Martha E. Pollack, Ph.D. (MI G '79), has been elected as the 14th president of Cornell University (NY). She will assume the presidency beginning April 17, 2017. Currently, Dr. Pollack is provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Michigan (U-M). Dr. Pollack became a Tau Bate earlier this year as... Continue Reading →
Lab Dedication, Fall Initiation, & New Radiation Chair (Nov. 2016)
Gary B. Veurink, SD A '72, and his wife Ruth, were recognized this month at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology for establishing "an endowment to help prepare chemical engineering students for their careers." In their honor, the industrial-scale chemical engineering teaching laboratory has been named the Veurink Chemical Engineering Unit Operations Laboratory.... Continue Reading →
2016 Convention Press Release, Bent Monument, & New President (Nov. 2016)
The press release for Tau Beta Pi's 2016 Convention has been published. Click here to read it. The minutes and ratification ballot from Convention should be posted in early November. You will be able to view most of the Convention images online. More will be added daily. You may request large resolution images, if needed.... Continue Reading →
2017 District Conferences, Scholarship Tribute, & Jobs
Tau Beta Pi student members and Association Officials have decided on the locations for the 2017 District Conferences. Each of TBP’s 16 districts will host a conference in the spring of 2017 to provide retiring and new officers opportunities to improve chapter operations and socialize. Chapters are urged to elect new officers before their district... Continue Reading →
Soccer Academic All-District & Happy Halloween
The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) has announced the 2016 Academic All-District Men's Soccer teams, including Division I, II, III, and college (division). All First Team Academic All-District selections advance to the national Capital One Academic All-American ballot. There are 4 Tau Beta Pi members that have been named to the 2016 Capital... Continue Reading →
Rocket Engineer, McDonald Mentor, & NASA Chief Keynote (October 2016)
Avionics hardware subsystem manager of space launch system stages at NASA's Marshal Space Flight Center, Markeeva A. Morgan, MS B '01, was recently profiled for overseeing "a team developing the critical avionics components of the new Space Launch System's core stage." Morgan is a rocket engineer who has been at NASA since 2007. Before that... Continue Reading →
TBP Chapter Projects & Alumni Reception (October 2016)
The Tennessee Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Pi at the University of Tennessee (UT) hosted the 104th UT Engineers Day on Thursday, October 24. More than 1,500 high school students were on hand "to learn about engineering fields and what they can do in the profession." TN Alpha president, John A. Dooley (TN A 2017),... Continue Reading →
Student Profile, School of Engineering Education, & Distinguished Member (October 2016)
A 2016 Tau Beta Pi Record Scholar, Ana María Muñoz Solis (LA E 2017), has been profiled by the University of New Orleans (UNO). Muñoz Solis is a mechanical engineering senior with plans of obtaining a doctorate in biomedical engineering. She was born and raised in Honduras. She is president of local chapters of the... Continue Reading →
Convention Performances, Pumpkin Drop, & Computer Science Lecture
The Association was fortunate enough to have two awesome performances at this year's Convention. On Friday night, Only Won (Baldwin Chiu, P.E.) and Larissa Lam performed songs from their respective albums. On Saturday afternoon, comedian and engineer Don McMillan performed his "Engineer@Heart" show. See images of each performance below. ΤΒΠ ΤΒΠΤ On Friday, October 28,... Continue Reading →
Convention News 2016
The 111th Convention of Tau Beta Pi took place October 6-8 in San Diego, California. The Association's press release will be published soon and the Convention minutes should be available in early November. The R.C. Matthews Outstanding Chapter award for 2015-16 went to DC Alpha at Howard University (image below/left). The R.H. Nagel Most Improved... Continue Reading →
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