The 18th Annual College of Engineering Distinguished Faculty Awards at Ohio State University (OSU) recently took place. See the full list of 2015 awardees. Tau Bate professors recognized included: Ness B. Shroff, Ph.D. - (CA D '88) Award for Excellence in Engineering Education; OSU chaired professor and eminent scholar Peter M. Anderson, Ph.D. - (RI... Continue Reading →
Scholars, Innovators, & Inductees, April 2015
The deadline to have your Tau Beta Pi Scholarship application postmarked is one week away. Friday, May 1, is the deadline to have your application postmarked and mailed to TBP Headquarters. This will be the 17th Annual class of TBP Scholars. The Fellowship Board is expected to award approximately 250 scholarships this year. Read the... Continue Reading →
Announcements: Prizes, Speakers, & Leaders (April 2015)
The winners of the Desal Prize, the second call for Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development, have been announced by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Bureau of Reclamation. "The Desal Prize was developed to supply catalytic funding to capture and support the innovative ideas and new technologies that... Continue Reading →
On the Move, April 2015
The University of Texas at Austin has named Michael M. Watkins, Ph.D. (TX A '83), as the next director of the Center for Space Research (CSR) at the Cockrell School of Engineering. Watkins will begin his new position in July 2015. He has worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for 22 years and currently oversees... Continue Reading →
Alumni & Chapter Recognitions, April 2015
Associate Professor David F. Delchamps, Ph.D. (NJ D '76), has been selected as the 2015 Tau Beta Pi Excellence in Teaching Award recipient as awarded and chosen by the New York Delta Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, at Cornell University. "In my opinion, the most prestigious teaching award is the Tau Beta Pi award, selected... Continue Reading →
Student-Athletes & Pi Mile Run, April 2015
It has been a busy month for Howard University (HU) senior Mohamed A. Bouzaghrane, DC A 2015. Earlier this month at the HU Bison Blue Carpet Awards hosted by the department of intercollegiate athletics to honor its student-athletes, Bouzaghrane earned the men's swimming MVP and highest GPA awards (his fourth straight highest male GPA honor)... Continue Reading →
Things to Know: Awards, Publications, & STEM Events (April 2015)
Three UCLA Emeriti Professors have been selected to receive the 2015 Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award, "to honor outstanding research, scholarly work, teaching, and service performed by an Emeritus or Emerita Professor since retirement." Leonard Kleinrock, Ph.D. (MA B '62), is one of this year's recipients. He joined UCLA in the computer science department... Continue Reading →
Job Opportunities & Events, April 2015
Here is a list of current job opportunities: 1. Sr. Tunnel Validation Engineer at CH2M HILL in Santa Ana, California 2. Assistant Professor of Mechatronics Engineering Tech. at Purdue University Calumet in Hammond, Indiana 3. Project Engineer with McCormick & Co. in Hunt Valley, Maryland 4. Cost Control Engineer with Hunt Construction Group in Fort... Continue Reading →
Tau Beta Pi: 2015 Fellows & Engineering Education, April 2015
Tau Beta Pi would like to congratulate the 30 Fellows that comprise the 82nd class of Tau Beta Pi Fellowships. All of this year's Fellows will receive a $10,000 stipend for the 2015-16 year of full-time graduate study. Read the press release to see the full list of this year's Fellows. Short bios will be... Continue Reading →
Student Excellence in Engineering, April 2015
Anthony J. Calvano, NJ G 2015, was profiled by MyCentralJersey.com and was recently recognized as the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) department of civil and environmental engineering Outstanding Senior and Newark College of Engineering. Calvano is scheduled to graduate with a degree in civil engineering next month from NJIT. He serves as a member... Continue Reading →
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