Aspiring freshmen engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are taking part in a "virtual internship" as part of a new course "aimed at improving engineering student retention by hooking and reeling prospective engineers (during) their first semester of college." The offering evolved from research being done at UW-Madison on MACROSIM, or massively adaptive complex realistic... Continue Reading →
Engineering Leaders, September 2013
Vistap M. Karbhari, Ph.D. (CA Y '84), was recently named president of the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Karbhari was the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He has also served as professor and vice chairman of the structural engineering department at the University of... Continue Reading →
Events & Opportunities
The Shorthorn, the newspaper of the University of Texas at Arlington, is reporting that Juan Carlos Lopez, TX Q 2012, will speak this week and share his experiences that brought him from Mexico, to a NASA intern, and now an aerospace engineer at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Lopez is a recent engineering graduate of the... Continue Reading →
In the News, September 2013
A team of students from the University of Maryland developed an "energy saving, two-stage heat pump clothes dryer" and received the first place gold medal, for the second year in a row, at the Max Tech and Beyond Design Competition for Ultra-Low-Energy-Use Appliances and Equipment. The team will now present their prototype at the Solar... Continue Reading →
On Campus, August 2013
The 2013 National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellows have been named. The Fellowship "is awarded to U.S. citizens and nationals who intend to pursue a doctoral degree in one of fifteen supported disciplines. The Department of Defense is committed to increasing the number and quality of our nation's scientists and engineers." There are... Continue Reading →
Past & Present: Difference Makers
Tau Beta Pi has learned of the passing of Merl Baker, Ph.D. (KY A '45). The former dean of the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy and first chancellor of the University of Missouri-Rolla was 89. Baker earned his bachelor's degree in engineering from the University of Kentucky and joined the UK faculty in 1948,... Continue Reading →
Engineers Making News, August 2013
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced the class of 2013 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees. Four of this year's inductees are Tau Bates. They are: (read the press release or see the full list) Donald L. Bitzer, Ph.D., - (IL A '55) co-inventor of the plasma display, is largely regarded... Continue Reading →
Association & Campus Announcements, August 2013
The Tau Beta Pi Association has selected the 2013 Distinguished Alumnus and McDonald Mentor recipients. M.L. Walker Jr., Ph.D., has been selected as the TBP Distinguished Alumnus. Dr. Walker, DC A '57, retired from Howard University in 2002 and twice served as Dean of Engineering. He is the first posthumous award winner, as he passed... 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 →
Difference Makers, July 2013
The New York Times published an obituary for George P. Mitchell, TX D '40, who passed away last week at the age of 94. Mitchell was a champion of "new drilling and (oil/gas) production techniques like hydraulic fracturing." He also created the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation with his late wife. Mitchell has made special... Continue Reading →
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