Jeff G. Arnold, Ph.D. (IL A '81), was recently named a recipient of a Presidential Rank Award. According to the article, the awards are given to members of the government's administrative classification known as the senior executive service. He will receive a framed certificate signed by the President of the United States of America. Dr.... Continue Reading →
Lab Dedication, Fall Initiation, & New Radiation Chair (Nov. 2016)
Gary B. Veurink, SD A '72, and his wife Ruth, were recognized this month at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology for establishing "an endowment to help prepare chemical engineering students for their careers." In their honor, the industrial-scale chemical engineering teaching laboratory has been named the Veurink Chemical Engineering Unit Operations Laboratory.... Continue Reading →
Football & Volleyball Academic All-District & Tau Bate Startup (Nov. 2016)
The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) has announced the 2016 Academic All-District Football 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 six Tau Beta Pi members that have been named to the 2016 Capital One... Continue Reading →
GIS Hall of Fame, NASA Habitat Challenge, & UCF STEM Day
Mark Monmonier, Ph.D. (MD A '64), has been inducted into the GIS Hall of Fame at the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) annual meeting in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Monmonier is a distinguished professor of Geography at Syracuse University. According to his URISA GIS Hall of Fame bio page, he is one of the... Continue Reading →
2016 Convention Press Release, Bent Monument, & New President (Nov. 2016)
The press release for Tau Beta Pi's 2016 Convention has been published. Click here to read it. The minutes and ratification ballot from Convention should be posted in early November. You will be able to view most of the Convention images online. More will be added daily. You may request large resolution images, if needed.... Continue Reading →
2017 District Conferences, Scholarship Tribute, & Jobs
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 →
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