Tau Beta Pi Elects 2008-09 Officers

March 10, 2008 - The Wyoming Alpha chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society completed its elections for the upcoming academic year on March 4, 2008.  Tau Beta Pi is the only engineering honor society representing the entire engineering profession. It is the nation's second-oldest honor society, founded at Lehigh University in 1885 to recognize students of distinguished scholarship and exemplary character. There are now collegiate chapters at 230 US colleges and universities, active alumnus chapters in 16 districts across the country, and a total initiated membership of 481,914.

Wyoming Alpha is the only Tau Beta Pi chapter in Wyoming.  The chapter has traditionally been a very prominent student organization on the UW campus sponsoring tutoring for underclassmen, hosting biannual blood drives, coordinating the College of Engineering spring banquet, as well as other community projects.  The Wyoming Alpha Chapter won the R.C. Matthews Award for the most outstanding chapter in the nation in 2001 and again in 2004.   The chapter also won runner up honors for this same national award in 2002.

New Officers for AY08/09

• President: Alicia DeMino, Electrical Engineering, Parker, CO
• VP Banquet: Danielle Babione, Architectural Engineering, Riverton, WY
• VP Projects: Kendra Hamel, Architectural Engineering, Green River, WY
• Corresponding Secretary: Nitan Bahnson, Architectural/Civil Engineering, Gillette, WY
• Recording Secretary: Ashli Babbitt, Mechanical Engineering, Douglas, WY
• Treasurer: Daniel McCarthy, Computer Engineering, Rock Springs, WY
• Historian: Christina Piroutek, Chemical Engineering, Cheyenne, WY
• JEC Reps:
  • Gina Bertoglio, Chemical Engineering, Casper, WY
  • Arthur Herrera, Mechanical Engineering, Laramie, WY
• Webmaster: Anthony Allais, Mechanical Engineering, Rock Springs, WY

Outgoing Officers

• President: Nicholas Stuckert, Chemical Engineering, Golden, CO
• VP Banquet: Derek Schreinert, Chemical Engineering, Dayton, WY
• VP Projects: Robert Grogan, Electrical Engineering, Aurora, CO
• Corresponding Secretary: Jason Shankle, Electrical Engineering, Laramie, WY
• Recording Secretary: Barry Blaha, Mechanical Engineering, Sheridan, WY
• Treasurer: Jim Harlan, Mechanical Engineering, Laramie, WY
• Historian: Rob Zaback, Petroleum Engineering, Casper, WY
• JEC Reps:
  • Chris Schultz, Civil Engineering, Laramie, WY
  • Evan Anderson, Mechanical Engineering, Cody, WY
• Webmaster: Jared Strube, Mechanical Engineering, Laramie, WY
• Tutoring Coordinator: Barry Blaha, Mechanical Engineering, Sheridan, WY