Vermont Technical College Honors Celebration
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Megan Charland received the Colgate STAR Award.Â
Dip Sharma received the Computer Engineering Technology Award, BS and was inducted into the Tau Alpha Pi Honor Society.Â
Peter Roy received the Electrical Engineering Technology Faculty Award for Excellence (Bachelor s Degree) and is a Student Engineer of the Year Nominee.
Stephen White received the Vermont Agency of Transportation, Aviation Division Award.
Cara Ladouceur was inducted into Sigma Theta Tau.
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Orin Goss was inducted into Phi Theta Kappa and Tau Alpha Pi Honor Society.
Katherine Banks, Ph.D., will step into her role as the 26th President of Texas A&M beginning June 1. Banks will be the second woman to serve as president of the university. Soon-to-be university President Banks spoke with The Battalion news reporter Aubrey Vogel; read their Q&A below.
THE BATTALION: How did you get to Texas A&M, and what has your role looked like up until this point?
KB: I arrived at Texas A&M in January of 2012. I was [formerly the] department head at Purdue University in the department of civil engineering. I moved to Purdue from Kansas State University in 1997 where I was a professor for seven years. I joined Kansas State University after I received my Ph.D. from Duke University in 1989. The position for which I was hired when I arrived here in January of 2012 was Dean of the College of Engineering, Director of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station and Vice-Chancellor of Engineering, which included oversight of the three engineering agencies. My office al
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Henry Stonehouse started working at BAE Systems Maritime Services as a graduate naval architect in 2017 and joined the Boats engineering team two years ago. Since then, he has designed a concept for a Logistics Support Craft (LSC), part of the next generation of small boats that are pushing the boundaries of marine capability. The Student Engineer caught up with Henry to find out about his career path and what life is like at BAE’s Boats team.
What first led you towards a career in engineering?
My grandpa was a Naval Architect in the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors and I grew up on his stories about his time working and training in the navy as a designer and constructor. I’ve always loved designing and creating things, and have had a passion for military history, especially naval, very likely sparked by him. As a result of this, I grew up wanting to design warships, which lead me to become a Naval Architect l