The Western Collegiate Hockey Association has named Catherine Daoust, MN B 2018, as the Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year. Daoust is a mechanical engineering major and defenseman on the women's hockey team at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. She finishes her career with nine goals, 28 assists for 37 points in 140 games. She is... Continue Reading →
AIAA Top 20 Students, OK Gamma Bent, & Leading Woman (Feb. 2018)
The Aviation Week Network and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) have introduced the 2018 class of 20 Twenties. This group has demonstrated not only their ability in technology classes; they also have set the standard for giving back to society and articulating the value of the research they have done to date.... Continue Reading →
VT Gift, TBPi Day 2018 Countdown, & WKU Robotics Competition (Feb. 2018)
A donation from alumnus Nick Des Champs, Ph.D. (VA B '62), and wife Rebecca, will establish a faculty chair in the department of mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech. The inaugural Des Champs Chair will be held by Azim Eskandarian, Ph.D. (DC G '82), a professor and head of the mechanical engineering department. According to the... Continue Reading →
NMSU Staff Excellence Award, TBP D12 Conference, & Retiring President (Feb. 2018)
New Mexico State University (NMSU) announced that Ken Ruble, NM A '08, has won the Frank Bromilow Engineering Staff Excellence Award for this year. Mr. Ruble is engineering project center manager in the mechanical & aerospace engineering department at NMSU. He also serves as chief advisor to the NM Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Pi.... Continue Reading →
Academic All-District Women’s Basketball, UT Girl Day, & Outstanding Seniors (Feb. 2018)
The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) has announced the 2017-18 CoSIDA Academic All-District® Women's Basketball 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 three Tau Beta Pi members that have been named to the 2017-18... Continue Reading →
Alumni Events, Brooke Owens Fellows, & X-15 Museum Visit (Feb. 2018)
Check out the upcoming alumni gatherings of Tau Beta Pi members and the list of District Conferences. You can find the calendar with a list of all events here. A reminder that these events are open to all Tau Bates (alumni and student) from any chapter, unless otherwise stated. Find details below on upcoming events.... Continue Reading →
ASCE Scholar, Ohio Univ. Pi Day, & FAMU Alumnus Profile (Feb. 2018)
Sarah A. Jakositz, NH A 2018, has been named the winner of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) New Faces of Civil Engineering scholarship. She was selected from a pool of roughly 300 college students. Jakositz is a senior civil engineering major at the University of New Hampshire, is TBP NH Alpha Chapter president,... Continue Reading →
EWeek @ MI Tech, Vandy Website, & D2 Initiations (February 2018)
Happy National Engineers Week 2018! Michigan Technological University is celebrating all week with events being sponsored by the MI Beta Chapter of Tau Beta Pi. EWeek was founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers in 1951 and is "dedicated to ensuring a diverse well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in... Continue Reading →
February Collegiate Chapter eNotes, Scholar-Athlete Award, & UMass Lowell EWeek
The February Officer eNotes of Tau Beta Pi have been published and are available here. This information is invaluable to collegiate chapter officers and advisors. Highlights include Tau Beta Pi Day (3.14.18) activities list, ratification ballot, tax-exempt status, and a new Engineering Futures module (Equity, Inclusion, & Ethics). Finally, there is a reminder about the... Continue Reading →
NASA Crew Assignment, Underwater Researcher, & Forbes Profile (Feb. 2018)
Serena Auñón-Chancellor, M.D. (DC G '97), who previously was assigned to Expedition 58/59, has been reassigned to the Expedition 56/57 crew, launching in June. Auñón-Chancellor joined the astronaut corps in 2009 and has been at NASA since 2006, when she became a flight surgeon. Before being selected as an astronaut, she spent more than nine... Continue Reading →
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