The International Society of Engineering Education has awarded Susan M. Lord, Ph.D. (NY D '87), with the Nikola-Tesla Chain "for outstanding achievements in education and pedagogy." The ceremony took place in Kazan, east of Moscow, and Lord described the event for The San Diego Union-Tribune, LLC. Read the article for more on Dr. Lord who... Continue Reading →
Engineering FYI, September 2013
This year, Andres Calderon-Colon, Ph.D. (PR A '72), was appointed as interim chancellor (acting rector) of the University of Puerto Rico's Mayaguez (UPRM) campus. Dr. Calderon-Colon has been at the University for 41 years and has held other administrative positions such as Assistant Dean of the College of Engineering and has been a leading member... Continue Reading →
Engineering Development & Education
Tulane University and the University of New Orleans are among a group of six schools that have received funds from the NASA "to devise a plan to get more members of minority groups interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics during their first two years of college." According to the article from The Times-Picayune, a... Continue Reading →
In the News, August 2013
The San Diego Union-Tribune reported on a summer program at San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) where three engineering professors took part in a "professional internship." Two of the professors are Tau Bates. Charles J. Kim, Ph.D. (DC A '80), worked at SDG&E on the utility's distribution systems "in hopes of identifying early signs of... Continue Reading →
Engineering Education & Jobs
BLOSSOMS, interactive videos for high school students in math and science, was created by Richard C. Larson, Ph.D. (MA B '65), and colleagues. The videos are viewed by the class in segments and then the "teacher takes over with some hands-on projects and discussions designed to fire up critical thinking skills and spark enthusiasm." Dr.... Continue Reading →
Engineering FYI, July 2013
Sharon D. Cobb, Ph.D. (AL G '87), recently visited the Jordan/Jackson Elementary School in Mansfield, AL, to "share details on the latest rocket system being designed." Dr. Cobb is an assistant program manager and engineer at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. She received her undergraduate degree in materials engineering from the University of Alabama... Continue Reading →
Opportunities & Announcements, June 2013
Mark G. Allen, Ph.D. (PA D '84), has been named as the inaugural scientific director of the Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology at the University of Pennsylvania. Currently, Dr. Allen is the executive director of the Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology at Georgia Tech, where he is also a professor of Microelectronics. He earned... Continue Reading →
Engineering Leaders, June 2013
Marathon Oil Corp. has announced that Lee M. Tillman, Ph.D. (TX D '84), will be the next chief operating officer. Currently, Tillman is vice president of engineering at Exxon Mobil Corp. On August 1, he will assume the role of CEO and president at Marathon, based in Houston, TX. Tillman's undergraduate chemical engineering degree is... Continue Reading →
Making News, June 2013
A bipartisan article published on The Hill's Congress Blog discusses the importance of legislation for "a national fund intended to help the U.S. train more of its students in STEM fields and produce more college graduates able to meet the expected growth in high-skill jobs." Read the article for more predictions on the expected job... Continue Reading →
ASEE, All-Americans, & Scholarships
The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) will host its 120th Annual Conference June 23-26 in Atlanta, GA. Tau Beta Pi will be hosting a reception at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in the Omni-Atrium Terrace B from 6-8 pm on Monday, June 24. The reception is an opportunity for deans, faculty, and others... Continue Reading →
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