Tau Beta Pi has a new item for purchase on the store. It is an adhesive cell phone wallet available in blue. It is easy-to-use, peel off the cover and apply to the back of your phone for a convenient way to carry your necessities wherever you go! It bears the Tau Beta Pi logo,... Continue Reading →
Michigan Tech Dean, Mississippi State Engineering Society Scholars, & Central Texas Events 2018
Janet M. Callahan, Ph.D. (CT B '83), is the new dean of Michigan Technological University's College of Engineering. Previously, Dr. Callahan was chair and professor of materials science and engineering at Boise State University. Her bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees are in chemical engineering from the University of Connecticut. Dr. Callahan helped to establish the... Continue Reading →
NASA Flight Directors, Alumni Events, & Angola City Engineer (July 2018)
Six men and women have been selected to join NASA's elite corps of flight directors who will lead mission control for a variety of new operations at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Jose Marcos Flores, PR A '09, is one of the new flight directors. Flores earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical... Continue Reading →
UNO 25 Years, Tesla Job Opening, & Academic All-Americans (July 2018)
Eustis Engineering LLC, geotechnical firm, recently posted an image to it's Facebook page of the celebrations from the Louisiana Epsilon Chapter's 25th anniversary at Crawfish Mambo. The LA Epsilon Chapter at the University of New Orleans was installed March 13, 1993. Several chapter advisors are in the above image, including (far left) Pierre Champagne, LA... Continue Reading →
Idaho State Outstanding Students, Academic All-Americans, & In Memory of Tennessee Jones
Idaho State University has announced 12 recipients of the 2018 Outstanding Student Award for graduating seniors. Two of this year's class are Tau Bates, including: (Read article) Larinda Nichols (ID B 2014) - a nuclear engineer at Applied Engineering Services, Inc., holds bachelor's degrees in mechanical and nuclear engineering, and a master's degree in nuclear... Continue Reading →
Hurricane Research, 288 TBP Scholars, & Interim Associate Dean (July 2018)
The University of South Alabama (USA) profiled hurricane research being done by assistant professor Stephanie M. Smallegan, Ph.D. (GA A '10), and her students to "determine the extent to which hurricane conditions" would affect Dauphin Island (AL). According to the article, graduate student Brittany E. McMillan, AL E '17, and junior Evan M. Mazur, AL... Continue Reading →
Sumner Award, UC San Diego Awards for Excellence, & Convention Update (July 2018)
Stanford University has announced that engineering professor Andrea J. Goldsmith, Ph.D. (CA A '86), has been awarded the 2019 Eric E. Sumner Award. Dr. Goldsmith is in the electrical engineering department and her research focuses on the design, analysis, and fundamental performance limits of wireless systems and networks. The IEEE citation reads "For contributions to... Continue Reading →
NC Michigan College President, UC Santa Cruz Images, & USF 1885 Celebration (June 2018)
David R. Finley, Ph.D., P.E. (IN E '94) has been selected as the president of North Central Michigan College beginning July 2, 2018. He has been serving as dean of Lake Superior State University's College of Innovation and Solutions (formerly College of Business and Engineering). Read this article for more details. Dr. Finley received a... Continue Reading →
OU Concrete Canoe Win, NM & IL Alumni Chapter News, & Academic All-Americans (June 2018)
A team of 20 students from the University of Oklahoma (OU) College of Engineering won the Mid-Continent Regional Concrete Canoe Competition held at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale this past weekend. The event is put on by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The head captain of the team is Rachel L. Wesson, OK A 2018, a... Continue Reading →
Academic All-American of the Year, TBP EC Slate, & Alumni Events (June 2018)
Braeden Ostepchuk, VT B 2018, has been named the 2018 CoSIDA Division III Male Academic All-American® of the Year for At-Large sports. He recently graduated as the Class of 2018 valedictorian with a degree in mechanical engineering from Norwich University. He plays goalie for the ice hockey team. Ostepchuk maintained a 4.0 GPA, helped guide... Continue Reading →
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