Tau Beta Pi News Briefs (Click here for News Briefs Archives)
- July 2012 - Tau Beta Pi is proud to announce the 2012 national awards:
Laureates - Carl Kirpes, IA A '12; Steven Limpert, AZ B '12; Jason Metzger, MD G '12;
Steven Prendergast, IN G '12; and Kyle Zobeck, IN D '12.
Distinguished Alumnus - None
Outstanding Advisor - Dr. Abigail M. Richards, Washington Beta '99
McDonald Mentor - Dr. Derrick K. Rollins, Iowa Alpha '79
- June 2011 - TBP is approved for 2011 Combined Federal Campaign (workplace fund-raising drive conducted each Fall by Federal employees and military personnel). CFC raises millions to benefit thousands of non-profit charities and associations.
- April 2012—The Association has announced the selection of 200 Scholars and 40 graduate Fellowships for 2012-13.
Click here for the Scholars press release and list and here for the Fellows press release with list.
- April 2012—The 2012 Goldwater Scholars have been announced.
Click here for the list of 32 Tau Beta Pi Goldwater scholarship winners.
- February 2012— California Alpha Epsilon at the University of San Diego was installed as the 245th Chapter of Tau Beta Pi.
- February 2012— NAE announces the election of 66 new members and 10 foreign associates. Seventeen of the new NAE members are Tau Bates. Click here for the full list
- September 2011— Yvonne C. Brill is one of five recipients of the 2011 National Medal of Technology and Innovation. She is the 50th Tau Bate to receive the award.
- July 2011 - Tau Beta Pi is proud to announce the 2011 national awards:
Laureates - Rosary C.T. Abot, IN G '11; Zachary W. Carr, NJ A '11; Ann M. Gleason, IA A '11;
Jonathan A. Gross, AZ A '11; and Jennifer A. Johnson, SC A'11.
Distinguished Alumnus - Richard G. Higgins, Maine Alpha '79
Outstanding Advisor - Dr. Robert L. Ward, P.E., Ohio Iota '88
McDonald Mentor - Dr. William R. Goodin, California Epsilon '75
- June 2011 - TBP is approved for 2011 Combined Federal Campaign (workplace fund-raising drive conducted each Fall by Federal employees and military personnel). CFC raises millions to benefit thousands of non-profit charities and associations.
- May 2011 - The National Academy of Sciences has announced the election of 72 new members and 18 foreign associates. Three of the new members are Tau Bates. Congratulations to James W. Demmel (CA B '75), Harry C. Dietz (NC G '80), and Paul L. McEuen (OK A '85). Click here for the full list
- March 12, 2011 - Florida Iota at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University was installed as the 244th Chapter of Tau Beta Pi.
- Founded March 11, 1911, the Maine Alpha chapter of Tau Beta Pi is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Festivities at The University of Maine took place April 16, 2011. Click here for more information
- March 2011 - The National Inventors Hall of Fame announces the 2011 class of inductees. Two Tau Beta Pi members were selected:
Martin E. Hellman (NY E '66) for public-key cryptography and Steven J. Sasson (NY G '72) for the digital camera.
- February 2011 - Eighteen Tau Beta Pi alumni were among the 2011 class of 68 newly elected NAE members. Click here for the names of the 18 members, or visit the NAE press release for the full list, including the foreign associates.
- January 4, 2011 - The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has awarded the Charles Stark Draper Prize to Frances H. Arnold, NJ D '79, and Willem P.C. Stemmer. Edward F. Crawley, MA B '76, received this year's Bernard M. Gordon Prize.
Read the NAE awards press release
- December 2010 - Read The White House press release about the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. Eight Tau Beta Pi members are in this year's class, congratulations!
- November 21, 2010 - Congratulations to Jared A. Dunnmon, NC G 2011, Jennifer I. Lai, MA B 2011, and Varun Sivaram, CA G 2011, who are among the 32 American Rhodes Scholars for 2010.
- August 1, 2010 - Tau Beta Pi is proud to announce the following 2010 awards:
Laureates - Christina Bonnington, MS B '10; Jaclyn Kondratko, IN D '10; Elisabeth Linton, UT G '08; Travis Walker, SD A '08; and Stephanie Zastrow, MN A'11
Distinguished Alumni - Dr. Merl Baker, Kentucky Alpha '45
McDonald Mentor- Dr. Donna S. Reese, MS A '79
Outstanding Advisor - Dr. Robert Efimba, P.E., MA B '63
- March 13, 2010 - Idaho Gamma at Boise State University installed as the 243rd chapter.
- February 27, 2010 - Kentucky Gamma at Western Kentucky University installed as the 242nd chapter.
- January 25, 2010 —Tau Beta Pi is grateful to receive its third-largest bequest from the Charles O. Forge estate. Read more
- September 1, 2009 - Tau Beta Pi is proud to announce the following 2009 awards:
Laureates - Chad R. Fusco, OH A '09; Kathryn C. Kellogg, SD A '09; Uchechukwuka D. Monu, DC A '09; and Samantha van der Drift, TX B '10
Distinguished Alumni - Richard H. Stanley, P.E., Iowa Alpha '55
McDonald Mentor- Dr. Thomas E. Wade, FL A '67
Outstanding Advisor - Patrick D. Homen, CA U '85
- April 2009 - Tau Beta Pi proud to announce the selection of 234 TBP Scholars for 2009-10. Total amount of scholarships this year is $468, 000.
List of scholars | Scholars' Bios
- April 2009 - Tau Beta Pi has awarded the 76th group of TBP Fellows for 2009-10.
List of fellows | Fellows' Bios | See 2008-09 Fellow's Reports
- May 6, 2009 - TBP is approved for 2009 Combined Federal Campaign (workplace fund-raising drive conducted each Fall by Federal employees and military personnel). CFC raises millions to benefit thousands of non-profit charities and associations.
- February 9, 2009 - The Fellowship Program of Tau Beta Pi received the 2009 Excellence in Engineering Collaboration Award from ASEE Corporate Member Council. Read the press release
- September 1, 2008 - Tau Beta Pi is proud to announce the following 2008 awards:
Laureates - Mitch Braegelmann, ND B '08; Austin Cooley, FL A '08; Eli Krahenbuhl, WY A '09; James Moxness II, AZ A '08; and Melanie Vedvei, SD A '08
Distinguished Alumni - Stephen D. Bechtel Jr., P.E., Indiana Alpha '46, and Dr. Warren G. Schlinger, California Beta '44
McDonald Mentor- Dr. Steven M. Cramer, P.E., WI A '79
Outstanding Advisor - Dr. Richard B. Hayter, P.E., SD B '65
- Tau Beta Pi is honored by $3.52 million gift from the Vincent A. Stabile Foundation for 88 new endowed scholarships! More
- April 17, 2008 - Tau Beta Pi to award a record total of $550,000 to 35 Fellows and 145 Scholars for 2008-09!
- March 8, 2008 - California Alpha Delta at the University of California, Santa Cruz installed as 241st chapter.
- February 23, 2008 - Ohio Xi at Miami University installed as the 240th chapter.
- January 2, 2008 - Dr. Rudolf Kalman, MA B '53, is the winner of the 2008 Charles Stark Draper Prize,
"for the development and dissemination of the optimal digital technique (known as the Kalman filter) that is pervasively used to control a vast array of consumer, health, commercial, and defense products."
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