Col. Nicole Aunapu Mann, MD G ’99, was honored as one of the national USA TODAY's 2023 Women of the Year, which celebrates women who have left a notable mark on their communities and throughout the nation. As NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission commander, she was the agency's first Native American woman in space. Mann is... Continue Reading →
Remembering Dr. Henry Petroski
TBP is saddened to share that Henry Petroski, P.E., Ph.D., NY X '63, professor of engineering at Duke University, prolific author, and a valued contributor to The Bent of Tau Beta Pi magazine for many years, passed away on 6/14/2023, at the age of 81. An esteemed professor of civil and environmental engineering at Duke... Continue Reading →
A Piece of the Moon, MS Alpha’s New Record, and Academic All-America Men’s Swimming
Fifty-one years ago, John W. Young, GA A ’52, walked and drove on the moon as the commander of the Apollo 16 mission. He and his crew returned to Earth with 209 pounds of lunar samples, with one of them now being on display at Georgia Tech's Price Gilbert Library, thanks to his family. Young... Continue Reading →
Tau Bates Named Academic All-American
In early December, three Tau Bates were among 124 college athletes selected by the College Sports Communicators (CSC) to join the 2022-23 Academic All-America Soccer Team. Comprised of four teams (NCAA I, II, & III and NAIA divisions), the CSC Academic All-America program began in 1952 and has honored more than 38,000 student-athletes in sports... Continue Reading →
Tau Bate Honored with 2022 Dougherty Award
Martin, pictured on right. Photo courtesy of University of Tennessee During the University of Tennessee Tickle College of Engineering spring faculty and staff awards dinner, Professor Emeritus H. Lee Martin, TN A ’78, Ph.D., P.E., was recognized by the college with the highest honor an alumnus can receive, the Nathan W. Dougherty Award. Martin obtained... Continue Reading →
“Worthwhile Change Takes Time” – Tau Bate, Single Mother of Three Shares in her 2022 Commencement Address
There is no denying that obtaining a degree can be a long and arduous journey regardless of one's situation in life. With engineering curriculum being one of the most difficult to succeed in, it can be especially challenging if you are a nontraditional student with a family to support and responsibilities outside of maintaining your... Continue Reading →
Ten Tau Bates named as 2022-23 Astronaut Scholars
In 1984, six of the surviving Mercury 7 Astronauts (Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton), the widow of Virgil 'Gus' Grissom, IA Alpha ’50; William Douglas, M.D. (Project Mercury flight surgeon), and Henri Landwirth (businessman and friend) founded the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF). Its mission was to ensure... Continue Reading →
Two Tau Bates Among Appointees to Presidential Board of Advisors on HBCUs
On March 31, 2022, President Biden announced his intent to appoint a group of qualified and diverse leaders to the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The board will advance the goal of the HBCU initiative, which was established by the Carter Administration. The initiative is a dedicated policymaking effort... Continue Reading →
Part Two: Tau Bate Grads Receive Accolades and Awards
Jeremy Capuder, NY Xi '21 Jeremy Capuder was the undergraduate valedictorian for the class of 2021 at Manhattan College. A civil engineering major from Albertson, N.Y., Capuder is a member of the Tau Beta Pi, Epsilon Sigma Pi and Chi Epsilon honor societies. He received the Manhattan College Presidential Scholarship, and scholarships from ACEC New York and... Continue Reading →
Spring Semester Sees Tau Bate Success
Danielle “Ellie” Klein (OH Delta ’22) poses in front of Ohio University's Bent monument at Russ College of Engineering and Technology's Stocker Center. This International Women’s Month, Tau Beta Pi celebrates the accomplishments of its female collegiate members like Danielle “Ellie” Klein (OH Delta ’22) and Eleanor "Lily" Turaski (GA Alpha ’21). Both students are... Continue Reading →
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