The Tau Beta Pi K-12 MindSET program is having a fantastic 2013, so far! In the past six months, 650 K-12 students have participated in MindSET activity sessions. Successful MindSET projects are currently taking place at the University of Maryland (MD Beta), the University of Florida (FL Alpha), Florida International University (FL Theta), Georgia Tech... Continue Reading →
In the News, March 2013
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has announced the winners of the U.S. Global Grand Challenges Summit video contest. First place went to a chemical engineering student from the University of Texas at Austin for her video entitled "The Water Energy Nexus." Civil engineering student Hunter C. Douglas, NC D 2013, from Duke University was... Continue Reading →
Competitions & Events, March 2013
The Illinois Institute of Technology has announced the ITT Build-It Competition: An Impromptu Design Competition, for teams of high school students "to design and build the best solution to an engineering problem." The first ever competition of its kind at ITT is sponsored by the Armour College of Engineering, the Illinois Beta Chapter of Tau... Continue Reading →
Engineering FYI, March 2013
The popular series of articles that ran in The BENT of Tau Beta Pi (2002-2012), "Lyle's Laws," has now been made into a compilation. Dr. Lyle D. Feisel, IA A '61, is the author of the recently released book Lyle's Laws Reflections on Ethics, Engineering, and Everything Else (Brooklyn River Press, 2013). Dr. Feisel most... Continue Reading →
Announcements & Events, March 2013
Ron Ulseth, P.E. (ND B '88), will be one of the keynote speakers for the RosEvaluation Conference 2013. Ulseth is currently the co-director of the Iron Range Engineering program and he teaches in the Itasca Community College engineering program in Grand Rapids, MN. The topic of the keynote address is "Assessing Project-Based Learning: Providing Evidence... Continue Reading →
Media: TV, Images, and Videos
The Syfy channel is hosting a new series, Robot Combat League, with "tournament-style battles between humanoid robots controlled by human robo-jockeys." This new series will feature twelve teams consisting of a fighter (a "robo-jockey") and a robotics engineer (a "robo-tech"). Each team is paired with its own unique robot and will fight in a first-of-its... Continue Reading →
Appointments, Events, & Research
The University of Texas at Austin has appointed Dr. Thomas F. Edgar, KS A '67, as the Interim Director of the Energy Institute for a period of one year. Currently, Dr. Edgar is chair of the chemical engineering department at the Cockrell School of Engineering. He worked as a process engineering with the Continental Oil... Continue Reading →
Engineers & Education
Dr. Lewis F. Brown, (SD B '84) dean of engineering at South Dakota State University, wrote an opinion article on National Engineers Week and the importance of engineering to South Dakota in The Argus Leader. Read the article for more information on the history of engineering in the United States and the mission of South... Continue Reading →
Introduce A Girl to Engineering & Other Engineering News
Today is Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day as part of National Engineers Week. Visit the National EWeek Foundation website for ideas and events that you can get involved with. Wired also has a good article with statistics and Q&A shorts with several females in engineering. Read it here Τ As part of the annual... Continue Reading →
Making News, February 2013
Dr. Jean-Lou A. Chameau, GA A '77, has been appointed as the next president of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia). Currently, Dr. Chameau is the eighth president at the California Institute of Technology. He will resign his position later this year. He was previously a provost at Georgia Tech. Read... Continue Reading →
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