Today at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 119th Annual Conference & Exposition, Tau Beta Pi will be hosting a reception at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio in Texas Ballroom F from 6-8:30pm. The reception is an "opportunity for deans, faculty, and others to meet and discuss informally Tau Beta Pi and its role... Continue Reading →
Announcements & Recognition, June 2012
The Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) has honored three student-athletes as Scholar-Athletes of the Year in their respective divisions. Mallory A. Vogel, DC B 2012, from the Catholic University of America was named the Div. III Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Read the article from the IWLCA Vogel plays midfielder for the Catholic varsity women's... Continue Reading →
Profiles in Engineering, June 2012
Celena H. Dopart, MA A 2012, has been chosen as the Capital One NCAA Division III Academic All-America of the Year for the Women's At-Large division as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Dopart recently graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a degree in aerospace engineering and a perfect 4.0 G.P.A.... Continue Reading →
Success in Engineering: Present & Past
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) announced this week that seven student athletes have been recognized as selections on the 2012 Capital One Academic All-District 3 Track & Field/Cross Country Teams. Three from the Women's team, including Ariel F. Mingrone, NY G 2012, recent biomedical engineering graduate and three-time captain of both the cross country and track... Continue Reading →
Difference Makers, May 2012
Two Microsoft software engineers have been awarded the grand prize in the U.S. Energy Department's "Apps for Energy" competition. Tim Edgar, CA A 2008, was one of the developers for the app, called Leafully. The app works "by allowing users to log in on its website with their Facebook accounts and compare how much energy... Continue Reading →
On the Move, May 2012
The MIT Corporation voted L. Rafael Reif, MA B '73, as the 17th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) this week. Dr. Reif has been the provost and a distinguished electrical engineering at MIT for the past seven years. He will begin his presidency on July 2. He succeeds Susan Hockfield who recently... Continue Reading →
Research & Development, May 2012
In an effort to share developments of the Tau Beta Pi MindSET teacher development module, three MindSET representatives will present at the upcoming American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference and Exposition in San Antonio, TX. Titled, "Preparing for Hands-on and Minds-on Explorations in Math and Science: That Tau Beta Pi MindSET Teacher Development Program,"... Continue Reading →
On Campus: News May 2012
Student officers from the California Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, at the University of California, Berkeley, will visit with California high school students on May 14th at Galileo Academy as part of a presentation for the California Scholarship Federation (CSF). After a short presentation on Tau Beta Pi, there will be an informal question... Continue Reading →
Engineering Leaders: Then & Now
Tau Beta Pi remembers Michael Kovac who died this week at the age of 70. Dr. Kovac, IN G '63, was instrumental in the development of the I-4 corridor, which brought tech companies to Florida so that "the companies would work with university students and researchers, and in the process spur economic development." He also... Continue Reading →
Engineering FYI: Past, Present & Future
In March of this year, Elmer L. Gaden Jr. passed away at the age of 88. Dr. Gaden, NY Alpha '44, received the fifth Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize in 2009 "for pioneering the engineering and commercialization of biological systems for large-scale manufacturing of antibiotics and other drugs." He wrote his doctoral dissertation... Continue Reading →
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