Feature Articles from THE BENT of Tau Beta Pi
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| Title | Author | Issue |
| About Numbers | Klinger, Allen, Ph.D., NY I '57 | Winter 2017 |
| Aerospace Engineering's Future | Cummings, Russell M., Ph.D., CO Z '77 & McMasters, John H., Ph.D. | Summer 2004 |
| The Aftermath - A Novel of Survival | Florman, Samuel C., NY A '44, P.E. | Summer 2002 |
| The Age of Synthesis | Hall, Carl W., OH G '48, P.E. | Summer 1997 |
| It's All a Matter of Altitude: Andes Adventure | Huck, Robert C., OK A '00 | Winter 2009 |
| Dr. Asimov's Automatons | Brown, Alan S. | Summer 2012 |
| The Automobile: Cars in My Life - 40 Horsepower to 400 |
Delagrange, Arthur D., Ph.D., MA B '64 | Fall 2001 |
| The Automobile: From Horseless Carriage to Everyday Technology | Delagrange, Arthur D., Ph.D., MA B '64 | Spring 2001 |
| Baby, It's Cold Outside! | Streeter, Robert W., WY A '11 | Fall 2018 |
| The Balloonist and the Engineer | Brown, Alan S. | Summer 2007 |
| The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad | Delagrange, Arthur D., Ph.D., MA B '64 | Spring 2000 |
| Being President vs Doing President | Sample, Steven B., Ph.D., IL B '62 | Summer 2003 |
| Benjamin Franklin | Lorenz, Bryen E., Ph.D., PA I '76 | Fall 2011 |
| Biosphere & Sustainability | Ludwig, David F., & Iannuzzi, Timothy J. | Summer 2011 |
| Bridge Unites a State | Hill-Stramsak, Colleen L., MI E '00 | Fall 2013 |
| Brink of Failure? High Hazard Potential Dams | Bell, Trudy E. | Spring 2017 |
| Building and Maintaining an Effective Professional Network | Fable, Scott E., CA T '96, & multiple | Fall 2007 |
| Building the Next Silicon Valley: Insight from 11,600 Years Ago | Cuello, Joel L., Ph.D., PA B '89 | Winter 2016 |
| California Drought Choices | Bell, Trudy E. | Winter 2016 |
| Can Applied Research Build Manufacturing Muscle? | Brown, Alan S. | Fall 2014 |
| Challenges for Engineers | Bechtel, Jr., Stephen D., P.E., IN A '46 | Winter 2006 |
| The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal | Delagrange, Arthur D., Ph.D., MA B '64 | Fall 1999 |
| Climate Models & Their Critics | Brown, Alan S. | Winter 2010 |
| Core Values | Bently, Donald E., P.E., IA B '49 | Summer 1999 |
| Defining Engineer: How to Do It, and Why It Matters |
Davis, Michael, Ph.D. | Fall 1996 |
| Deluged by a Data Tsunami | Bell, Trudy E. | Winter 2012 |
| Designing against Disease | Bell, Trudy E. | Winter 2010 |
| Detecting and Avoiding Killer Asteroids | Bell, Trudy E. | Winter 2013 |
| Digital Resilience | Rothrock, Ray A., P.E., TX D '77 | Summer 2019 |
| Drafting a Patent Application | Kelly, Patrick D., TX A '74 | Fall 2002 |
| Electromagnetic Fears | Johnson, Jeremy C., SD A '98 | Summer 2016 |
| Electronic Catalog Cards | Thompson, Ray | Fall 2012 |
| Elementary STEM Nights | Kim, Lisa S., MI G '90 & Preissig, David T., P.E., IA A '96 |
Summer 2016 |
| The Emerging Alternate Energy Consensus | Brown, Alan S. | Fall 2008 |
| An Engineer's Alphabet | Petroski, Henry, Ph.D., P.E., NY X '63 | Fall 2011 |
| Engineering Brings Art & Architecture Together | Saikali, Jeffrey, OH B '96 | Fall 2016 |
| Engineering's Many Paths | Kewley-Port, Diane, Ph.D., MI G '64 | Fall 2015 |
| The Engineering Aspects of Music Part 1 | Part 2 |
Delagrange, Arthur D., Ph.D., MA B '64 | Winter 2003 - Part 1 Fall 2003 - Part 2 |
| The Engineering Aspects of War Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 |
Delagrange, Arthur D., Ph.D., MA B '64 | Fall 2009 - Part 1 Spring 2010 - Part 2 Fall 2010 - Part 3 |
| Engineering in the CIA | Poteat, S. Eugene, SC G '57 | Fall 1999 |
| Engineering in the K-12 Classroom A Revolution in Education |
Brown, Alan S. | Fall 2005 |
| Engineering Futures | Luchini, John R., Ph.D., MI G '71, & multiple | Winter 2014 |
| Engineering Passive Houses | Bell, Trudy E. | Summer 2011 |
| Engineering the Heavens | Bell, Trudy E. | Summer 2012 |
| Engineers and Scientists: Similarities and Differences | Petroski, Henry, Ph.D., P.E., NY X '63 | Summer 2010 |
| Engineers in Entertainment | Jaeger, Stefan | Summer 2014 |
| Engineers... Turning Ideas Into Facts | Cohen, Judith Love, CA D '57 & Katz, David | Winter 2015 |
| Engineers Without Borders | Brown, Alan S. | Summer 2005 |
| Enough for Tau Beta Pi | Stephan, Elizabeth A., OH K '93 | Summer 2013 |
| Ergonomics: What Is It | White, Catherine M., C.P.E., MI G '99 | Summer 2008 |
| Espionage after the Cold War | Poteat, S. Eugene, SC G '57 | Winter 2001 |
| Explaining Human Knowledge | Williams, Daniel E., FL Z '95, P.E. | Winter 2011 |
| Exploring the universe from the stratosphere | Bell, Trudy E. | Fall 2010 |
| Facing Facts about the Engineering Profession | Florman, Samuel C., NY A '44, P.E. | Fall 2007 |
| Facing Manufacturing Challenges | Havas, Donald W., NY N '67 | Spring 2009 |
| Fifty Years of Engineering Changes | Greatbach, Wilson, P.E., NY N '50 | Spring 2000 |
| Fork in the Road: Choosing a Bright Future for Engineering | Walesh, Stuart G., Ph.D., P.E., IN D '63 | Spring 2008 |
| Founding Father | Bert, Raymond R., MA A '93 | Winter 2002 |
| Future of Engineering Futures | Peterson, Michael L., IA A '89 | Spring 2010 |
| The Future Research University | Ramo, Simon, Ph.D., UT A '33 | Summer 1995 |
| There's Gas in Them Thar Shales | Bell, Trudy E. | Summer 2013 |
| The Gathering Storm | Brown, Alan S. | Fall 2006 |
| Genetic Engineering: A Challenge For Engineers | Manning, Robert L., NY B '49 | Spring 2002 |
| Getting Your Ideas Adopted | Denning, Peter J., Ph.D., NY X '64 | Spring 2011 |
| Globalization and Your Career | Pan, Eric T.S., CA B '84 | Spring 2005 |
| Good Guys, Wiseguys | Florman, Samuel C., NY A '44, P.E. | Winter 2012 |
| Growing up with Trains One Engineer's Dream |
Delagrange, Arthur D., Ph.D., MA B '64 | Winter 2009 |
| Hydrogen Economy | Uhrig, Robert E., Ph.D., IA A '48, P.E. | Spring 2004 |
| Hydrogen Fever! | Emmett, Arielle, Ph.D. | Fall 2017 |
| Implementing the "Hydrogen Economy" with Synfuels |
Uhrig, Robert E., Ph.D., IA A '48, P.E. | Summer 2007 |
| Innovation in Domestic Steel Production | Lorenz, Bryen E. , Ph.D., PA I '76 | Fall 2000 |
| Informational Interviews | Fable, Scott E., CA T '96, & multiple | Winter 2007 |
| Integration & Interfaces | Nagel, David J., Ph.D., IN G '60, P.E. | Spring 2021 |
| The Introspective Engineer | Florman, Samuel C., NY A '44, P.E. | Winter 1997 |
| Jack Kilby Wins Nobel | Polston, Martha S., TN A 79 | Summer 2001 |
| Keeping Data Centers Cool | Brown, Alan S. | Spring 2014 |
| Landing the Right Job Offer | Fable, Scott E., CA T '96, & multiple | Spring 2009 |
| LASERs at 50—From Death Rays to DVDs | Brown, Alan S. | Summer 2010 |
| Looking Back | Pierce, John R., Ph.D., CA B '33 | Spring 1997 |
| Making Ethical Decisions | Stephan, Elizabeth A., OH K '93, & multiple | Spring 2012 |
| Making the R&D Connection: A Perspective on the University Role |
Prabhakar, Arati, Ph.D., TX B '79 | Fall 1996 |
| Making Your First Impression Count: Effective Resumes | Fable, Scott E., CA T '96, & multiple | Fall 2008 |
| Masterpiece of Engineering Rises from the Ashes | Bell, Trudy E. | Spring 2018 |
| Masters of Disaster | Emmett, Arielle, Ph.D. | Summer 2018 |
| Material Differences | Brown, Alan S. | Summer 2008 |
| Measurements at the Speed of Ultrasound | Lynnworth, Lawrence C., NY E '58 | Summer 2000 |
| Medicine and Engineering | Hordinsky, Jerry R., Ph.D., MN A '63 | Winter 2001 |
| Medicine and Engineering II | Hordinsky, Jerry R., Ph.D., MN A '63 | Fall 2001 |
| Microprocessors Face Future | Brown, Alan S. | Spring 2011 |
| Mingling To Succeed | Fable, Scott E., CA T '96, & multiple | Spring 2007 |
| Mobility Paradigm for the 21st Century | Dance, Francis J., MA Z '76 | Summer 2000 |
| A Model for Engineering Practice in the 21st Century | Lewis, Jr., L. G., SC A '66, P.E. | Summer 1999 |
| Money and Glory | Bell, Trudy E. | Winter 2006 |
| MOOCs Make Their Move | Brown, Alan S. | Spring 2013 |
| Morrill Act's Contribution to Engineering's Foundation | Williams, Daniel E., FL Z '95, P.E. | Spring 2009 |
| My Profession & My Nation | Florman, Samuel C., NY A '44, P.E. | Summer 2005 |
| Nanotechnology for Energy | Bell, Trudy E. | Summer 2009 |
| A New Carbon Architecture | King, Bruce T., CO B '78, P.E. | Summer 2020 |
| New Generation NASA Robots | Patterson, Erin B. | Fall 2005 |
| A New Look at Molten Salt Reactors | Qualls, Louis, Ph.D. | Winter 2020 |
| A Noble Profession | Priory, Richard B., WV B '69 | Winter 2000 |
| Notes from a Decade of Travels in a World Without Walls |
Cuello, Joel L., Ph.D., PA B '89. | Spring 2013 |
| Offshoring and Local Ethics of Engineering | Cuello, Joel L., Ph.D., PA B '89 | Spring 2006 |
| A Pandemic Did Not Stop Engineering Innovation | Brown, Alan S. | Fall 2020 |
| A Patent Rights Problem | Monahan, Edward J., Ph.D., P.E., NJ G '58 | Spring 1999 |
| Pipelines Safety and Security | Bell, Trudy E. | Winter 2015 |
| Plug & Play Robots: Closer than you Think | Brown, Alan S. | Winter 2021 |
| Printing Success Stories in 3D | Brown, Alan S. | Fall 2019 |
| Profiles in Leadership Maria Klawe | Bell, Trudy E. | Fall 2012 |
| Profiles in Leadership Norman Augustine | Bell, Trudy E. | Spring 2013 |
| Profiles in Leadership Bonnie Dunbar | Bell, Trudy E. | Winter 2014 |
| Profiles in Leadership Hector Ruiz | Bell, Trudy E. | Spring 2014 |
| Profiles in Leadership Herbert Wertheim | Bell, Trudy E. | Fall 2014 |
| Profiles in Leadership Mark Dean | Brown, Alan S. | Spring 2015 |
| Profiles in Leadership Linda Hudson | Brown, Alan S. | Fall 2015 |
| Profiles in Leadership Tom Scholz | Brown, Alan S. | Spring 2016 |
| Profiles in Leadership John Hennessy | Brown, Alan S. | Fall 2016 |
| Profiles in Leadership Irwin Jacobs | Brown, Alan S. | Spring 2017 |
| Profiles in Leadership Robert Langer | Brown, Alan S. | Fall 2017 |
| Profiles in Leadership Ray Rothrock | Brown, Alan S. | Spring 2018 |
| Profiles in Leadership Clara Shih | Brown, Alan S. | Fall 2018 |
| Profiles in Leadership John Bravman | Brown, Alan S. | Fall 2020 |
| Profiles in Leadership Krenar Komoni | Brown, Alan S. | Spring 2021 |
| Pulling Answers Out Of the Air | Bell, Trudy E. | Spring 2007 |
| Quest for the Astronomical Unit | Bell, Trudy E. | Summer 2004 |
| The Quiet Genius | Bell, Trudy E. | Spring 2006 |
| Race Cars: Taking the Wheel | Delagrange, Arthur D., Ph.D., MA B '64 | Winter 2008 |
| Removing Debris in Space | Pearson, Jerome, OH H '61 | Winter 2008 |
| Risk Analysis of Nuclear Deterence | Hellman, Martin E., Ph.D., NY E '66 | Spring 2008 |
| The Road (Not) Taken | Petroski, Henry, Ph.D., P.E., NY X '63 | Winter 2018 |
| Robocop: New Law in Town | Brown, Alan S. | Fall 2013 |
| Robocopalypse Now? | Brown, Alan S. | Summer 2017 |
| Robots and Humans Get Close | Brown, Alan S. | Summer 2015 |
| Searching For That Killer App! | Brown, Alan S. | Spring 2012 |
| Second Look At Nuclear Power | Brown, Alan S. | Spring 2006 |
| Signal Mirrors | Murray, Jr., Malcolm G., NC G '52 | Fall 2004 |
| The Spanish Inquisition | Greising, David | Fall 1998 |
| Star Trek Comes Back to Earth | Brown, Alan S. | Fall 2012 |
| Struck by Lightning | Bell, Trudy E. | Winter 2005 |
| Success and Failure: Two Faces of Design | Petroski, Henry, Ph.D., P.E., NY X '63 | Fall 2007 |
| Suddenly, micromachines are everywhere | Brown, Alan S. | Summer 2006 |
| Systemic Engineering Education Reform: A Grand Challenge |
Splitt, Frank G., Ph.D., IL A '52 | Spring 2003 |
| Taking Engineering By Storm | Bell, Trudy E. | Winter 2004 |
| Taking Stock of University Patents | Hsu, Richard C., CA B '89 | Spring 1997 |
| Tau Beta Pi Conquers Cold Fusion | Thompson, Ray, et al. | Fall 2000 |
| Tau Beta Pi: The First Century | Hild, Nancy B. | Fall 1985 |
| Tau Beta Pi: Nature vs. Nurture | Hjelmstad, Keith D., CO D '78 | Spring 2001 |
| A Closer Look at the T. Boone Pickens Energy Plan |
Roan, Jr., Vernon P., Ph.D., P.E., FL A '58 & Uhrig, Robert E., Ph.D., IA A '48, P.E. |
Summer 2009 |
| Teamwork, Leadership, and Growth: Three Tales of Entrepreneurship |
Hickling, Ronald M., CA E '80 | Fall 1996 |
| Techonomics | Martin, H. Lee, Ph.D., TN A '78 | Fall 2004 |
| Testing Einstein | Bell, Trudy E. | Summer 2005 |
| Time to Fly Solo? | Walesh, Stuart G., Ph.D., P.E., IN D '63 | Summer 2001 |
| Time Traveling: Forgotten Great Chronometric Expeditions to Map Earth | Bell, Trudy E. | Spring 2020 |
| Toc, Alpha, Omega, Tic, Pi, Tic, Epsilon, Tic | Demmler, Jr., Albert W., Ph.D., MI G '50 | Spring 1979 |
| Toward A New Global Ethic For Engineers | Cuello, Joel L., Ph.D., PA B '89 | Summer 2003 |
| Trashed! Engineering Towards Zero Waste | Bell, Trudy E. | Spring 2019 |
| True Grit - Unearthly Dust | Bell, Trudy E. | Summer 2006 |
| U.S. Competitiveness | Flanagan, James L., Ph.D., MS A '48 | Fall 2006 |
| United States Engineering: Enabling the Nation's Capacity to Perform | Bordogna, Joseph, PA D '55 | Fall 2003 |
| Untitled Leaders | Peterson, Michael L., IA A '89 | Spring 1997 |
| The Urgency of Engineering Education Reform | Wulf, William A., Ph.D. | Fall 1998 |
| Urgent Need For Change | Wulf, William A., Ph.D. | Spring 2004 |
| Using Plug-in Hybrid Cars | Uhrig, Robert E., Ph.D., IA A '48, P.E. | Spring 2005 |
| The Victorian Global Positioning System | Bell, Trudy E. | Spring 2002 |
| The Victorian Space Program | Bell, Trudy E. | Spring 2003 |
| Viewpoint: Offshoring | Vinoski, James M., TN D '87 | Fall 2006 |
| Weekend Life on the Water | Delagrange, Arthur D., Ph.D., MA B '64 | Summer 2002 |
| What Are Science & Math Test Scores Really Telling U.S.? | Brown, Alan S. & Linda LaVine | Winter 2007 |
| What Engineering Shortage? | Brown, Alan S. | Summer 2009 |
| What's Hidden in That Pi | Inan, Aziz S., Ph.D., CA H '78 & Osterberg, Peter M., Ph.D., MA B '78 |
Winter 2016 |
| Why do we call it an... Ampere? | Feisel, Lyle D., Ph.D., P.E. (ret.), IA A '61 | Winter 2018 |
| Why do we call it a... Coulomb? | Feisel, Lyle D., Ph.D., P.E. (ret.), IA A '61 | Winter 2019 |
| Why do we call it a... Farad? | Feisel, Lyle D., Ph.D., P.E. (ret.), IA A '61 | Summer 2020 |
| Why do we call it a... Joule? | Feisel, Lyle D., Ph.D., P.E. (ret.), IA A '61 | Winter 2020 |
| Why do we call it a... Newton? | Feisel, Lyle D., Ph.D., P.E. (ret.), IA A '61 | Summer 2019 |
| Why do we call it an... Ohm? | Feisel, Lyle D., Ph.D., P.E. (ret.), IA A '61 | Winter 2021 |
| Why do we call it a... Volt? | Feisel, Lyle D., Ph.D., P.E. (ret.), IA A '61 | Summer 2017 |
| Why do we call it a... Watt? | Feisel, Lyle D., Ph.D., P.E. (ret.), IA A '61 | Summer 2018 |
| Why Tau Beta Pi? | Stephan, Elizabeth A., Ph.D., OH K '93 | Winter 2013 |
| Winter in Alaska | Darrow, Margaret M., AK A '02 | Winter 2005 |
| Wobbling Rotation Axis | Bell, Trudy E. | Spring 2016 |
| A Woman Pioneer's Story | HIcks, Martha K., MI G '63 | Summer 2014 |
| Women in TBP: No Bent! Just a Badge (Part 1) | Tietjen, Jill S., P.E., VA A '76 | Winter 2019 |
| Women in TBP: Badge to Full Membership (Part 2) | Erickson, Allen D., NM G '14 et al. | Spring 2019 |
| Women in TBP: Full Membership to Leadership Roles (Part 3) | Gomulinski, Tricia E., SD A '98 et al. | Summer 2019 |
| The Word Engineer | Florman, Samuel C., NY A '44, P.E. | Summer 2015 |
| World Trade Center Destruction | Geshwindner, Jr, Louis F., Ph.D., P.E., NY G '67 & Carter, Charles J., PA B '90 |
Winter 2002 |
| World's Largest Industrial Fair | Brown, Alan S. | Winter 2008 |