In response to a recent Twitter feed from Google asking for public suggestions and testers for its Google Glass "explorer" program, one engineer had the idea to use Google Glass applications "to allow physically disabled individuals to control their wheelchairs using only their eyes." The idea was submitted by Steve McHugh, MA A 2008, a... Continue Reading →
Engineering Events & News, January 2013
This year's Engineers Week (EWeek) will take place from February 17-23. The annual event is promoted by the Engineers Week Foundation, is celebrated on U.S. engineering college campuses, and many corporations and government entities host events as well. Click here to learn about this year's theme of "Celebrate Awesome" and for details on national and... Continue Reading →
Engineering: Women, Service, & Grants
The annual conference for women engineers is taking place now, November 8-10, in Houston, TX. The conference is hosted by the Society of Women Engineers. Included at this year's conference is a two-day career fair with more than 250 corporations, government agencies, and graduate schools. Click here for information on the career fair and to... Continue Reading →
Engineer Profiles, October 2012
The Athletics department at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) recently profiled Kelsey A. Knoche, MO D 2013, and her participation at this year's Tau Beta Pi Convention in Kentucky. Kelsey is currently the TBP chapter president at MO Delta, a varsity member of the UMKC volleyball team, and a mentor to freshmen in the... Continue Reading →
Engineering Jobs & Initiatives
A recent article from Defense News, highlights the struggle for smaller companies to fill needs for talented positions in engineering and software development. Rick P. McNeight, WI G '73, is president of Modus Operandi, a 60-person company in Florida that "has gone from working with one recruiter to four since January in a bid to... Continue Reading →
Engineering Trends, October 2012
An article from Hispanic Business discusses a national push to increase the number of engineers in the U.S. through increasing minority involvement and changing the engineering curriculum to produce more well-rounded engineers. Dean Richard T. Schoephoerster, Ph.D., of the University of Texas at El Paso is among the leaders of this movement. Dr. Schoephoerster, IA... Continue Reading →
In the News, September 2012
Virgina Tech has announced that Dr. Scott F. Midkiff, NC G '79, will become the university's vice president for information technology and chief information officer beginning in October. Currently, Dr. Midkiff is a professor and head of the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. Read the news release Τ The September... Continue Reading →
Engineering Trends, August 2012
Colorado State University announced this week that it has won the Women in Engineering Initiative Award from the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN). According to the article, CSU has enrolled twice as many freshman women in its College of Engineering since 2007. Τ The Bloomberg news recently published an article about the demand for... Continue Reading →
Engineering Interviews, Jobs, & Trends
Next week is the scheduled landing of the Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity, and Popular Mechanics interviewed systems engineer Steve W. Sell, (FL Z 1992) who has worked on the project for six years at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, how the idea for the new landing plans came about. Here are some details about Curiosity and... Continue Reading →
Engineering News, June 2012
STEMconnector, an organization "working in STEM Education and workforce development for increased connectivity between entities improving our STEM-skilled workforce" has announced 100 Women Leaders in STEM. See the full list of honorees Congratulations to Melissa Gregson from Teach For America for being named one of the 100-Women-Leaders in STEM. Gregson attends Tau Beta Pi Conventions... Continue Reading →
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