In anticipation of the upcoming RoboCup 2010, in Singapore, The Chronicle of Higher Education highlighted perennial power-school Carnegie Mellon University. This year's team from CMU, the CMDragons, developed a new type of robot for the competition. According to one of the computer-science developers, this year's robots "understand the law of physics." Read the full article... Continue Reading →
Engineering FYI, June 2010
A press release from The White House last week announced the nomination of a new Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Read the release President Barack Obama "intends to nominate" current Dean of the School of Engineering and the Vannevar Bush Professor of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Subra Suresh. Dr.... Continue Reading →
In the News: Events & Announcements
The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) is hosting its Annual Conference this year, June 20-23, in Louisville, Kentucky. This year's main Plenary Speaker for the conference is Karan Watson, Ph.D., P.E., (TX B '77), Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Texas A&M University. Click here to learn more about Dr.... Continue Reading →
Making News, May 2010
Michael Baker Jr., Inc., an engineering unit of Michael Baker Corporation has announced the appointment of Bradley J. Heigel, P.E. (PA B '88), as the new assistant vice president and office principal of the Harrisburg, Pa., office. Heigel will be "responsible for the day-to-day activities of the office, as well as future business development and... Continue Reading →
In the News: Announcements
The student newspaper of the Colorado School of Mines, The Oredigger Newspaper, recently highlighted the Colorado Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Pi for their historic spring initiation. According to the article, Colorado Alpha initiated the largest class, in its history, of new members in late April. The article lists all 61 of the new members,... Continue Reading →
Spotlight: Awards & Education
Lamar University recognized three graduating seniors with awards for exceptional service at the 2010 Toast to Leadership Awards Program. Two of the three winners are Tau Beta Pi members: Georgia Gilzow, TX Z 2011, was recognized as the outstanding senior woman. She is double majoring in mechanical engineering and physics and has a job lined... Continue Reading →
Engineering FYI, May 2010
Ray LaHood, the secretary of transportation, spoke at MIT this week as part of a university lecture series. Mr. LaHood challenged scholars at MIT "to use their prodigious research skills to help end the epidemic" of traffic fatalities from drivers using cellphones while driving. Associate dean of engineering at MIT, Dr. Cynthia Barnhart, VT A... Continue Reading →
Announcements & Opportunities, April 2010
Tau Beta Pi has posted the press releases online for the 2010 Tau Beta Pi Fellows and Scholars. The two press releases are available as PDFs for printing and html for online reading. Also, check out the sortable tables of this year's recipients. Coming soon, be sure to look for the Fellowship Bios of what... Continue Reading →
Engineering Awards & Inspiration
The National Academy of Sciences has announced the election 72 new members. According to the press release, "(the Academy) is a private organization of scientists and engineers dedicated to the furtherance of science and its use for the general welfare. It was established in 1963 by a congressional act of incorporation signed by Abraham Lincoln... Continue Reading →
Making News, April 2010, Part III
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced the 2010 Guggenheim Fellows. There were 180 Fellowships awarded from a group of 3,000 applicants in the eighty-sixth annual competition. Read the press release for more on this year's Fellows. Leon O. Chua, Ph.D. (IL A '59), is the only Tau Beta Pi member to named a... Continue Reading →
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