Tau Beta Pi has announced the 2016-17 class of Association Scholars. This year 210 students were selected to receive cash awards for their senior year of engineering study. Read the press release for more information, including the names of several new scholarships. Short biographies of the Scholars will be published in August in conjunction with... Continue Reading →
City Key, Internship, & TBP Sisters (July 2016)
Worcester (MA) Mayor Joe Petty recently awarded Liz Pellegrini, MA A 2016, with the Key to the City. Pellegrini is a biomedical engineering graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), the first WPI female runner to earn All-America honors, and a Worcester native. "I've been working toward the goal of All-America my entire time at WPI,... Continue Reading →
ASEE Fellows, ACerS Distinguished, & Teaching Award (June 2016)
The 2016 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) class of Fellows has been announced. The 11 engineering and engineering technology educators will be honored June 27-28 at the ASEE annual conference in New Orleans, LA. "The Fellow designation is one of unusual professional distinction and conferred by the Board of Directors upon an ASEE member... Continue Reading →
Academic All-Americans & FIT Initiation (June 2016)
Two Tau Bates were recently selected for the 2016 Academic All-America® Division II Track & Field/Cross Country teams. Click here for the All-America Division II Track & Field/Cross Country first, second, and third teams. Daniel C. Schultz – FL Z 2016, earned degrees in mechanical engineering and chemistry at Florida Institute of Technology and first... Continue Reading →
Ceramic Society Awards, TBP Fellowship Program & Leadership Interview
Ed P. Gorzkowski III, Ph.D. (PA A '99), has been awarded the 2016 Du-Co Ceramics Young Professional Award by The American Ceramic Society (ACerS). The award goes to "a young professional member of AcerS who demonstrates exceptional leadership and service to ACerS. Dr. Gorzkowski is currently the acting head of the ceramics and rapid prototyping... Continue Reading →
Academic All-Americans & Woman of the Year Award (June 2016)
Six male Tau Bates were recently selected for the 2016 Academic All-America® Division III Track & Field/Cross Country teams. Click here for the All-America Division III Track & Field/Cross Country first, second, and third teams. Mitchell Black Jr. – MA D 2016, a double major in mechanical engineering and astrophysics at Tufts University (MA) and... Continue Reading →
ASM Fellow, Recruiting Fair, & Nuclear Energy Grants
Matthew J. O'Keefe, Ph.D. (MO B '85), has been named a Fellow of ASM International, a leading association of metals-centric materials scientists and engineers, according to an announcement from the Missouri University of Science and Technology. Dr. O'Keefe is chair of materials science and engineering and a professor of metallurgical engineering at Missouri S&T. He... Continue Reading →
Law Scholarship, High School Hall of Fame, & Gianforte Pledge
Amelia Zelenak, MI E 2015, a recent biomedical engineering graduate of Wayne State University (MI) has been awarded the Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Scholarship by the Federal Circuit Bar Association. The award is presented annually to one law student who demonstrates academic excellence and financial need. It is given in memory of Circuit Judge Giles... Continue Reading →
On the Move: Founding Dean, Vice Chancellor, & Director (June 2016)
A Kettering University faculty member since 1999, Craig J. Hoff, Ph.D. (MI G '90) has been named the founding Dean of the College of Engineering. In this role he will oversee the departments of electrical & computer, industrial & manufacturing, and mechanical engineering. Dr. Hoff is currently a professor and head of mechanical engineering at... Continue Reading →
Chapter Endowment, WPI Student-Athletes, & Executive Council Candidates (June 2016)
Tau Beta Pi's effort to permanently endow the Association's activities that support any of our 245 collegiate chapters through our Chapter Endowment Initiative continues to see successes. The first step to endow the Wisconsin Alpha Chapter, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been taken by John W. Bolender, WI A '51. Additionally, the first step... Continue Reading →
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