The National Research Council has announced "a new framework that identifies key scientific ideas and practices all students should learn by the end of high school." The press release from The National Academies, specifies four disciplinary areas for comprehension: life sciences; physical sciences; earth and space sciences and engineering, technology and the applications of science.... Continue Reading →
Making News, July 2011
Richard G. Higgins, ME Alpha '79, has been named the 2011 Tau Beta Pi Distinguished Alumnus. Mr. Higgins is a retired Boeing engineer and executive. Mr. Higgins and Dr. William R. Goodin (CA E '75), 2011 Tau Beta Pi McDonald Mentor, will be recognized at the 106th annual Convention of Tau Beta Pi to be... Continue Reading →
Awards & Recognition, July 2011
The Tau Beta Pi Association is proud to announce the 2011 Laureates: (Read the press release) Rosary C.T. Abot (IN G '11) - for her diverse achievements Zachary W. Carr (NJ A '11) - for his divers achievements Ann M. Gleason (IA A '11) - for achievements in athletics Jonathan A. Gross (AZ A '11)... Continue Reading →
Recognizing Outstanding Achievement
Tau Beta Pi The Engineering Honor Society will be announcing its 2011 national awards this week. Please visit our website as we announce a new award each day. The TBP Laureates will be announced first. This year, five outstanding student members will be recognized. Other awards include, the Distinguished Alumnus, McDonald Mentor, and the Outstanding... Continue Reading →
Engineering Education & Competition
The International Submarine Races took place this week at the Naval Surface Warfare Center-Carderock Division in Bethesda, MD. The competition was hosted by the Foundation for Underwater Research and Education. NBC Washington highlighted the event and one of the participating high school teams. In the article, Naval Service Warfare Center head engineer, Dan Dozier, says... Continue Reading →
STEM competitions & education
Local high school engineering teams gathered at the University of California, Berkeley, for a robotic pillow fight as part of this year's Pioneers in Engineer (PiE) competition. The competition was founded by the California Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Pi at Berkeley and is in its third year of existence. Click here to learn more... Continue Reading →
On Campus: Recognition
Amanda Kate Gurnon, MA A '09, has been named a NASA Delaware Space Grant Fellow. As part of the fellowship, she will study materials that show promise to improve micrometeoroid orbital debris resistance in the next generation space suits. Read the article Gurnon is currently a doctoral student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at... Continue Reading →
Leaders in Engineering: Present, Past, & Future
Curtis D. Gomulinski, MI E 2001, has been named the next Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer of Tau Beta Pi. He will begin his new position on August 1, 2011. Currently, Curt works for the University of Michigan as a Systems/Database Administrator. He serves as a District 7 Director and advisor for the MI Gamma Chapter... Continue Reading →
Announcements & Events: May 2011
The Watertown Daily Times reports on the new Alcoa Fellows program at Clarkson University. As part of the program junior and senior Clarkson students will partner with "north county teachers to provide secondary school students with lessons in science, technology, engineering, and math." There were seven students selected as 2011 Alcoa Fellows. Holly Engel, NY... Continue Reading →
Appointments, Honors, & Recognition
Dr. Edwin L. Thomas (MA Z '69), professor and head of MIT's Department of Materials Science & Engineering, will begin July 1 as the new dean of Rice University's George R. Brown School of Engineering. Read the press release for more information Τ The Columbia Engineering Alumni Association has announced the winners of the 2011... Continue Reading →
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