continue Reading →
DFA Joint-Project, Women Engineers, & Stony Brook Networking
Design for America (DFA) and the New York Rho Chapter of Tau Beta Pi put on a recent Arduino workshop at NYU Tandon MakerSpace. The goal of DFA projects is to fuse collaboration, leadership, and creativity. See more images @design4america, like the one above, of members from the NY Rho Chapter, at the NYU Tandon... Continue Reading →
TBP Alumni Chapter Installations, Pi Day Video #2, & USA Science & Engineering Festival
In the month of April, there will be two Tau Beta Pi Alumni Chapter installations. On April 19, in Freehold, New Jersey, the Central Jersey Alumni Chapter will be installed during a dinner event. In addition, TBP Executive Councillor J.P. Blackford, DC G '95, will be on hand and the award-winning all girls FIRST Robotics... Continue Reading →
Pioneer in IoT, Top Organization on Campus, & New Dean
According to an article from the University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering, Behrokh Khoshnevis, Ph.D. (OH D '79), has been recognized by Connected World as one of the top 10 Pioneers in the Internet of Things (IoT) for "his contributions in large scale 3-D printing and a concept called telefracturing: the ability... Continue Reading →
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