Tau Beta Pi

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This series features Tau Bates who have used their engineering background to pursue fascinating experiences.

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See the schedule below to browse upcoming topics, register for a talk, and view recordings of previous talks.

Schedule

Upcoming Talks
Date Presenter Chapter Title Register
November 17, 2024
at 4 p.m. ET
Michael L. Heil, Ph.D. OH H '86 Ensuring Flight Safety Through Aerospace Structural Design click here
December, 2024 No talk scheduled


Previous Talks
Date Presenter Chapter Title Video Link
October 13, 2024 Tad Hogg, Ph.D. CA B '79 Molecular Manufacturing and Microscopic Medical Robots view here
September 8, 2024 Brendan Chan, Ph.D. MI B '03 Advancements in Autonomous Technology and Active Safety in Road Vehicles view here
June 9, 2024 George S. Hamilton, MS, PE, F.NSPE AL G '89 Challenges & Solutions needed for Farming on the Moon view here
May 19, 2024 Dr. Kara M. Kockelman, Ph.D., P.E. CA A '91 Using AVs to Replace Buses & Complement Urban Rail Systems view here
Apr. 14, 2024 Paul Brierley CO B '87 Once an Engineer, Always an Engineer: How My Engineering Degree Led to AgTech and COVID Wastewater Testing view here
Mar. 3, 2024 Matt Eisenberg NJ A '69 Zero-Point Energy: An Unlimited Source of Energy & A Powerful Tool for Mitigating Global Warming view here
Feb. 18, 2024 David J. Nagel, Ph.D. IN G '60 The Status, Momentum and Potential of Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR) view here
Dec. 10, 2023 Henry Louie MI Z '02 Ending Energy Poverty through Off-Grid Solar Power view here
Nov. 12, 2023 Paul Gross MI G '83 The Scientific Truth about Global Warming view here
Oct. 8, 2023 Abraham Atte KS A '20 Beyond the Skyline: Navigating the Challenges of Urban Mobility view here
Sept. 10, 2023 Roundtable Discussions NV B '87 Roundtable Discussions on how engineers will contribute to future technology TBD
May 21, 2023 Anita Gale WA Alpha '73 Space Is a Place — To Do Business view here
April 16, 2023 Gary Brown CA Alpha '91 The Challenges Getting Silicon Into Customers' Hands view here
March 12, 2023 Michael D. Dickey, Ph.D. GA Alpha '99 Liquid Metals for a Soft Future view here
Feb. 19, 2023 Lilia Abron, Ph.D., P.E. DC Alpha '68 Social Entrepreneurship in the Toilet Market view here
Jan. 8, 2023 Charles Keller, M.D. LA Beta '90 Re-imagining Pharma R&D view here
Nov. 20, 2022 AJ Metcalf, Ph.D. WI Gamma '10 The growing space sector and the the U.S. Space Force N/A
Oct. 16, 2022 Dennis D. Truax, Ph.D., P.E. MS Alpha '79 Designing a Sustainable Tomorrow view here
Sept. 18, 2022 Robert V. Sobczak PA Epsilon '92 Hydrology of the Big Cypress Swamp and Everglades using the Water Cycle Approach view here
June 12, 2022 Eddie M. Guerra, P.E. PR Alpha '08 Civil Engineers as Trendsetters: Influencing Societal Trends in Uncertain Times view here
May 15, 2022 Aditya Kunjapur, Ph.D. TX Alpha '10 How expanded building block chemistry can enable new frontiers for synthetic biology view here
April 20, 2022 Aprille J. Ericsson, Ph.D. DC Alpha '86 NASA... view here
March 20, 2022 David Kern CO Zeta '99 Flight Test 101: Safe, successful development of high-risk products N/A
Feb. 20, 2022 Julie Fogarty, Ph.D. TX Alpha '13 Engineering Impact in Drug Discovery and Development N/A
Jan. 9, 2022 Russell Werneth MD Beta '64 Hubble Space Telescope and its Tau Beta Pi Hubble Huggers view here
Sept. 26, 2021 Charles Kuehmann, Ph.D. AZ Beta '88 Engineering a Better Planet - and on our way to new ones! N/A
Aug. 22, 2021 Sebastian Ruf, Ph.D. CA Alpha '11 Engineering Meets Complexity: A Brief Tour through Interdisciplinary Modeling view here
July 25, 2021 John D. McDonald, P.E. IN Alpha '73 Grid Modernization: Technological Advancements Beyond Smart Grid view here
June 27, 2021 Janey Smith Camp, Ph.D., P.E. TN Gamma '02 The ASCE Report Card and the American Jobs Plan view here
May 23, 2021 Keith Comeaux, Ph.D. LA Alpha '89 Perseverance: The First Step to Bring Mars to Earth view here
April 25, 2021 Kira Mendez PA Alpha '83 Life in the Sandbox: a Journey across Disciplines, Sectors and Continents N/A
March 28, 2021 Jean W. Tom, Ph.D. MA Beta '84 Chemical Engineering and Innovation in Small Molecule Drug Development view here
Feb. 28, 2021 Jenna R. Jambeck, Ph.D. FL Alpha '96 Plastic Pollution from Sea to Source view here
Jan. 24, 2021 Robert W. Streeter, P.E. WY Alpha '11 Stories From the South Pole N/A